Pabna University of Science and Technology

Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Abdur Rahim

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan, B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. in CSE (RU) 

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Pabna University of Science and Technology

Pabna, Bangladesh

Contact Information

+8801728548300 (Personal)

rahim@pust.ac.bd (Office)

rahim_bds@yahoo.com (Personal)

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Total Publications: 45

Total Publications (45)

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Biography (1)

  • A short biography of Dr. Md Abdur Rahim. He has received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu, Japan. He received the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh in 2008 and 2009, respectively. He is working as an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. Previously, he worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and also worked as an assistant programmer in Bangladesh Computer Council. His research interests include human-computer interaction, pattern recognition, computer vision and image processing, human recognition, and machine intelligence. He has published several journals and conference publications. He is a reviewer of some SCIE indexed journals. He is active in some social activities. He also served as: a) Secretary, Teacher-Officer Club, PUST. b) Joint-Secretary, Teacher Association, PUST. c) Member, Teacher Association, PUST. d) Assistant Proctor, PUST. e) Member, Campus Network Sub-Project of BdREN, PUST. f) Coordinator, MCSE Evening Program, CSE, PUST.

Education (5)

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2020 From The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan.
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering in 2009 with First Class Second Position, GPA conversion: 3.95 (Out of 4.00 Scale) from University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering in 2008 with First Class Second Position, CGPA conversion: 3.82 (Out of 4.00 Scale) from University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
  • Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examination in 2004 with GPA: 4.90 (out of 5.00) from Bhurungamari Degree College, Bhurungamari, Kurigram, Bangladesh.
  • Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination in 2002 with GPA: 4.38 (without 4th subject out of 5.00) from Bhurungamari Pilot High School, Bhurungamari, Kurigram, Bangladesh.

Teaching Experience (4)

  • Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering department from 22.12.2020 to till now at Pabna University of Science and Technology, Rajapur-6600, Pabna, Bangladesh.
  • Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering department from 12.11.2014 to 21.12.2020 at Pabna University of Science and Technology, Rajapur-6600, Pabna, Bangladesh.
  • Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering department from 12.11.2012 to 11.11.2014 at Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST), Rajapur-6600, Pabna, Bangladesh.
  • Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering department from 07.12.2011 to 11.11.2012 at Uttara University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Administrative or Other Experience (11)

  • Director, ICT Cell, Pabna University of Science and Technology (Nov 01, 2022~ Present)
  • Chairman, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology (Nov. 2020~ Present)
  • Member, Teacher Association, PUST
  • Joint-Secretary, Teacher Association, PUST.
  • Coordinator, MCSE Evening Program, CSE, PUST. (2015~2016)
  • Member, Campus Network Sub-Project of BdREN, PUST
  • Assistant Proctor, Pabna University of Science and Technology (2014~2017)
  • Secretary, Teacher-Officer Club, PUST
  • Member, Technical Committee for Purchase of Office Equipment under PUST Development Project.
  • Member, Computer and Ancillary Equipment's Technical Specification, Estimate Preparation, and Receiving Committee, Pabna University of Science and Technology.
  • Member, Diary and Calendar Printing Committee, Pabna University of Science and Technology

Research Interests (4)

  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision and Image Processing
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Human-computer interaction

Active Research Project (6)

  • Stacked Ensemble-Based Type-2 Diabetes Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques
  • Deep Ensemble Learning-based Static Bengali Sign Language Recognition
  • Handwriting Assessment/Analysis
  • Sign Language Recognition
  • Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Diagnosis
  • Hand Gesture-Based Non-Touch Human-computer-interaction (HCI)

Previous Research Project (7)

  • Simulating Oriental Brush Character
  • Human Machine Interaction Based on Hand Gesture Recognition
  • Sleep Disorder Diagnosis
  • Image Stitching with Efficient Brightness Fusion
  • Handwritten Character Recognition
  • Face Recognition using Local Binary Pattern (LBP)
  • Bengali Sign Language Recognition

External Affiliation (2)

  • Research Collaboration with Prof. Jungpil Shin (Ph.D. Supervisor), School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
  • Research Collaboration with Prof. Keun Soo Yun, School of Computer and Information, Ulsan College, Dong-gu, South Korea

Awards & Recognition (3)

  • Best Conference Paper Award in 3rd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2020 (ECEI'2020)
  • Best Conference Paper Award in 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Innovation and Invention (ICKII'2019).
  • Best Paper Certificate In Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Applications in Information Technology (ICAIT'2018), ACM

Journal Articles (29)

