Nova Ahmed E-mail: nova.ahmed@northsouth.edu, novaahmed2011@gmail.com Phone: (880) 01755501325 (cell) Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka

EDUCATION May 2010 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Computer Science, Ph. D Minor in Management and Health Systems Advisor: Prof. Umakishore Ramachandran

Dec. 2004 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Computer Science, M.S. Aug. 2001 University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Computer Science, M.S. Obtained 1st class 3rd position

May 2000 University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Computer Science, B.S. Obtained 1st class 4th position

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Jan 2011- Present Associate Professor, North South University

Bashundhara, Dhaka • The responsibility of conducting and managing research projects

• Involved in research projects with students related to their thesis and projects

June 2010- Dec, 2010 Research Scientist II, Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute,

Atlanta, GA • The responsibility of conducting and managing research projects

• Developed a research project that detects RFID tags from a mobile platform for efficient container tracking

which collaborates among multiple research groups

• Involved in research report and grant proposal writings

Nov 2009-May 2010 Research Intern, Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA

• The responsibility includes developing an effective tool to monitor and manage the research activities of

the economists.

• The IT system management and maintenance of the system hardware and software is another major duty

to conduct.

Aug 2005 -May 2010 Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

College of Computing Dissertation: Reliable Framework for Large Scale RFID Deployment

• Developed a middleware solution for an Indoor Monitoring and Guidance System using RFID technology

named GuardianAngel -Designed a system architecture for an indoor guidance and monitoring system -Deployed an indoor RFID testbed using active RFID readers, active RFID tags, passive RFID readers and passive tags in an indoor laboratory testbed -Implemented a distributed system to study scalability using emulated sensor devices -Evaluated the systems for accuracy and scalability -Involved team management and group work during the project

• Developed Resource Management Techniques for large scale RFID generated data

-Designed various load shedding based resource management methods for heavy load of RFID generated data -Incorporated load shedding methods in existing RF2ID middleware -Evaluated the systems for proper resource management and scalability using emulated RFID readers and real RFID readers -Involved team management and group work during the project

• Developed a Reliable middleware solution for large scale Item Tracking Applications using RFID

technology reliably -Designed a system architecture that provides reliability at middleware level known asRF2ID (Reliable Framework for RFID) for item tracking applications -Implemented RF2ID using RFID readers and tags -Implemented RF2ID in a distributed system to study scalability using emulated sensor devices -Evaluated the systems for reliability and scalability -Involved team management and group work during the project

• Developed a Scheduler for streaming data in a Grid Environment

-Implemented scheduler system using existing scheduling techniques -Evaluated various methods against StreamLine -Involved in team work and discussion during the project

Aug. 2003- Dec. 2004 Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Department of Computer Science

Thesis: Parallel Implementation of Pair wise and Multiple Genome Sequence Alignment in Grid Environment

• Worked as a Research Assistant on NMI Intra Testbed Grid project, funded by NSF. The goal is to use the

Grid using the Globus Toolkit 3.0 exploring the different features

• The research work includes exploring the Grid environment for computation intensive bioinformatics

applications and comparison with the other existing distributed environments.

• Two separate applications – A pair wise sequence alignment algorithm and a multiple sequence alignment

algorithm have been designed, implemented in the Grid environment and their performances have been compared with the shared memory and cluster computing environment.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Jan 2011- Present Assistant Professor, North South University

Bashundhara, Dhaka • Responsibilities include teaching major courses: Data Structure, Programming Language in C/C++, Operating Systems Concept, Compiler System Construction, Introduction to Algorithms and provide assignments and grading of test results

• Served as a member of the Committee of the ACM International CollegiateProgramming

Contest.

Jan. 2008-May 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

College of Computing • Served as a teaching assistant for Advanced Operating System course CS 6210. The

course covers advanced topics in system related research.

• Work responsibility includes grading, problem solving and discussion according to

students need.

Jan. 2003-Jul. 2003 Lecturer, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Department of Computer Science • Responsibilities include teaching major courses: Data Structure, Programming Language

in C/C++, Database Systems Lab, provide assignments and grading of test results

• Designed and developed an experimental Distributed Systems Lab by Clustering four

Linux Operating System based PCs connected in the loosely coupled interconnection manner. Message Passing Interface (MPI) , Socket based Inter Process Communication was used as Parallel and Distributed Programming tool.

