Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah

Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah

Contact Information

• Email: fattah@eee.buet.ac.bd
• PABX No:

  6560

• Offce Room No:

  ECE 426

• Mobile No: +88 01937 800 854
• Personal Website: fattah.buet.ac.bd
• BUET Profile: Link
• Department Profile: /people/faculty/dsaf

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Major Area

Communication and Signal Processing (CSP)

Education

• Postdoc Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, 2008-2009
• Ph.D Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2008
• M.Sc. Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2002
• B.Sc. Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999

Employment/ Major Academic positions

• Professor, Department of Electical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Mar. 25, 2014- present
• Founding Director, Institute of Robotics and Automation, BUET (IRAB), 15 Nov. 2022- present
• In-Charge, BUET Robotics Laboratory, 30 Sept. 2020 – 14 Nov. 2022
• Director, Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering (INPE), BUET, June 4, 2018-28 Sept. 2020
• Provost, Suhrawardy Hall, BUET, May 7, 2016-Dec 31, 2020
• Visiting Lecturer, Dept. EEE, Univ of Saskatchewan, Canada, July 23-July.26, 2016
• Visiting Researcher, NUPT, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Mar. 16-Mar.31, 2015
• RESMIQ Inv. Researcher, Dept. ECE, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, July-Aug 2014
• Visiting Postdoc & Visiting Research Assoc., Dept. EE, Princeton University, NJ, USA, Nov. ‘08 - May ’09 ‘12 (Aug–Oct), ‘10 (Feb- May)
• Associate Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET, Dhaka, Feb. 2011-Mar. 2014
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, BUET, Dhaka, Jun 9-Feb. 11; Aug. 2-Jan. 3
• RA and TA, Dept. ECE, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2004-2008
• Lecturer, Dept. of EEE, BUET, Dhaka, Jan. 2000 - Aug. 2002

Publications

• Total Number of Publications: 246

Peer Reviewed International Journals (Published/Accepted): 70

International Conferences (Published/Accepted): 176

Please see the Google Scholar Page

Since 2018- Citations: 2617; h-index: 23; i10-index: 81

Overall-- Citations: 3568; h-index: 27; i10-index: 114

• Keynote/Invited Talks and Workshop/Tutorial Session: 90+

Career Brief

• Served as a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow and later Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.
• Served as a part-time faculty member of Concordia University, Canada for two semesters.
• Received Ph.D. degree from Concordia University, Canada in September 2008.
• Serving as Professor since 2014 in the Department of EEE, BUET.
• Serving as the Founding Director of Institute of Robotics and Automation, BUET.
• Served two years as the Director of Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, BUET.
• Served as the In-Charge, BUET Robotics Laboratory.
• Research potential with more than 230 research publications & 90+ Keynote/Invited Talks.
• Received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Department of EEE, BUET.
• Successfully completed several national/international projects (some as the Team Lead).
• Winner of several prestigious academic awards, e.g. BAS-TWAS Young Scientists Prize 2014, Concordia University’s 2009 Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize (in NSE), NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008 (Canada), and URSI Canadian Young Scientist Award 2007.
• Served as TPC Chair and General/Organizing Chair of different international conferences.
• Editorial Board Member of IEEE Access, IEEE Potentials, JEE-IEB; A/E CSSP;
• Served as EIC of IEEE PES Enews, Lead Editor, IEEE R10 Newsletter (2017-20); Reviewers of many journals.
• Received several best paper, presentation and project awards.
• Chair (2015-16), N&A Chair (2017-19), Secretary, Vice-Chair of IEEE Bangladesh Section.
• Chair (’21-), IEEE SPS, Vice-Chair (’21-), PES, Chair (17-19), EMBS Bangladesh Chapters.
• Founder Chair, IEEE RAS, SSIT & Funder Vice-Chair, IEEE SPS & IAS Bangladesh Chapters.
• Chair, IEEE PES Humanitarian Activity Committee and Chair, IEEE SSIT Chapters Committee
• Board Member (as representative of PES), IEEE Smart Village
• Active participation in several projects, consultancies, testing, and international conferences.
• Education Chair, IEEE Humanitarian Activity Committee (HAC) [2018-2020].
• Chair, IEEE Region-10 (Asia-Pacific) Adhoc on Climate Change.
• Served several committees of global IEEE (EAB, PVC, SSIT) and IEEE Region 10 (Asia Pacific).
• Long Range Planning Committee Member of IEEE PES (since 2016).
• Received various prestigious awards in IEEE, e.g. 2018 IEEE R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award, 2017 IEEE R10 HTA Outstanding Vol. Award & 2016 IEEE MGA Achievement Award.

