TEACHING PORTFOLIO

Teaching Philosophy

Teaching has been in my blood. My grandfather was a high-school teacher, my father is a college professor
and so I wanted to be a university professor. I used to like teaching my classmates during my undergrad
studies to make them understand what was taught in the classroom. At the same time, I wanted to be an
Electrical Engineer and later I fall in love with Biomedical Engineering research since my senior project in
the final year of my undergraduate. All these dreams can be possible if I become a University Professor of
EEE or related area where I can prepare and guide the future electrical engineers and biomedical
researchers. Therefore, I joined as a Lecturer in a university a week after my graduation. Then I realized
that teaching is not a 9-5 job, it is a continuous 24/7, 7 days a week, 365 days in a year- responsibility.
Further I realized university teaching is way more than school or college teaching since the differentiating
factor is Research (plus mentoring students in their projects). So I would love to term University Teacher
as a Professor who enjoys learning, researching, mentoring and teaching at the same time and inspires a
generation after generation to learn how to think and apply knowledge, skills and attitudes for the betterment
of the society.

My current teaching philosophy is very much aligned with Outcome-Based Education (OBE) concept, i.e.,
every student can learn but in a different pace and different way. I had always been a believer of letting
students learn in their own way while I as a teacher would facilitate the learning process. I never complaint
about students’ attention or attendance in my class since the age we are living in and COVID-19 taught us
recently that students can learn online, offline, in their own pace. I always want to convey the message to
my students that they have a choice, they are capable, and they must accept that nothing comes free
(compromising something to achieve anything). OBE looks for the learning outcome of students, so am I.
As long as the students learn what is expected, no matter which way or how, I am there to support my
students.

I have almost fourteen years of teaching and another 10+ years of research experience. I have never
compromised of my standard of teaching and always delivered to the best of my knowledge and ability. I
love interacting with sincere students to help them understand and guide them in their projects or thesis. I
am not bounded to any group of students as I try to help everyone who seeks knowledge with sincerity and
honesty.

I strongly believe a University Professor should make a balance between active teaching, mentoring,
research, and professional services. Concentrating only one of them and ignoring others may not be
sustainable and a good practice. For example, if one engages only in teaching but not in research meaning
no new knowledge will be created (through Research) and this eventually would affect the teaching for not
remaining up to date. On the contrary, if one fully engages in research and no active teaching at all, meaning
not disseminating exciting new knowledges to the students and thus students are deprived. Similarly,
engagement in different professional bodies and committees (be as an member of thesis committee or part
of Technical Program Committee of international conferences or member of editorial board of any peer
reviewed journal) allow a University Professor to share knowledge and experience with peers, receive
important feedback, network with them and an opportunity for inter-university/country or inter-disciplinary
teaching-learning or research collaboration of any project of mutual interest.

Given the mentioned philosophy, I have been involved in active teaching, research, mentoring,
administrative works as well as served in different professional bodies and committees. This involvement
helped me to develop myself, and a great opportunity to network with different stakeholders and collaborate
with them.

A Summary of my involvement in many aspects as a University Professor and list of achievements through
these activities are provided below at the end of this report.

OVERALL SUMMARY REPORT

A. TEACHING (Courses Taught at IUB, 2016-Present)

No. of Undergraduate
Course Code and Title
Courses / Graduate
1. CSE484 / EEE426 : Intelligent System Engineering / Intro. to Neural Networks
2. ECR209 : Microprocessors and Interfacing
3. ECR305 / EEE321 : Digital Signal Processing
4. ECR407 / EEE 234 : Electronics-II
9 Undergraduate 5. EEE 490 : Special Topics in EEE
6. EEE450 / EEE466 : VLSI Design
7. EEE465 : Biomedical Instrumentation
8. ECR 206 / EEE211: AC Circuits
9. EEE 231: Signals and Systems
1. EEE 542 : Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
2. EEE506 : Advanced Digital Signal Processing
4 Graduate
3. EEE507 : Digital Image and Video Processing
4. EEE533 : Advanced VLSI Design and Testing
Total 13 Courses

Faculty Evaluation by Students in last 6.5 years (Semester -wise Averaging)

