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CV of Dr. Syed Islam                                                                                
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Dr. Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam 
 
7 Hillcrest Road                                            Google Scholar                 Mobile: +61416541554 
Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia              Linked in                           Email: shams.webmail@gmail.com 
Australia 6105                                              ResearchGate                    Web: ECU staff profile 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 
• Around seven years of teaching and tutoring experience at four different universities including UWA 
and Curtin University. 
• Strong academic background with a PhD with distinction (UWA) and an MSc (KFUPM) in Computer 
Engineering and, a Postgrad Diploma in Education (IUT).  
• Strong programming skill in C/C++, C#, JAVA, Python, PL/SQL and MATLAB. 
• Authorship of 45 research articles including 11 journals (majority in the WoS Quartile-1), three book 
chapters and 20 fully refereed conference papers.  
• Five public media releases and, 303 citations with an h-index of 9 (Google Scholar, Oct 31, 2016). 
• Nine competitive research grants (total funding of $394,022). 
• Co-supervision to completion seven honours and postgrad students.  
• Professional leadership as Associate Editor of 10 international journals and a regular reviewer of 20 
others, Technical Committee Member of 21 conferences and member of seven professional bodies 
including IEEE and Australian Computer Society.  
• Australian citizen living permanently in Australia since 2006. 
 
 
1. Professional Employment History 
 
♦ Teaching Jobs 
Lecturer (Jun 1, 2016 - Continued) 
Discipline of Computing Security, School of Science 
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA. 
o Course/Unit Taught (Semester 2, 2016): Systems Analysis and Intelligent Systems. 
 
Adjunct Lecturer (Mar 9, 2016 - Continued) 
School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, 
The University of Western Australia. 
o Course/Unit Taught (Semester 1, 2016): Lecturing and Tutoring of CITS3001 (Algorithms, 
Agents and Artificial Intelligence) and Lab Demonstration of CITS2200 (Data Structures and 
Algorithms), CITS3401 (Data Warehousing and Data Mining) and CITS1001 (Object-oriented 
Programming and Software Engineering) 
 
Casual Lecturer (May 13, 2015 - Continued) 
School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and 
Mathematics, The University of Western Australia. 
o Course/Unit Taught:  
o Semester 2, 2015: Lecturing, tutoring and lab demonstration of C Programming part of 
Robotics (GENG5508, a Masters level course).  
 I obtained a SPOT (Student Perception of Teaching) score of 4.14 out of 5 (which is 
above the faculty mean score) for teaching GENG5508.  
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o Semester 1, 2016: Lecturing and Tutoring of CITS3001 (Algorithms, Agents and Artificial 
Intelligence) and Lab Demonstration of CITS2200 (Data Structures and Algorithms), 
CITS3401 (Data Warehousing and Data Mining) and CITS1001 (Object-oriented 
Programming and Software Engineering) 
 
Sessional Academic (Jun 30, 2015- Mar 1, 2016)  
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Faculty 
of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, WA. 
o Course/Unit Taught: Lecturing and, tutoring of Embedded Software Engineering (CMPE3002)/ 
Microcomputer Systems (COMP6003).  
o Development of lectures and tutorial sheets,  
o Development of assignments and exam sheets and their evaluation rubrics. 
o Management of online learning management system (Blackboard). 
o Assistance to Course Coordinator to liaison with lecturer and lab demonstrators of overseas campuses. 
 
Sessional Academic (Aug 4, 2014- Dec 2014)  
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Civil and Mech. Engineering, Curtin University, WA. 
o Course/Unit Taught: Engineering Programming 100 (using C/C++). 
 
Casual Teacher (Mar 1, 2008-Dec 31, 2008 and Aug 2, 2010- Dec 31, 2010) 
School of CSSE, UWA.  
o Courses/Units: Modelling and Computer Analysis for Engineers, Computing for Engineers and 
Scientists, Introduction to Graphics and Human Computer Interaction. 
 
Lecturer B (Feb 8 - Jun 3, 2006)  
Department of COE, KFUPM.  
o Courses/Units: Computer Architecture and Robotics at undergraduate level. 
o Supervised final yea students’ projects and Telerobotic research laboratory. 
 
