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Khawja Imran Masud
2421 Louise St, Apt 12, Denton, TX 76201, USA
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Education

PhD in Data Science CGPA: N/A
Information Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA Fall 2025 – Present
M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering CGPA: 4.00/4.00
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Mar 2018 – Jul 2023
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering CGPA: 3.90/4.00 (1st Position)
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET), Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Dec 2013 – Feb 2018

Research Experience

Research Assistant Aug 18, 2025 – Present
Data Driven Decision (D3) Lab University of North Texas, Discovery Park, Denton, TX, USA
Research Assistant May 18, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026
Data Visualization and eXtended Reality (DVXR) Lab University of North Texas, Discovery Park, Denton, TX, USA
Associate Director Dec 23, 2018 – Aug 10, 2025
Wireless Emerging & Smart Network Research LAB DUET, Bangladesh

Research Grants and Projects Experience

  1. Scientific Machine Learning to Analyze Air Quality of North Texas, Data Driven Decision Lab, Data Science Department, University of North Texas, Year-2025-2026.
  2. LLM-based Causal Discovery from Scientific Literature, Data Visualization and eXtended Reality (DVXR) Lab, University of North Texas, Year-2026. Supported by Sub-Award No. NSF00123-08 under NSF Award No. 2118285, “NSF HDR Institute: iHARP – NSF HDR Institute for Harnessing Data and Model Revolution in the Polar Regions.”
  3. Fuzzy Logic and IoT-based Solar Powered Sustainable Monitoring and Controlling System for Local Fish Farming, University Grant Commission, Bangladesh, Year-2024-2025, Grant-300000 BDT.
  4. Design and Implementation of an IoT-Based Crop and Poultry Integrated Aquaponics System: Smart Bangladesh Perspective, University Grant Commission, Bangladesh, Year-2023-2024, Grant-300000 BDT.
  5. An IoT-based Efficient Egg Incubation System: Bangladesh Perspective, University Grant Commission, Bangladesh, Year-2021-2022, Grant-300000 BDT.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant Aug 18, 2025 – Present
Department of Information Science, University of North Texas Discovery Park, USA
Assistant Professor May 29, 2022 – Study Leave
Department of CSE, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET) Gazipur, Dhaka
Adjunct Faculty Jan 01, 2025 – Aug 10, 2025
Department of EdTE, University of Frontier Technology, Bangladesh Gazipur, Dhaka
Adjunct Faculty Dec 23, 2018 – Aug 10, 2025
Department of CSE, Bangladesh Open University Gazipur, Dhaka
Instructor Jan 01, 2021 – Aug 10, 2025
Cisco Networking Academy, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET) Gazipur, Dhaka
Lecturer Dec 23, 2018 – May 28, 2022
Department of CSE, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (DUET) Gazipur, Dhaka
Lecturer Sep 26, 2018 – Dec 22, 2018
Department of CSE, Uttara University Uttara, Dhaka

Achievements and Awards

COI/IS Lady Kate Medders Alumni Society Scholarship 2026-2027: For excellence in academic and research work.
Prime Minister Gold Medal 2018: For securing the first position in the Faculty of EEE.
University Gold Medal 2018: For securing the first position in the Department of CSE.
UGC Merit Award 2017: For securing the first position in the Faculty of EEE.
Deans Award 2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2015-2016: For securing the honors grade in a consecutive semester in a year.
Govt. Merit Scholarship: For attaining position in Diploma Engineering, Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

