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Nazma Tara

Nazma Tara

Gazipur,Bangladesh

Summary

Seeking Teaching Positions in USA or Germany as I have fifteen years of experience as a university faculty and intellectually curious person always seeking new information and driving research forward. Balances classroom, laboratory, and practice time to help students develop into knowledgeable, confident professionals. Multi-published researcher with a history of running successful studies with students.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
30
30
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Associate Professor

National University Bangladesh
Gazipur, Bangladesh
10.2023 - Current
  • Reviewed manuscripts for academic journals, maintaining rigorous standards of peer review.
  • Advised graduate students on thesis topics, providing guidance throughout their study process.
  • Conducted lectures, seminars and practical workshops for comprehensive student development.
  • Consulted with colleagues on curriculum design, ensuring cohesive course structure.
  • Designed exams, assessments and course content, including lecture material and writing assignments.
  • Contributed to departmental meetings and committees for strategic decision-making.
  • Supervised postgraduate students' research for high-quality dissertations.
  • Developed comprehensive course curriculum by aligning with university standards.
  • Led seminars and workshops for enhanced student participation.
  • Participated actively in faculty training programmes to enhance teaching skills.

Assistant Professor

National University Bangladesh
Gazipur, Bangladesh
10.2015 - 10.2023
  • Participated in meetings, conferences and workshops to establish rapport with teachers and staff.
  • Published multiple research papers in top-tier academic journals.
  • Served on various university committees, ensuring smooth functioning of academic operations.
  • Prepared classrooms for lessons, ensuring all necessary resources were available.
  • Modernised syllabus, updating with current research, new techniques, and latest findings to improve relevancy.

Assistant Professor

Stamford University Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
07.2015 - 10.2015
  • Supported students with various learning difficulties to understand key concepts in core subjects.
  • Served on various university committees, ensuring smooth functioning of academic operations.
  • Prepared classrooms for lessons, ensuring all necessary resources were available.
  • Lecturing, evaluating, grading, Student advising

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

Stamford University Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
05.2011 - 07.2015
  • Supported students with various learning difficulties to understand key concepts in core subjects.
  • Served on various university committees, ensuring smooth functioning of academic operations.
  • Prepared classrooms for lessons, ensuring all necessary resources were available.
  • Lecturing, evaluating, grading, Student advising

Guest Lecturer

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
Dhaka, Bangladesh
03.2010 - 10.2011
  • Prepare and deliver lectures

Lecturer

The People's University of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
04.2009 - 05.2011
  • Supported students with various learning difficulties to understand key concepts in core subjects.
  • Served on various university committees, ensuring smooth functioning of academic operations.
  • Prepared classrooms for lessons, ensuring all necessary resources were available.
  • Lecturing, evaluating, grading, Student advising

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka
Dhaka
08.2015 - 07.2019

Master of Science - Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka
Dhaka
07.2005 - 06.2006

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka
Dhaka
07.2002 - 06.2005

GCSEs - Science Group

Govt. M.M. City College
Khulna
07.1998 - 06.2020

Skills

  • Curriculum development, Course designing, Committee leadership
  • University lecturing, Lecture preparation, Online teaching tools, Educational software use, Student assessment, Student advisement
  • Publication of scholarly articles, Attending Conferences, Thesis supervision, Workshop/seminar planning, Scientific research paper reviewing

Computer Skill: MS Office, Google Workspace; Programming languages: Assembly C C Java C# Prolog R; Networking: Network Programming in Linux, NS3; Database management systems: Oracle MySQL; Web technologies: HTML CSS3 PHP WAMP WordPress; Development platforms: Windows Linux Mac Android IOS;Others: Jira, LaTeX, MatLab

Languages

Bengali
Proficient (C2)
English
Upper intermediate

Accomplishments

  • Travel grant: WIECON-ECE 2017, Dehradun, India, Grant given by UGC, Bangladesh.
  • Best paper award in IEEE WIECON-ECE conference, 2015, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Scholarship for Ph.D. research: Bangabandhu Fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of Bangladesh 2012
  • Nippon Foundation of Japan Scholarship: for the result of Higher Secondary, 2003

Training

  • Google workspace, 01/03/2023 - 01/10/2023, National University Bangladesh
  • Website/Webmaster Training, 01/01/2016 - 01/30/2016, Revnir, Inc., Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Embedded System Design and Development, 01/23/2013 - 01/29/2013, IICT, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Teacher's Training, 05/09/2011 - 05/16/2011, Center for Excellence (CFE), Stamford University Bangladesh
  • Understanding Development, 08/08/2009 - 08/12/2009, Dept. of Development Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professional Membership

  • Member of IEEE.
  • Member of IEEE WIE
  • Member of IEEE YP
  • Member of IEEE Computer Society
  • Member of Bangladesh Computer Society

Publications

A. Journal Papers

J.8 [In Press] Nazma Tara, Khandokar Shahid Hyder, Mahtab Uddin, “A Literature Survey for the Inclusion of IoT in Agricultural Soil Monitoring”, Accepted to Journal of Science, National University, on March 10, 2022.


