Md. Mostafizer Rahman, PhD
System Analyst, ICT Cell, DUET, Gazipur
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Aizu, Japan. My research interests include machine learning, deep learning, AI for Code, programming education, e-learning, education technology, data mining, and Big Data analytics. I'm also interested in machine learning approaches for reliable coding, bug detection, and repair tools.
| Mobile: | +8801719421123 |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| Office: | 49274034-53 Extn: 1235 |
| Address: | Room# 12005, Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam Academic Building, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Cell, DUET, Gazipur, |
| Field of interest: | Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Programming Education, Code Assessment, Code Repairing, e-Learning, Big Data Analytics |
| Field of specialization: | Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Code analysis, Bug detection and repairing with robust machine learning techniques, Big data analysis, Semantic learning, and Natural language processing |
Degrees Obtained (Starting from Recent Degrees):
| # | Degree | Institute | Year | Discipline & Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2022 | Computer Science and Engineering |
| 2 | M.Sc. in Eng. | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh | 2013 | Computer Science and Engineering |
| 3 | B.Sc. in Eng. | Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh | 2009 | Computer Science and Engineering |
| 4 | HSC | Shamim and Shakil Technical College | 2004 | Science |
| 5 | SSC | Kochashahar High School | 2002 | Science |
Employment Record (Starting from Present Position):
| # | Designation | Institute | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | System Analyst | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2018-01-28 : Continue |
| 2 | Programmer | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2015-01-26 : 2018-01-27 |
| 3 | Assistant Programmer | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2009-10-01 : 2015-01-25 |
Publications (Journal):
| # | Year | Title | Authors | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Large-Scale Analysis of Big Programming Data: Scope, Insights, and Applications | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Atsushi Shirafuji, and Yutaka Watanobe | IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering |
| 2 | 2024 | CommentClass: A Robust Ensemble Machine Learning Model for Comment Classification | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Ariful Islam Shiplu, and Yutaka Watanobe | IEEE Access |
| 3 | 2023 | Multilingual Program Code Classification Using n-Layered Bi-LSTM Model With Optimized Hyperparameters | Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Yutaka Watanobe | IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence |
| 4 | 2023 | Exploring Auto- mated Code Evaluation Systems and Resources for Code Analysis: A Comprehensive Survey | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, Atsushi Shirafuji, and Mohamed Hamada | ACM Computing Surveys |
| 5 | 2023 | ChatGPT for Education and Research: Opportunities, Threats, and Strategies | Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Yutaka Watanobe | Applied Sciences; Vol. 13, No. 0, pp. 5783, 2023; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 2.838 |
| 6 | 2022 | Identifying algorithm in program code based on structural features using CNN classification model | Yutaka Watanobe, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Md. Faizul Ibne Amin and Raihan Kabir | Applied Intelligence; SCI, Impact factor (IF): 5.019 |
| 7 | 2022 | Online Judge System: Requirements, Architecture, and Experiences | Yutaka Watanobe, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Taku Matsumoto, Uday Kiran Rage and Penugonda Ravikumar | International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering; Vol. 32, No. 06, pp. 917-946, 2022; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 1.007 |
| 8 | 2022 | Educational Data Mining to Support Programming Learning Using Problem-Solving Data | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, Taku Matsumoto, Rage Uday Kiran and Keita Nakamura | IEEE Access; vol. 10, pp. 26186-26202, 2022; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 3.476 |
| 9 | 2022 | Unknown Object Detection Using a One-Class Support Vector Machine for a Cloud–Robot System | Raihan Kabir, Yutaka Watanobe, Md Rashedul Islam, Keitaro Naruse and Md Mostafizer Rahman | Sensors ; vol. 22, No. 04, pp. 1352, 2022; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 3.847 |
| 10 | 2021 | Impact of Practical Skills on Academic Performance: A Data-Driven Analysis | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, Rage Uday Kiran, Truong Cong Thang and Incheon Paik | IEEE Access; vol. 09, pp. 139975 - 139993, 2021; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 3.476 |
| 11 | 2021 | A Bidirectional LSTM Language Model for Code Evaluation and Repair | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe and Keita Nakamura | Symmetry ; Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 247, 2021; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 2.940 |
| 12 | 2020 | A Neural Network Based Intelligent Support Model for Program Code Completion | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe and Keita Nakamura | Scientific Programming; Vol. 2020, Article ID. 7426461, 2020; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 1.672 |
