Professional Activities

Scholarships, awards, talks and presentations, leadership, and academic service.

Scholarships & Fellowships

  1. SCAI Doctoral Fellowship ($5,000), School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University — Provided to selected incoming Ph.D. students to support advanced research and degree completion, 2022
  2. General Merit Scholarship, Bangladesh Government — Outstanding performance in Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination, 2016 – 2020
  3. Technical Scholarship, Bangladesh Government — Complimentary scholarship for regular engineering students, 2016 – 2020
  4. General Merit Scholarship, Bangladesh Government — Outstanding performance in Junior School Certificate Examination, 2011 – 2012

Awards, Grants & Honors

  1. Finalist, Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, 2026
  2. GSG Travel Fund ($700), Graduate Student Government, Arizona State University — Travel grant to participate in AGU Annual Meeting, 2025
  3. Graduate College Travel Award ($300), Arizona State University — Travel grant to participate in AGU Annual Meeting, 2025
  4. SCAI Conference Funding ($250), School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University — Travel grant to participate in AGU Annual Meeting, 2025
  5. CAP-LTER Graduate Grant ($5,000), Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (NSF-funded) — Supports my work on LiDAR-based urban tree mapping, 2025
  6. 3rd Place (Graduate Category), Urban Climate Research Center (UCRC) Poster Event — For: A Systematic Literature Review on Urban Climate Informatics, 2025
  7. Runners-up, SpaceHACK for Sustainability Hackathon — For the urban cultural accessibility project, 2025
  8. USENIX'23 Conference Grant ($700), USENIX Association — Travel + presentation grant for the disinformation propagation work, 2023
  9. Post-CHI Summer School Acceptance, ACM CHI — Selected based on the private-data / disinformation project, 2023

Talks & Presentations

  1. Talk: “Walk in the Shade: Citywide Route Maps”, Three Minute Thesis (3MT), 2026
  2. Poster: “Scalable LiDAR-Based Framework for Automated Tree Inventory and Management”, CAP-LTER All-Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 2026
  3. Presentation: “WalkNet: A Vision-Based Framework for Mapping Urban Pedestrian Infrastructure”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, 2025
  4. Poster: “A Systematic Literature Review on Urban Climate Informatics”, Urban Climate Research Center (UCRC) Poster Event, 2025
  5. Poster: “Understanding the Effect of Private Data in Disinformation Propagation”, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2023
  6. Poster: “Exploring Privacy and Security Concerns of EdTech Users: A Qualitative Analysis of User Written Reviews”, Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2023
  7. Presentation: “Targeted Misinformation based on Personal Data”, ASU CyberSecurity Symposium (ASUCSS), 2023

Teaching

  1. CSE 100 — Principles of Programming with C++ (Teaching Assistant) — Programming concepts, problem-solving, and program design.
  2. CSE 360 — Introduction to Software Engineering (Teaching Assistant) — Software engineering principles such as life-cycle models, development methods, UML, project management, testing, and quality-assurance standards.
  3. CSE 467 — Data and Information Security (Teaching Assistant) — Introductory understanding of the technical and behavioral mechanisms for information security and privacy.
  4. CSE 470 — Computer Graphics (Teaching Assistant) — Basic concepts of interactive computer graphics, realistic rendering, and 3-D viewing.
  5. CSE 477 — Introduction to Computer-Aided Geometric Design (Teaching Assistant) — Basic concepts of 3-D computer geometry, including curves, surfaces, and meshes.
  6. CSE 485 — ASU Capstone Project (Teaching Assistant) — Project-based course linking students with industry- and faculty-sponsored projects, cultivating practical experience and preparing them for the professional world.

Leadership Experiences

  1. Coordinator, OLsA – Arizona Laboratorians Chapter, 2024 – Present
  2. Student Representative, Bangladesh Student Association, Arizona State University, 2023 – Present
  3. Organising Member, Laboratorian Association of BUET, 2019 – 2020

Service & Reviewing

  1. Peer Reviewer for Papers, ML4RS 2026, ICECET 2026, ICECCME 2025, ICECET 2025, ACDSA 2025
  2. Conference Session Chair, ICECCME 2024
  3. Invited Talk, ASU CyberSecurity Symposium
  4. Student Volunteer, AIES 2025, SOUPS 2023