Syed Akhter Hossain Explained
Syed Akhter Hossain (born 1969) is a computer scientist, educator,[1] [2] columnist[3] and technology consultant[4] from Bangladesh. Currently, he is a professor and dean of Computer Science and Engineering department at Daffodil International University (DIU).[5]
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[6] and Chief Judge of National Collegiate Programming Contest in Bangladesh 2015[7] and Contest Director of NCPC 2014.[8] He is also the Chief Judge of ACM ICPC Dhaka Site 2015[9] [10] [11] and one of the pioneers of spreading programming education in Bangladesh by organising Computer Science Education Week and NGPC(National Girls Programming Contest).[12]
He is also an organising committee member of ICCIT (International Conference on Computer and Information Technology) at 2013,[13] and hold the chair on 2014.[14]
He is also taking steps to enrich Bengali language content.[15] [16]
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[17] [18]
Notes and References
- Analysis of Bangla-2-Braille Machine Translator . Hossain . Syed Akhter . Biswas . Lora Annanya . Hossain . Md Iqbal . 22 December 2014 . IEEE . 300–304 . Dhaka, Bangladesh . 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology . 978-1-4799-6288-4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216162503/http://www.iccit.org.bd/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/162.pdf . 16 February 2016.
- Web site: CSE Head Professor Dr. Syed Akhter Hossain attends a training program in South Korea by Samsung SDS . Daffodil International University . https://web.archive.org/web/20160125153756/http://cse.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/18-workshop-and-event/44-cse-head-professor-dr-syed-akhter-hossain-attends-a-training-program-in-south-korea-by-samsung-sds . 25 January 2016.
- Web site: Impact of Smart Technologies in Higher Education . Hossain . Syed Akhter . TechWorldBD.
- Web site: EATL Prothom Alo Apps Contest 2015 Channel-i Talk Show Episode 02.
- Web site: Prof. Dr Syed Akhter Hossain . Daffodil International University.
- Web site: The 2012 ACM-ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest. 17 January 2016.
- Web site: RUET NCPC Committee . RUET NCPC 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223040248/http://cse-events.ruet.ac.bd/ncpc/committee.php . 23 February 2016.
- Web site: Daffodil NCPC 2014 Committee Organizing Committee.
- Web site: Judging and Problem Setting Panel. Welcome to ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Dhaka Site. 17 January 2016.
- Web site: Welcome to ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Dhaka Site Committee Members. Northsouth.edu. 17 January 2016.
- News: Jawad . Muhammad Muhtasim . 19 November 2015 . Young Programmers at the ACM ICPC, Dhaka Regional Site Event 2015 . The Daily Star.
- News: Computer Science Education Week To Begin From Sunday . HiFi Public . 17 January 2016.
- Web site: Organizing Committee, ICCIT 2013 . The 16th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology . https://web.archive.org/web/20160804003159/http://www.iccit.org.bd/2013/organizing-committee/ . 4 August 2016.
- Web site: Organizing Committee, ICCIT 2014 . ICCIT 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701000545/http://www.iccit.org.bd/2014/organizing-committee/ . 1 July 2016.
- News: GDG Bangla holds seminar on how to enrich Bangla Content . The Daily Star . 10 February 2015.
- Web site: First International Symposium on Bengali/Bangla Computational Linguistics .
- News: ICT Award' 2016 to DIU CSE Head . The New Nation . Dhaka . 26 October 2016.
- Web site: DIU Professor Dr. Syed Akhter Hossain awarded National ICT Award 2016 . Daffodil International University . 24 October 2016.