Seminar on Writing a Funded Research Project Proposal
IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter and IEEE CS BDC Team SPARK have successfully arranged the seminar on Writing a Funded Research Project Proposal on Saturday, 16 January 2021 at 7:30 pm through the zoom virtual platform. Prof. Dr. Md Abdur Razzaque, Professor, Dept of CSE, Dhaka University, Chair, IEEE CS BDC Ex-Com 2021 and Pro-VC, Green University of Bangladesh, delivered the keynote speech in the seminar. He focused on how and where to apply for national, international and IEEE grants in his keynote speech.
The main purpose of the webinar was to inspire for submission of well-written proposals for different grants. The keynote speaker said that an effective grant proposal increases the likelihood of getting funding for research projects. The seminar also covered the diverse elements of Research and Grant Proposal writing in an interactive and participative environment. Finally, the speaker answered various questions related to the funded research proposal writing.
Scholar researchers, students, academicians, and professionals from different Universities and organizations attended the seminar. Around 190 participants were present in the seminar.
Executive committee members of the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC), including Prof. Dr. Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Research Activity Coordinator, Sajeeb Saha, Secretary, Md. Ahsan Habib, Student Activity Coordinator, Dr. Muhammad Aminur Rahaman, Publication Coordinator, Md. Samin Rahman, Publicity Coordinator of IEEE CS BDC and so on were present in the webinar.
IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter Summer Symposium 2021
IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter Summer Symposium 2021 (IEEE CS BDC SS 2021) has successfully been completed, which was organized by IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC) in collaboration with IEEE CS BDC Youth Team SPARK during 4-5 June 2021, taking place through a virtual online platform. About 200 participants from 7 different countries were present in the different sessions of the symposium.
Considering the top priority of the safety and well-being of the participants during the COVID-19 pandemic, IEEE CS BDC SS 2021, decided to fully organize it in virtual mode. To provide maximum flexibility, the IEEE CS BDC SS 2021 included online technical presentations, as well as an inaugural ceremony and award-giving ceremony. In this symposium, 65 research papers were accepted among 91 submissions for presentation. There were 13 foreign papers, including the United States, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Canada, and Nigeria in the total of 91 submissions.
The symposium aimed to provide a platform for the participants to share their ideas, discuss recent developments, research with eminent researchers and academicians to get expert guidance and opinions to improve their research ideas, works, and skills. They were also highly encouraged to consider submitting and presenting their (preliminary) research works in the symposium. The symposium also allowed them to present the partial/final results of their research work or earlier published papers (on/after March 2020) to improve or extend the works.
Initially, authors were encouraged to submit an extended abstract of the research works in the six Tracks and Themes: Track 1: AI, Machine Learning and Robotics; Track 2: Cognitive Science, Computational Biology and e-Health; Track 3: Internet of Things (IoT), Data Analytics and Cloud Computing; Track 4: 5G Internet and Security; Track 5: Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Optimization; and Track 6: Algorithms and Computation. Every submission was gone through a double-blind review process by experts. About 67 Technical Program Committee Members from different countries contributed their scholarly efforts to provide expert guidance and opinions to improve their research ideas works.
The symposium has published all accepted abstracts in a book of abstracts without copyright and ISBN-number by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter that has been distributed among the participants during the symposium. Publishing in this symposium will not prohibit participants from publishing again in any other conference or journal.
Special features including – no registration fee, providing e-certificates to the participants, as well as ten special certificates with three best research awards of the symposium highly attracted the participants.
Two distinguished Keynote Speakers enriched the symposium by inspiring the participants by giving a glimpse of cutting-edge, state-of-the-art issues. Dr. Debajyoti Mondal, University of Saskatchewan, Canada delivered his keynote speech on Algorithmic Aspects of Information Visualization and Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim, SMIEEE, Coordinator, IEEE Region-10 delivered his keynote speech on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) in Precision Agriculture Applications.