• Served as a member of the Committee of the Computer Programming Competition for

National Computer Programming Contest (NCPC) and ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Jan. 2002-Jul. 2003 Lecturer, Institute of Business Administration and Information System

(IBAIS), Dhaka, Bangladesh Department of Computer Science •Responsibilities included teaching courses on Operating System and E- Business

and conducting corresponding Laboratory courses, exams and grading.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Experience of working on Human Centered Design, Computing, Qualitative measures • Experience in Program development in Windows Mobile Platform and C#• • Extensive research experience in programming with parallel and distributed systems using

MPI and Socket based Inter Process Communication

• Working experience with various embedded devices such as Mobile and Static RFID

Systems (Active, Passive), Create Robots

• Expertise on programming on Grid Computing

• Extensive working experience on computer programming languages: C/C++, Java, Microsoft

Visual Basic, Assembly Language

• Web based Programming using Java Servlets, Web Services, PL SQL, XML

• Experiences in working and managing a team of multiple members

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL and CONFERENCE PAPERS

[1]. Ahmed, N., Ghosh, S., Hassan, R.A., Galib, S.I., Azad, A.K. and Syrus, M.A., 2017. A gradient sensing

middleware to handle flash flood. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 62, pp.44-52.

[2]. Ahmed, N., Syrus, M.A. and Chowdhury, A., 2017, July. Simple Group Photo Sharing Using Facesense.

In Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2017 IEEE 41st Annual (Vol. 1, pp. 845-

850). IEEE.

[3]. Ahmed, N., Siddiquee, M.R., Karim, R., Zaman, M., Alam, S.M. and Ashram, S.F., 2017, June. Crazy

Crowd Sourcing to Mitigate Resource Scarcity. In Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2017 IEEE

37th International Conference on (pp. 2322-2326). IEEE.

[4]. Nova Ahmed, Fajilatun Nahar, Masudul Haque,”FreePhony: Minimalistic Interface for a Community from

Developing Countries”, Journal of Information and Communication Technology, Invited Publication

[5]. Hentschel, J., Ahmed, S.I., Hussain, F., Ahmed, N. and Kumar, N., 2017. Working with Women

in ICTD.

[6]. Taz, I., Ahmed, A. and Ahmed, N., 2016, December. An improved and interactive system to

fulfill basic human healthcare needs. In Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2016

19th International Conference on (pp. 530-534). IEEE.

[7]. Prosonna Hossain Nabila, Shareen Mahmud, Nabila Rezwana Mirza, Rahat Jahangir Rony, Tanvir

Mushfique, Nova Ahmed and Saad Azmeen-Ur-Rahman, ProtibaadiNext: A Low Cost Wearable

System to Deal with Sexual Harassment in Bangladesh, MobiCase, 2016 (Accepted)

[8]. Nova Ahmed, Minhaz Ahmed Syrus, Arshad M. Chowdhury: Softsense: Sensing at Software Level,

UbiComp, Poster, 2016.

[9]. Nova Ahmed, Saad Azmeen Ur Rahman, Rahat Jahangir Rony, Tanvir Mushfique, Vikram

Mehta: ProtibadiNext: Sensor Support to Handle Sexual Harassment, UbiComp Workshop

Underware, 2016.

[10]. Nabila Rezwana Mirza, Shareen Mahmud, Prosonna Hossain Nabila, Nova Ahmed: Protibaadi: An

Extended Solution to Deal with Sexual Harassment. MobiSys (Companion Volume) 2016: 59

[11]. Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaque, Nova Ahmed, Faheem Hussain, and Neha Kumar. "Computing beyond gender-

imposed limits." In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Computing within Limits, p. 6. ACM, 2016.

[12]. Nova Ahmed, Arman Kamal, Adnan Nuruddin, Syed Tanveer Jishan, My Code in My Native Tone: Cha

Script, The International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies and Development-Notes (ICTD2016-Notes), 2016.

[13]. Nova Ahmed, Discussing about Sexual Harassment (Breaking Silence): The Role of Technology, CHI

Extended Abstracts 2016: 459-472, 2016.

[14]. Nova Ahmed, Saad Azmeen-ur- Rahman, Rahat Jahangir Rony and Md. Tanvir Mushfiqur: Assessing

Driving Stress using Custom Built Real Time Sensors. IC4ME2, 2016

[15]. Nova Ahmed, Well Being: Urban Developing Country Context, HCI Across Borders Workshop, CHI 2016

[16]. Nova Ahmed, Rahat Yasir. Mobile Phone Based Dermatological Disease Detection. RHealth, 2016

[17]. Nova Ahmed, Ak. K. Azad, Mahmudur Rahman Khan, Ahsan Habib, Shuvashish Ghosh, Sabiha Shahid.