| 13 | 2020 | Source Code Assessment and Classification Based on Estimated Error Probability Using Attentive LSTM Language Model and Its Application in Programming Education | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe and Keita Nakamura | Applied Sciences; Vol. 10, No. 08, pp. 2973, 2020; SCIE, Impact factor (IF): 2.838 |
| 14 | 2019 | A Time Saving MVC-based Automated Journal Management System for Academia and Industry | Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui, Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Md. Motiur Rahman | DUET Journal; Volume 5, Issue 2, December 2019 |
| 15 | 2011 | An efficient and speedy activity model for information system based organizations | Md. Nazrul Islam, Mahmuda Akter, M.A. Kashem and Md. Mostafizer Rahman | Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology; Vol. 11, No. 22, pp. 53–58, Dec. 2011 |
| 16 | 2010 | Performance Evaluation of Pseudo-random Noise and Hadamard-Walsh Sequences for Hamming Code WCDMA System over AWGN and Fading Channels | M. Mehedi Islam, M. Mahabub Hossain, M. Sazzadur Rahman and M. Mostafizer Rahman | Bangladesh Research Publications Journal; Vol: 3, No: 4, pp: 1122-1128, March-April, 2010 |
Publications (Conference):
| # | Year | Title | Authors | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Robust Ensemble Machine Learning Model with Advanced Voting Techniques for Comment Classification | Ariful Islam Shiplu, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, and Yutaka Watanobe | 11th International Conference on Big Data Analytics in Astronomy, Science and Engineering (BDA 2023), Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, 2023. |
| 2 | 2023 | Program Repair with Minimal Edits Using CodeT5 | Atsushi Shirafuji, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Md Faizul Ibne Amin, and Yutaka Watanobe. | The 12th International Conference on Awareness Science and Technology (iCAST 2023), Taichung, Taiwan, 2023. |
| 3 | 2023 | LSA: A Novel State-Of-The-Art Sorting Algorithm for Efficient Arrangement of Large Data | Ariful Islam Shiplu, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, and Yutaka Watanobe | 2023 4th Asia Service Sciences and Software Engineering Conference (ASSE), Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, 2023 |
| 4 | 2023 | Analysis of the Programming Languages Preferred by Novice Programmers for Solving Programming Problem | Md Faizul Ibne Amin, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Atsushi Shirafuji, and Yutaka Watanobe | 2023 4th Asia Service Sciences and Software Engineering Conference (ASSE), Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, 2023 |
| 5 | 2023 | An Improved Ensemble Model for Intent Classification of Bangla Chatbot | Solaiman Ahmed, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui | International Conference on Big Data, IoT and Machine Learning (BIM2023), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023. |
| 6 | 2023 | A Survey on Automated Code Evaluation Systems and Their Resources for Code Analysis | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, and Mohamed Hamad | The 36th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE), Shanghai, China, 2023 |
| 7 | 2023 | Collaborative Filtering Based on Non- Negative Matrix Factorization for Programming Problem Recommendation | Daniel Muepu, Yutaka Watanobe, and Md. Mostafizer Rahman | The 36th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE), Shanghai, China, 2023. |
| 8 | 2023 | Code Semantic Learning Using Deep Neural Network Model: An AI-based Approach for Programming Education | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, and Yutaka Watanobe. | he International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS), Prague, Czech Republic, 2023. |
| 9 | 2022 | Impact of Programming Language Skills in Programming Learning | Md Faizul Ibne Amin, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe and Muepu Mukendi Daniel | 2022 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC), Malaysia |
| 10 | 2022 | Watchtower Selection in Off-Blockchain PCN Using Peterson Leader-Election Algorithm | Md Faizul Ibne Amin, Yutaka Watanobe, Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Raihan Kabir | The 21st International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools, and Techniques, Sept. 20-22, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2022 |
| 11 | 2021 | A Framework and Its User Interface to Learn Machine Learning Models | Atsushi Takamiya, Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Yutaka Watanobe | 2021 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC), 20-23 December, Singapore, 2021 |
| 12 | 2021 | Challenges and Exit Strategies for Adapting Interactive Online Education Amid the Pandemic and its Aftermath | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, Rage Uday Kiran, Truong Cong Thang and Incheon Paik | 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE), 05-08 December, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 2021 |
| 13 | 2021 | Adaptive User Interface for Smart Programming Exercise | Yutaka Watanobe, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Alexander Vazhenin and Jun Suzuki | 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE), 05-08 December, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 2021 |
