Dr. Rezwana Reaz (রিজওয়ানা রিয়াজ )

Associate Professor

Research Area:

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Systems and Networking
Information Security
Distributed Systems

Research Interest:

Network Function Virtualization
Firewall Security
Cloud Computing
Distributed Systems
Blockchain
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Academic Background:

PhD in Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2019.

M.Sc. Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering
BUET, 2013.

B.Sc. Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering
BUET, 2011.

Selected Publications:

Journal Publications:

10. J. Noor, R. H. Ratul, M. S. Basher, J. A. Soumik, S. Sadman, N. J. Rozario, R. Reaz, S. Chellappan, and ABM A. A. Islam. "Secure processing-aware media storage and archival (spmsa)." Future Generation Computer Systems 159 (2024): 290-306.

9. S. A. Mim, M. Z. Alam, R. Reaz, M. Bayzid, and M. S. Rahman. “Quartet Fiduccia–Mattheyses revisited for larger phylogenetic studies.” Bioinformatics, vol. 39, no. 6 (2023): btad332.

8. S. Mahbub, S. Sawmya, A. Saha, R. Reaz, M. S. Rahman, and M. S. Bayzid. "QT-GILD: Quartet Based Gene Tree Imputation Using Deep Learning Improves Phylogenomic Analyses Despite Missing Data." (accepted for publication in RECOMB 2022. A preprint is available at bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.03.467204, 2021).

7. M. Mahbub, Z. Wahab, R. Reaz, M. S. Rahman, and M. Bayzid. “wQFM: highly accurate genome-scale species tree estimation from weighted quartets.” Bioinformatics 37, no. 21 (2021): 3734-3743.

6. M. Islam, K. Sarker, T. Das, R. Reaz, and M. Bayzid, STELAR: A statistically consistent coalescent-based species tree estimation method by maximizing triplet consistency, BMC Genomics, vol. 21(1), pp. 1-13, 2020.

5. R. Reaz, H. B. Acharya, E. S. Elmallah, J. A. Cobb, and M. G. Gouda. “Policy Expressions and the Bottom-Up Design of Computing Policies”. Computing, 101(9):1307–1326, 2019.

4. R. Reaz, M. Bayzid, and M. S. Rahman. “Accurate Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction from Quartets: A Heuristic Approach”. PloS one, vol. 9(8), 2014.

3. S. Mirarab, R. Reaz, M. Bayzid, T. Zimmermann, M. Swenson, and T. Warnow. “ASTRAL: genome-scale coalescent-based species tree estimation”. Bioinformatics, vol. 30(17), pp. 541-548, 2014. (Special Issue, ECCB 2014)

2. S.Nazeen, M. S.Rahman, and R. Reaz, “Indeterminate String Inference Algorithms”, Journal of Discrete Algorithms, vol. 10, pp. 23-34, 2012.

1. Tanaeem M. Moosa Sumaiya Nazeen, M. Sohel Rahman, and Rezwana Reaz, "Inferring Strings from Cover Arrays", Journal of Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications (DMAA). vol. 5 (02), p. 1360005, 2013.


Conference Publications:

12. M. M. Shahriyar, G. Saha, B. Bhattacharjee and Rezwana Reaz*, “DEFT: Distributed, Elastic, and Fault-Tolerant State Management of Network Functions.” In the Proceedings of the19th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-7.

11. S. Mahbub, S. Sawmya, A. Saha, R. Reaz, M. S. Rahman, and M. Bayzid. “QT-GILD: Quartet based gene tree imputation using deep learning improves phylogenomic analyses despite missing data.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB), pp. 159-176. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022.

10. T. Islam, A. Ahmed, T. Raihan, and R. Reaz. “Enforcing delay-aware fog-cloud based IoT firewall (Work In Progress).” In Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), vol. 21, pp. 307-309. IEEE, 2022.

9. F. Ashraf, and R. Reaz. “IoT-Blockchain in Remote Patient Monitoring”, Accepted for publication in the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems (ICFNDS 2021), Dubai, ISBN: 978-1-4503-8734-7, 2021

8. R. Reaz, E. S. Elmallah, and M. G. Gouda. “Executing Firewalls in Public Clouds”. In the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2019.

7. R. Reaz, H. B. Acharya, E. S. Elmallah, J. A. Cobb, and M. G. Gouda. “Policy Expressions and the Bottom-Up Design of Computing Policies”. In the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Networked Systems (NETYS), pp. 151-165, Springer, Cham, 2017.

