Curriculum Vitae
Summery of Career
M M Manjurul Islam received his BS in Computer Engineering in 2007, and an MS and PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Ulsan, South Korea, in 2019. He is currently working as a Research Associate in the School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent System at Ulster University, UK. He also holds the position of an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (currently on leave). Dr. Islam was invited as a guest lecturer at the University of Ulsan in 2021. His professional background includes working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center of Digital Industry of Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Italy. Prior to his academic pursuits, he worked as an engineer at Accenture Plc and Telenor ASA during the period from 2007 to 2014.
Over the past decade, Dr. Islam has played a significant role in advancing and contributing to the domains of smart manufacturing and artificial intelligence. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and edited three special issues in the Journals of Energies, Frontiers in Energy Research, and Micromachines. He has presented talks at numerous international conferences worldwide, especially in Australia, China, South Korea, Spain, Italy, the UK, and Canada. He takes an active role in reviewing more than 130 publications and grants, which encompass esteemed journals like IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, as well as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. He is also engaged in evaluating funding proposals for institutions like the National Science Centre in Poland. Additionally, he holds a position on the advisory panel of AI and Signals journals. Notably, Dr. Islam has undertaken responsibilities as the local organizer and session chair committee member for ISDIA 2023, ICREST 2023, and ICCA 2022. He is an IEEE senior member.
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Engineering (Sep 2014 - Aug 2019)
University of Ulsan, South Korea. CGPA: 4.06 out of 4.50 (marks 94.97%)
Course: Combine Master’s and Doctor’s Degree
Dissertation Tittle: Data-driven fault diagnosis and prognosis framework for bearings using advanced signal processing and machine learning techniques
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering (Mar 2003 - Mar 2007),
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Thesis Tittle: Natural Language Processing for Information Retrieval Based on Machine Learning Algorithms.
Academic and Research Experience
Assistant Professor (Feb. 2021 – Present)
Department of Computer Science, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Postdoctoral Researcher (Sep. 2019 – Jan. 2021).
Embedded System Research Unit, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Campus di Trento, Italy.
Supervisor: Professor Alessandro Cimatti, Google Scholar Profile.
Graduate Research Assistant (Sep. 2014 – Aug. 2019)
Department of Computer Engineering, BK-21 plus project, University of Ulsan, South Korea,
Supervisor: Professor Jong-Myon Kim, Google Scholar Profile.
Undergraduate Honors Research (Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2006)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh,
Supervisor: Professor Md Al Mamun.
Industrial Experience
IT Operation Analyst (Apr. 2010 – Aug. 2014)
Technology Division, Accenture (A Fortune Global 500 company), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
System Engineer (Aug. 2008- Mar. 2010)
Information Technology Division, Grameenphone Ltd. (a company of Telenor, Norway), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Programmer (Apr. 2007 – Jul. 2008)
Vertex Software Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZGhqYWEAAAAJ&hl=en
Participation in Research Projects
National Research Foundation of Korea (Sep. 2018 - Aug. 2019), University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea.
Project title: Statistical learning and inference on large volume of data, and their application to engineering system.
Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) (Sep. 2017 - Aug. 2018), University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea.
Project title: Knowledge-based decision support system for power management using support vector machine and similarity search.
BK (Brain Korea)-21 plus project, Automobile/Ship Convergences Center (Sep. 2016 - Aug. 2017), University of Ulsan, South Korea.
Project title: Development of an intelligent condition monitoring system for application on critical rotating components of industrial-scale to cope with the fourth industrial revolution.
National Research Foundation of Korea (Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2016), University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea.
Project title: Risk and uncertainty management of time-series data for robust system identification of automobile.
National Research Foundation of Korea (Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2015), University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea.
Project title: Machine learning-powered diagnostics and prognostics for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
List of Supervise Graduate (MSc. in CSE) Project [10]:
"Bengali HandWritten Digits Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks", Manosh Talukder, Ezaz Raihan [Summer 2021]
"Vehicle Detection in Bangladesh using YOLOv3", Fairuz Maliha Asty [Summer 2021]
"Face Detection For Criminal Identification Using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)", Faruk Abdullah, Nusrat Jahan
"A GPU Based Cats & Dogs Image Classification Model Using Convolutional Neural Network with Data Augmentation", Galib Muhammad, Md Sanaullah
"Facemask Detection from live video streaming using Transfer Learning", Jakaria Islam, Syeda Amina
"Cifar-10 Image Classification with Convolutional Neural Networks", Shourov Hasan, Kundu, Debashis, Ghosh, Sudipta
"Breast Cancer Prediction using Machine Learning" Nyme Ahmed, Rifat-Ibn-Alam, Syed Nafiul Shefat
"Fake News Detection Project in Python with Machine Learning", Sadiq Sadman, Miah, Kamran Rafsan
"EEG Data Analysis for Oculus Movement", Shoaib Azad, Samiur Rahman Khan
"Effective Rate of Minority Class Over-Sampling for Maximizing the Imbalanced Dataset Model Performance", Hannan, Ummae Hamida, Salsabil, Umme Sadia
Editorial Experience
Guest Editor of Special Issue (Feb. 2021 - Present)
Energies (Impact Factor 3.004), A journal of MDPI
Special Issue Tittle : Data-Protection Combined with Machine Learning for AI-Integrated Smart Power Systems
Reviewer Board Member (Oct. 2020 - Present)
Signals, A journal of MDPI
Editorial Board Member at Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics (JABET)
Honors and Awards
Awarded University President AF-1 Scholarship for full tuition fee waiver from Autumn-2014 to Spring-2018 for Doctoral Studies
Awarded Research Fellowship by the University of Ulsan to cover living expenses during entire period of Doctoral Studies
Recipient of BK21PLUS Travel Grant to attend an international conference in November 2019, Madrid, Spain.
Recipient of BK21PLUS Travel Grant to attend an international conference in January 2017, Melbourne, Australia.
Recipient of BK21PLUS Travel Grant to attend an international conference in August 2015, Fuzhou, Australia.
Best Student Award in Asia Pacific Conference of Prognostics and Health Management Society 2017, Jeju, South Korea.
Best Paper Award in the 11th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering 2017, Seoul, South Korea.
Best Paper Award in the Eleventh International Conference on Intelligent Computing 2015, Fuzhou, China.
Data Challenge Winner with ranked 2nd at Fifth European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2020, Turin, Italy
Professional Activities
Reviewer [Publons Profile]
- Reviewer in peer-reviewed ISI Journals (2016 - Present): IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Potentials, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE Access, Measurement, Sensors, Energy, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, - Journal of Information Processing Systems,
- Reviewer in peer-reviewed International Conference (2017 - Present): ICISET2016 (Chittagong, Bangladesh), ICISET2018, European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society (PMHE2020), ICECIT2021 (Khulna, Bangladesh), ICSCT 2021 (Dhaka, Bangladesh), BIM2021 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Public Speaking
- Speaker at Toastmasters International meeting; an invited speaker at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea
- Presented at national and international conferences and seminars.
- Member at Toastmasters International (https://www.toastmasters.org/)
Membership:
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ), Professional Member, ID: 90612742
- Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Member, ID: 30799
- PHM (Prognostics and Health Management ) Society, Member
Country Visited
· South Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, China, Singapore, Nepal, Thailand, Turkey, UAE