Awards & Honors

Last updated on • May 04, 2016

Research Excellence

  1. Best Paper Award
    IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC'15)
  2. Best-in-session Presentation Award
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM'17)
  3. Chirag Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Computer Science
    Fellowship awarded for the year 2011-12 as part of funding for graduate studies in UIUC.
  4. Research Assistantship from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Awarded as as funding for graduate studies in the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  5. PhD Fellowship from University of Michigan Ann Arbor
    4-year graduate fellowship offer to pursue PhD in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor.
  6. IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant
    A grant of US$1000, awarded by IEEE Communications Society to attend and present my paper in IEEE ICC 2009 held at Germany. Details can be found at http://www.ieee-icc.org/2009/stg.html
  7. 3rd Prize, IEEE Bangladesh Branch Undergraduate Student Paper Contest, 2007
    For my paper titled "Reduction of Impulsive Noise in Continuous-Tone Images by Regression Analysis." Download pdf of the paper.

Academic Excellence

  1. University Merit Scholarship
    Awarded by BUET, for excellence in academic result of each term during B.Sc (undergraduate) studies. (2004-2009)
  2. Dean’s List Award
    Awarded by BUET, for all academic years attended during B.Sc (undergraduate) studies. This accolade is for students whose yearly GPA exceeds 3.75
  3. Higher Secondary Board Scholarship, 2003, Dhaka Education Board, Bangladesh.
    Granted from the Education Board of Bangladesh based on the excellence in Higher School Certificate examination. (equivalent to High School Graduation)
  4. Award for 1st Position in Science Group – Notre Dame College, 2003
    Awarded by Notre Dame College (Higher Secondary School), Dhaka, Bangladesh for highest academic performance (Rank #1 in a class of approx. 1200 students) in the Science group in 2002-03 school session.
  5. Award for Perfect Attendance – Notre Dame College, 2003
    Awarded by Notre Dame College (Higher Secondary School), Dhaka, Bangladesh for perfect attendance in the 2002-03 school session.

Programming Contest

  1. 5th Place, ACM ICPC Regional Contest, Dhaka Site, 2007
    Team Name: "BUET Asterix."
    Final standings available at http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/regionals/ViewRegionalStandings.asp?ContestID=863
  2. Runner Up, DIPC 2007 (2nd Daffodil Inter University Programming Contest)
    Team Name: BUET Asterix. DIPC 2007 was part of ACM ICPC Regionals 2007 preliminary rounds.
    Details information available at http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/regionals/DIPC2007/
  3. 3rd Prize, BUIPC 2007 (BRAC University Inter-University Programming Contest)
    Team Name: BUET Asterix.
  4. 5th Place, EWUIPC 2006 (East West University International Programming Contest)
    Team name: BUET Asterix.
  5. 3rd Place, AIPC 2005 (AIUB Inter University Programming Contest)
    Team name: BUET Loopers.
  6. 8th Place, ACM ICPC Regional Contest, Dhaka Site- Final Round, 2005
    Team Name: BUET Loopers
  7. Runner UP, Notre Dame College 2nd Science Festival Programming Contest, Bangladesh, 2003
    Team Name: NDC Xception
  8. Champion, Notre dame College IT Festival Programming Contest, Bangladesh 2002
    Team Name: NDC Xception

Math Olympiad

  1. Champion (Group), 1st Runner Up (Individual Performance) – 1st National Math Olympiad, Bangladesh, 2003
    Hosted by Shahjalal University, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  2. Champion (Group), 2nd Runner Up (Individual Performance) – AIUB Talent Search, Bangladesh, 2003
    Jointly organized by eBiz and American International University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  3. 2nd Place, Mathematical Workshop "Neuron e Onuronon," Dhaka, Bangladesh 2002
    Mathematical workshop jointly organized by Prothom Alo and Ready-Cash

Technology Fair

  1. 6th Prize, 25th National Science and Tech. Fair, Bangladesh 2002
    It was awarded for demonstrating my Software "Bangali". Bangali is a transliteration software which interpretes Roman scripts to Bangla Alphabet.