Teaching (/Research) Assistant (Mar 1, 2003- Feb 7, 2006)  
Department of COE, KFUPM.  
o Courses/Units: Computer Architecture, Fundamentals of Computer Engineering, Computer 
Organization and Assembly Language, Microcomputer System Design, Inter-network Design and 
Management at undergraduate level. 
 
Lecturer (May 1, 2002- Feb 28, 2003) and Lecturer (-cum-Programmer) (Jul 9, 2001- Apr 30, 2002) 
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB).  
o Courses/Units Taught: Programming Language C/C++, Introduction to Computer and Its Applications, 
Electrical Technology, Data Structure, Database Management, System Analysis and Design and Basic 
Electronics. 
 
Lecturer in Computer Science (Jan 1 - July 8, 2001) 
Manarat Dhaka International College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  
o Lectured Computer Science subjects to O’Level students. 
 
♦ Research Jobs 
Casual Research Officer (Jan 4, 2016 – Apr 22, 2016) 
School of Computing and Mathematics, Charles Sturt University, Victoria, Australia.  
o Development of network and cyber security based algorithm and testing with Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Senior 
Lecturer in Computing and Lead, Cyber Security Research Group.  
o Published jointly one IEEE Conference paper and two journal articles to be submitted soon. 
 
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Research Assistant Professor/Research Fellow (Feb 1, 2011 – Dec 31, 2015)  
School of Dentistry/Oral Health Centre of Western Australia (OHCWA), UWA.  
o Developed algorithms for detection and treatment planning for Sleep Apnoea and other Orthodontic 
disorders using 3D facial surface image and CT scans. 
o Published four journal articles (excluding two under review and three to be submitted), two book 
chapters and four conference papers from this work. 
Research Fellow (0.8FTE) (May 20, 2013 – May 19, 2015) 
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Civil and Mech. Engineering, Curtin University, WA.  
o Developed algorithms for Computer Vision-based maritime surveillance. 
o Produced one technical report, and one journal paper and two conference papers are ready to be 
submitted. 
 
Research Assistant (Aug 1, 2006 - Dec 31, 2010) 
School of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), UWA. 
o Worked with Prof Mohammed Bennamoun in an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project 
titled “Unified Representation of Multimodal Biometrics”. 
o Worked with Senior Lecturer Dr. Du Huynh in a UWA funded project titled “Marker-free Human 
Motion Capture” (Sept 15-Dec 31, 2006) and in a commercialization project for an automatic face 
recognition system (Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007). 
 
Research Assistant (Feb 8, 2006-Jul 4, 2006)  
Department of Computer Engineering (Mar 1, 2003- Feb 7, 2006) and Research Institute, KFUPM.  
o User interface development for automatic entry and processing of Oil and Gas mining data in a project 
(CPM2255) supported by Saudi Aramco. 
o Worked in a project on Telerobotics funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology 
(KACST) under research project grant AT- 20-80.  
 
 
♦ Consulting and Industry Experience  
Medical Imaging Consultant (May 19, 2013- Aug 21, 2015 (0.2FTE), Jan 1, 2013- May 19, 2013 (1FTE))  
Booragoon & Subiaco Orthodontic Clinics, 103 York St, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008.  
o Analysed Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and 3D surface images for different orthodontic 
and sleep apnea patients. 
 
(Lecturer-cum-)Programmer (Jul 9, 2001- Apr 30, 2002) 
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB).  
o Maintained and enhanced Result and Admission System software of the university. 
o Trained staff members on software uses. 
2. Courses/Units Taught                                                                                          
 
