Profile

Dr. ASM Shihavuddin graduated from the EEE Department of IUT and is now the Head of the EEE Department at Presidency University. He is well-known for his work in Computer Vision and Deep Learning. In 2017, he published research on the best 2D projection of 3D microscopic data in Nature Communications and another study on ciliogenesis in Science. In 2018, he published another Nature paper on cilia-beating properties. His work has also been featured in top journals like Neuron, Development, Remote Sensing, and Energies. Dr. Shihavuddin has over 80 research articles in international journals and conferences, with 1184 citations, an H-index of 18, and an i10-index of 27.

2011 – 2014 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Universitat De Girona (UDG), Girona, Spain. Cum Laude / With Honours

2008 – 2010 European Masters of Computer Vision and Robotics, Universite de Bourgogne (France), Universitat de Girona (Spain) and Heriot-Watt University (Scotland), VIBOT, GPA – 17.032 out of 20, ranked 4th.

2007 – 2014 Masters of Business Administration (MBA) major in marketing, University of Dhaka (DU), Dhaka, Bangladesh, GPA 3.60 out of 4.00.

2002 – 2006 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, IUT, Gazipur, Bangladesh, Placed 2nd, CGPA 4.96 out of 5.00.

2000 – 2002 Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC), Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 885 marks out of 1000, with 4-star marks.

1998 – 2000 Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Ideal school and college, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 880 marks out of 1000, with 5-star marks.

July 2024 – Present

Head and Professor, EEE Department, Presidency University (PU)

• Teaching: EEE 201: Electrical Circuit I, EEE 309: Energy Conversion

• Research: Applying for local and international research grants; coauthored 4 conference papers, 2 journal papers, and a student-based research project

• Development: EEE Club formation, lab development planning, EEE Day organization, promotional campaigns

• Activities: OBE-based course profile and assessment template preparation

Sept 2022 – June 2024

Chairman and Professor, EEE Department, Green University of Bangladesh (GUB)

• AIJ Grants:

  • €6000 – 1st International Workshop on AI-Driven Drone-based Inspection and Monitoring (AIDIM2021)

  • €5000 – Dhaka AI Challenge 2020

• Awards:

  • 2 Outstanding Research Awards

  • 2 Excellent Research Awards

  • 1 Research Award at GUB 2021

  • Silver Medal – RICES 2021

  • Gold Medal – GEX 2021

  • GUB Special Grant 2023

• Academic Development: New lab developments, fostering research activities

• Conferences & Technical Roles:

  • Technical Co-chair – STI 2020, STI 2021

  • Track Co-chair – ICAICT 2020

  • TPC Chair – STI 2023

• Curriculum: OBE-based curriculum implementation, OBAP development and maintenance

• Editorial Work:

  • Editorial Board Member – GUB Journal of Science and Engineering (GUBJSE)

  • Guest Editor – MDPI Special Issue: Advances in Deep Learning-based Information Processing for Big Data Analytics and Digital Transformation in Advanced Sciences (IF 2.679)

• Teaching: Digital Signal Processing, Electrical Circuits

• Initiatives:

  • EEE Times, EEE Live, EEE Green Ambassador

  • Meet the Department, Battle of Brains

  • EEE Day – Like Never Before

  • EEE Green Help Center, Event Calendar

  • Online Newsletter, Social Media Activation

  • Lab Video Making, Thesis Checklist

  • DhakaAI 2020, EEE Green Ex-Together

  • Poster Hackathon 2023, EEE Green Premier League

  • Green Fest, Lab Race

  • EEE Materials for Interview, Student Advising

Sept 2022 – June 2024

Director, CETL, Green University of Bangladesh (GUB)

• Projects & Programs:

  • CTL, GIFT, Master Facilitator

  • fLTR CELT program (collaboration)

  • Ethics Fair, Employee Development Workshops

• Educational Transformation: Concept development, policy consulting

• Documentation: Organized certifications, upgraded website & social media engagement

• Scholarship Initiative: Launched Brightest Mind Scholarship for intern students

Feb 2022 – Aug 2022

Associate Professor, CSE Department, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

• Awards: IUB Research Grant 2022

• Affiliations: Member, RioT Lab

• Teaching: Electrical Circuits

• Initiatives:

  • SETs Fest 2022

  • IUBCS social media platforms

  • JUKTI Club Moderator

Sept 2019 – Feb 2020

Associate Professor, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

• Teaching: Operating Systems, Database Management, AI, Introduction to Computer Studies

• Curriculum: Development of new major in Data Science and Machine Learning

• Roles:

