Academics
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, 2018.
Dissertation Topic: Security and Privacy of Internet of Things (IoT).
Dissertation Title: Towards a Holistic Framework for Secure, Privacy-Aware, and Trustworthy Internet of Things Using Resource-Efficient Cryptographic Schemes. [manuscript] [ppt] [video]
Adviser: Dr. Ragib Hasan
Committee Members: Dr. Anthony Skjellum, Dr. Alan Sprague, Dr. Allen Johnston, Dr. Purushotham Bangalore.
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2009.
Thesis Title: Benchmark Analysis of PC Servers.
Adviser: Dr. Mostafa Akbar
Research Grant
Mahmud Hossain "A Scalable and Interoperable Security Framework for Internet of Things based Systems," Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Grant ID: G2016100191916656, Dec. 22, 2016.
"Towards a Digital Forensic Investigation Framework for Internet of Things Using Public Blockchain Network", submitted to National Science Foundation. Contribution: prepared a draft for the PI. The grant proposal included the details of problem statement, proposed method, experiment and evaluation plan, project timeline, and budget.
Editorial Board Member
Reviewer Board Member
Teaching
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Teaching assistant: CS 201 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming, Spring 2016.
Teaching assistant: CS 302 - Object Oriented Programming, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015.
Teaching assistant: CS 330 - Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming, Spring 2016.
Teaching assistant: CS 350 - Automata and Formal Languages, Fall 2014, Summer 2015.
Guest lecturer: Introduction to computer security in the Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing course (CS 443 ), Fall 2017.
Guest lecturer: Introduction to Amazon EC2 in the Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing course (CS 443), Fall 2017.
Guest lecturer: Internet of Things Provenance in Senior BS Capstone course (CS 499), Spring 2017.
Guest lecturer: Discrete Structures (CS 250), Spring 2017.
Test Scores
GRE: 310 (Nov 2013)
IELTS: 7 (Dec 2013)
Graduate Coursework
CS 710: Database Systems (Dr. Chengcui Zhang)
CS 730: Computer Systems (Dr. Robert M. Hyatt)
CS 732: Parallel Computing (Dr. Robert M. Hyatt)
CS 736: Topics in Computer Security (Dr. Nitesh Saxena)
CS 743: Cloud Security (Dr. Ragib Hasan)
CS 750: Automata (Dr. Alan P. Sprague)
CS 752: Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Dr. Alan P. Sprague)
CS 757: Penetration Test and Vulnerability Analysis (Dr. Yuliang Zheng)
CS 760: Artificial Intelligence (Dr. Steven Bethard)
CS 780: Numerical Computing (Dr. John Johnstone)
CS 793: Crypto Currency and Blockchain (Dr. Yuliang Zheng)
CS 537 Cybercrime & Forensics (Gary Warner)
CS 536 Network Security (Dr. Nitesh Saxena)
CS 796: Directed Readings and Research
CS 799: Dissertation Research
GRD 715: Teaching Assistant Training Course
GRD 717: Principles of Scientific Integrity
GRD 727: Writing & Reviewing Research