About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics, Computer and Information Science at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. I earned my PhD from the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. Before moving to the United States for higher studies, I studied Computer Science and Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
My research interest includes Misinformation Mining, Event and Anomaly detection, Large-scale graph mining, Data mining, and Machine Learning. During my PhD, I was involved in several projects funded by Northrop Grumman and NSF to develop Anomaly Mining algorithms and apply
them to solve real-world problems.
I worked as a Research Intern in the Information Security team at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Summer 2015. After I defended my PhD, I worked as a Research Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University (SBU) for two semesters (Fall 2017 – Spring 2018).
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Supervisor: Dr. Leman Akoglu, Dean’s Associate Professor, Information Systems and Public Policy, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
Thesis: Ensemble and Multimodal Learning for Anomaly Mining: Algorithms and Applications. [The thesis (.pdf) can be found here]
- MS in Computer Science from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
- B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Saidur Rahman, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BUET
Thesis: Topological Book Embeddings of Planar Graphs
Grants
[1] PI: Diverse Educators Fortifying Trainees (DEFT) Micro Grant
ChatGPT, a Blessing or Curse? – Understanding Public Sentiments on Twitter about the Influence
of ChatGPT in Various Sectors.
$5,000 (February 2024 – December 2024)
Renewed: $8,000 (January 2025 – June 2025)
[2] Co-PI: National Science Foundation (NSF) Program of Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE) Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) Research Expansion
CISE-MSI: DP: IIS-III: ACOSUS: An AI-driven COunseling System for Underrepresented Transfer
Students. With PI: Xiwei Wang (NEIU), and Co-PI: Yun Wan (UHV), Palvi Aggarwal (UTEP),
and Sherrene Bogle (Cal Poly Humboldt)
$594,390 (September 2022 – August 2026)
[3] Co-PI: American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) CyBR-MSI Mini Grant Program
Exploratory data analysis for an AI-driven transfer student advising system: A pilot study. With
PI: Xiwei Wang (NEIU), and Co-PI: Yun Wan (UHV), Palvi Aggarwal (UTEP), and Sherrene
Bogle (Cal Poly Humbolt)
$10,000 (June 2022 – September 2022)
[4] Co-PI: National Science Foundation (NSF) Program of Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE) Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) Research Expansion
StEM: Stimulate, Engage and Motivate student research by enhancing research capacity (CISE-
MSI: RCBP-ED: IIS – III). With PI: Renu Balyan, and Co-PI: Mohamed Khalefa, Kinning Poon,
Tin Chi Solomon Chak (SUNY OW)
$299,498 (October 2021 – September 2024)
Awards & Honors
- CRA Boston Level Up Regional Workshop Travel Grant 2023
- Lumen Circle Fellowship, Fall 2021
- Member of 2020-21 SUNY PRODiG Cohort
- NSF Travel Grant for SDM 2016
- IACS Young Writer’s Award, 2015
- SIAM SDM 2015 Student Travel Grant
- CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop Travel Award, 2015
- CS Fellowship from Computer Science Department, Stony Brook University
- University Dean’s List Scholarship in all levels, BUET
- Gold Medal from Ideal School and College for the result of HSC