♦ Postgraduate:  
o Robotics (with C Programming), (at UWA) 
o Microcomputer Systems (at Curtin) 
♦ Undergraduate:  
o Algorithms, Agents and Artificial Intelligence (at UWA) 
o Data Structures and Algorithms (at UWA and AUB) 
o Data Warehousing and Data Mining (at UWA) 
o Object-oriented Programming and Software Engineering (at UWA) 
o Embedded Software Engineering (at Curtin) 
o System Analysis and Design (at AUB) 
CV of Dr. Syed Islam                                                                                
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o Modeling and Computer Analysis for Engineers (using MATLAB, at UWA) 
o Computing for Engineers and Scientists (using C/C++, at UWA) 
o Computer Graphics (two semesters, using OpenGL, at UWA)   
o Human Computer Interaction (at UWA) 
o Engineering Programming 100 (using C/C++, at Curtin) 
o Computer Architecture (at KFUPM) 
o Robotics (at KFUPM) 
o Fundamentals of Computer Engineering (at KFUPM) 
o Computer Organization and Assembly Language (at KFUPM) 
o Microcomputer System Design (at KFUPM) 
o Inter-network Design and Management (at KFUPM) 
o Programming Language C/C++ (at AUB) 
o Introduction to Computer and Its Applications (at AUB)  
o Electrical Technology (at AUB)  
o Database Management (with Oracle 8i and Developer, at AUB) 
o Basic Electronics (at AUB) 
3. Teaching and Research Interest                                                                                          
 
I am interested to teach: Range of Computer Science units, including but not limited to Computer Vision and 
Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Object Oriented Programming, System Analysis and Design, Database 
Management, Computer Networking, Telecommunication Networking and Network Management. 
 
My research interest includes but not limited to Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, 
2D and 3D Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Ear and Face Biometrics, Medical Imaging, Database 
Systems, Telerobotics, Network Design and Network Security.  
4. Research Supervision 
 
♦ Research Assistants/Postdoctoral Co-Researchers 
1) Dr. Julian Cisonni (Airflow analysis for sleep apneic and non-sleep apneic patients) 
2) Dr. Jaafar Abduo (Prosthodontist) 
3) Dr. Suman Sadai (Computer vision and image analysis) 
4) Dr. Ahmad Mostayed (Biomechanics and 3D volumetric analysis) 
 
♦ Doctor of Clinical Dentistry Students 
1) Angelina Ross (Feb 2011-Oct 2012), UWA, Thesis: “An assessment of facial profile attractiveness of 
historical and contemporary norms as perceived by clinicians, patients and laypeople”. 
2) Arti Patel (Feb 2011-Oct 2012), UWA, Thesis: “The use of three dimensional scanning to assess and 
quantify the extent of facial asymmetry in adults”. 
 
♦ Honours Students (BScDent) 
1) Gordon Cheung (Jul 2011-Jan 2013), UWA,. 
Thesis: “A study on the applications of Cone Beam Computed Tomography and Conventional Posterior 
Anterior Cephalometry for use in Orthodontics”. 
2) Richard Lee (Apr 2012-Nov 2013), UWA, (Grade ‘Excellent’ in all sections). 
Thesis: “The impact of skeletal pattern on airway volume and dimension”. 
3) Fabiana Petrykowski, (Feb 2012-Dec 2014), UWA.  
Thesis: “Airway morphology and its influence on OSA severity and treatment planning”. 
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4) Ying Sin Tan (Current), UWA, Thesis: “Evaluation of lower anterior facial height compared to total 
anterior facial height in different facial soft profile types on three dimensional surface images”. 
5) Anand Sami (Current), UWA, Thesis: “Facial soft tissue norms in Caucasian using innovative 3-
Dimensional approach”. 
6) Vivien Lum (Current), UWA, Thesis: “Measurement of facial angles and its relationship to facial 
convexity/concavity”. 
 
♦ Honours Students (BSc Engg.)  
1) Bandar Ali (Completed in Jun 2006), Co-supervision with Prof Mayez Al Mouhamed, Department of 
Computer Engineering, KFUPM. Topic: Robotics. 
2) Mizanur Rahman (Completed in Dec 2002), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, AUB. 
Topic: Database Management. 
 
 
5. Educational Qualification 
 
PhD with Distinction in Computer Engineering (2006-2010) 
o The University of Western Australia (UWA) (88th in Academic Ranking of World Universities) 
o Thesis Title: Human recognition using local 3D ear and face features. 
 