ShonaBondhu: A Cloud Based System to Handle Flash Flood. NSys, 2016.

[18]. Nova Ahmed, Mahfuzur Rahman Siddiquee, Refaya Karim, Mohsina Zaman, Rifat Monzur and Lamia

Iftekhar. Map Matching for Error Prone GPS data on a Sparse Road Network and Predicting Travel Time of a Route. ICCIT, 2015.

[19]. Nova Ahmed, Fajilatun Namar, A.M. Masudul Haque: A Smart Phone that Acts Unsmart: An Assistive

Touch Screen User Interface for Visually Impaired People, NetApps, 2015

[20]. Nova Ahmed, Lamia Iftekhar, Silvia Ahmed, Ridwan Rahman, Tanveer Reza, Sarah Shoilee, Charisma F.

Chowdhury. Bap re Bap!: Driving Experiences through Multimodal Unruly Traffic on Bumpy Roads. ACM DEV, 2015.

[21]. Nova Ahmed, Mahmudur Rahman Khan, Minhaz Ahmed Syrus. Shonabondhu: A Sensing Middleware to

Handle Flash Flood. ACM Sensys 2015.

[22]. Nova Ahmed, MoinulHossain, MahfuzurRahmanSiddique, RefayaKarim, MohsinaZaman, RifatMonzur.

Map Matching on Sparse GPS Data: A Perspective of a Developing City, EASTS 2015

[23]. Lamia Iftekhar, Nova Ahmed, FahimaChowdhury, RiditaRahman. Electrical and Computer Engineering

Laboratory Education for Female Undergraduate Students. The 10th International Conference on Computer Science & Education, ICCSE, 2015.

[24]. FajilatunNahar, MasudulHaque, Nova Ahmed. An Assistive Touch Screen User Interface for Visually

Impaired People, 2nd

International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology, ICEEICT, 2015.

[25]. AK Azad, Nahid Islam, Nova Ahmed.BanglaCloud: A cloud infrastructure with abandoned computers. ,

2nd

International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology, ICEEICT, 2015.

[26]. Md. S. Q. Zulkernine, Md. AbulKalam Azad, Saad Abdullah, Nova Ahmed. Dynamic Load Sharing to

Maximize Resource Utilization within Cloud Federation. International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data, CloudAsia, 2015.

[27]. Nova Ahmed, Luke Doyle, MasudulHaque, Enterring the Dream World of Computers, International

Conference for Informatin and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD, 2015.

[28]. RahatYasir, Md. AshiqurRahman, Nova Ahmed, A Skin Disease Detection System for Financially Unstable

People in Developing Countries, Global Science and Technology Journal, March 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1

[29]. RahatYasir, Md. Shariful Islam Nibir, Zarmeen Ahmed Chadni and Nova Ahmed, Telemedicine System for

Financially Unstable People of Bangladesh, Journal of Modern Science and Technology, March 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1

[30]. RahatYasir, Md. AshiqurRahman, Nova Ahmed, A Skin Disease Detection System for Financially Unstable

People in Developing Countries, 10th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 2014, Best Paper Award

[31]. A.M. MasudulHaque, FajilatunNahar, Nova Ahmed, Ifreephony: A Touchscreen Based User Interface for

People with Visual Impairment, 10th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 2014

[32]. Al Amin Sarker, SadmanSakib, Nova Ahmed, Lock Block: An Affordable and User Friendly Home

Automation System, 10th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 2014

[33]. RahatYasir, Md. Shariful Islam Nibir, Zarmeen Ahmed Chadni and Nova Ahmed, Telemedicine System for

Financially Unstable People of Bangladesh, 10th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 2014

[34]. Arman Kamal, Md. NuruddinMonsur, Syed TanveerJishan and Nova Ahmed, ChaScript: Breaking

Language Barrier Using a Bengali Programming System, 8th

International Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ICECE, 2014

[35]. RahatYasir, Md. AshiqurRahman and Nova Ahmed, Dermatological Disease Detection usinG Image

Processing and Artificial Neural Network, 8th International Conference of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, ICECE, 2014

[36]. FajilatunNahar, A. M. MasudulHaque, Nova Ahmed, ifreePhony: A touchscreen user interface for people

with eye disability, Grace Hopper Conference, India, 2014

[37]. Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Steven J. Jackson, Nova Ahmed, Hasan S. Ferdous, Md. R. Rifat, Abu S. Rizvi,

