Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui

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Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui, PhD

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, DUET, Gazipur

Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur, Bangladesh. He is also serving as the Chairman of ICT Cell, DUET at present. Previously he served as the Head in the same department for two years, and as the ICT Advisor of DUET for three years. He received his doctorate in Automated Planning in the filed of Artificial Intelligence from The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in 2016. His doctorate dissertation has been named as an honorable mention for the prestigious ICAPS (International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling) Best Dissertation Award for 2017. Earlier he received his M.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2007, and his B.Sc. in Computer Science & IT from Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh in 2002. His key publications include Multi-layered Attentional Peephole Convolutional LSTM for Abstractive Text Summarization (ETRI Journal), Continuing Plan Quality Optimisation (JAIR, 2015), and Exploiting Block Deordering for Improving Planners Efficiency (IJCAI, 2004). His current research interests include Automated Planning and Deep Learning in the filed of Artificial Intelligence.

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Educational Qualification

#	Degree	Institution	Passing Year	Discipline & Fields
1	PhD	Australian National University, Canberra, Australia	2016	Computer Science & Engineering (Field: Automated Planning in Artificial Intelligence)
2	M.Sc. in Eng.	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh	2007	Computer Science and Engineering (Field: Distributed Data Warehouse Management)
3	B.Sc. in Eng.	Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh	2002	Computer Science and Engineering
4	HSC	Jhenidah Cadet College, Jhenidah, Bangladesh	1998	Science
5	SSC	Jhenidah Cadet College, Jhenidah, Bangladesh	1996	Science

Career

#	Designation	Institute	Duration
1	Professor	Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur	2017-04-19 : Continue
2	Associate Professor	Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur	2016-03-23 : 2017-12-04
3	Assistant Professor	Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur	2006-11-30 : 2016-03-22
4	Lecturer	Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur	2003-04-23 : 2006-11-29
5	Adjunct Faculty	Islamic University of Technology, Boardbazar, Gazipur, Bangladesh	2004-01-01 : Continue
6	Adjunct Faculty	Bangladesh University of Professionals, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh	2016-01-01 : Continue
7	Adjunct Faculty	Military Institute of Science & Technology, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh	2017-01-01 : 2017-12-31
8	Guest Faculty	BRAC University, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh	2017-01-01 : 2018-12-31
9	Adjunct Professor	Independent University Bangladesh	2022-01-01 : Continue

Additional Charges

#	Faculty/ Department/ Institute/ Office	Designation	Duration
1	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	Head	2019-09-28 : 2021-09-27
2	ICT Cell	Chairman	2018-04-08 : Continue
3	Committee of Advanced Study and Research	Member	2019-06-10 : 2022-06-09
4	Computer Center	Director	2023-03-23 : Continue

Memberships

#	Type	Organization	Membership Code
1	Member	Institue of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB)	M-21013
2	Member	IEEE	98818738

Awards

#	Title	Event	Year
1	An honorable mention for the best dissertation award	27th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, taken place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Carnegie Mellon University	2017
2	PhD scholarship for four years	National ICT Australia (NICTA)	2012
3	PhD supplementary scholarship for four years	National ICT Australia (NICTA)	2012
4	Tuition fee exemption scholarship for four years	Australian National University (ANU)	2012
5	Position in top 10 in B.Sc. Engineering	Islamic University of Technology	2002
6	OIC scholarship for four years during the B.Sc. study	Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Boardbazaar, Gazipur	1999
7	Position in the combined merit list from Jessore board	HSC examination	1998
8	Government scholarship for toppers	HSC examination	1998
9	Government scholarship for toppers	SSC examination	1996

Conducted Courses

#	Programme	Course No	Course Title	Year
1	B.Sc.	CSE-4623	Artificial Intelligence	2016-Ongoing
2	B.Sc.	CSE-2521	Data Structure	2003-Ongoing
3	B.Sc.	CSE-3110	Internet Programming Sessional	2004-2011
4	B.Sc.	CSE-4619	Machine Learning	2016-Ongoing
5	B.Sc.	CSE-4629	Pattern Recognition	2016-2018
6	B.Sc.	CSE-3114	Software & Hardware Project	2016-2019
7	M.Sc.	CSE-6109	Automated Planning and Heuristic Search	2018-Ongoing
8	M.Sc.	CSE-6202	Data Mining and Warehousing	2016-2018