6. M. J. H. Heule, R. Reaz, H. B. Acharya and M. G. Gouda. “Analysis of Computing Policies Using SAT Solvers (Short Paper)”. In the proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, pp. 190 - 194, Springer, 2016.

5. M. Ali, R. Reaz, and M. G. Gouda. “Non-repudiation Protocols without a Trusted Party”. In the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Networked Systems (NETYS),  pp. 1-15, Springer, 2016.

4. M. Ali, R. Reaz, and M. G. Gouda. “Two-Phase Non-repudiation Protocols”. In the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Networking Technologies(ICCCNT), p. 22. ACM, 2016.

3. R. Reaz, M. Ali, M. G. Gouda, M. J. H. Heule, and E. S. Elmallah. “The Implication Problem of Computing Policies”. In the proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, pp. 109-123. Springer, 2015.

2. S. Mirarab, R. Reaz, M. S. Bayzid, T. Zimmermann, S. Swenson and T. Warnow, ASTRAL: Genome-scale coalescent-based species tree estimation, In the proceedings of ECCB (European Conference on Computational Biology), 2014.

1. T. M. Moosa, S.Nazeen, M. S.Rahman, and R. Reaz, “Linear Time Inference of Strings from Cover Arrays using a Binary Alphabet”. In the proceedings of the workshop on Algorithms and Computation (WALCOM), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7157, Springer, pp. 160-172, 2012.

Journal Papers:

1.	Mim Sharmin Akter, Md Zarif-Ul-Alam, Rezwana Reaz, Md Shamsuzzoha Bayzid, and Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Quartet Fiduccia–Mattheyses revisited for larger phylogenetic studies, Bioinformatics, 39, 2023. [paper link]
2.	Mazharul Islam, Kowshika Sarker, Trisha Das, Rezwana Reaz, Md Shamsuzzoha Bayzid, STELAR: a statistically consistent coalescent-based species tree estimation method by maximizing triplet consistency, BMC genomics, 21, 1--13, 2020. [paper link]
3.	Rezwana Reaz, Hrishikesh B Acharya, Ehab S Elmallah, Jorge A Cobb, Mohamed G Gouda, Policy expressions and the bottom-up design of computing policies, Computing, 101, 1307--1326, 2018. [paper link]
4.	Rezwana Reaz, Md. Shamsuzzoha Bayzid, and M. Sohel Rahman, Accurate Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction from Quartets: A Heuristic Approach, PloS one, 9.000000, e104008, 2014. [paper link]
5.	T.M. Moosa, Sumaiya Nazeen, M. Sohel Rahman, Rezwana Reaz Rimpi, Inferring Strings from Cover Arrays, Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications (DMAA), 5, 2013.
6.	Sumaiya Nazeen, M. Sohel Rahman, Rezwana Reaz Rimpi, Indeterminate string inference algorithms, Journal of Discrete Algorithms, 10, 23-34, 2012.

Conference Papers:

1.	Towhidul Islam, Asif Ahmed, Tanvir Raihan, Rezwana Reaz, Enforcing delay-aware fog-cloud based IoT firewall (Work In Progress), 2022 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), 21, 307--309, 2023. [paper link]
2.	Sazan Mahbub, Shashata Sawmya, Arpita Saha, Rezwana Reaz, M Sohel Rahman, Md Shamsuzzoha Bayzid, QT-GILD: Quartet Based Gene Tree Imputation Using Deep Learning Improves Phylogenomic Analyses Despite Missing Data, International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB), 159--176, 2022. [paper link]
3.	Faisal Bin Ashraf, Rezwana Reaz, IoT-Blockchain in Remote Patient Monitoring, The 5th International Conference on Future Networks & Distributed Systems, 186--194, 2021. [paper link]
4.	Rezwana Reaz, Ehab S Elmallah, Mohamed G Gouda, Executing Firewalls in Public Clouds, 2019 10th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 1--6, 2019. [paper link]
5.	Marijn JH Heule, Rezwana Reaz, Hrishikesh B Acharya, Mohamed G Gouda, Analysis of Computing Policies Using SAT Solvers (Short Paper), Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems: 18th International Symposium, SSS 2016, 190--194, 2016. [paper link]
6.	Sumaiya Nazeen, Tanaeem M Moosa, M. Sohel Rahman, Rezwana Reaz Rimpi, Linear Time Inference of Strings from Cover Arrays using a Binary Alphabet, WALCOM, 160-172, 2012.