Major Awards/Honors Received

1. 2023 IEEE Signal Processing Cup, 1st Runner Up, Faculty Advisor of Team
2. 2023 IEEE Signal Processing Society Finalist Video Presentation (Oct.), Faculty Advisor of Team
3. 2022 IEEE Video and Image Processing Cup, Top ranked till final round, Faculty Advisor of Team
4. 2022 IEEE Signal Processing Cup, Champion, Faculty Advisor of Team
5. 2020 IEEE Video & Image Processing Cup, 1st Runner Up, Faculty Advisor of Team
6. Has been ranked among the topmost ten researchers in the Scientific Publication Arena of Bangladesh during the period of 2010-2019 (10 years). He is also the researcher with the highest publication document number in the Engineering field (Published March 2020) click here
7. Best Paper Awards in IEEE BECITHCON 2019, Dhaka
8. 2018 IEEE Region 10 Outstanding Volunteer Award “in recognition of outstanding contribution and services to IEEE Bangladesh Section and IEEE Region 10”.
9. 2017 IEEE Region 10 HTA Outstanding Volunteer Award “in recognition of leadership and contributions to innovative Humanitarian technology of Bangladesh Section”.
10. 2016 IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Achievement Award winner “for dynamic leadership in achieving rapid transformation of the IEEE Bangladesh Section into a vibrant large section by ensuring maximum member engagement through innovative activities”.
11. Best Paper Award in Biomedical Engineering Track at IEEE TENCON 2017, Malaysia
12. Best Paper Award in Humanitarian Engineering Track in IEEE R10HTC 2017, Dhaka
13. Best Paper Awards in Biomedical Engineering Track at IEEE WIECON-ECE 2016, Pune, India
14. 2016 IEEE R10 Outstanding Humanitarian Activity Award to “IEEE Bangladesh Section in recognition of innovative humanitarian technology activities under leadership of S A Fattah”.
15. Elevated to Senior Member, IEEE and Fellow, IEB
16. Winner of Bangladesh Academy Science-TWAS Young Scientists Prize 2014
17. ReSMiQ Scholarship for Guest Researcher 2014 (Canada)
18. Best Interactive Poster Session Award for a paper presented in ICIEV 2014, Dhaka
19. Top ten finalist in student paper contest in MWSCAS 2014, Texas, USA
20. 1st (computer) and 2nd (comm) prize winning project group supervisor in EUProW 2011
21. Winner of Concordia University’s the 2009 Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize in Engineering and Natural Sciences
22. URSI Canadian Young Scientist Award 2007
23. Recipient of NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008
24. One of the Great Grads of Concordia University in 2008-2009 Concordia Journal, vol.4, no. 17, June 2009 (published a feature article) Concordia Magazine, Fall 2009 (published a feature article)
25. First prize winner in the SYTACOM Research Workshop 2008
26. Dr. Rashid Gold Medal for the best academic performance in M.Sc., BUET (2002)
27. First place award for co-supervision of capstone project at Concordia University (2009)
28. Hydro Quebec Award (2006, 2007)
29. Campaign for New Millennium Graduate Scholarship-ENCS (2007)
30. School of Graduate Studies Doctoral Teaching Assistantship (2006)
31. Power Corporation of Canada Graduate Fellowship (2005)
32. Concordia University Graduate Fellowship (for Ph.D. program in ECE, 2004-06)
33. Concordia University Int. Tuition Fee Remission Award (2004-06)
34. Campaign for New Millennium Graduate Scholarship-ENCS (2004)
35. Received Honors and Dean’s Award in BUET.

Professional Membership

• Senior Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.)
• Fellow, IEB (Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh)
• IEEE Society Chapters: PES, SPS, SSIT, EMBS, RAS, TEMS
• Member, IEEE HKN (Eta Kappa Nu)

Present Research

• Deep Learning, Machine Learning, AI
• Climate Change, Smart Grid, Smart City, Load Forecasting
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Vision, Speech, Image, Video Processing
• Robotics, Automation and Control
• Humanitarian Technology (healthcare, assistive technology)

Supervision of Thesis/Design Project at Undergraduate Level

• Ph.D. Students: Currently Enrolled: 4, Co-supervision: 1
• M.Sc. Students: Currently Enrolled: 20, Completed: 15

IEEE Involvement

IEEE Committees/Boards:

