Rasif Ajwad

Rasif Ajwad joined BRACU after receiving his Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. During his senior undergraduate years he started his research on Phylogenetics and analyzed different DNA Sequencing techniques for his undergraduate thesis, Rasif Ajwad went on to complete his M.Sc. thesis in Medical Genetics. His postgraduate thesis was related to identifying mutated subnetworks in the breast cancer genome for young female breast cancer patients, a project funded and coordinated by University of Toronto and SickKids Foundation. At BRACU, Rasif Ajwad is currently involved with the Bioinformatics Research Group under the department of Computer Science & Engineering, where he is working as a Co-coordinator. He is also the Co-advisor of the BRACU Indoor Games Club (BUIGC), subject to approval from OCA. Since childhood, Rasif Ajwad was actively involved in different social and extra-curricular activities. He was the captain of the school debate team during his senior year in school, which went on to become the divisional champion in 2007. He also served as a Chief Editor for 'Surjo-Palok', a little-mag which was published quarterly between the years 2009-2011. In 2009, he became the 1st-Runner Up of Meril Prothom Alo National Math Olympiad, Sylhet Division. During his bachelor years in Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Rasif was actively involved with IUT Computer Society and was elected the Member Secretary of IUTCS in the year 2013, and then the President of IUTCS in 2014. As President, he was the convener of the IUT 6th National ICT Fest-2014, the first and biggest competitive ICT event in Bangladesh till date, held once every year. During his stay in Canada, Rasif served as a member of the University of Manitoba Graduate Students' Association (UMGSA). Besides a constant research involvement in the field of Bioinformatics and Cancer Informatics, Rasif's current interests include film-making, old-school movies, billiards and yoga, the latter he fears is not going to last long.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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BRAC University Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Building-5, Level-3, UB50301 45 Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka

+880-9617445058 Ext. 5058
rasif.ajwad@bracu.ac.bd

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Education
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M.Sc. in Computer Science (Specialization: Bioinformatics and Medical genetics), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 2015-2017
B.Sc. Engg. in CSE, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Dhaka, 2011-2014
Higher Secondary School Certificate, M C College, Sylhet, 2010
Secondary School Certificate, Jalalabad Cantonment Public School and College, Sylhet, 2008
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Journals

Chi, C., Ajwad, R., Kuang, Q., & Hu, P. (2016). A novel graph-based algorithm to infer recurrent copy number variations in cancer. Cancer Informatics, 15, 43–50. https://doi.org/10.4137/CIN.S39368

Conferences

Ashraf, F. B., Ajwad, R., & Mottalib, M. A. (2019). A novel gene-tree based approach to infer relations among disease-genes across different cancer types. In 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering, ECCE 2019. Dhaka: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECACE.2019.8678921

Marouf, A. A., Ajwad, R., & Ashrafi, A. F. (2019). Looking behind the Mask: A framework for detecting character assassination via troll comments on social media using psycholinguistic tools. In 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering, ECCE 2019. Cox’sBazar, Bangladesh: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECACE.2019.8679154

Kabir, M. R., Ashraf, F. B., & Ajwad, R. (2019). Analysis of different predicting model for online shoppers’ purchase intention from empirical data. In 2019 22nd International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) (pp. 1–6). Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCIT48885.2019.9038521

Islam, M. M., Ajwad, R., Chi, C., Domaratzki, M., Wang, Y., & Hu, P. (2017). Somatic copy number alteration-based prediction of molecular subtypes of breast cancer using deep learning model. (M. Mouhoub & P. Langlais, Eds.), 30th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2017. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57351-9_7

Ashrafi, A. F., Newaz, A. K. M. I., Ajwad, R., Tanvee, M. M., & Mottalib, M. A. (2015). A modified algorithm for DNA motif finding and ranking considering variable length motif and mutation. In D. Jana, D. Bhattacharjee, S. Basu, S. Roy, S. K. Naskar, & N. Das (Eds.), IEEE 2nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Systems, ReTIS 2015 (pp. 12–17). Kolkata, India: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ReTIS.2015.7232844

Marouf, A., Ajwad, R., & Kyser, T. (2015). Community recommandation approach for social networking sites based on mining rules. In 2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (iCEEiCT). Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Ajwad, R., Hossain, S. N., & Hasan, M. A. (2014). Optimizing DNA sequences using Tetra-nucleotide RankList. In 1st International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information and Communication Technology, ICEEICT 2014. Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEICT.2014.6919125

Ajwad, R., Hossain, S. N., Mostaeen, G., & Mottalib, M. A. (2003). An optimized algorithm to find maximum parsimonious tree using PrimeNucleotide based approach. In 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2014 (pp. 127–131). Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCITechn.2014.7073138
Professional Activities
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Sessional Instructor, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Daffodil International University
Courses Taught
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(Under-Graduate Level)

CSE110 - Programming Language I Laboratory
CSE111 - Programming Language II Laboratory
CSE161 - Computer Programming Laboratory
CSE220 - Data Structures Laboratory
CSE221 - Algorithms Laboratory
CSE230 - Discrete Mathematics Theory
CSE260 - Digital Logic Design Laboratory
CSE320/EEE361 - Data Communications Theory
CSE370 - Database Systems Laboratory
CSE471 - System Analysis and Design Laboratory
Awards, Honors
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International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES), University of Manitoba. John H. Doyle Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba. Elected President of Islamic University of Technology Computer Society (IUTCS) Committee-2014 & Convener of IUT 6th National ICT FEST, successfully held on 12th-13th September 2014 Served as a Member Secretary of Islamic University of Technology Computer Society (IUTCS) Committee-2013 and successfully organized AB Bank IUT 6th National ICT FEST held on 4th-5th October, 2013 Received Higher Secondary Level Education Board Scholarship (3rd place in Sylhet Board) 2010-2011 Received Secondary Level Education Board Scholarship (Sylhet Board) 2009-2010 Champion, Sylhet Division, Inter-School Debate Championship 2007, United Nations Youth and Students Association Bangladesh (UNYSAB) 1st Runners up, 2009 Prothom-Alo Math Olympiad, Sylhet Division
Research Areas/Interests
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Bioinformatics

Computational Biology

Cancer Informatics

Medical Genetics

Social Networking

Big Data

Data Mining
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Sessional Instructor, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Daffodil International University

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