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General Information
Full Name | Mohammad Arafat Hussain |
Languages | Bengali (native), English (fluent) |
Education
- 2015-20
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- Awarded the Four Year Fellowship (FYF).
- Awarded the Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award.
- Supervisor: Prof. Rafeef Garbi
- Thesis: Volumetric Image-based Supervised Learning for Renal Cancer Detection and Analysis
- 2013-15
M.A.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- Awarded the Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award.
- Supervisors: Prof. Rafeef Garbi and Prof. Antony Hodgson
- Thesis: Robust Bone Detection in Ultrasound Using Combined Strain Imaging and Envelope Signal Power Detection
- 2011-13
M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
- Supervisor: Prof. Md Kamrul Hasan
- Thesis: Robust Bone Detection in Ultrasound Using Combined Strain Imaging and Envelope Signal Power Detection
- 2006-11
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
- Supervisor: Prof. Md Kamrul Hasan
- Thesis: Ultrasound Strain Imaging in Wavelet Domain
Professional Experience
- 2021-Now
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- 2020-21
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- 2018-20
Laboratory Admin
Biomedical Signal and Image Computing Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
- 2013-20
Graduate Research Assistant
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- 2014-19
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- 2015
Senior Lecturer
Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 2013
System Engineer
Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 2011-12
Research Engineer
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 2011
Software Engineer
Samsung R&D Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Grants Received as PI
- 2024-25
Exploring Premature Brain Aging in Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease - An Explainable AI and Genomic Analysis of MRI Data
National Institutes Of Health - 1066
- 2022-23
Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Heart Defect - Accelerated Brain Aging and Neurocognitive Outcomes
American Heart Association
Honors and Awards
- 2024
International Travel Award for Trainees
Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
- Received an award of 2000 US$ to attend the premier conference, the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), held in Marrakesh, Morocco.
- 2019
Graduate Student Award
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society
- Received an award of 500 US$ to attend the premier conference, the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), held in Shenzhen, China.
- 2017
Conference Travel Support for ICICS Graduate Students
Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS), UBC
- Received an award of 1000 CA$ to attend the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI) and International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (MLMI), held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
- 2016
Outstanding Reviewer Recognition
Elsevier
- Received this recognition from Elsevier for outstanding journal reviewing works.
- 2015-19
Four Year Fellowship
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- Received a full scholarship of 22,000 CAD/year plus full tuition coverage for 4 years from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC. This fellowship funds the doctoral research in Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
- 2014
Graduate Student Travel Award
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society
- Received an award of 750 US$ to attend the premier conference, the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI), held in Boston, MA.
- 2013-16
Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- Award of 4,000 CA$/year offered to graduate students demonstrating evidence of strong academic performance throughout their university studies.
- 2010
Singapore Bangladesh Society Scholarship
- Received two awards totaling 12,000 BDT in recognition of strong academic performance in the undergraduate class at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2009
American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects Scholarship
- Received an award of 10,000 BDT in recognition of strong academic performance in the undergraduate class at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2008
Life Membership
- Awarded the “Life Membership” in recognition of the voluntary participation and efforts in relief management and distributions of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society during different natural calamities like hurricane and tornado.
- 2007
Dean’s List Award
- Received an award of 3,000 BDT in recognition of achieving a CGPA greater than 3.75 out of 4.00 in a year of the undergraduate class at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 2003-10
Merit Scholarship
- Received two merit scholarships totaling 20,000 BDT/year for securing merit positions in class X and XII nationwide board examinations.
Received Offers
- 2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship Offer
Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
- 2019
Postdoctoral Fellowship Offer
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
- 2019
Postdoctoral Fellowship Offer
School of Medicine, Stanford University, 2019
- 2015
DPhil Admission Offer
Department of Engineering, University of Oxford
Invited Talks
- 2023
Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Machine Learning in Medical Image Analysis for Organ Abnormality Detection and Characterization
- 2021
School of Information Technology, Carleton University, Ottawa
Volumetric Image-based Supervised Deep Learning for Organ Abnormality Detection and Analysis
- 2020
School of Biomedical Engineering Virtual Seminar, UBC, Vancouver
Volumetric Image-based Supervised Learning Approaches for Kidney Cancer Detection & Analysis
- 2019
Center for Advanced Medical Computing and Analysis, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Volumetric Image-based Supervised Learning for Renal Cancer Detection & Analysis
- 2019
Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Kidney Cancer Analysis Using Volumetric Image-based Supervised Learning
- 2019
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, UBC, Vancouver
Kidney Cancer Detection and Analysis from CT Using Deep Learning
Reviewing Experience
- 2014-Now
I am/was a reviewer of the following journals/proceedings:
- Nature Computational Science
- Nature Communications Medicine
- Medical Image Analysis
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
- IEEE Access
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Frontiers in Oncology
- PLOS ONE
- BMJ Open
- Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics (Elsevier)
- Heliyon (Elsevier)
- Ultrasonics (Elsevier)
- Computers in Biology and Medicine Journal (Elsevier)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (MDPI)
- Sensors (MDPI)
- Tomography (MDPI)
- Algorithms (MDPI)
- Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis, 2019 (Springer)
- Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, 2019/2021/2023 (Springer)
- Medical Imaging meets NeurIPS
Teaching Experience
- 2014-19
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver
- EECE 269 Signals and Systems (Winter T2 2013)
- EECE 360 Systems and Control (Winter T1 2014)
- EECE 380 Electrical Engineering Design Studio (Winter T2 2014)
- CPEN 312 Digital Systems and Microcomputers (Winter T2 2015, 2016, 2017)
- CPEN/ELEC 481 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects (Summer 2016)
- CPSC 340 Machine Learning and Data Mining (Summer 2017)
- ELEC 221 Signals and Systems (Winter T1 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
- APSC 160 Introduction to Computation in Engineering Design (Summer 2017, 2018, 2019, and Winter T1-2 2017)
- ELEC 211 Engineering Electromagnetics (Winter T2 2018)
- 2015
Senior Lecturer, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- EEE 431 Microprocessor and Interfacing (Spring 2015)
- EEE 432 Microprocessor and Interfacing Laboratory (Spring 2015)
- EEE 353 Measurement and Instrumentation (Spring 2015)
- EEE 354 Measurement and Instrumentation Laboratory (Spring 2015)
- EEE 433 Solid State Devices (Spring 2015)
- EEE 340 Electronic Project Design (Spring 2015)