Hafiz Imtiaz: Bio

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2020.
  Ph. D. Dissertation: Decentralized Differentially Private Algorithms for Matrix and Tensor Factorization
• Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, 2017
  Project: Empirical Comparison of Differentially Private Principal Component Analysis Algorithms
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2011
  Thesis: A Spectral Domain Dominant Feature Extraction Algorithm for Face and Palm-print Recognition
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2009
  Thesis: Show-through Cancellation in Duplex Printed Documents

Experience

• Professor (2024 --), Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Associate Professor (2021 -- 2024), Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Assistant Professor (2020 -- 2021), Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Security Research Intern (May 2019 -- Aug 2019), Intel Labs
• Interim Engineering Intern (May 2018 -- Aug 2018), Qualcomm
• Interim Engineering Intern (May 2017 -- Aug 2017), Qualcomm
• Graduate Assistant (2015 -- 2019), Department of ECE, Rutgers University
• Teaching Assistant (2014 -- 2015), Department of ECE, Rutgers University
• Assistant Professor (2011 -- 2014), Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Lecturer (2009 -- 2011), Department of EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Awards

• ECE Graduate Program Academic Achievement Award, Department of ECE, Rutgers University (2020)
• PhD Research Excellence Award, Department of ECE, Rutgers University (2019)
• Pre-Doctoral Leadership Development Academy Fellowship, Center for Organizational Leadership, Rutgers University (2019)
• Conference Travel Grant, School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University for attending IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (2018)
• TA/GA Professional Development Fund Award, Rutgers University (2018)
• TA/GA Professional Development Fund Award, Rutgers University (2017)
• PhD Research Excellence Award, Department of ECE, Rutgers University (2016)
• Conference Travel Grant, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for attending IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (2016)
• TA/GA Professional Development Fund Award, Rutgers University (2016)
• Best Presentation Award for the paper in International Conference of Industrial Applications Engineering (ICIAE) (2013).
• Best Paper: Rank-1 Award for the paper in International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) (2011).
• Travel Grant for attending IEEE Region-10 International Conference (TENCON) (2010).
• University Scholarship for the result of undergraduate study during all academic years at BUET (2004-2009)
• Dean’s List Scholarship for academic excellence during all academic years at BUET (2004-2009)
• University Merit Scholarship for 15th position in BUET admission test (2004)
• Mahbubul Islam (Bachchu) Memorial Scholarship for academic results of the session 2007-2008 at BUET
• American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects (AABEA) Scholarship for academic performance at BUET (2007)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Educational Impact Award, IEEE International Future Energy Challenge (IFEC) (2007)
• Bangladesh Education Board Scholarship (Grade A) for result of H. S. C. examination during period (2003)
• Perfect Attendance Certificate for 100% presence in class in Notre Dame College (2002)
• Bangladesh Education Board Junior Scholarship (1999)
• Bangladesh Education Board Primary Scholarship (Talent pool) (1996)