Master of Science in Computer Engineering (2003-2005) 
o King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.  
o First Class, CGPA 3.22 on a scale of 4. 
o Thesis Title: Design of a Graphical User Interface to Augment a Telerobotic Stereo- vision System. 
 
Post Graduate Diploma in Technical Education with specialization in Electrical Engineering (2002) 
o Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Dhaka, Bangladesh.   
o 1st Class CGPA 4.10 on a scale of 5. 
o Thesis Title: A Comparative Analysis of the Effect of Using Various Teaching Aids and Developing a 
Computerized Teachers Evaluation System 
 
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1996-2000) 
o Islamic Institute of Technology (IIT), existing IUT, Dhaka, Bangladesh.   
o First Class with honours, CGPA 4.27 on a scale of 5. 
o Thesis Title: Design and Implementation of Result Processing System of IIT. 
 
Certificate Course on Oracle 8i with Developer 6 (8th May to 25th June 2001) 
o Computer Centre, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh.  
o A+ (90% and above).  
6. Courses Studied  
 
• Image Processing and Other IT Related: Advanced Computer Vision, Visual Programming 
Languages, Operating System & System Programming, Data Structure, DBMS, System Analysis and 
Design, Computer Architecture & Assembly Language Programming, Client-server Programming, 
Software Development and Programming Language C/C++, Java etc. 
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• Computer Networking and Communication Related: Mobile and Wireless Networks, Computer 
Networks, Network Design, Protocol Engineering, Network Security, Client-server Programming, 
Telecommunication Principles, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, Microwave Theory and 
Techniques and Telecommunication Engineering. 
 
• Education Related: Educational Research, Curriculum Development in Technical and Vocational 
Education (TVE), Philosophy of Education, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Educational 
Psychology, Administration and Supervision of TVE and Advanced Method & Techniques of 
Teaching. 
 
7. Achievements 
 
♦ Awards  
o “Award of Distinction” for PhD thesis by the Board of Graduate Research School, UWA (Oct 2010). 
Only 8% of the thesis completed in 2010 and 2011 were considered for this prestigious award.  
 
o 2011 UWA Early Career Postdoc Special Commendation Award for Publication (value: A$500) for 
the paper titled Efficient detection and recognition of 3D ears. 
 
o 2013 International Association of Dental Research (IADR) Travel Grant to attend The 2nd Meeting 
of the IADR-Asia Pacific Region (IADR-APR), Bangkok, Thailand, Aug 21-23, 2013. 
 
o Best paper presented, Doctoral Symposium, IEEE Fifth International Conference on Biometrics: 
Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS 2012), Washington DC, USA, Sept 24, 2012. 
 
o Best PhD thesis of the year 2010 in the School of CSSE, UWA and the nomination for the “Australasian 
Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation, 2010” awarded by the CORE. 
 
o UWA Graduate Research Student Travel Award (2008). 
 
♦ Media Exposure  
o News on The West Australian (“Scientists using ears for ID”), Page-13, Mar 26, 2012.  
o Front page story on UWA News (“Have you heard about latest ID research?”), Vol. 31(1), Mar 5, 2012. 
o Feature story on Subiaco Post, Perth, Australia (“Lost your ID card? Use an ear”), Vol. 38(47), Page- 
33, Nov 26, 2011. 
o News on Oral Health Centre of WA Newsletter  (“Research”), Vol. 62, Page 6, Oct 18, 2011. 
o News on ‘Oral Health Centre of WA Newsletter’ (“2013 Healy Research Collaboration Award”), Vol. 
66A, Page 3, Dec 13, 2012. 
 
