Biography
Dr. Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam is a Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET); Provost, Shahid Smrity Hall, BUET; President, Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS); Chairman, Computer Engineering Division, IEB; Chairman, Question Formulation Committee, BD-ITEC, ICT Division, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and IT Promotion Agency, Japan; Vice-President, BUET Bangbhandu Parishad, Science and Technology Secretary, Bangabandhu Shikkha and Gobeshona Porishad Central Committee, Ex-Head, Department of CSE, BUET, Ex-Director of Dhaka Electric Power Company (DESCO), Ex- Associate Director of Directorate of Students’ Welfare (DSW) at BUET, Ex-Assistant Provost, Nazrul Islam Hall, BUET, Ex-International Students’ Officer, Monash Postgraduate Association (MPA) (2004-2005), Ex- Gippsland Campus Representative, MPA (2003-2004), and the Senior Vice-president, Jamalpur Zila Students’ Association, Dhaka (1996-1997), President, Learning Geography by Playing, Melandah Umir Uddin Pilot High School.
He completed his PhD from Gippsland School of IT, Monash University, Australia in 2006. He completed his MSc Engg and BSc Engg degrees from Department of CSE, BUET in 2000 and 1997, respectively. He got many academic scholarship including Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (MIPRS) and Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) throughout his student life.
He is a Fellow of Bangladesh Computer Society, Fellow of Engineers Institute, Bangladesh (IEB) and Member of IEEE. He served as the general chair of NSysS 2015 and NSysS 2016 and Program Chair in NSysS 2017.
Dr. Islam published more than 60 journals, conferences and research articles in highly reputed publishing domain like IEEE, Elsevier and Willey. He worked as a reviewer in a wide number of world famous journals. He served as the project leader, a consultant, an assessor and a team member in a number of government and non-government projects including Machine Readable Passport, National ID Project, Hi-Tech Driving License Project, Digital Classroom, VAT Automation conceptual model and DNA Lab.
Education
Research Interest
Publications
| 1. | Md Mahbubur Rahman; Md. Abdur Rakib; Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, AutiScan: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework for Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection, 28th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 1226-1231, 2025. Conference DOI |
| 2. | Mohammad Mamun Elahi, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, An efficient authentication scheme for secured service provisioning in edge-enabled vehicular cloud networks towards sustainable smart cities, Sustainable Cities and Society, 76, 2022. Journal DOI |
| 3. | Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Md. Shohrab Hossain, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, An Energy Efficient Gravitational Model for Tree Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE 12th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON), 997-1002, 2021. Conference DOI |
| 4. | A. H. M. Kamal, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam and Zahedul Islam, An embedding technique for smartcard-supported e-healthcare services, Iran Journal of Computer Science, 3, 195-205, 2020. Journal DOI |
| 5. | Onika Akter, Mohammad Ali Moni, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Julian M. W. Quinn and A. H. M. Kamal, Lung cancer detection using enhanced segmentation accuracy, Applied Intelligence, Springer Nature, 2020. Journal DOI |
| 6. | A. H. M. Kamal, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A New Histogram-Shifting-Imitated Embedding Scheme, Journal of Computer Engineering, 1, 82-86, 2018. Journal |
| 7. | Chinmay Bepery, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Asma Akter Maria, Amina Nasrin Sumyea, Index Based Gap Position Least Count Forward Backward Multiple Pattern Matching Algorithm, Journal of Computer Engineering, 1, 41-48, 2018. Journal |
| 8. | A. H. M. Kamal and Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, An image distortion-based enhanced embedding scheme, Iran Journal of Computer Science, 1, 175–186, 2018. Journal DOI |
| 9. | A. H. M. Kamal and Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Enhancing embedding capacity and stego image quality by employing multi predictors, Journal of Information Security and Applications, 32, 59-74, 2017. Journal DOI |
| 10. | A. H. M. Kamal and Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Enhancing the performance of the data embedment process through encoding errors, Journal of Electronics, 5, 79-95, 2016. Journal DOI |
| 11. | A. H. M. Kamal and Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Boosting up the data hiding rate through multi cycle embedment process, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, 40, 574–588, 2016. Journal DOI |
| 12. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Akramul Azim, Golam Sorwar, A New Dynamic Service Span Based Energy Comparison LEACH for Achieving Expected WSNs Lifetime, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 8, 165-183, 2016. Journal |
| 13. | A. H. M. Kamal and Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Enhancing the embedding payload by handling the affair of association and mapping of block pixels through prediction errors histogram, International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS), 5-8, 2016. Conference |
| 14. | Fariha Tasmin Jaigirdar, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A new cost-effective approach for battlefield surveillance in wireless sensor networks, International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS), 2016. Conference |
| 15. | Sultana Habiba, A. H. M. Kamal, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Enhancing the Robustness of Visual Degradation Based HAM Reversible Data Hiding, Journal of Computer Science, 12, 88-97, 2016. Journal |