Dr. Md. Lutfar Rahman, Emeritus Professor and Vice-Chancellor, Daffodil International University was present as chief guest in the inaugural session of the symposium. Dr. Andre Oboler, Vice President for MGA, IEEE Computer Society was present as a special guest in the inaugural session. Prof. Dr. Md. Zafar Iqbal, Dept. of CSE, SUST was present as chief guest in the closing and award-giving ceremony and Peter Mager, GAC Chair, IEEE R10 CS was present as a special guest in the ceremony of the symposium.
Md. Abdur Razzaque, Chair of the IEEE CS BDC and Pro-VC of the Green University of Bangladesh was the Organizing Chair of the symposium. Md. Saidur Rahman, CSE, BUET was the Technical Chair, Mohammad Shorif Uddin, CSE, JU and M Shamim Kaiser, IIT, JU were the Technical Co-Chairs, Mr. Sajeeb Saha, CSE, JnU was the Organizing Secretary, Md. Al Mamun, CSE, RUET was the Technical Secretary, Md. Ahsan Habib (Tareq), ICT, MBSTU
And Md. Majharul Haque, Bangladesh Bank were the members of the Finance Committee, Md. Samin Rahman, EEE, BAMRAAU was the chair of the Publicity Committee, K. M. Azharul Hasan, CSE, KUET, Abdul Kadar Muhammad Masum, CSE, IIUC and Mustafa Habib Chowdury, EEE, IUB were the members of the Award Committee, Muhammad Aminur Rahman, CSE, GUB and Sadia Sharmin, CSE, IUT were the members of the Publication Committee, Md. Jamil Istiaq, CSE,AIUB was the Webmaster and Dewan Aminul Islam, EEE, NSU and Team SPARK was the Youth Partner of the symposium.
Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence in the Post COVID-19 Era (Lecture #03)
The third lecture of the enlightening Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence in the Post COVID-19 Era has been conducted successfully by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter on 6th June 2021 at 3:00 PM (GMT+6) through the virtual platform of Zoom. The informative lecture took place in two sessions where Dr. Ford Lumban Goal, President, IEEE Indonesia Section Computer Chapter, was the keynote speaker of the first session and Mr. Chowdhury Akram Hossain was the respected chair of this session. Later on, the second session was taken by Dr. Mohammad Shorif Uddin, SMIEEE; Professor, Dept. of CSE, Jahangirnagar University (JU), Dhaka, and Mr. Sajeeb Saha conducted the responsibilities as a Session Chair. The event was conducted by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter and supported by the IEEE CS BDC Team Spark.
At the outset of the program, Chowdhury Akram Hossain, Former Counselor, IEEE AIUB Student Branch; Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB inaugurated the session with a warm welcome and introduced the keynote speaker. Dr. Ford presented the sectors of applications and the utmost importance of AI technology with the broader prospects for continuing this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and during the post-pandemic era. The participants were highly encouraged from this illuminating session to get engaged with several projects of AI to grasp this outstanding opportunity according to the crisis of the world.
The following session started with the charming introduction of the second keynote speaker, Dr. Shorif, by the session chair, Mr. Sajeeb Saha. In this session, Dr. Shorif portrayed the wider opportunities of Machine Learning and the vast contribution of ML against the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the sectors of medical, research, industry etc. He also encouraged the participants to start working in this sector with the engagement in several research works from their end, which will also pave the way for their higher education in this field. In the end, an interactive Q/A session took place where the speakers clarified all the queries of the fellow participants.
The session took place to share the thought and ideas related to AI and ML with the students of Computer Science and Engineering/Information and Communication Technology to sharpen their thinking and help them start research-works for handling the post-COVID challenges using AI/ML. Over 150 participants, including 102 IEEE members and 48 non-IEEE members, attended the lecture series to enhance their knowledge in their respective interested areas from this session.