Average Score 4.28 (out of 5.00)
6
4.29 4.65 4.41 4.44 4.71 4.84 4.24 4.79 4.35 4.53 4.51 4.28 4.53 4.28
5 4.07 4.12 3.84
3.6 3.84 3.34
4
3
2
1 0
0
Selected Sample Comments by Students during Faculty Evaluation

Semester / UG /
Course Code and Title Student Comment (Anonymous)
Year Grad
Spring A very professional faculty. The way he maintains interest while
EEE321 - DSP UG
2022 teaching us filter designing was a great experience.
Autumn
EEE321 - DSP 2021 UG best faculty for this course without any doubt
(ONLINE)
Summer
Sir is so understanding and supportive. he always try to describe the
EEE211 – Circuit-II 2021 UG
topic very clearly.
(ONLINE)
Summer
EEE321 - DSP 2021 UG Great faculty but quite strict when it comes to a lot of aspects!
(ONLINE)
Spring
I need this teacher in my next EEE courses if he will be take those
EEE211 – Circuit-II 2021 UG
courses
(ONLINE)
Autumn
EEE321 - DSP 2020 UG Bit strict. Would like a little leniency. Otherwise Good Faculty.
(ONLINE)
a) A big thanks to Kafiul sir for the class recordings he provided. In
this pandemic situation all of us facing different problem with online
Summer
class. For recorded class at least some of us learned something
EEE321 - DSP 2020 UG
b) Sir is best for this course. He is very dedicated to his students. I
(ONLINE)
think if sir takes Ac circuit & Electronics course students basic will
be more strong.
Spring Special thanks to Sir for creating such a excellent educational
EEE506 - ADSP Grad
2020 environment
Autumn
EEE466 – VLSI Design UG The all time best faculty in the department.
2019
Autumn
EEE542 – AI & NN Grad Perfect & Excellent quality maintained every time....Thanks a lot Sir
2019
Summer Sir is an amazing teacher. But the rate at which he teaches is a little
EEE321 - DSP UG
2019 fast, if he can slow down the pace a little. Overall amazing
Thank you sir for inform us about VLSI, Marching Learning course
Spring ; Which is not related with DSP course but important as an engineer.
EEE321 - DSP UG
2019 Always keep us in your prayer. Keep Encourage us to doing
something
He made me fall in love with opamps! This is what studying with a
Summer
EEE234 – Electronics-II UG top class faculty feels like. Please don't lose him. One of the very
2018
best teacher that IUB has and I ever had.
Teaches concepts in a precise easy to understand manner,
Summer
EEE211 – Circuit-II UG encourages involvement in seminars and case related to engineering
2018
and doesn't get annoyed when students ask questions
Spring So far he has been ruling our engineering floor till he arrived. He is
EEE234 – Electronics-II UG
2018 the most talented person i have ever seen on electronics
Always encourages us to think outside the box. Without him I
Summer
EEE234 – Electronics-II UG wouldn’t have under a thing about processors and how they do their
2017
calculations. Thank you Sir
Spring Sir is so good.. But unfortunately we don't understand his question
EEE321 - DSP UG
2017 clearly
B. RESEARCH
1) PUBLICATIONS (Summary of Publications in last 6.5 years)
Scopus/IEEE Indexed Others Total
Book Chapters 02 00 02
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Journal Articles 05 21
04 09 02 01
Conference Papers 20 00 20
Total Publications 38 05 43

2) NO. OF FUNDED PROJECTS (2016-Present)

No. of Role Total Amount
Source of Funding (Internal /External)
Projects (PI / Co-PI) (BDT)
07 Internal (IUB Sponsored Research) PI 18,22,590/=
02 Internal (IUB Sponsored Research) Co-PI 26,72,750/=
02 External (ICT Ministry) Co-PI ~22 Lac
01 External (IAR UIU) Co-PI 24,98,570/=

3) NO. OF STUDENTS SUPERVISED

Internal / No. of
Type of Supervision Role Remarks
External Students
Academic
Internship Internal 17 Completed
Supervisor
Completed = 27
Senior Project / FYDP Internal Supervisor 35
Ongoing = 08
MSc Thesis Internal Supervisor 04 Ongoing
PhD Student External Co-Supervisor 01 Ongoing

