Syed Akhter Hossain

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,[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

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He was born in Jessore on 21 January 1969.

Others activities

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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

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  • 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]

References

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  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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