| 16. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Fariha Tasmin Jaigirdar, Mohammad Manzurul Islam, Maximizing Network Interruption In Wireless Sensor Network: An Intruder’s Perspective, International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC), 7, 103-121, 2015. Journal |
| 17. | A. H. M. Kamal and Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Capacity Improvement of Reversible Data Hiding Scheme through Better Prediction and Double Cycle Embedding Process, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), 16-18, 2015. Conference |
| 18. | Md. Morshedul Islam, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Golam Sorwar, Energy Aware Bottleneck Nodes Avoidance Data Gathering Tree for Wireless Sensor Networks, The 14th International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN), 2015. Conference |
| 19. | Mohammad Mamun Elahi, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A Distributed Neighbor Discovery Based Approach for Cluster Head Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks, International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology, 17-20, 2014. Conference |
| 20. | Snigdha Khanum, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, An enhanced model of vertical handoff decision based on fuzzy control theory & user preference, International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT 2013), 457-462, 2014. Conference |
| 21. | A. H. M. Kamal, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Facilitating and securing offline e-medicine service through image steganography, Healthcare Technology Letters, 1, 74-79, 2014. Journal |
| 22. | Md. Akkas Ali, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A Biometric Based: 3-D Ear Recognition System Combining Local and Holistic Features, International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science (IJMECS), 5, 36-41, 2013. Journal |
| 23. | Anupam Das, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, SecuredTrust: A dynamic trust computation model for secured communication in multiagent systems, IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secured Computing (TDSC), 9, 261-274, 2012. Journal |
| 24. | Abu Sayed Md. Latiful Hoque, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Md. Faysal Ahmed, Problem-Based e-Learning and Evaluation System for Database Design and Programming in SQL, International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 2, 537-541, 2012. Journal |
| 25. | F. T. Jaigirdar, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Assurance of the Maximum Destruction in Battlefield using Cost-Effective Approximation Techniques, Journal of Networks, 7, 1967-1977, 2012. Journal |
| 26. | Akramul Azim, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A Relay Node Based Hybrid Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy for Wireless Sensor Networks, International Journal of Energy Information and Communications, 3, 41-54, 2012. Journal |
| 27. | Akramul Azim, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Deterministic cluster head selection for wireless sensor networks, 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 1-4, 2012. Conference |
| 28. | F. T. Jaigirdar, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, S. K. Huq, Grid Approximation Based Inductive Charger Deployment Technique in Wireless Sensor Networks, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 2, 30-37, 2011. Journal |
| 29. | Fariha Tasmin Jaigirdar, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Sikder Rezwanul Huq, An Efficient and Cost Effective Maximum Clique Analysis based Approximation in Military Application of Wireless Sensor Network, 14th International Conference on Computer and Infonnation Technology (ICCIT), 2011. Conference |
| 30. | Anupam Das, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Dynamic Trust Model for Reliable Transactions in Multi-agent Systems, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT 2011), 2011. Conference |
| 31. | M. A. R. Mustafa, Mohammad Mamun Elahi, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Comparative performance analysis of MPEG4, FLV and 3GP multimedia file formats using wireless network parameters, 13th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 23-25, 2010. Conference |
| 32. | Anupam Das, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A Novel Feedback Based Fast Adaptive Trust Model for P2P Networks, Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Local Computer Networks (LCN 2010), 568-575, 2010. Conference |
| 33. | Akramul Azim, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Estimating the initial battery power of nodes and the optimal number of clusters to achieve the expected life span of wireless sensor networks, IEEE Tencon, 251-256, 2010. Conference |
| 34. | Akramul Azim, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Dynamic service policy-based clustered wireless networks, IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), 196-202, 2010. Conference |
| 35. | Z. Karim, N. R. Karim, M. M. Ali, G. Sorwar, Md. Monirul Islam, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Pattern based object segmentation using split and merge, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 2009. Conference |
| 36. | Akramul Azim, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, A dynamic round-time based fixed low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy for wireless sensor networks, 9th IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC), 922-926, 2009. Conference |
| 37. | Akramul Azim, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Hybrid LEACH: A relay node based low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy for wireless sensor networks, 9th IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC), 911-916, 2009. Conference |
| 38. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, Parametric mobility support dynamic resource reservation and call admission control scheme for cellular multimedia communications, Journal of Computer Communications, 30, 233-248, 2007. Journal |