♦ Appreciations:  
My research especially in the area of ear and face biometrics have been appreciate by world famous 
research leaders in Computer Vision. Some of the comments are mentioned below: 
− “It’s a good looking paper and beautifully illustrated and it is certainly quite 
innovative in 3D ear biometrics.” [It is regarding my paper on Pattern Recognition, by 
Professor Mark Nixon, School of Electronics and Computer Science University of 
Southampton. He is the most cited scholar in Ear Biometrics (11254 Google citations)]  
− “I like your work and you’re doing well.” [Prof Mark Nixon while responding 
positively to write the foreword of a book to be edited by me] 
CV of Dr. Syed Islam                                                                                
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− “I was pleased to note that you are continuing your work on 3D ear recognition 
and that it has been published in Pattern Recognition. Work that fuses face features 
and ear features for recognition can improve the robustness of systems to facial pose 
and I commend you and your research collaborators for your work to move the 
boundaries of the field forward.” [Professor Patrick J. Flynn, Dept. of Computer 
Science & Engineering, University of Notre Dame] 
 
 
♦ Scholarships 
Total 13 scholarships including the following: 
o SIRF, UIS and SIRF-Completion scholarships for PhD study at UWA  
o OIC scholarships at IUT (1996-2000 and 2002)  
o Merit scholarship by Islami Bank Foundation, Bangladesh (1993-1995)  
o Government of Bangladesh Board scholarships (1988-1995) 
8. Research Grants 
 
I have secured a total of $394,022 in research funding from different grants including three nationally 
competitive grants from Australian Society of Orthodontists Foundation for Research and Education 
(ASOFRE) and four grants from UWA. 
1) ECU- Early Career Researcher Grant 2017 (AUD 30,000), Syed Islam, Deep learning of 3D 
craniofacial features for the prediction of obstructive sleep apnoea. 
2) ASOFRE Special Donation Grant 2014 (AUD 25,000), Mithran Goonewardene and Syed Islam, 
Construction of Patient-Specific Three Dimensional Facial Soft-tissue Models for Facial Deformity 
Analysis. 
3) Healy Research Collaboration Awards 2013 (AUD 10,000), Syed Islam, Three-dimensional 
modelling and analysis of soft-tissue and hard-tissue facial features for Craniofacial Surgery. [with 
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , USA] 
4) ASOFRE Special Donation Grant 2012 (AUD 29,517), Mithran Goonewardene and Syed Islam, 
Three Dimensional Analysis of the Impact of Skeletal Jaw Base Relationship on Airway Size and 
Volume. 
5) ASOFRE Special Donation Grant 2011(AUD 28,317), Mithran Goonewardene, Syed Islam and 
Mohammed Bennamoun, Identification and Quantification of Facial Asymmetry to Facilitate 
Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning using Three-dimensional Computer Vision and Virtual 
Reality Tools. 
6) UWA Research Collaboration Award 2011 (AUD 10,000), Syed Islam, Mohammed Bennamoun, 
Mithran Goonewardene, Andrew Smith, Mauro Farella (University of Otago), David Hillman, Arti 
Patel and Marc Ackermann (Harvard School of Dental Medicine), Computer Aided Integrated 
Maxillofacial Surgery for Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.  
7) UWA Research Development Award 2012 (AUD 26,233), Syed Islam, 2012, Computer Aided 
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Dentofacial Deformities Using 3D Data and Graphical Models. 
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8) UWA Research Development Award 2012 (AUD 29,690), Jaafar Abduo, Syed Islam, 2012, A 
Comparison of Actual & Virtual Protocols for the Construction of Dental & Maxillofacial Prostheses.  
9) Philanthropic grant, 2011-2015 (AUD 205,265), Syed Islam, Booragoon & Subiaco Orthodontic 
Clinics for research in Orthodontics and Medical Imaging (for my salary).   
9. Research Collaboration 
 
♦ International 
1) Prof Mayez Al Mouhamed, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Department of 
Computer Engineering, Saudi Arabia. 
2) Professor Paul Emile Rossouw, Head Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, USA. 
3) Professor Mauro Farella, Head, Discipline of Orthodontics, Department of Oral Sciences, Faculty of 
Dentistry  University of Otago, New Zealand. 
 
♦ National Industrial 
4) Mr. Stephen Hoefs, Representative, Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) 
5) Dr. David Hillman, Head, Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles 
Gairdner Hospital and Director, WA Sleep Disorders Research Institute. (Sleep physician) 
6) Dr. Richard Lewis, ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist, Holywood Private Hospital. 
7) Dr. Paul Sillifant, Maxilofacial surgeon, Royal Perth Hospital, WA. 
 