| 14 | 2021 | A Stacked Bidirectional LSTM Model for Classifying Source Codes Built in MPLs | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, Rage Uday Kiran and Raihan Kabir | The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD), 13-17 September, Bilbao, Spain, 2021 |
| 15 | 2021 | A Novel Rule-Based Online Judge Recommender System to Promote Computer Programming Education | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe, Rage Uday Kiran and Keita Nakamur | The 34th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2021), July 26 – July 29, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 16 | 2021 | Online Automatic Assessment System for Program Code: Architecture and Experiences | Yutaka Watanobe, Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Rage Uday Kiran, Ravikumar Penugonda | The 34th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2021), July 26 – July 29, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 17 | 2021 | Categorization of Frequent Errors in Solution Codes Created by Novice Programmer | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Shunsuke Kawabayashi and Yutaka Watanobe | The 3rd ETLTC International Conference on Information and Communications Technology (ETLTC2021), January 27-30, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, 2021 |
| 18 | 2021 | A Model for Identifying Frequent Errors in Incorrect Solutions | Shunsuke Kawabayashi, Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Yutaka Watanobe | 2021 10th International Conference on Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT), 18-20 January, Chengdu, China, 2021 |
| 19 | 2020 | Evaluation of Source Codes Using Bidirectional LSTM Neural Network | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Yutaka Watanobe and Keita Nakamura | 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Innovation and Invention (ICKII), 21-23 August, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2020 |
| 20 | 2019 | An Efficient Approach for Selecting Initial Centroid and Outlier Detection of Data Clustering | Md. Mostafizer Rahman and Yutaka Watanobe | The 18th International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools, and Techniques (SOMET19), September 23-25, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2019 |
| 21 | 2013 | A Modified Approach for Selecting Optimal Initial Centroids to Enhance the Performance of K-means | Md. Mostafizer Rahman, Md.Nasim Akhtar | 1st National Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2013 |
| 22 | 2013 | An Approach for Selecting Optimal Initial Centroids to Enhance the Performance of K-means | Md Mostafizer Rahman, Md Sohrab Mahmud and Md Nasim Akhtar | 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computer and Information Technology (ACIT 2013), May 04-05, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2013 |
| 23 | 2012 | Improvement of K-means clustering algorithm with better initial centroids based on weighted average | Md Sohrab Mahmud, Md Mostafizer Rahman and Md Nasim Akhtar | 2012 7th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), 20-22 December, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012 |
Honors and Awards:
| # | Title | Event | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research Assistant (Outstanding Student Category) | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2022 |
| 2 | Best Paper Award | 1st Workshop on Machine Learning in Software Engineering (MLiSE 2021) Held in conjunction with ECML PKDD 2021, Bilbao, Spain | 2021 |
| 3 | Research Assistant (Outstanding Student Category) | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2021 |
| 4 | Support Association for International Students at the University of Aizu (SAISUA) Scholarship | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2021 |
| 5 | Monbukagakusho Honors (JASSO) Scholarship | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2020 |
| 6 | Monbukagakusho Honors (JASSO) Scholarship | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2019 |
| 7 | Research Assistantship (2019-2022) | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2019 |
| 8 | Teaching Assistantship | The University of Aizu, Japan | 2019 |
| 9 | Dean’s List Award | Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, Bangladesh | 2006 |
| 10 | Dean’s List Award | Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, Bangladesh | 2007 |
List of Conferences, Short-term Course etc. Organized or Participated):
| # | Event | Organizer | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 4th Asia Service Sciences and Software Engineering Conference (ASSE 2023) | Asia Service Sciences and Software Engineering | Program Chair | 2023 |
| 2 | Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience | Frontiers | Review Editor | 2023 |
| 3 | The Journal of Supercomputing | Springer | Reviewer | 2023 |
| 4 | IEEE Access | IEEE | Reviewer | 2023 |
| 5 | The 21st International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools, and Techniques (SoMeT 2022), Sept. 20-22, 2022, Kitakyushu, Japan. | i-SOMET | TPC Member | 2022 |
| 6 | International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools | World Scientific Publisher | Reviewer | 2022 |
| 7 | IEEE Access | IEEE | Reviewer | 2022 |
| 8 | International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering | World Scientific Publisher | Reviewer | 2022 |