| 39. | A. A. Yusuf, M. M. Murshed, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, SIR performance of multipath cellular network for quality assured multimedia delivery, 65th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), 924-928, 2007. Conference |
| 40. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, An adaptive Min-max scheme for resource allocation in cellular multimedia networks, Wiley European Transactions in Telecommunications, 17, 547-559, 2006. Journal |
| 41. | Md. Monirul Islam, M. Murshed, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Estimation of cell overload probability for adaptive bandwidth allocation scheme in cellular multimedia communications, IASTED International Conference on Wireless Networks and Emerging Technology (WNET), 160-165, 2005. Conference |
| 42. | Md. Monirul Islam, M. Murshed, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Min-Max fairness scheme for resource allocation in cellular multimedia networks, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC), 265-270, 2005. Conference |
| 43. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, Velocity and call duration support for QoS provision in mobile wireless networks, IEEE Wireless Communications, 11, 22-30, 2004. Journal |
| 44. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, A novel mobility support resource reservation and call admission control scheme for quality-of-service provision in wireless multimedia communications, The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 20-24, 2004. Conference |
| 45. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, A novel velocity-dependant directional probability function based call admission control scheme in wireless multimedia communications, 23rd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 77-84, 2004. Conference |
| 46. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, A novel satisfaction-driven resource allocation strategy in cellular multimedia networks, Australian Telecommunications, Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 598-603, 2004. Conference |
| 47. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, A novel traffic trends and directionality based cell visiting probability estimation for resource reservation in multimedia cellular networks, IEEE Tencon, 648-651, 2004. Conference |
| 48. | Md. Monirul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Enhanced cell visiting probability for QoS provisioning in mobile multimedia communications, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (ITCC), 258-262, 2004. Conference |
| 49. | Md. Monirul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Comparative analysis of directional probability functions for mobility based resource reservation in wireless multimedia communications, 3rd IEEE/IEE International Conference on Networking (ICN), 891-897, 2004. Conference |
| 50. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, Influence of velocity on resource reserving directional probability function estimation for mobile multimedia communications, IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications Systems (ISPACS), 64-69, 2003. Conference |
| 51. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, New mobility based call admission control with on-demand borrowing scheme for QoS provisioning, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology: Computers and Communications ( ITCC), 263-267, 2003. Conference |
| 52. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, Directional probability function estimation for QoS provisioning in mobile networks using Laplace pdf, Australian Telecommunications, Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2003. Conference |
| 53. | Muhammad Mahmudul Islam, Shafquat Rahman, A. N. M. Ehtesham Rafiq, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Online handwritten Bangla numerical recognition by grid method, International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), 269-272, 2002. Conference |
| 54. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. Murshed, L. S. Dooley, A direction-based bandwidth reservation scheme for call admission control, International Conference on Computers and Information Technology (ICCIT), 345-349, 2002. Conference |
| 55. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, M. R. M Khondoker, C. M. Rahman, Application of artificial intelligence techniques in automatic hull form generation, Journal of Ocean Engineering, 28, 1531-1544, 2001. Journal |
| 56. | I. Ahmed, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Open loop quality control of product manufacturing using genetic algorithms, International Conference on Computers and Information Technology (ICCIT), 286-290, 2001. Conference |
| 57. | M. Awrangjeb, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, An efficient and effective method for data mining, International Conference on Computers and Information Technology (ICCIT), 72-76, 2001. Conference |
| 58. | M. R. H. Khondoker, C. M. Rahman, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, Effectiveness of neural networks and genetic algorithm in hull form design, ASME 2001 Design Engineering Technical Conference (DETC-01), 2001. Conference |
| 59. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, C. M. Rahman, M. R. H. Khondoker, Generation of vessels’ faired hull form using neural networks and genetic algorithms, International Conference on Computers and Information Technology (ICCIT),, 130-134, 2001. Conference |
| 60. | Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, C. M. Rahman, A hybrid learning technique for concept acquisition, National Conference on Computers and Information Systems (NCCIS), 84-89, 1997. Conference |
| 61. | A. Z. E. Hossain, M. Z. Rahman, Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, On the performance of a multichannel R-ALOHA protocol for voice and data integration in short-haul wireless communication environments, IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC), 465-469, 1997. Conference |