♦ National Academic 
8) Professor Mohammed Bennamoun, Professor  & Ex-Head, School of Computer Science and 
Software Engineering, UWA. (Computer vision expert) 
9) Professor Geoff West, Department of Spatial Information, Curtin University. 
10) Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Lead Cyber Security Research Group, School of Computing and Mathematics, 
Charles Sturt University. 
11) Professor Anthony (Tony) Lucey, Dean, Facalty of Science and Engineering and Head, School of 
Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University. (Fluid dynamics expert) 
12) Professor John G. Clement, Professor and Inaugural Chair of Forensic Odontology, Melbourne 
Dental School. (Orhodontics and 3D dental imaging expert) 
13) Professor Andrew Smith, Ex-Head, School of Dentistry, UWA (Oral and Maxillofacial expert). 
14) Professor Peter Eastwood, Professor, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, and 
Director, Centre for Sleep Science, UWA. (Sleep scientist) 
15) Dr. Jaafar Abduo, Associate Prof, Melbourne Dental School. 
 
10. Conference Presentations  
 
I have attended and presented papers/posters in a total of 17conferences including the following reputable ones:  
o Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS), Oct 20-24, 2008, Juan-les-Pins, France.  
o The IEEE 5th Int’l Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS), Sept 23-26, 
2012, Washington DC, USA.  
o The 3rd Int’l IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Aug 10-12, 2005, Perth, Australia. 
o The 4th World Congress on Software Engineering (WCSE), Dec 3-4, 2013, Hong Kong, China.  
o The 2nd Meeting of the Int’l Association for Dental Research – Asia Pacific Region, Aug 21-23, 2013, 
Bangkok, Thailand.  
o New trends of computational intelligence in health applications Workshop (CI-Health)/AI 2012, Dec 
4, 2012, Sydney, Australia.  
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o Australian Society of Orthodontists Foundation Meeting, 2015 & 2013, Hobart & Canberra, Australia. 
o Australian Visualization Conference OzViz, Dec 6-7, 2012, Perth, Australia.          
11. Seminar Talks 
 
I have given talks in a total of 14 seminars including keynote speeches in the following places: 
o Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Sept 26, 2012.  
o Department of Orthodontics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Sept 11, 2012.  
o CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics & Statistics, Canberra, ACT, Feb. 22, 2011. 
o Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. IUT, Dhaka-Bangladesh, Oct 15, 2011.  
o Master Class Seminar, Institute of Advanced Studies, UWA, Perth, Australia, 14 May 2012,  
o Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka-Bangladesh, Oct 16, 2011 and Oct. 10, 2008.     
                                                                             
12. Professional Development Courses and Workshops  
 
♦ Certificate/Short Courses  
o SOL Information Management, Curtin University (July 19, 2015). 
o UWA Health and Safety Induction (July 18, 2015) 
o Staff English Program 2014, Curtin Learning Institute (Sept 2-Oct 22, 2014).  
o Teaching Excellence through 21st Century Learning Design, Curtin Teaching and Learning Institute 
in collaboration with SRI Education, USA (Nov 10-13, 2014).  
o Foundations of University Teaching and Learning, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and 
Learning (CATL), UWA (Feb 14-May 11, 2011). 
o Clinical Teaching and Supervision “Education within the Clinical Workplace” Education Centre, 
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, UWA (Nov 19-20, 2012). 
o English Language Support for Staff, UWA (18/6, 25/6, 2/7, 9/7/2010). 
o Teaching Methodology and Techniques, SoftEd Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Jan 9-July 8, 2001). 
o Linear regression and ANOVA, Centre for Applied Statistics, UWA (Jul 24-25, 2012). 
o 3D Reconstruction Using Leica 3D Long Range Laser Scanner, CSSE, UWA (2008). 
o Using the Statistical tool SPSS, Centre for Applied Statistics, UWA (Dec 4-6, 2007). 
 
