Address

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Asia Pacific,

Level-7, 74/A, Green Road,

Farmgate, Dhaka - 1215,

Bangladesh.

Contact Information

Call: +880 1835 022398 (Mobile)

Email: md.rajibul.islam@uap-bd.edu, md.rajibul.islam@gmail.com

Dr. Md. Rajibul Islam

Assistant Professor & Director

AI and Robotics Research Lab

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Asia Pacific.

Erasmus Mundus INTACT Research Fellow

Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre (OFSRC), Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland

Biography

Dr. Md. Rajibul Islam is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Bangladesh. He is serving as the Director of the AI and Robitics Research Lab at the same department. Prior to this, he was Visiting Ph.D. Researcher at the University of Limerick, Ireland under Erasmus Mundus INTACT Program. Besides, he worked as Research Assistant at the Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Software Engineer at London English Academy (LEA), Research Assistant (RA) in the R&D at Clarify Consulting Sdn Bhd., and Research Assistant at the Ibnu Sina Institute for Fundamental Science Studies, University Technology Malaysia (UTM). Dr. Islam received his Ph.D. in Photonics from the Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya (UM) in March 2017. He received his M.Sc. in IT (Image Processing: Biometrics) from Multimedia University, Malaysia (MMU) and Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) Degree from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India, in 2010 and 2004, respectively. His research interests include optical fiber sensors, fiber grating, few-mode fiber grating, fiber optic chemical sensors and biosensors, acousto-optic sensors, fiber optic vibration sensors, and structure health monitoring. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals and conferences together with books and book chapters. Dr. Islam volunteers as a reviewer of several international journals and he is also a regular scientific committee member of several international conferences. He is a member of IAEng, IACSIT, ASTRC-I, MIR Labs and a member of the Optical Society of America (OSA).

Education

  1. March 2017

    Ph.D.

    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  2. June 2010

    M.Sc.(IT)

    Multimedia University, Melaka, Malaysia
  3. September 2004

    B.C.A

    Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
  4. September 1998

    H.S.C

    Cantonment Public School & College, Rangpur, Bangladesh.
  5. July 1996

    S.S.C

    Nilphamari Govt. Boys High School, Nilphamari, Bangladesh.

Professional Appointments

  1. 2017-till date
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  2. 2016-2017
    Visiting Ph.D. Researcher
    Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
  3. 2013-2016
    Research Assistant
    Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  4. 2013-2013
    Consultant (Part time)
    Crossroads Public Research Sdn Bhd, A-19-1, Block A, Level 1, Jaya One, No:72A, Jalan University, PJ 46200 Malaysia.
  5. 2012-2012
    Software Engineer (Part time)
    London English Academy, 3A-1, Level 3A, Dataran Pelangi Utama, Pelangi Utama, Jalan Masjid PJU 6A, 47400 PJ, Selangor, Malaysia.
  6. 2010-2011
    Research Assistant
    Clarify Consulting Sdn Bhd., C-42-2, Block C, Jaya One, No: 72A, Jalan University, PJ 46200, Selangor, Malaysia.
  7. 2009-2010
    Research Assistant
    Faculty of Education, Department of Multimedia Education, University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
  8. 2008-2009
    Research Assistant
    Ibnu Sina Institute, Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Awards & Prizes

  • 2018
    Full Sponsorship
    by UNESCO and ICTP for attending the Winter College on Extreme Non-linear Optics, Attosecond Science and High-field Physics program at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 5th - 16th Feb, 2015.
  • 2016
    Erasmus Mundus, INTACT Fellowship
    Selected for the Visiting Ph.D. Research Fellow at University of Limerick Ireland under Erasmus Mundus, INTACT Programme funded by European Union for six (6) months commencing as of 28th September 2016 until 28th March 2017.
  • 2015
    Bronze medal
    for the project "Few-Mode Fibre Grating Sensor" at the PECIPTA 2015 (International Conference and Exposition on Inventions of Institutions of Higher Learning), 4-6 December 2015, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.
  • 2015
    Full Sponsorship
    by UNESCO and ICTP for attending the Advanced School/Workshop on Fibre Optics: Light in action from science to technology program at University of Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape - South Africa, 27th Sep – 02nd Oct, 2015.
  • 2015
    Full Sponsorship
    by UNESCO and ICTP for attending the Winter College on Optics and Light: a Bridge between Earth and Space (preparatory school) program at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 2nd - 20th Feb, 2015.
  • 2012/2013
    International Doctoral Fellowship (IDF)
    University Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • 2011
    Best Paper Award
    ISCC 2011, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.