Executive committee members of the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC), including Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Chair, Md. Ahsan Habib, Student Activity Coordinator, graced the webinar with their presence. Overall the event was met with a huge response and students were encouraged to join the following lectures of the series.
Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence in the Post COVID-19 Era (Lecture #02)
AI and expert systems research at the Arctic Circle
AI in Smart City & Smart Village
The second lecture of the enlightening Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence in the Post COVID-19 Era was conducted successfully by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter on SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021 AT 3 PM (UTC+06), through the virtual platform Zoom. The webinar was conducted in two parts. The topic of the first half was titled “AI and expert systems research at the Arctic Circle”. The main objective of this lecture is to share the how AI and ML are being implemented in practical applications in the expert systems at the Arctic Circle the enthusiastic students of Computer Science and Engineering/Information and Communication Technology to sharpen their thinking and help them to start research to handle the post-COVID challenges using AI/ML. The second half was titled “AI in Smart City & Smart Village” which targeted an application based on the development of society. The event was conducted by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter and supported by the IEEE CS BDC Team Spark.
The chief guest of the event was honourable Professor, Dr. Md. Fayyaz Khan, Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology. He was accompanied by the Special Guest: Dr. Ford Lumban Goal, President, IEEE Indonesia Section Computer Chapter.
The keynote speaker for the first half event was Professor Karl Andersson, Senior Member, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. The session Chair was Mustafa Habib Chowdhury who inaugurated the program. The second half of the event was conducted by session Chair Md Ahsan Habib. The keynote speaker was Professor Nazmul Siddique, Senior Member, University of Ulster, UK.
This high-profile webinar enlightened the students and ML enthusiasts by introducing them to diverse applications of ML and AI. In addition, the foreign speakers shed light on what kind of research and applications are being pursued in the relevant field, which motivated enthusiasts to start applying their knowledge into practical applications. In the end, an interactive Q/A session took place where the speakers clarified all the queries of the fellow participants.
Over 250 participants, including 190 IEEE members and 60 non-IEEE members, attended the lecture series to enhance their knowledge in their respective interested areas from this session.
Executive committee members of the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC), including Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Chair, Md. Ahsan Habib, Student Activity Coordinator, and Sajeeb Saha, Secretary, IEEE CS BDC graced the webinar with their presence. Overall the event was met with a huge response and students were encouraged to join the following lectures of the series.
Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence in the Post COVID-19 Era (Lecture #01)
AI and Machine Learning in System Load Forecasting Research
The first lecture of the enlightening Lecture Series on Artificial Intelligence in the Post COVID-19 Era was conducted successfully by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter on SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 AT 10 PM (UTC+06), through the virtual platform Zoom. The topic of the webinar was titled “AI and Machine Learning in System Load Forecasting Research”. The main objective of this lecture series is to share the core concepts of AI and ML with the enthusiastic students of Computer Science and Engineering/Information and Communication Technology to sharpen their thinking and help them to start research to handle the post-COVID challenges using AI/ML. The event was conducted by the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter and supported by the IEEE CS BDC Team Spark.
The keynote speaker for this event was Saifur Rahman, Past-President of IEEE Power & Energy Society. Upon the inauguration session and the introduction of the keynote speaker, Dr. Saifur Rahman presented the sectors of applications and the utmost importance of AI technology with respect to the load forecasting theme in mind. In addition, his take on the topic shed light on how foreign students are pursuing research in the field, which he discussed in order to motivate undergrad enthusiasts to start applying their knowledge into practical applications. In the end, an interactive Q/A session took place where the speaker clarified all the queries of the fellow participants.
Over 200 participants, including 150 IEEE members and 50 non-IEEE members, attended the lecture series to enhance their knowledge in their respective interested areas from this session.
Executive committee members of the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC), including Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Chair, Md. Ahsan Habib, Student Activity Coordinator, Sajeeb Saha, Secretary, IEEE CS BDC graced the webinar with their presence. Overall the event was met with a huge response and students were encouraged to join the following lectures of the series.