♦ Workshops: Attended more than 45 workshops related to teaching and research including- 
• Teaching Related: “Introduction to Moodle”, “Introduction to Blackboard”, “Introduction to Tutoring 
Technical Subjects”, “Small Group Teaching: Seminars & Tutorials”, “Introduction to University 
Teaching”, and “What Counts as Evidence of Good Teaching”.  
 
• Research Related: “Survival Skills for Scientists”, “How to write better thesis”, “The Research 
Orientation”, and, “Academic Poster Writing”. “Content Creation for Dome Displays”, “Biomechanics 
Workshop-Fostering quality in cross-disciplinary research”, “Simulink and Raspberry Pi”, “MATLAB 
Tour”, “Development of Smart Card”, “Supervisor Induction”, “Who writes paper? Issues of 
Authorship”, “HDR Update”, “Supervising Postgraduate Students”, “ARC and NHMRC grant writing 
workshops”. “Introduction to Linux”, “Developing Parallel Applications”, “Scaling Parallel 
Applications” and “Managing Research Data”. 
13. Computing Skills and Software development  
 
♦ Computing Skills  
• Programming Languages: C/C++, C#, Python, JAVA, PL/SQL, PROMELA, VHDL, Assembler, 
Prolog, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++ etc.  
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• Simulation and modeling tools: MATLAB, SPIN, XSPIN, ModelSim, OPNET, PSpice etc.  
• Graphics and Visualization:  OpenCV, VRML, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator etc.  
• Medical imaging software: 3dMDvultus, 3D Slicer, QuickCeph, Polygon Editing Tool (PET) etc. 
• Database/Data Mining: SQL, Oracle 8i, MS Access, Jedox Web and Excel Plug-in. 
• e-Learning Course Design: WebCT, Authorware, Blackboard, Learning Management System, 
Lectopia, EchoSystem etc. 
• Operating Systems: Linux and MS Windows.  
• Networking: Network management (Windows, Linux), Getif, SNMP Traffic Grapher (STG).  
• Office Applications: MS Office, MS Publisher, MS Visio, MS Outlook, ConceptDraw etc.  
 
 
♦ Software Developed/enhanced 
o Result Processing and Admission Management System software of Asian University of Bangladesh 
(AUB) (the largest private university in Bangladesh with more than 6000 students and staff). 
[ Maintained and enhanced] 
o The Result Processing and the Library Management System of IIT using Visual Basic and MS 
Access. 
o The Teachers Evaluation System for the Department of CSE, AUB using Visual Basic and MS Access 
2000.  
o A tool for computing average face from a group of people and to analyze facial differences. 
o A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for measuring different facial features including lip.  
o Survey software for determining Orthodontic norms from 2D profile images using MS Access. 
o GUI for various telerobotic applications in Robotics Laboratory at KFUPM. 
o An inventory management system using Oracle 8i with Developer 6. 
14. Professional Membership 
 
o IEEE, member (2010-2016)     
o IEEE Computer Society (2011-16)                           
o Australian Computer Society (2010-15)            
o Australian Pattern Recognition Society (2012-15) 
o Int’l Assoc. for Dental Research (2011-13)           
o IEEE Communications Society (2011)              
o Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (2000-03) 
o IEEE student member (KFUPM, UWA 2003-10)   
o UWA Researchers' Association (2011-15)        
 
 
15. Professional Services 
 
♦ Grant Review 
o External Assessor, application of Project Grant 2015 (funding commencing in 2016), National Health 
and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). 
 
♦ Thesis Examination (03) 
1) University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia (PhD) 
2) Monash University, VIC, Australia (MPh). It has been selected for Monash University Vice-
Chancellor's Commendation for thesis excellence. 
3) Andhra University, India (PhD).  
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♦ Journal Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member (10) 
o Int’l Journal of Computational Intelligence and Pattern (IJCIP), Columbia International Publishing 
o Int’l Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing (IJCVIP), IGI Global 
o Int’l Journal of Advanced Scientific Engineering and Technological Research  
o Int’l Journal on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IJIDCS), IJIDCS Press  
o Int’l Journal of Computing Communication and Networking Research (IJCCNet), SETScholars  
o Int’l Journal on Computing and Knowledge, the International Islamic University Malaysia 
o Advances in Research, SCIENCEDOMAIN International 
o Oral Health and Dental Management (OHDM), Omics Publishing Group  
o Dental Research: An International Journal (DRIJ), AIRCC Publishing Corporation 
o Journal of Oral Science and Health, ScienceScript LLC 
 