Shamir Ahmed, Rifat S. Mansur, Protibadi: A Platform for Fighting Sexual Harassment in Urban Bangladesh, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI, 2014

[38]. Mirza M. LutfeElahi, RahatYasir, Minhaz Ahmed Syrus, Md. S. Q. Zulkar Nine, IshtiaqueHossain, Nova Ahmed, Computer Vison Based Road Traffic Accident and Anomaly Detection in the Context of

Bangladesh International Conference of Informatics, Electronics and Vision, ICIEV, 2014

[39]. NarzuTarannum, Nova Ahmed, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Handle Large Scale Data for Bangladesh

People Search (BDPS), International Conference of Informatics, Electronics and Vision, ICIEV, 2014

[40]. NarzuTarannum, Nova Ahmed, Efficient and Reliable Hybrid Cloud Architecture for Big Database,

International Journal on Cloud Computing: Services and Architecture 3 (6), 2013.

[41]. Nova Ahmed, Gradient sensor middleware system design for Flash Flood prone river banks in Bangladesh, Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, 2013, Best Paper Award

[42]. RahatYasir, Nova Ahmed, Beetles: A Mobile Application to Detect Crop Disease for Farmers in Rural

Area, International Conference on Computer and Information Technology ICCIT, 2013

[43]. Nova Ahmed, mHealth: Blood Donation Service in Bangladesh, International Conference of Informatics,

Electronics and Vision, ICIEV, 2013

[44]. Rahat Yasir, Nova Ahmed ,Application of Mobile technology for diabetic test and health care monitoring

system of Diabetic Patients, ICERIE, 2012

[45]. Md Kamrul Hasan, Saifur Rahman, Nova Ahmed, "Android Mobile Application: Remote Monitoring of

Blood Pressur, International Conference on Computer and Information Technology , ICCIT, 2012

[46]. Rubaiat Bin Sattar, Nova Ahmed, Miftaur Rahman , An Adaptive Approach for Video Streaming and

Evaluation over Bluetooth Network, 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), 2012

[47]. Nova Ahmed, Widespread Adoption of RFID Technology, Handbook of Research on Industrial Informatics

and Manufacturing Intelligence: Innovations and Solutions, IGI Global, 2012

[48]. Nova Ahmed and U. Ramachandran, “An overview of Middleware Systems for RFID, Unique Radio

Innovation for the 21st Century: Building Scalable and Global RFID Networks, Springer, 2012.

[49]. Md. Shakilur Rahman, MuhtasimIqbal, Nova Ahmed, Internet Exchange Points: A Context of Bangladesh,

International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT, 2011

[50]. Nova Ahmed and Umakishore Ramachandran, “An overview of Middleware Systems for RFID, Unique

Radio Innovation for the 21st Century: Building Scalable and Global RFID Networks, Springer (Book Chapter).

[51]. Nova Ahmed, Stewart Butler and UmakishoreRamachandran, “GuardianAngel: An RFIDBased Indoor

Guidance and Monitoring System,” Workshop on Mobile Pervasive WirelessNetworking, IEEE PerCom, 2010

[52]. Nova Ahmed, “Reliable Framework for RFID," PhD Forum, IEEE PerCom, 2010 Nova Ahmed and

Umakishore Ramachandran, “ A path based system for RFID Devices, "PhD Forum, IPDPS, 2010.

[53]. Nova Ahmed and Umakishore Ramachandran, “A Path Based System for Guidance in Pervasive Environment," Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, 2009, Best Paper Award

[54]. Nova Ahmed and Umakishore Ramachandran, “Load Shedding Based Resource Management

Techniques for RFID Data,” IEEE International Conference on RFID, 2009.

[55]. Nova Ahmed and UmakishoreRamachandran, “Reliable framework for RFID devices,”Middleware,

Doctoral Symposium, 2008.

[56]. Bikash Agarwalla, Nova Ahmed, David Hilley, and Umakishore Ramachandran, “Streamline:Scheduling

Streaming Applications in a Wide Area Environment,” In 27th Issue of ACM Multimedia Systems Journal, MMSJ, 2007

[57]. Nova Ahmed, Rajnish Kumar, Robert Steven French, Umakishore Ramachandran, “RF2ID: A Reliable

Middleware Framework for RFID Deployment,” International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium IPDPS, 2007.