  • [2023] Md. Najmul Hossain, Al Amin Islam, Jungpil Shin, Md. Abdur Rahim, Md. Humayun Kabir, "Performance Evaluation of Slotted Star-Shaped Dual-band Patch Antenna for Satellite Communication and 5G Services", I.J. Wireless and Microwave Technologies, 2023, 3, 49-63, Published Online on June 8, 2023, by MECS, DOI: 10.5815/ijwmt.2023.03.05
  • [2023] Liton Chandra Paul1, Akash Majumder, Tithi Rani, Md. Najmul Hossain, Md. Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, and Keun Soo Yun, "Design and Analysis of an UWB Slotted Vivaldi Antenna for Microwave Imaging Applications," IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing, 2023. [Accepted]
  • [2023] Md Abdur Rahim, Md Alfaz Hossain, Md Najmul Hossain, Jungpil Shin and Keun Soo Yun, “Stacked Ensemble-Based Diabetes Type-2 Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques”, Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC), Print ISSN: 2516-0281, Online ISSN: 2516-029X, pp. 30-39, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1st January 2023, Published by International Association for Educators and Researchers (IAER), DOI: 10.33166/AETiC.2023.01.003, Available: http://aetic.theiaer.org/archive/v7/v7n1/p3.html.
  • [2022] Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Jungpil Shin, Md. Al Mehedi Hasan, Md Abdur Rahim and Yuichi Okuyama, “Rotation, Translation and Scale-Invariant Sign Word Recognition Using Efficient Segmentation and Deep Learning”, Computer Systems Science and Engineering , Vol.44, No.3, 2023, pp.2521-2536, doi:10.32604/csse.2023.029336
  • [2022] Md. Najmul Hossain, Liton Chandra Paul, Md. Abdur Rahim, and Jungpil Shin, “ Multiband Slotted Crescent-shaped Patch Antenna for K-band Satellite and mmWave Communications”, IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing, Vol. 11, No. 3, June 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5573/IEIESPC.2022.11.3.213
  • [2022] Md. Nur Alam, Onur Alp İlhan, Md. Sabur Uddin, Md. Abdur Rahim, "Regarding on the Results for the Fractional Clannish Random Walker’s Parabolic Equation and the Nonlinear Fractional Cahn-Allen Equation", Advances in Mathematical Physics, vol. 2022, Article ID 5635514, 12 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5635514
  • [2022] Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Jungpil Shin, Md. Al Mehedi Hasan, and Md Abdur Rahim, "BenSignNet: Bengali Sign Language Alphabet Recognition using Concatenated Segmentation and Convolutional Neural Network", Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(8), 3933; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12083933
  • [2022] Md Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, and Keun Soo Yun, “Soft Voting-based Ensemble Model for Bengali Sign Gesture Recognition”, Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC), Print ISSN: 2516-0281, Online ISSN: 2516-029X, pp. 41-49, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1st April 2022, Published by International Association for Educators and Researchers (IAER), DOI: 10.33166/AETiC.2022.02.003, Available: http://aetic.theiaer.org/archive/v6/v6n2/p3.html [Scopus Indexed]
  • [2021] Ahmad H, Alam N, Rahim A, Alotaibi MF, Omri M. The unified technique for the nonlinear time-fractional model with the beta-derivative. Results in Physics. 2021 Sep 11:104785. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2021.104785
  • [2020] Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Md Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, "Motor-Imagery Classification using Riemannian geometry with Median Absolute Deviation," Electronics 2020, 9(10), 1584; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9101584
  • [2020] Md. Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin and Keun Soo Yun, "Hand Gesture-based Sign Alphabet Recognition and Sentence Interpretation using a Convolutional Neural Network”, Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing (AETiC), Print ISSN: 2516-0281, Online ISSN: 2516-029X, pp. 19-26, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1st October 2020, Published by International Association of Educators and Researchers (IAER), DOI: 10.33166/AETiC.2020.04.003, Available: http://aetic.theiaer.org/archive/v4/v4n4/p3.html (It will available on 1st October 2020)
  • [2020] Md Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, “Hand Movement Activity-Based Character Input System on a Virtual Keyboard,” Electronics 2020, 9(5), 774; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9050774
  • [2013] Md. Najmul Hossain, Md Abdur Rahim, Iffa Ara, "SIR-Based Power Control Algorithms in CDMA Networks." Global Journal of Computer Science and 3Technology, Vol. 13, Issue. 10, 2013.