♦ Conference Technical Committee Member 
I am Technical Committee Member of a total of 20 conferences including following reputable ones:  
o Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), 2012, Western Australia. 
o The 2nd Conference on Image Analysis and Computer Vision (CIACV 2016)  
o International Conference on Theory and Practice in Modern Computing (TPMC) 2014, Portugal; 2015, 
Spain and 2016, Portugal. 
o The 4th & 5th Int’l Workshop on Applications and Techniques in Cyber Security/SecureComm 2014 & 
2013, China & Australia respectively. 
o The 6th Int’l Conf. on Future Computational Technologies and Applications, 2014, Italy.  
o The 5th ICT Innovations, 2013, Macedonia. 
o The 5th conference on Data Mining and Optimization (DMO)/ MCAIT, 2013, Malaysia. 
o The 3rd Int’l Conference on Next Generation Information Technology (ICNIT), 2012, Korea. 
o The 3rd Int’l Conference on Advancements in Computing Technology (ICACT), 2012, Korea. 
o The 7th Int’l Conference on Digital Content Technology and its Applications (IDCTA), 2011, Korea. 
o IADIS Int’l Conference on Theory and Practice in Modern Computing (TPMC), 2012, Portugal. 
 
♦ Journal Reviewer  
I am a regular reviewer of a total of 20 journals including the following high impact ones:  
o Expert Systems with Applications 
o Computers and Graphics                
o IET Computer Vision   
o IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics part A: Systems and Humans  
o IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security  
o Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation  
o Image and Vision Computing                           
o Pattern Recognition Letters   
o Applied Sciences (IF-1.726) 
o Sustainability (IF-1.077)                            
o Scientia Iranica  
o Sensor Review                                                                  
o Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE C        
o Journal of Systems and Software      
o Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE) of IOS Press 
o International Journal of Biometrics 
 
♦ Reviewer of Conferences (21) 
Including the 5th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV, 2016), 1st 
International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT) 2013 & 2015, 
ATIS 2013, 2nd International Multi Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology 2013, DICTA 2011, 
ICNIT 2012, ICACT 2012, INMIC 2011, ICIIP 2011, ICCCT 2011, SIGMAP 2008, CISSE’07, World Multi 
CV of Dr. Syed Islam                                                                                
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Conference on Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics (2004-2005), International Conference on Cyberworlds 
2005, and ICCNMC 2005. 
 
♦ Other Professional Services 
o Staff demonstrator and facilitator, UWA Open Day (Aug 9, 2015). 
o Member, Executive Committee, UWA Researchers’ Association (2012-2014). 
o Member, Peer Mentoring Group, UWA (2013-2014). 
o Help Point Coordinator, UWA Open Day (Aug 14, 2011). 
o CSSE Research Project Presenter at UWA Open Day (2007-2009). 
o Member, Infrastructure Committee and Information and Publicity Committee, College of Computer 
Science and Engineering (CCSE), KFUPM (2004-2005). 
o Student Volunteer, Department of CCSE, Registrar Office and Graduate Research School, KFUPM for 
administrative assistance (2003-2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively). 
o Member of IEEE KFUPM Student Branch (organized a conference), Saudi Arabia (2005).  
o Student Volunteer, Registrar Section, IIT (1996-2000).  
16. Community and Extracurricular Activities 
 
o Participant, Conference on Rebuilding Harmony, UWA (Sep 11, 2011).  
o Site Coordinator, Clean Up Australia Day (2009-2013). 
o Executive Committee member and Secretary General, UWAMSA (2006-2007 and 2008 respectively).  
o Member, Post Graduate Student Association (PSA), UWA (2006-2010). 
o Member, Language and Cultural Exchange program (LACE), UWA (2006-present).  
o Member, International Friendship program, UWA (2009). 
Referees 
 
Will be produced on request.