C. SERVICES
MAJOR ROLES PLAYED AT IUB

Role When / Where / For Remarks

Duration
Coordinating the Preparation May 2022 UGC OBE Ongoing
of Complete Curriculum - Present Curriculum
Coordinating Complete 2020 - IEB-BAETE Successful
BAETE Application 2021 Accreditation
Process, Visit, & Evaluation
Lab Head of BISPL 2016 - Biomedical IUB ranked 1st among private
Present Engineering universities according to
Research Group SCIMAGO Institutional
Ranking 2022 (Biomed Eng.
Category)
Branch Counselor 2020 - IEEE IUB Student Won best counselor and best
Present Branch SB award in 2020
 Course-Coordinator 2018 – Dept. of EEE
2021
TPC Secretary 2017 ICAEE 2017 Successful
TPC Chair 2019 ICAEE 2019 Successful
Internal Examiner 2017-2021 MSc. Thesis at Total Six MSc. Theses
Dept. of EEE
Convener 2020- Question Coordinating question
Present Moderation moderation for Mid & Final
Committee Exams
Organizer of Seminar 2018 Brain Engineering 200+ audience attended the 3
hour long interactive seminar

MAJOR ROLES PLAYED OUTSIDE (REPRESENTING IUB)

Role When Where / For Remarks

2021 -
Assoc. Editor IEEE Access 1st & Only IUB faculty
Present
2022 and Frontiers in Comp. Neuroscience, Journal of
Guest Editor Special Issue
2019 Computer Networks and Communications
Professional 2016- Involved in numerous
IEEE BD Section
Volunteer Present conferences and events
Publication 2019 and Co-located conference
IEEE SPICSCON 2019, 2021
Chair 2021 by IEEE BD Section
Track (Co)- 2016- IEEE TENSYMP 2020, IEEE ACMI 2021, ICAICT
Total 3 conferences
Chair Present 2020
IEEE TENSYMP 2020, IEEE ACMI 2021, ICAICT
Session (Co)- 2016- 2020, ICREST 2019, 2020, ICSCT 2021, IEEE
Total 9 conference
Chair Present WIECON ECE 2021, IC4IR 2021, IEEE
PEEIACON 2019, ICCCAS 2022
ICCCAS 2022, ACMI 2021, ICASSCT 2021 in
India, IEEE WIECON ECE 2020, India, IEEE
TENSYMP 2020, ICDPR 2020 in Singapore,
Conference 2016- Total 12 conference
ETCCE 2020, IEEE BECITHCON 2019, ICCCS
Presentation Present presentations
2019 in Singapore, ICREST 2019, ICCIT 2018,
IEEE R10 HTC 2017, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2019,
2020 & 2021, iCEEiCT 2016, 2018 & 2021
Invited /
ICCCAS 2022, ICCCM 2021 Singapore, IBRO-
Keynote
APRC 2019, IEEE AUST SB 2019, IEEE AIUB SB
Speaker /
2016- 2019, Google I/O Extended 2018, Workshop on OBE
Seminar / Total 11
Present at IUB and IUT 2022, Webinar by GyanJam Ltd
Workshop
2021, Workshop on Google Classroom 2020,
Resource
Workshop on Email Writing 2020
Person
 Neuroscience International, Biosensors &
Bioelectronics, AEEESJ, WSEAS Journals,
International Journal of Neurology Research, IJBSE,
International Journal of Neurology & Neuroscience,
Biomedical Statistics and Informatics. Biomedical
Engineering, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,
Editorial JNE, Current Medical Imaging, Informatics in
Board Medicine Unlocked, IEEE Trans. on. Neural Systems 10 Editorial Board
2016-
Member / & Rehabilitation Engineering, Biomedical Physics & Member and more than
Present
Reviewer of Engineering Express, Pattern Recognition Letters, 20 Journals’ Reviewer
Journals Frontiers in Comp. Neuroscience, IET Journal of
Signal Processing, The Journal of Engineering, IEEE
JBHI, IEEE Reviews in Biomed. Engineering,
JESTCH, IEEE Access, Journal of Integrative
Neuroscience, AI in Medicine, IEEE Sensors, BSPC,
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Heliyon,
Biomedical Engineering Research
ICCCAS@SG 2022, ICEEE 2021, IBSSC 2021,
ICoIV 2021, ICECIT 2021, BIOMESIP-2021, RACE
2020 & 2021, MWSCAS 2020, ICCCM 2020 &
2021, CloudComp 2019, 2020, iCEEiCT-2018,
BIOCAS 2018, IC4ME2-2018, icIVPR 2017, ISCAS
TPC Member 2016- 2018, IEEE R10HTC-2017, ICECE 2020 & 2016, More than 40
/ Reviewer Present ICMETE 2016 & 2019, MediTech 2016, ICISET conferences
2018, ICREST 2019 & 2021, ISCAS 2017 & 2019,
ICCCS 2019, 2020, & 2021, ICASERT-2019, IEEE
WIECON-ECE 2019, 2020 & 2021, IEEE
BECITHCON 2019 & 2021, IEEE SPICSCON 2019
& 2021, IWCVA 2019 and 2021
STI 4.0 2020, 2021, IVPR 2020, ABC 2020, ICIEV
2020, IEEE WIE Day, 2019, Global Undergraduate Poster Session, Project
Judge / 2016-
Awards 2019 and 2022, IEEE SS12 Innovation Showcase, Best Paper
Mentor Present
Challenge and Maker Fair 2018, Maker’s Mania Award, etc.
Project Competition, 2018,