  • Advisor – ULAB Computer Society

  • Organizing Committee – IJCCI 2019

  • Speaker – SotM Asia 2019

  • Speaker – IUT Short Course: Advances in Computer Vision (2019)

  • Certification – SDG001: How to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

July 2018 – Sept 2019

Assistant Professor, DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark

• Projects: DARWIN Project

• Teaching:

  • Introduction to Mathematics and Technology

  • Advanced Image Analysis

  • Computer Vision

  • Project Work in Image Analysis

• Supervision:

  • 5 M.Sc. students

  • 4 B.Sc. students

  • 1 PhD (external supervision)

• Activities:

  • Organized paper writing workshop (2018)

  • 2019 Summer School on Generative Models (DTU + DIKU)

• Training: Completed Education in University Teaching (DTU, Modules 1–3)

Oct 2017 – July 2018

Senior Postdoc, DTU Compute, DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Project: Automated wind turbine external damage detection using deep learning

• Teaching: Industrial Machine Vision course

• Events: Organizer – VISION DAY 2018, CVPR 2018, Scandem 2018

Sept 2014 – Sept 2017

Postdoc, IBENS, École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France

• Research: Automated image processing & analysis for ependymal cell studies

April 2014 – August 2014

Assistant Professor, EEE Department, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh

• Subjects: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Digital Electronics

• Supervision: B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses

June 2011 – March 2014

PhD Research Fellow (Assistant Professor, IUT – on leave), VICOROB, Universitat de Girona (UDG), Spain

• Research: Computer vision

• Supervision: M.Sc. theses

• Events: Conference/seminar organization

Jan 2011 – June 2011

Assistant Professor, EEE Department, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh

• Subjects: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Digital Electronics

• Supervision: B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses

June 2010 – Dec 2010

Lecturer, EEE Department, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh

• Subjects: Pattern Recognition, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, Signal Processing

• Supervision: B.Sc. theses

June 2009 – Sept 2009

Research Assistant, VICOROB, Universitat de Girona (UDG), Spain

• Project: Online underwater sunflicker effect removal method development

Dec 2006 – Sept 2008

Lecturer, EEE Department, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh

• Subjects: Digital Electronics, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, Signal Processing

• Supervision: B.Sc. theses

Sept 2006 – Dec 2006

Lecturer, EEE Department, Stamford University Bangladesh

• Subjects: Digital Electronics, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves.

Selected Journals

2024
Islam, Z.U., Lipu, M.H., Karim, T.F., Fuad, A.M., Ali, N., Shihavuddin, A.S.M. and Al Mansur, A., 2024. Optimizing hybrid renewable energy based automated railway level crossing in Bangladesh: Techno-economic, emission and sensitivity analysis. Energy Conversion and Management: X, p.100744. (IF – 7.1)

Islam, M.A., Al Mamun, A., Ali, M.N., Ashique, R.H., Hasan, A., Hoque, M.M., Maruf, M.H., Al Mansur, M.A. and Shihavuddin, A.S.M., 2024. Integrating PV-based energy production utilizing the existing infrastructure of MRT-6 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Heliyon, 10(2). (IF – 4)

Islam, M.A., Ali, M.N., Al Mamun, A., Hossain, M.S., Maruf, M.H. and Shihavuddin, A.S.M., 2024. Optimizing energy solutions: A techno-economic analysis of solar-wind hybrid power generation in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 22, p.100605. (IF – 6.1)

2023
M.I., Maruf, M.H., Al Mansur, A., Ashique, R.H., ul Haq, M.A., Shihavuddin, A.S.M. and Jadin, M.S., 2023. Feasibility analysis of floating photovoltaic power plant in Bangladesh: A case study in Hatirjheel Lake, Dhaka. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 55, p.102994. (IF – 8)

Chen, X., Sheiati, S. and Shihavuddin, A.S.M., 2023. AQUADA PLUS: Automated damage inspection of cyclic-loaded large-scale composite structures using thermal imagery and computer vision. Composite Structures, 318, p.117085. (IF – 6.3)

Islam, M.I., Jadin, M.S., Mansur, A.A., Kamari, N.A.M., Jamal, T., Hossain Lipu, M.S., Azlan, M.N.M., Sarker, M.R. and Shihavuddin, A.S.M., 2023. Techno-Economic and Carbon Emission Assessment of a Large-Scale Floating Solar PV System for Sustainable Energy Generation in Support of Malaysia’s Renewable Energy Roadmap. Energies, 16(10), p.4034. (IF – 3.2)

