Dr. Syed M Rahman is currently a Visiting Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the North Dakota State University. He is on leave from Monash University in Australia, where he is a senior faculty member at the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology.
He obtained his M.Sc degree in June 1978 and Ph.D degree in November 1980 both in the field of Computer Technology from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Budapest Technical University in Hungary.
Dr. Syed has worked for several institutions in Hungary, Bangladesh, Australia and in USA. He has more than 18 years of experience in teaching, in research and in academic leadership in the field of computer science and engineering. He was the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering during 1986-92 at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, which is the topmost technical university in Bangladesh. He shouldered the responsibilities of developing its undergraduate and postgraduate course curriculum, infrastructure and laboratories from its foundation. He is widely acknowledged to have been able to develop the department from scratch as the first and best department in the country. During this period he was chairman of several selection committees and was member/chairman of other committees formed by university and outside organizations.
His research interests include multimedia computing and communications, multimedia document retrieval and processing, educational multimedia, video over ATM, microprocessor based designs, VHDL design, pattern recognition, neural network and artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, electronic commerce and security issues. His current research areas are: texture and shape based image/audio retrieval and processing, neural network based ranking, image segmentation, blocking artifact reduction, Bengali character recognition and security in electronic commerce. He has successfully supervised Ph.D and several Masters students to completion. All of his students are very well placed in well reputed academic institutions in USA, Canada and Australia and in leading industries like Intel, Motorola etc. He has about 100 refereed publications. He was given award by the syndicate of the Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology for research supervision of postgraduate students. He also received the UNESCO/ROSTSCA' 85 award for south and central Asia region in the field of Informatics and Computer Applications in Scientific Research. He won several other awards.
Dr. Syed has experience of teaching a broad range of subjects for almost two decades and has interest to broaden the range further. Recently he has developed and taught a number of multimedia computing and communications related subjects. The major subjects he taught include: Microprocessor Interfacing, Programming Languages (C++, Fortran, COBOL, Assembly etc.), Multimedia Computing and Communications, Data Communication and Computer Networks, Multimedia Concepts and Applications, Multimedia Programming, Software Engineering, Computer Technology, Information Systems, Computers in Business, Programming for Business Applications, Business Systems, Digital Computer theory and Design, Machine and Assembler Language Programming, Software Development, Computer Architecture and Organization, Switching theory and logic design, Data structures and Databases, Systems Analysis and Design. He is interested to develop and teach courses in Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Pattern recognition, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence and Electronic Commerce. He has also gained experience in teaching students both in internal and distance education mode of studies.
He also has industrial experience in the design of microprocessor based industrial process control systems, which has been installed in glass industries, railway traffic control and large city water pump controls.
Dr. Syed has experience in leading professional groups and to be involved in international professional activities including organizing conferences and serving as program committee members and session chairs etc. He was the General secretary of Bangladesh Computer Society. He has organized and is currently engaged in organizing a number of International conferences, and symposium and editing of Books. He has been invited to chair a number of sessions in international conferences. He is member of several professional societies such as IEEE, ACM, Australian Computer Society, IRMA, ISCA etc. He has several awards as recognition of his research and professional activities.
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