Brief Biography Academic Positions Academic Excellence
I received my B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. (Thesis) degrees in Applied Physics & Electronics from University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh in 1996 and 1998 respectively, and have recently been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Monash University. My PhD research was on "Shape and texture for video-object segmentation". I am currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Research School of Information Science & Engineering (RSISE), The Australian National University (ANU). My research interests include 3D modeling, machine learning, object-based video and image segmentation, medical imaging, object tracking, and pattern recognition. I am a member of the IEEE.
Research Fellow, Research School of Information Science & Engineering, The Australian National University, Australia (Since March 2008).
Postgraduate Researcher on postgraduate publications award (PPA), Gippsland School of IT, Monash University, Australia (Nov 2007-Feb 2008).
PhD Scholar, Faculty of IT, Monash University, Australia (May 2004-Nov 2007).
Sessional Academic Staff, Gippsland School of IT, Monash University, Australia (July 2004-Dec 2007).
Head, Department of Information & Communication Engineering, Islamic University, Bangladesh (Dec 2003 - May 2004).
Assistant Professor, Department of Information & Communication Engineering, Islamic University, Bangladesh (April 2002 - May 2004).
Lecturer, Department of Information & Communication Engineering, Islamic University, Bangladesh (April 1999 - April 2002).
Faculty Member, NIIT, Beximco Systems Ltd., Dhanmondi Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Dec 1998 - March 1999).
2007, Postgraduate Publications Award, Monash University, Australia.
2007, Postgraduate Travel Grant, Monash University, Australia for attending ICASSP-2007 in Hawaii, USA.
2004, Faculty of IT Research Scholarship, Monash University, Australia for pursuing PhD in the Gippsland School of IT.
2002, Travel, Accommodation and Living Allowance from the Prof. Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.
2001, Travel Grant and Allowance from the Committee of the 7th RIEC International Conference on Non-Linear Theory & Its Applications held in Miyagi, Sendai, Japan.
2001, Research Travel Grant awarded by the Bangladesh University Grants Commission.
2001, Rajshahi University Award for obtaining 1st class 1st position in the MSc examination.
1998, Engineer Akbar Hossain Memorial Award for securing 1st class 1st position in the MSc examination.
1996, Bangladesh University Grants Commission Scholarship for securing 1st class 2nd position in the BSc (Honors) examination.
1990, Selected for Chancellor's Award for outstanding performance in the Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C) examination.
1990, 1st Grade Scholarship of the Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Rajshahi for outstanding performance in the H.S.C examination.
1988, Selected for Chancellor's Award for outstanding performance in the Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) examination.
1988, 1st Grade Scholarship of the Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Rajshahi for outstanding performance in the S.S.C examination.