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Bangladeshi computer science, professor (born 1969)

Syed Akhter Hossain
Born (1969-01-21) 21 January 1969 (age 55)
Jessore, Bangladesh
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
Computer Engineering
InstitutionsDaffodil International University

Syed Akhter Hossain (born 1969) is a computer scientist, educator, columnist and technology consultant from Bangladesh. Currently, he is a professor and dean of Computer Science and Engineering department at Daffodil International University (DIU).

Birth and education

He was born in Jessore on 21 January 1969.

Others activities

Hossain is a contest director of ACM-ICPC Dhaka Regionals 2007, 2012 and Chief Judge of National Collegiate Programming Contest in Bangladesh 2015 and Contest Director of NCPC 2014. He is also the Chief Judge of ACM ICPC Dhaka Site 2015 and one of the pioneers of spreading programming education in Bangladesh by organising Computer Science Education Week and NGPC(National Girls Programming Contest).

He is also an organising committee member of ICCIT (International Conference on Computer and Information Technology) at 2013, and hold the chair on 2014.

He is also taking steps to enrich Bengali language content.

Honors and awards

  • Gold Medal in BSc (Honors) examination for the first place in the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajshahi University
  • Digital Innovation Award 2011 for Bangla-2-Braille Machine Translator
  • BASIS 2011 Abishaker Khoze Champion Award
  • CMO-Asia Best Professor in IT Award from Singapore, July 2012
  • National ICT Award 2016 for Outstanding Contribution to the ICT Education and Technology of Bangladesh at Digital World 2016 Award Night, 21 October 2016

References

  1. Hossain, Syed Akhter; Biswas, Lora Annanya; Hossain, Md Iqbal (22 December 2014). Analysis of Bangla-2-Braille Machine Translator (PDF). 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology. Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE. pp. 300–304. ISBN 978-1-4799-6288-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2016.
  2. "CSE Head Professor Dr. Syed Akhter Hossain attends a training program in South Korea by Samsung SDS". Daffodil International University. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016.
  3. Hossain, Syed Akhter. "Impact of Smart Technologies in Higher Education". TechWorldBD.
  4. "EATL Prothom Alo Apps Contest 2015 Channel-i Talk Show Episode 02".
  5. "Prof. Dr Syed Akhter Hossain". Daffodil International University.
  6. "The 2012 ACM-ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. "RUET NCPC Committee". RUET NCPC 2015. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016.
  8. "Daffodil NCPC 2014 Committee Organizing Committee".
  9. "Judging and Problem Setting Panel" (PDF). Welcome to ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Dhaka Site. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. "Welcome to ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Dhaka Site Committee Members" (PDF). Northsouth.edu. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  11. Jawad, Muhammad Muhtasim (19 November 2015). "Young Programmers at the ACM ICPC, Dhaka Regional Site Event 2015". The Daily Star.
  12. "Computer Science Education Week To Begin From Sunday". HiFi Public. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  13. "Organizing Committee, ICCIT 2013". The 16th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016.
  14. "Organizing Committee, ICCIT 2014". ICCIT 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016.
  15. "GDG Bangla holds seminar on how to enrich Bangla Content". The Daily Star. 10 February 2015.
  16. "First International Symposium on Bengali/Bangla Computational Linguistics".
  17. "ICT Award' 2016 to DIU CSE Head". The New Nation. Dhaka. 26 October 2016.
  18. "DIU Professor Dr. Syed Akhter Hossain awarded National ICT Award 2016". Daffodil International University. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

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