• IEEE Access, Editorial Board Member
• IEEE TAB/PSPB, Products and Services Committee
• IEEE Potentials, Editorial Board Member (2022-23)
• IEEE SSIT, Chair, Chapters Committee (2022-24) and SDHT Committee (2017-2021)
• IEEE SPS, Chair, Humanitarian Activity Subcommittee
• IEEE Smart Village, Member, Board Member (PES representative)
• IEEE Public Visibility Committee, Member (2021-2022)
• IEEE Humanitarian Activity Committee (HAC), Chair, Education Committee (2018-2020)
• IEEE Roadmap Committee, Working Group Member
• IEEE EAB, Member, Continuing Education Committee (2017)
• IEEE SIGHT, Member, Education Committee (2016)
• IEEE TAB Magazines & Newsletters Committee, Member [EIC, IEEE PES Enews (2017-)]
• IEEE SIGHT Education Subcommittee (2016)
• IEEE PES, Chair, IEEE PES-Humanitarian Activity Committee
• IEEE PES, Member, Long Range Planning Committee
• IEEE Adhoc Committee to Coordinate IEEE’s Response to Climate Change, subcommittee member

IEEE Region:

• Chair, R10 Climate Change AdHoc Committee (2023-2024)
• Member, R10-Humanitarian Technology Activity Committee (2018-2020)
• Member, R10-Conference & Technical Seminar (2017-2020)
• Member, R10-Newsletter (2017-2020)
• Member, R10-Educational Activity Committee (2016, 2019-2020)
• Member, R10-Award & Recognition Committee (2017)
• Member, R10-Individual Benefits & Services Committee (2016)
• Member, R10 Sections/Chapters (2016)
• IEEE R10 Annual Meeting: Primary Delegate (2015-16) & Secondary/Guest (2014, 2017-20)
• IEEE R10 IEEE R10 SIGHT Nepal Smart Village Project (2016)
• IEEE R10 50 Year Celebrations Ad-hoc Committee (2016)

IEEE Bangladesh Section & Affinity Group:

• Chair (2015-16)
• Nomination and Appointment Chair (2017-2022)
• Vice-Chair (2012)
• Secretary (2013-2014)
• Membership Development Coordinator (2011)
• IEEE Section Congress, Section Delegate (2017)
• Adviser, IEEE BDS Young Professionals (2019-20)
• IEEE SIGHT FLASH Member (2013--)

IEEE Societies/Chapters:

• [BDC: Bangladesh Section Chapter]
• Chair (2021-23) & Founding Vice-Chair (2018-20), IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) BDC
• Chair (2017-19), Vice-Chair (20-23), IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) BDC
• Founding Chair (2018-2020), Vice-Chair (21-23), IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) BDC
• Founding Chair (2018-2020), Vice-Chair (21-23), IEEE Society Social Implications Tech (SSIT) BDC
• Founding Vice-Chair (2018-20), IEEE Industrial Applications Society (IAS) BDC
• Vice-Chair (2021-23), IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) BDC

IEEE Student Branch/Chapters:

• Faculty Adviser, IEEE BUET PES Student Branch Chapter
• Faculty Adviser, IEEE BUET EMBS Student Branch Chapter

Publications

• Editorial Board Member, IEEE Access (2018-2024)
• Editorial Board Member, IEEE Potentials (2022-23)
• Editor-in-Chief, IEEE PES Enews (2017-2022)
• Editor, Journal of Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh (IEB)
• Lead Editor, IEEE R10 Newsletter (2017-2020)

International Conferences/Meetings Organization

• General Chair: BAS 2023, IEEE SPICSCON 2021, ICAICT 2020, IEEE BECITHCON 2019, IEEE RAAICON 2019, SYMPSIST 2019, IEEE R10-HTC 2017.
• Tech. Program Chair: ICACCESS 2024, 10th IEEE ICPS 2023, 26th ICCIT 2023, 9th IEEE WIECON-ECE 2023; IEEE WIECON-ECE 2022, ICCIT 2022, IEEE BECITHCON 2021, IEEE RAAICON 2021, ICREST 2021, IEEE, TENSYMP 2020, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2020, IEEE SPICSCON 2019, IEEE PEEIACON 2019, ICASERT 2019, ICREST 2019, ICAEE 2017, ICIVPR 2017, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2016, MediTec 2016, APMEE 2012.
• Organizing Chair: IEEE WIECON-ECE 2015.
• Organizing Secretary: ICECE 2012, EUProW 2009, 2011.
• Registration Chair: ICECE 2014
• TC Member: ICECE ’10, ICEEICT ’14, IFOST ’14, SKIMA ’14, ICCIT ’14, NSysS ’15
• RCM (SP): ISCAS 2013, ISCAS 2014
• Chief Adviser: IRC (BD) 2013, 2014, 2015, BDS SYWC 2015.