My Students

#	Programme	Awarded Students	Running Students	Student Details
1	B.Sc.	80	12
2	M.Sc.	3	8	Md. Motiur Rahman (15204008) -- Awarded, 2020, Amina Shaikh (16204010) -- Awarded, 2021, Susmita Kar (15204001) -- Awarded, 2023; Mahfuza Akter (16204027) Nasir Uddin (17204007) Md. Abdullah (16204022) Md Sobuj Talukder (16204030) Solaiman Ahmed (16204037) Litan Islam (19204023) Tisha Mondal (19204006)
3	PhD	0	2	Sabah Binte Noor (17104006) Ferdaus Anam Jibon (18104003)

Other Activities

#	Title	Organization	Role	Fund
1	Predicting Yield and Evapotranspiration of Rice in Bangladesh Perspective: A Hybrid Machine Learning Model	DUET (Vice-Chancellor Research Fund)	Project Director	320000
2	Smart Complaint Management	DUET (UGC Funded)	Project Director	265000
3	Facial Recognition-based Smart Attendance System	DUET (UGC Funded)	Associate Director	260000
4	DUET Inventory Management System	DUET (Fund Proposed)	Project Director	Tk. 1500000
5	Automated Workflow Management of Advance Study and Research in Educational Institutes	DUET (Funded by UGC)	Project Director	Tk. 300000
6	DUET Alumni Management System	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	N/A
7	DUET OBE-based Dynamic Profile Management System	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	N/A
8	Web-based Requisition, Billing, and Location Tracking of DUET Vehicles	DUET (Funded by UGC)	Project Director	Tk. 200000
9	QR Code-based Admission Scripts Evaluation System	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	Tk. 200000
10	A Constraint Programming-based Solution to University Timetabling Problem	DUET (Funded by UGC)	Assoc. Project Director	Tk. 200000
11	DUET Journal Management Platform	DUET (Funded by UGC)	Project Director	Tk. 200000
12	DUET Gateway Mobile Application	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	N/A
13	E-Learning and Activity Automation Of Academic Departments	DUET (Funded by UGC)	Project Director	Tk. 200000
14	Automated Payroll Management System	DUET (Funded by UGC)	Project Director	Tk. 200000
15	DUET Undergraduate and Postgraduate Registration System	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	N/A
16	Online Admission Processing System	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	Tk. 30000
17	Online Library Management System	DUET, Gazipur	Project Director	Tk. 30000

Other Participation

#	Event	Organizer	Role	Year
1	International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development (ICICT4SD)	Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)	TPC Member & Reviewer	2021
2	International Conference on Cyber Security and Computer Science (ICONCS)	Daffodil International University (DIU)	Reviewer	2020
3	International Conference on Computing Advancements	American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB)	Reviewer	2020
4	International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 4.0 (STI)	Green University Bangladesh (GUB)	TPC Member & Reviewer	2020
5	International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI)	University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh; South Asian University (SAU), India	Reviewer	2019
6	International Conference on Electrical, Computer, and Telecommunication Engineering	Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh	Reviewer	2019
7	DUET CSE Fest	Department of CSE, DUET, Gazipur	Convener	2019
8	International Conference on Innovation in Engineering and Technology (ICIET)	Dhaka University, Bangladesh	Reviewer	2018
9	The National Conference for Postgraduate Research (NCON-PGR)	University of Postgraduate Studies, Universiti Malaysia Pahang	Reviewer	2018

Other Information

Marital Status: Married
Languages: Bangla, English

Ph.D. Thesis Title : Using Plan Decomposition for Continuing Plan Optimisation and Macro Generation.
M.Sc. Thesis Title : Distributed Data Warehouse Management in a Parallel Environment using Compressed Relational Structure.
B.Sc. Thesis Title : Bengali Character Recognition Using Bidirectional Associative Memories (BAM) Neural Network

Known Programming and Database Languages:
C, C++, C#, Java, Python, ASP, JSP, PHP, Prolog, MATLAB, R, AutoCAD, Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.

Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Patrik Haslum, ANU, Australia
M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. A.S.M. Latuful Haque, BUET, Bangladesh
B.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Tanvir Ahmed, IUT, Bangladesh