2022
Lipu, M.H., Ansari, S., Miah, M.S., Meraj, S.T., Hasan, K., Shihavuddin, A.S.M., Hannan, M.A., Muttaqi, K.M. and Hussain, A., 2022. Deep learning enabled state of charge, state of health, and remaining useful life estimation for smart battery management system: Methods, implementations, issues, and prospects. Journal of Energy Storage, 55, p.105752. (IF – 9.4)

Syeed, M.M., Shihavuddin, A.S.M., Uddin, M.F., Hasan, M. and Khan, R.H., 2022. Outcome-based education (OBE): Defining the process and practice for engineering education. IEEE Access, 10, pp.119170-119192. (IF – 3.476)

2021
Ahmed Al Mansur, Md. Ruhul Amin, Mohammad Asif ul Haq, Md. Hasan Maruf, Md. Mozaharul Mottalib, Ratil H. Ashique, A.S.M. Shihavuddin, Mitigation of mismatch power loss in aged photovoltaic arrays following a comparative investigation into module rearrangement techniques, Energy Reports, 8, 1896–1906. (IF – 6.87)

Ashique RH, Maruf MH, Sourov KMSH, Islam MM, Islam A, Rabbani M, Islam MR, Khan MM, Shihavuddin A. A Comparative Performance Analysis of Zero Voltage Switching Class E and Selected Enhanced Class E Inverters. Electronics, 10(18):2226. (IF – 2.397)

Maruf, M.H., Rabbani, M., Ashique, R.H., Islam, M.T., Nipun, M.K., Haq, M.A.U., Al Mansur, A. and Shihavuddin, A.S.M., 2021. Exergy based evaluation of power plants for sustainability and economic performance identification. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, p.101393. (IF – 4.724)

Maruf, M.H., Ashrafi, S.I., Shihavuddin, A.S.M. and Ali, S.I., 2021. Design and comparative analysis of memristor-based transistor-less combinational logic circuits. International Journal of Electronics. (IF – 1.3)

ASM Shihavuddin, Mohammad Rifat Ahmmad Rashid, Md Hasan Maruf, Muhammad Abul Hasan, Mohammad Asif ul Haq, Ratil H. Ashique, Ahmed Al Mansur, Image based surface damage detection of renewable energy installations using a unified deep learning approach, Energy Reports, 7, 4566–4576. (IF – 6.87)

Ashique, R.H., Shihavuddin, A.S.M., Khan, M.M., Islam, A., Ahmed, J., Arif, M., Maruf, M.H., Mansur, A.A. and Siddiquee, A., 2021. An Analysis and Modeling of the Class-E Inverter for ZVS/ZVDS at Any Duty Ratio with High Input Ripple Current. Electronics, 10(11), p.1312. (IF – 2.412)

Siemon, M.S.N., Shihavuddin, A.S.M., Ravn-Haren, G. Sequential transfer learning based on hierarchical clustering for improved performance in deep learning-based food segmentation. Nature Scientific Reports, 11, 813. (IF – 4.120)

Chen, X.; Eder, M.A.; Shihavuddin, A.; Zheng, D. A Human-Cyber-Physical System toward Intelligent Wind Turbine Operation and Maintenance. Sustainability, 13, 561. (IF – 2.576)

2020
• Haque, W.A., Arefin, S., Shihavuddin, A.S.M. and Hasan, M.A., 2020. DeepThin: A novel lightweight CNN architecture for traffic sign recognition without GPU requirements. Expert Systems with Applications, p.114481. (IF – 6.954)

Chen, X., Shihavuddin, A.S.M., Madsen, S.H., Thomsen, K., Rasmussen, S. and Branner, K., 2020. AQUADA: Automated quantification of damages in composite wind turbine blades for LCOE reduction. Wind Energy. (IF – 2.647)

Md Hasan Maruf, Mohammad Asif ul Haq, Suman Kumar Dey, Ahmed Al Mansur, A.S.M. Shihavuddin, Adaptation for sustainable implementation of Smart Grid in developing countries like Bangladesh, Energy Reports, 6, 2520–2530. (IF – 6.87)

Tausen Marni, Clausen Marc, Moeskjær Sara, Shihavuddin ASM, Dahl Anders Bjorholm, Janss Luc, Andersen Stig Uggerhøj, Greenotyper: Image-Based Plant Phenotyping Using Distributed Computing and Deep Learning, Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1181. (IF – 5.753 / 4.3 listed twice)