Research Interests and Publications

  1. K. I. Masud, M. Y. Zihad, M. H. Shuvo, M. R. Jannat, J. Uddin and S. Ali, “IoT-RiceMobileNet: An Improved Lightweight MobilenetV2 Model for Real-time Multi-Class Rice Disease Detection Using IoT,” PLOS ONE Journal, 2026. (Accepted)
  2. K. I. Masud, V. S. R. Unnam and S. Ali, “Benchmarking Scientific Machine Learning Models for Air Quality Data,” Submitted to 2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2026, Washington, D.C, USA. (Accepted). doi:10.48550/arXiv.2603.21039
  3. M. Y. Zihad, K. I. Masud, M. M. Rasid, M. O. Rahman and S. Ali, “TACENet: An Attention-Modulated Data-Efficient Framework for Tea Leaf Disease Classification and Severity Estimation,” 2026 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Networks and Computer Communications, IEEE, 2026. (Accepted)
  4. M. Y. Zihad, K. I. Masud, A. Paul, M. S. Islam, M. O. Rahman and S. Ali, “SmartSort Bin: AI-Based Solar-Powered System for Automated Waste Segregation Using IoT,” 2026 International Conference on Smart Multidomain Integrated Learning Environments (ICSMILE), 2026, pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/ICSMILE69273.2026.11519229
  5. A. A. Mamun, M. S. I. Shabuz, M. N. Rahaman, K. I. Masud and M. B. Hossain, “An Attention-Enhanced CNN with Explainable AI for Driver Behavior Detection in Intelligent Transportation Systems,” Algorithms (MDPI), vol. 19, no. 8, Article 615, 2026. doi:10.3390/a19080615
  6. A. Y. Prity, A. Hossain, K. I. Masud, M. N. Sakib, S. I. Sani and K. Easmin, “XRF-StackHCPS: An XGBoost and Random Forest Stacked Ensemble for Multi-Class Cyber-Attack Detection in Healthcare CPS,” 2026 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence & Networking (QPAIN), Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2026, pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/QPAIN69676.2026.11546125
  7. M. O. Rahman, N. Ullah, K. I. Masud and M. H. Shuvo, “Design and Development of an IoT-based CCTV Monitoring System using Deep Learning,” 2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Computing, Applications and Systems (COMPAS), Kushtia, Bangladesh, 2025, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1109/COMPAS67506.2025.11381768
  8. M. O. Rahman, N. Ullah, K. I. Masud and M. H. Shuvo, “Design and Development of an IoT-Based Poultry Integrated Aquaponics System: A Sustainable Solution,” 2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Computing, Applications and Systems (COMPAS), Kushtia, Bangladesh, 2025, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1109/COMPAS67506.2025.11381711
  9. R. Hussain, K. I. Masud and R. Islam, “Revolutionizing MRI Reconstruction from Compressed Sensing k-space measurements: An AI-Driven Feature Extraction Approach,” 2025 2nd International Conference on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2025, pp. 1-5. doi:10.1109/NCIM65934.2025.11159952
  10. K. I. Masud, M. M. Rahman, M. R. Jannat, M. M. Hasan, M. S. Islam and M. O. Rahman, “A CNN-based Model to Detect and Classify the Tomato Leaf Disease using Transfer Learning,” 2024 27th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2024, pp. 2823-2828. doi:10.1109/ICCIT64611.2024.11022469
  11. P. Bhottacharjee, A. Saeid, M. R. Jannat and K. I. Masud, “Developing an IoT-based Motorcycle Safety and Monitoring System: An Efficient Solution,” 2024 27th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2024, pp. 1594-1599. doi:10.1109/ICCIT64611.2024.11021958
  12. K. I. Masud, M. H. Shuvo, A. Al Mamun, J. Mallick, M. R. Jannat and M. O. Rahman, “Developing an IoT-based Child Safety and Monitoring System: An Efficient Approach,” 2023 26th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1109/ICCIT60459.2023.10441116
  13. K. I. Masud, P. Bhottacharjee, A. Saeid, M. G. Mostofa and M. O. Rahman, “Design and Development of an Efficient IoT-based Egg Incubation System,” 2023 International Conference on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM), Gazipur, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1109/NCIM59001.2023.10212960
  14. K. I. Masud, M. R. Hasan, M. M. Hoque, U. D. Nath and M. O. Rahman, “A New Approach of Cryptography for Data Encryption and Decryption,” 2022 5th International Conference on Computing and Informatics (ICCI), New Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 2022, pp. 234-239. doi:10.1109/ICCI54321.2022.9756078
  15. R. Hussain, M. Rahman, K. I. Masud, S. M. Roky, M. N. Akhtar and T. A. Tarin, “A Novel Approach of Fair Scheduling to Enhance Performance of Hadoop Distributed File System,” 2019 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE), Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2019, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1109/ECACE.2019.8679252

Work Experience

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Technical Skills

Data Science: Data Analysis in R, Machine Learning in Python, Neural Networks in Keras and PyTorch
NLP / LLMs: Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, spaCy, NLTK, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Programming Languages: Python, R, C/C++, Java, SQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript
Data Modelling and Design: ER modeling, dynamic and functional modeling and Use-Case design in UML
Developer Tools: Google Colab, Jupiter Notebook, VS Code, Google Cloud Platform, Android Studio, DBVisualizer
Technologies/Frameworks: PyTorch, Tensorflow, Linux, GitHub
Writing Tools: Tex Studio, LaTex, Overleaf

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