[58]. BikashAgarwalla, Nova Ahmed, David Hilley, and Umakishore Ramachandran, “Streamline: A Static

Scheduling Heuristic for Streaming Applications on the Grid.” In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Multimedia Computing and Networking (MMCN'06), January 2006

[59]. Stephen Pelicer, Nova Ahmed, Yi Pan, Yao Zheng, “Gene Sequence Alignment on a Public Computing

Platform,” International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP Workshops: 95-102, 2005

[60]. Nova Ahmed, Yi Pan, Art Vandenberg, Yuzhong Sun, “Parallel Algorithm for Multiple Genome Alignment

on the Grid Environment,” International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS, 2005.

[61]. Nova Ahmed, Yi Pan, Art Vandenberg, “Memory Efficient Pair-Wise Genome Alignment Algorithm - A

Small-Scale Application with Grid Potential,” GCC 2004: 777-782, 2004

[62]. Nova Ahmed, Mosaddek H. Kamal, “Extended Location Consistency,” International Conference on

Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), December 2002, Dhaka, Bangladesh

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Organizer – HCI Across Border Symposium 2017, 2018, Children’s Science Congress –2013, 2014,

2015, 2016, 2017

Reviewer –Elsevier journal EES, NSys 2017, ICECE 2016, CHI 2017, ICEEICT 2015, CHI Work in Progress 2015, 2014, Springer Journal of Healthcare Policy and Technology, 2014, SUST Journal of Science and Technology 2013, 2014, ICIEVE 2015, 2014, 2013, Pervasive Computing , 2012, IEEE Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2014, ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, Sensys 2010; QuaCon, First International Workshop on Quality of Context, 2009; Mobiquitous, International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, 2008

Member – IEEE, ACM, ACM W, Women in Engineering, IEEE RFID, Upsilon Pi Epsilon Chapter

Founding Member- SigCHI- Dhaka Chapter, Kaan Pete Roi

Mentor – Undergraduate and Graduate Students under the SAIC Scholars Program (Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008)

Advised – Undergraduate Students for research (Aug. 2005 – present)

Volunteer- Bangladesh Mathematics Olympiad 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 Programming for Under priviledged Children 2015,, SOSP 2009, Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, 2009, ESWeek 2008, Embedded Systems Week, Atlanta, GA, 2008; Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, 2008Leadership – Major initiator of working towards support for graduate female students for maternity leave at College of Computing

Recruiting – Involved in recruiting female students for Georgia Institute of Technology in

Grace Hopper Conference for Women in Computing (2006 to present)

Other – Founding member of Women@ECE, Coach ACM Programming Competition, NSU, member of women@cc (Group of women in college of computing), member ofstudentparents network (GeorgiaTech students who are parents themselves), member of BSA (Bangladesh Student’s Association), Panelist of discussion for women@cc in Dec. 2008

AWARDS & FUNDING

NSU Internal Fund 2014, 2017

Google Fund, Gender Research 2017

GYA Membership, 2015

Systers Anita Borg Pass It On Award, 2015.

Scholarship to attend Grace Hopper Conference for Women in Computing, 2015

British Council Researchers Link Award, 2015

Travel Grant, International Conference for Informatin and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD, 2015

Innotvation Grant of Tk 1 Million by Ministry of ICT, Govt of Bangladesh, 2014

Best Paper Award, 10th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 2014

Funding of TK1.5 lac from a Project Collaborating with University of Toronto, 2014-2015

Funding TK 3 Lac, North South University Innovation Funding, 2012-2013

Best Paper Award, New Investigators Paper, Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, 2013

Best Paper Award, New Investigators Paper, Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, 2009

Finalists in the Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Competition (GTRIC), Georgia

Institute of Technology, 2010 (among the ten finalists out of 103 participants).

ACM Student Research Competition Award, 2nd Place Winner, ACM SIGACCESS Conference for Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS, 2009

Obtained 3rd Position in Essay Competition conducted by Upsilon Pi Epsilon, 2009

ACM-W Scholarship recipient Spring 2010, Fall 2007

NSF travel grant recipient Spring 2010, Fall 2008, Fall 2007

Conference Travel Award: IEEE Scholarship to attend International Conference on RFID,

2009, Student Scholarship to Attend ACM SIGACCESS Conference for Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2009, Student Scholarship to attend Middleware, 2008

Received Deans Honourfor outstanding result in B.Sc. Honors in Computer Science, Dhaka University

Received Dhaka University’s Talent pool Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement in undergraduate and graduate program.

Team Member of the Dhaka University Team in ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, 1999, Dhaka, Bangladesh: obtained 6th position

Team Member of the Dhaka University Team in National Computer Programming Contest (NCPC) 1998 , Dhaka, Bangladesh: obtained 3rd Position

REFERENCES

Professional, academic and personal references available upon request