Mohammad Ataul Karim

Mohammad Ataul Karim (born 4 May 1953) is a Bangladeshi American scientist and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor[1][2][3] of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with expertise in electro-optical systems, optical computing, and pattern recognition. His citation record has an h-index value of 30, g-index value of 59, and i10-index value of 99[4] and an RG score of 40.42 with over 4675 publications citing his research results. Karim is ranked amongst the top 50 researchers who contributed most to Applied Optics in its 50-year history.[5][6] He was for 9 years the first Vice President for Research[7] of Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia.

Mohammad Ataul Karim
Born (1953-05-04) 4 May 1953
Barlekha Upazila, Sylhet, East Bengal, Pakistan
(now in Bangladesh)
CitizenshipBangladesh/ US
Alma materFaujdarhat Cadet College
MC College
University of Dacca
University of Alabama
Known forBiophysics
Non Linear Image Processing
Optical computing
Electro-optical displays
Optical & Hybrid Electro-optical Systems Design
Scientific career
FieldsOptical computing
Electrical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock
Wichita State University
University of Dayton
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
City University of New York
Old Dominion University

Biography

Born on 4 May 1953 in Barlekha, a border town in South Sylhet. He attended Shatma Primary for his elementary education and Patharia Chotolekha High for a year after which he left home to be schooled at Faujdarhat Cadet College (1965–1969), Sylhet MC College (1969–1972), and the University of Dacca (1972–1976) wherefrom he received his bachelor's honors degree in physics. Karim started his graduate studies at the University of Alabama in 1976 wherefrom he earned his master's degrees in physics (1978) and electrical engineering (1979), and a doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering (1982).[8]

Karim began creative writing in high school. A large number of his popular science writings in Bengali appeared in Bigyan Shamoeeki and Bangla Academy Bigyan Patrika during 1972–1976. Of these, the most significant were Biborthon Kahinee, a series of articles on cosmic and biological evolution, and Shamproteek, a monthly feature of current affairs in science, both of which appeared in Bigyan Shamoeeki. By sophomore year in 1974, he had completed his first book manuscript which he submitted to Bangla Academy for publication. After about two years, the Academy informed him that it was not prepared to take a chance on its juvenile author. This episode troubled him deeply ending his creative writing efforts in Bengali. All his subsequent books and articles were written in English and all were published from outside of Bangladesh.

A 2004 Government of Bangladesh report[9] and a number of books in Bengali, including Bangladesher Shera Bigyani (Hitler A. Halim, Shikor, 2004) and Medhabi Manusher Golpo (Mohammad Kaykobad, Annyaprokash, 2005), as well as Star Insight, cite him as an example of outstanding success of the Bangladeshi diaspora.[10] His efforts to correct illegal practices that otherwise discriminated against international graduate students was featured by the Chronicle of Higher Education,[11] The Wall Street Journal in "Hidden Costs of a Brain Gain"[12] and in turn by David Heenan in his book "Flight Capital: The Alarming Exodus of America's Best And Brightest". Karim is married and has three children.

Professional affiliations

He has had academic appointments with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1982–1983), Wichita State University (1983–1986), University of Dayton (1986-1998: Founding Director, Electro-Optics Program, 1990-1998; Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1994-1998), University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1998–2000: Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), the City University of New York (2000–2004: Dean of Engineering), and Old Dominion University (2004-2013: Vice President for Research).

Scholarly research

During his academic career, he supervised MS/PhD research of over 60 graduate students[8] and authored 19 books, 8 book chapters, and over 365 research papers.[8] He guest edited 33 journal special issues in areas of communication, computing, multimedia, networks, optics, pattern recognition, remote sensing, and software.

Relevance to Bangladesh

He leads the International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, now in its 16th year.[13][14] Since 2009, with assistance of 5 teams of guest editors, Karim produced 20 journal special issues that featured works of Bangladesh-based researchers in the fields of communications,[15] computing,[16] multimedia,[17] networks,[18] and software.[19] His edited book on "Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bengali Language Processing" [20] provides a state-of-the-art platform for information communication technology research and development that is of significance to nearly 260 million Bengali-speaking people who live in Bangladesh, India and in diaspora in Middle East, Europe, and US. This milestone work includes 16 chapters coauthored by 41 researchers from Bangladesh, Canada, India, Ireland, Norway, UK, and US.

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References
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  2. "Achievements: June 2013 - IEEE - The Institute". Staging.theinstitute.ieee.org. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. "Optics & Photonics News - July/ August 2013". Opnmagazine-digital.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  4. "Google Scholar Citations". Scholar.google.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. "News at Old Dominion University". Odu.edu. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. "Applied Optics - 50 Most Published Authors". Optics InfoBase. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  7. "Karim Stepping Down to Accept Provost Position at UMass Dartmouth". InsideODU. Old Dominion University. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  8. http://www.umassd.edu/provost/people/mohammadkarim/
  9. http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/free/Diaspora_Linkage_Bangladeshis.pdf
  10. "Dr. Mohammad Ataul Karim: Beyond Excellence in Physics". Star Insight. The Daily Star. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  11. Wilson, Robin (14 May 1999). "A University Uses Quotas to Limit and Diversify Its Foreign Enrollments - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  12. "Hidden Costs of a Brain Gain". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  13. "ICCIT — ICCIT 2013". Iccit.org.bd. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  14. Jamil-ur-Rob (11 January 2009). "ICCIT 2008 Redefining ICT Future in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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  20. "Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing (9781466639706): M. A. Karim, M. Kaykobad, M. Murshed: Books". IGI Global. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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