  • [2020] Rahim, Md Abdur, Jungpil Shin, and Md Rashedul Islam. "Hand gesture recognition-based non-touch character writing system on a virtual keyboard." Multimedia Tools and Applications: 1-24, SCIE index, Impact factor- 2.10. DOI: 10.1007/s11042-019-08448-6
  • [2020] Jungpil Shin, Md Abdur Rahim, Md Rashedul Islam, and Keun Soo Yun, “A Novel Approach of Cursive Signature Generation for Personal Identity," International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT) [Scopus, ESCI], Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 384-394, May, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCAT.2020.10029607
  • [2019] Rahim MA, Shin J, Islam MR. Gestural flick input-based non-touch interface for character input. The Visual Computer. 2019:1-4. SCIE index, Impact Factor- 1.41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-019-01758-8
  • [2019] Md Abdur Rahim, Md Rashedul Islam, Jungpil Shin, “Non-Touch Sign Word Recognition Based on Dynamic Hand Gesture Using Hybrid Segmentation and CNN Feature Fusion,” Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(18), 3790; https://doi.org/10.3390/app9183790
  • [2019] Shin, J.; Rahim, M.A.; Chang, W.-D. Learning System for Japanese Kanji Calligraphy with Computerized Supervision. Symmetry 2019, 11, 1071. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11091071
  • [2019] Jungpil Shin, Cheol Min Kim, Md Abdur Rahim, “Simulating oriental brush character considered with aerial action of pen tablet,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, pp. 1-19, 2019. SCIE indexed. Impact factor- 2.10. DOI 10.1007/s11042-019-7287-z
  • [2019] Jungpil Shin, Md Rashedul Islam, Md Abdur Rahim, and Hyung-Jin Mun, "Arm movement activity-based user authentication in P2P systems." Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (Springer) [SCI], Special Issue on P2P Computing for Intelligence of Things (ISSN: 1936-6442), Vol. 13, pp. 635–646; Feb. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-019-00775-7
  • [2014] Pronab Kumar Mondal , Uzzal Kumar Prodhan , Md. Selim Al Mamun , Md. Abdur Rahim , Kazi Kamal Hossain, “Segmentation of White Blood Cells Using Fuzzy C Means Segmentation Algorithm”, IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE), e-ISSN: 2278-0661, p- ISSN: 2278-8727, vol. 16 no. 3, pp. 01-05, 2014
  • 2013: Md. Rashedul Islam, Dr. Md. Babul Islam , Md. Firoz Ahmed , Md. Najmul Hossain , Md. Abdur Rahim, “MEL-LP BASED GENERALIZED CEPSTRAL ANALYSIS FOR NOISY SPEECH RECOGNITION USING HMM”, International Journal of scientific research and management (IJSRM), vol. 1 no. 9, pp. 466-470, 2013 Website: www.ijsrm.in ISSN (e): 2321-3418
  • 2013: Md. Najmul Hossain, Md. Abdur Rahim, Md. Rashedul Islam, Md. Shafiul Azam, “Performance Analysis of Nash and Power Balancing Algorithms for SIR-Based Power Control in CDMA Networks”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, vol. 4 no. 5, May 2013; ISSN 2229-5518.
  • 2013: Md. Abdur Rahim, Md. Najmul Hossain, Tanzillah Wahid, Md. Shafiul Azam, “Face Recognition using Local Binary Patterns (LBP)”, Golbal Journal of Computer Science and Technology (F), vol. XIII, no. IV, 2013. Online ISSN: 0975-4172 & Print ISSN: 0975-4350.
  • 2014: Iffat Ara, Md. Najmul Hossain, Md. Abdur Rahim,”ECG Signal Analysis Using Wavelet Transform”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 5, Issue 5, May-2014, ISSN 2229-5518.
  • 2014: Md. Abdur Rahim, Tanzillah Wahid, Md. Khaled Ben Islam, “Visual Recognition of Bengali Sign Languague using Artificial Neural Network”, International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 94 no. 17, pp. 0975-8887, May 2014
  • 2015: Md. Niaz Imtiaz, Md. Abdur Rahim, “An Improved Energy Efficient Optimized Link-State Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-hoc Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE Journal), ISSN: 2306‐708X, vol. 4 no. 4, Aug 2015
  • 2015: Md. Khaled Ben Islam, Julia Rahman, Md. Al Mehedi Hasan and Md. Abdur Rahim, “Protein Function Prediction Using Hypergeometric Distance with Background Frequency from Protein-Protein Interaction Network”, International Journal of Computational Bioinformatics and in Silico Modeling, vol. 4 no. 3, pp. 667-672, 2015, Research Article Open Access, ISSN: 2320-0634
  • 2018: Jungpil Shin, Md Abdur Rahim, and Keun Soo Yun, “Panoramic Image Stitching with Efficient Brightness Fusion Using RANSAC Algorithm.” International Journal of Engineering & Technology, vol. 7, no 3.34, pp. 267-272, 2018. doi: 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.34.18981