2019
Anabel Gomez-Ríos, Siham Tabik, Julian Luengo, ASM Shihavuddin, Francisco Herrera, Coral species identification with texture or structure images using a two-level classifier based on Convolutional Neural Networks, Knowledge-Based Systems. (IF – 8.034)

ASM Shihavuddin, Xiao Chen, Vladimir Fedorov, Nicolai Andre Brogaard Riis, Anders Nymark Christensen, Kim Branner, Anders Bjorholm Dahl, Rasmus Reinhold Paulsen, Wind turbine maintenance cost reduction by deep learning aided drone inspection analysis, Energies, 12(4). (IF – 2.676)

Gonzalo Ortiz-Alvarez, Marie Daclin, Asm Shihavuddin, Pauline Lansade, Aurelien Fortoul, Marion Faucourt, Solene Clavreul, Maria-Eleni Lalioti, Stavros Taraviras, Simon Hippenmeyer, Jean Livet, Alice Meunier, Auguste Genovesio, Nathalie Spassky, Adult Neural Stem Cells and Multiciliated Ependymal Cells Share a Common Lineage Regulated by the Geminin Family Members, Neuron. (IF – 14.318)

Gomez-Rios, A., Tabik, S., Luengo, J., ASM Shihavuddin, Krawczyk, B. and Herrera, F. Towards highly accurate coral texture images classification using deep convolutional neural networks and data augmentation. Expert Systems with Applications, 118, 315–328. (IF – 6.594)

2018
Alexia Mahuzier, ASM Shihavuddin, Clemence Fournier, Pauline Lansade, Marion Faucourt, Nikita Menezes, Alice Meunier, Meriem Garfa-Traore, Marie-France Carlier, Raphael Voituriez, Auguste Genovesio , Nathalie Spassky, Nathalie Delgehyr. Ependymal cilia beating induces an actin network to protect centrioles against shear stress, Nature Communications, 9, Article 2279. (IF – 14.92)

2017
Adel Al Jord, ASM Shihavuddin, Raphael Servignat d’Aout, Marion Faucourt, Anthi Karaiskou, Joelle Sobczak-Thepot, Nathalie Spassky, Alice Meunier, Calibrated mitotic oscillator drives motile ciliogenesis, Science. (IF – 41.84)

ASM Shihavuddin, Sreetama Basu, Elton Rexhepaj, Felipe Delestro, Nikita Menezes, Severine Sigoillot, Elaine del Nery, Fekrije Selimi, Nathalie Spassky, Auguste Genovesio, Smooth 2D manifold extraction from 3D image stack, Nature Communications. (IF – 14.92)

2016
Philippe Foerster, Marie Daclin, ASM Shihavuddin, Marion Faucourt, Alessandra Boletta, Auguste Genovesio, Nathalie Spassky, mTORC1 signaling and primary cilia are required for mammalian brain ventricle morphogenesis, Development. (IF – 6.868)

2014
ASM Shihavuddin, N. Gracias, R. Garcia, A. Gleason, and B. Gintert. Automated Detection of Underwater Military Munitions using Fusion of 2D and 2.5 D Features From Optical Imagery. Marine Technology Society Journal, 48.4, 61–71. (IF – 0.676)

2013
ASM Shihavuddin, N. Gracias, R. Garcia, A. Gleason, and B. Gintert. Image based coral reef classification and thematic mapping. Remote Sensing, 5(4), 1809–1841. (IF – 4.84)

• Computer Vision

• Machine Learning

• Energy

• Education

Research Grants

• 2022: MOST Grant of 2.5 Lac BDT for Exergy Analysis of Power Plants

• 2021: Drone-based Inspection MOST Research Grant by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh – 2 Lac BDT

• 2021: Drone-based Damage Monitoring on Energy Infrastructure, CRIT, GUB – 80,000 BDT

Workshop Funding

• 2021: 1st International Workshop on AI-Driven Drone-based Inspection and Monitoring (AIDIM2021) – 6,000 Euros

• 2020: DhakaAI 2020 Elsevier AIJ Grant – 5,000 Euros

Awards and Recognitions

• 2018: Best Paper Award Runner-Up at CVPR 2018 (CVMI Workshop)

• 2006: Most Creative Brain Award (Batch 2002) – IUT Students

Scholarships and Fellowships

• 2010–2013: FI Grant by the Catalan Government for PhD at Universitat de Girona (UDG) – Ranked Top

• 2008–2010: Erasmus Mundus Grant by European Commission for MSc in VIBOT

• 2003–2006: OIC Full Scholarship for BSc (4 years) – IUT

• 2002–2003: Dhaka Board Scholarship for securing above 80% in H.S.C

Selected Conferences

2018
Sreetama Basu, Elton Rexhepaj, Nathalie Spassky, Auguste Genovesio, Rasmus Reinhold Paulsen, ASM Shihavuddin, FastSME: Faster and smoother manifold extraction from 3D stack, CVPR, June 18–22, CVMI, Salt Lake City, Utah.