Major Keynote/Invited/Workshop talks [last five years]:

• 2023: IEEE PES GM, USA, I3CS, India; ICREST, ECCE, SPAVe 6.0, HTPDI, TENCON, Thailand, IEEE R10-HTC, India, IEEE ICIP, Malaysia, WIECON-ECE, India, APPEEC, Thailand.
• 2022: ICAEEE, DUET; ICISET, IIUC; DCE, BUET;IEEE EMBS Bangalore; IEEE SPS BISP; SU
• 2021: ICECIT, KU; WIECOV, Amity U, India, SPS Kerala Forum, HTPDC, NSU-Talk, HSTU-Talk, PES-Day, EMBS-BD Day, YSVEES, EICT, ICEEE, PES NSU
• 2020: IEMIS; TENSYMP; PES-GM; Power Africa; ICC; PES Day, CUET, KUET, IEEE R10-HTC, IFSFS, GHTC, VCOP, SOFTEXPO
• 2019: ECE, Georgia Tech Univ., USA; ECSE, Monash Univ., Australia; ICCCMLA, India; ISGT Africa, Brazil; YESIST12, Thailand; IEEE SPAC NSU; YSIST12 IC, Dhaka; EEE, IUT; EICT, Khulna; ICASERT, Dhaka; ICBSLP, Sylhet; ECCE, Cox’s Bazar; IEB, Dhaka.
• 2018: PES-SC, Brazil; R10-Meeting, Malaysia; R10 SYWLC, Indonesia; IEMIS, India; WIECON-ECE, Thailand; I2CT, India; R10-Meet, Malaysia; IEMIS, India; R10-HTC, Sri Lanka; ICEEICT, Dhaka; ICBSLP, SUST; IEEE TENCON 2018; CUET Day; BEPS;
• 2017: IEEE TENCON 2017, Malaysia IEEE SPAC, UIU, Dhaka IEEE SYW Congress 2017, NSU, IEEE Day 2017, DIU.
• 2016: IECBES2016, Malaysia; R10 Tech. Seminar 2016, Thailand; WIECON-ECE2016, India; IWCI2016, Dhaka; EEE, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• 2015: IEEE R10 HTC2015, Philippines; ICGIP2015, Singapore; R10 SYWC 2015, Sri Lanka. CTIE, Nanjing Univ. of Posts & Telecom., Nanjing, China

Major Conference/Meeting participation [last five years]

• 2023: IEEE PES GM, USA, I3CS, India; ICREST, ECCE, SPAVe 6.0, HTPDI, IEEE TENCON, Thailand, IEEE R10-HTC, India, IEEE ICIP, Malaysia, IEEE ICASSP, Greece
• 2022: ICCIT; ICECE; ICISET; IEEE WIECON-ECE, India, IEEE PES GM, USA; HTPDC.
• 2020: IEEE PES LRP Meeting, FA, USA; IEEE HAC Meeting, NJ, USA Virtual Conf: IEEE ICASSP, IST-Africa, TENSYMP, IEEE PES GM, Power Africa, IEEE ISTAS, IEEE ICIP, IEEE TENCON
• 2019: PES Meeting, CA, USA; HAC Meeting, NJ, USA; ECCE, Cox’s Bazar; R10 Meeting, Australia; PES GM, USA; Georgia Tech, USA; ICCCMLA, India; R10 CLP, India; ICBSLP, Sylhet; ISGT-Africa, Brazil; YESIST12, Thailand
• 2018: PES GM, FL, USA; HAC Meeting, NJ, USA; IEMIS, India; I2CT, India; R10 Meeting, Malaysia; BEPS, Dhaka; PES SC, Brazil; R10 SYWLC, Indonesia; ICEEICT, Dhaka; ICBSLP, Sylhet; TENCON, South Korea; R10 HTC, Sri Lanka; WIECON-ECE, Thailand
• 2017: IEEE PES GM, USA; IEEE GHTC, USA; IEEE TENCON, Malaysia; IEEE Section Congress, Australia; IEEE EAB Meeting, USA; IEEE R10 Meeting, Japan; IEEE PES Meeting, LA, USA
• 2016: PES Meeting, MA, USA; U of Sask, Canada, R10 Meeting, Thailand; IEEE POCO, Montreal; Canada; IEEE R10 SYWL Congress, India; IEEE GHTC, WA, USA, TENCON, Singapore, IECBES, Malaysia; WIECON-ECE, India
• 2015: R10-HTC, Philippines; TENCON, Macau SAR; ICGIP, Singapore; ProTalks, Dhaka; WIE ILS, India; DSP, Singapore; R10 SYWC, Sri Lanka; NSysS, Dhaka;