Conference Proceedings (15)

  • Hemel Sharker Akash, Md Abdur Rahim, Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Yuichi Okuyama, Yoichi Tomioka and Jungpil Shin, “Generalized Technique for Potato Leaves Disease Classification using Convolutional Neural Network,” in 8th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development, August 3rd -4th, 2023, Goa, India. [Accepted]
  • [2023] M. S. Rana, N. K. Podder, H. K. Rana, M. I. Hasan, M. S. Azam, MA Rahim, SM H. S. Iqbal, S. Saha, “Identification of Genomic Associations Between Parkinson’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Bioinformatics Models”, 2023 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (EECE), Feb. 23-25, 2023, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • [2022] N. K. Podder, A. K. Puza, H. K. Rana, B. C. Podder, M. H. Sumon, N. J Rinvi, M. A. Rahim and P. C. Shill, "Identification of Influential Genes and Comorbidities of Colorectal Cancer," 2022 International Conference on Recent Progresses in Science, Engineering and Technology (ICRPSET) 2022.
  • [2020] Md Abdur Rahim, Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Jungpil Shin, "Hand gesture recognition based on optimal segmentation techniques in human-computer interaction," The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Innovation and Invention 2020 (IEEE ICKII 2020), August 21-23, 2020, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [Accepted]
  • [2020] Jungpil Shin, Md Abdur Rahim, Okuyama Yuichi, Yoichi Tomioka, "Deep Learning-based Hand Pose Estimation from 2D Image," The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Innovation and Invention 2020 (IEEE ICKII 2020), August 21-23, 2020, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [Accepted]
  • [2019] Shunsuke Kobayashi, Ryoma Takahashi, Mitsuki Aihara, Md Abdur Rahim, Md Rashedul Islam, Jungpil Shin, Kazuaki Kanai, Yoshikazu Ugawa, "Pathophysiology of Micrographia in Parkinson's Disease", 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology, Pe-051-1, May 22-25, 2019, Osaka, Japan. [POSTER]
  • [2020] Jungpil Shin, Md Abdur Rahim, "Handedness Detection Based on Drawing Patterns using Machine Learning Techniques," The Thirteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI2020), pp. 68-71, March 2020.
  • [2020] Md Abdur Rahim; Md Rashedul Islam; Ui-Pil Chong; Jungpil Shin, "Hand movement activity-based approach for virtual keyboard input," 3rd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2020 (ECEI 2020), February 5-7, 2020, Ha Long Bay/ Hanoi, Vietnam. [Best Conference Paper Award]
  • [2019] Md Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, Md Rashedul Islam, "Dynamic Hand Gesture based Sign Word Recognition using Convolutional Neural Network with Feature Fusion," In 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Innovation and Invention (ICKII), pp. 221-224, July, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICKII46306.2019.9042600 (Best Conference Paper Award)
  • 2019: Islam, Md Rashedul, Md Abdur Rahim, Md Rajibul Islam, and Jungpil Shin. "Genetic Algorithm Based Optimal Feature Selection Extracted by Time-Frequency Analysis for Enhanced Sleep Disorder Diagnosis Using EEG Signal." In Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference, pp. 881-894. Springer, Cham, 2019.
  • 2018: Md Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, Keun Soo Yun, “Integrated Recognition of Handwritten and Printed Character using Machine Learning Algorithm”, The 5th International Conference on Small & Medium Business (ICSMB 2018), W15-200, Jan. 17-19, 2018, Manila, Philippines.
  • 2018: Jungpil Shin, Md Abdur Rahim, Keun Soo Yun, “Continuous Motion Detection using Histogram of Oriented Gradients”, The 5th International Conference on Small & Medium Business (ICSMB 2018), W15-199, Jan. 17-19, 2018, Manila, Philippines.
  • 2018: Md Rashedul Islam, Md Abdur Rahim, Hafeza Akter, Raihan Kabir and Jungpil Shin. “Optimal IMF Selection of EMD for Sleep Disorder Diagnosis using EEG Signals,” In Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Applications in Information Technology, pp. 96-101, ACM, Nov. 2018 (Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, November 1-3, 2018). [Best Paper Awarded] doi: 10.1145/3274856.3274876
  • 2018: Md Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, and Md Rashedul Islam. "Human-Machine Interaction based on Hand Gesture Recognition using Skeleton Information of Kinect Sensor," In Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Applications in Information Technology, pp. 75-79, ACM, Nov. 2018. doi.10.1145/3274856.3274872
  • 2019: Md Abdur Rahim, Hyung-Jin Mun, Jungpil Shin, “Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) Using Gabor Wavelet, Color Moments and Shape Features,” International Research Conference on Innovation, Technology, and Sustainability, pp. 701-702, January 24-25, 2019, Century Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines.

Published Book Chapter (1)

  • MD FARHANUL HAQUE, Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Md. Al-Hasan, Sumaiya Tabssum Mou, Dr. Md. Abdur Rahim, Jungpil Shin, "Multichannel Attention Networks with Ensembled Transfer Learning to Recognize Bangla Handwirtten Charecter", International Conference on Big Data, IoT and Machine Learning, 6-8 September, 2023 and Publication in a Taylor and Francis Book of BIM 2023.

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