2015

A.C.R. Gleason, ASM Shihavuddin, N. Gracias, G. Schultz, and B.E. Gintert, Improved supervised classification of underwater military munitions using height features derived from optical imagery, OCEANS MTS/IEEE, Washington, DC, pp. 1–5.

Felipe Codevilla, Silvia S.C. Botelho, Nelson Duarte, Samuel Purkis, ASM Shihavuddin, Rafael Garcia, Nuno Gracias, Geostatistics for context-aware image classification, International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS), pp. 228–239.

2013

ASM Shihavuddin, N. Gracias, R. Garcia, J. Escartin, R.B. Pedersen, Automated classification and thematic mapping of bacterial mats in the North Sea, OCEANS, Bergen, MTS/IEEE.

2012

ASM Shihavuddin, N. Gracias, R. Garcia, Online sunflicker removal using dynamic texture prediction, VISAPP (1), International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics, pp. 161–167.

2011

Ahmed Faisal, Hossain Emam, ASM Bari, ASM Shihavuddin, Compound local binary pattern (CLBP) for robust facial expression recognition, IEEE 12th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), pp. 391–395.

Ahmed Faisal, ASM Bari, ASM Shihavuddin, Hawlader Abdullah Al-Mamun, Paul Kwan, A study on local binary pattern for automated weed classification using template matching and support vector machine, IEEE 12th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), pp. 329–334.

Academic Activities

Supervision

• 8 M.Sc projects, 18 B.Sc final-year projects

Reviewed Articles

• NIPS, SILICON, IJCA, ICECE, Entropy, Remote Sensing, Applied Sciences, IEEE Access, IJCCI, Sensors, Springer Nature, Marine Ecology

Consultancy

• Danish Road and Safety Association

• Danish Digitization Project 2019

• Eutech Systems Limited

• MOMODa Foundation

Event Organization

• Academic Writing Workshop (DTU), 2018

• Vision Day (DTU), 2018

• Essonance (IUT), 2014

• ROBOleague (UDG), 2012

Pedagogical Training

• UDTD Module 1, 2, 3 – Teachers’ Training, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2018–2019

• Teachers’ Training Course (1 week), Islamic University of Technology (IUT), 2007

• Teachers’ Training Course (3 weeks), Stamford University of Bangladesh, 2006

Grant Application Writing

• Elsevier AI Grant – 6000 Euros, 1st International Workshop on AI-Driven Drone-based Inspection and Monitoring

• Imagine Grant 2021 – For education research

• MOST 2020 Grant – 2 Lac BDT for automated damage detection of power plants

• MOST 2022 Grant – 2.5 Lac BDT for power plant inspection

• CRIT 2020 Grant – 80K BDT for drone-based power plant inspection

• Elsevier AI Grant – 5000 Euros, for organizing Dhaka-AI 2020 with STI 2020

• Danish Innovation Fund (2019):
  • App-based automated feedback and education for skin cancer diagnostics
  • EPS study
  • Neuromatrix
  • App-based Danish Hospital Dietary Intake registration tool

• European Grant – Monitoring unexploded military, 2018

• Orient Fund – Collaborative Autonomous Monitoring of Marine Assets, 2018

Participation

• ICREST 2018 (Keynote Speaker)

• Wind Energy Denmark 2018 (Invited Speaker)

• Optimization Summer School

• SCANDEM 2018 (Poster)

• CVPR 2018 (Paper)

• Vision Day – DTU 2018 (Organizer)

• YRLS 2017

• YRLS 2016 (Reviewer)

• OCEANS Conference 2013 (Paper)

• VISAPP 2012 (Paper)

• Summer School on Machine Learning by INRIA, 2012

• CINTI 2011 (Paper)

• CIM 2008 (Paper)

Patents

2020
Ahmed Al Mansur, Md. Imamul Islam, Mohammad Asif Ul Haq, Hasan Maruf, ASM Shihavuddin, Md. Ruhul Amin
Title: Artificial Sun Simulator
Patent No.: 244 of 2020
Authority: Department of Patent, Design and Trademarks, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Status: Filed