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Abstract Award IEEE CS BDC Summer Symposium 2022

2nd Runner Up Abstract Award IEEE CS BDC Summer Symposium 2022
Best Presentation Award ICCCAS 2022, Singapore
Best Reviewer Award ICCCAS 2022, Singapore
SCIMAGO Institutional Ranking 2022 (in
Led BISPL@IUB to rank 1st among Private Universities
Biomedical Engineering category)
Member of the Team that Won among Top 10 Ideas during Dec 2021
Mujib100 Idea Contest at IC4IRB 2021 conference IC4IRB- UGC and BD ICT Division
Publications Excellence
“THE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION & AWARDS Dec 2020
CEREMONY” in Three categories: Independent University, Bangladesh
1) Journal Articles
 2) Conference Papers
3) Book Chapters
Outstanding Branch Counselor representing IEEE IUB Student Dec 2020
Branch at the “IEEE BDS Awards Night” IEEE Bangladesh Section
Dec 2020
Outstanding Paper Award
IEEE ETCCE, 2020, at UIU, Dhaka (Jointly
on “Emerging Technology in Computing” at ETCCE’20
organized by UIU and UMP, Malaysia)
Best Presentation Award Jan 2020
Technical Session: Control and Automation ICDPR 2020 at NTU, Singapore
Certified Publons Academy Mentor April 2019
Verified mentor to students of the Publons Academy
Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE
Jan 2019
One of the Youngest to Achieve this Honor in BD
Best Presentation Award Dec 2018
Technical Session: Signal and Image Processing Track ICCIT 2018 at UIU
Top Peer Reviewer in Multidisciplinary Sep 2017
Recognition for Peer Review Records Publons
Outstanding Reviewer 2016 and 2017
Recognition for Peer Review Record BSPC and AIM (Elsevier)
ICEEICT 2018 at MIST, Youth Zest 2018,
Mentored the project EOG CONTROLLED ELECTRIC
MAKER’S MANIA at IUB 2018, Science for
WHEELCHAIR that received First Prize AWARD at four places
Mankind 2018 at DU.
Mentored the project EOG CONTROLLED MOUSE CURSOR
Robo-Fest, ICASERT 2019 at EWU
that received First Prize AWARD

(Other Achievements)

1. Google Scholar Citations: 1070+ (Rank 17th among all IUB profiles, h-index: 14 and i-10 index: 18)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PkkxL14AAAAJ&hl=en
2. ResearchGate Score: 28.84 (Top 12.5% among all profiles)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Md_Kafiul_Islam
3. Publons Verified Reviews: 430 and Editor Records: 27 (Ranked 1st in IUB and 2nd in BD among Peer
Review Award Winners)
https://publons.com/author/494835/md-kafiul-islam#profile
4. Academia profile Top 2% Total Views (Highest among profiles at IUB).
https://iub-bd.academia.edu/MdKafiulIslam
5. Total Impact Factor Contribution ~ 30 ( 02 IEEE, 05 Elsevier, 01 Springer and 01 MDPI Articles)

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Dr. Md. Kafiul Islam (ID 4240)
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Independent University, Bangladesh