J.7  Nazma Tara, Khondakar Shahid Hyder and Selina Sharmin, “A Systematic Literature Review on IoT-based Irrigation”, International Journal for Computer Applications, Vol. 184, No. 2, pp. 1-8, March 22, 2022. [an USA Journal, Impact factor 0.88]


J.6 Nazma Tara, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, “Power Efficient Optimum Design of The Reversible Plessey Logic Block of A Field-Programmable Gate Array”, Elsevier Journal of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, September 2017, Volume 16, pp 76-92. [Impact Factor: 2.798]


J.5 Nazma Tara and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Synthesis of Reversible PLA Using Products Sharing”, Springer Journal of Computational Electronics, June 2016, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp 420-428 [Impact Factor: 1.532]


J4. Sworna, ZarrinTasnim, MubinUlHaque, Nazma Tara, Hafiz Md Hasan Babu, and Ashis Kumar Biswas. “Low-power and area efficient binary coded decimal adder design using a look up table-based field programmable gate array”,  IET Journal of Circuits, Devices & Systems, 2016, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp 163-172 [Impact Factor: 1.290]


J.3 Salma Begum, Nazma Tara, Sharmin Sultana, “Energy-Efficient Target Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Modified Ant Colony Algorithm”, International Journal of Ad hoc, Sensor & Ubiquitous Computing (IJASUC) , Vol. 1,No. 4, December 2010, pp 29-36. [Impact Factor: 1.324]


J.2 Sharmin Sultana, Salma Begum, Nazma Tara and Ahsan Raja Chowdhury, “Enhanced-DSR: A New Approach to Improve Performance of DSR Algorithm”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, Volume 2, Number 2, April 2010, pp.115-125.


J.1 SayedAhsanulKabir, Nazma Tara, “Information Visualization with Distributed System (For distributed collaborative environment)”, Journal of PUB, vol. 4, no. 1, July-2009, pp.-50-55.


B. Conference Papers

C.7  Nazma Tara, Ganapoty Roy, Sadia Jahan Shormi, Mazharul Haque, Kamal Ibne Sufian “Effective Mobile Apps in Agriculture Focusing on Land Crop and Animal Farming towards Smart Farming”, 2nd  International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 4.0 (STI 2020), Dhaka, 19-20 December 2020. (Poster Paper)


C.6 Nazma Tara, Md. Kamal Ibne Sufian, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Ganopati Roy, Selina Sharmin, ‘Low power Optimum Design of BCD Adder in Reversible Logic’, 2017 IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON-ECE), 18-19 December 2017, WIT, Dehradun, India. pp. 215-218.


C.5 Nazma Tara, Md. Kamal Ibne Sufian, Hafiz Md Hasan Babu, “Nanotechnology-Based Efficient Fault Tolerant Decoder in Reversible Logic”, 2017 IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON-ECE), 18-19 December 2017, WIT, Dehradun, India. pp. 60-63.


C.4 NazmaTara, Hafiz Md Hasan Babu, and NawshiMatin. “Logic Synthesis in Reversible PLA”, 2016 29th International Conference on VLSI Design and 2016 15th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID). IEEE, 2016, pp. 110-115.


C.3 Nazma Tara, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, “An Efficient Approach to Design Compact Reversible Programmable Logic Array”, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2015, December 2015, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp 135-138. [Best Paper Award]


C.2 AnkurSarker, Tanvir Ahmed, S.M. Mahbubur Rashid, NazmaTara,and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, “Realization of Reversible logic in DNA computing”, 11th IEEE conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, 2011,pp.261-265.


C.1 Nazma Tara, Ahsan Raja Chowdhury, “Design and Analysis of Error Detection Module for Reversible On-Line Testable Circuits”.,Silver Jubilee Conference on Communication Technologies & VLSI Design (CommV’09), VIT University, Vellore, India. Oct. 8-10, 2009. pp. 266-267.

Reference

1. Md. Fakir Rafiqul Alam Kiron, Ph.D.

Chairman

Natural Science Group

&

Professor, Dept. of Chemistry

National University

Cell no. : 01742846414

e-mail: dr.rafiqul_alam@yahoo.com


2. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Ph.D.

Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka.

Mobile: 01711351055

e-mail: hafizbabu@du.ac.bd


3. Ahsan Raja Chowdhury, Ph.D.

Managing Consultant, IBM Australia

&

Casual Academic

School of Science, Engineering and Information Technology

Federation University Australia,

Tel:+61432693234

e-mail: ahsanch@au1.ibm.com

Quote

Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.
Tony Robbins

Timeline

Associate Professor

National University Bangladesh
10.2023 - Current

Assistant Professor

National University Bangladesh
10.2015 - 10.2023

Doctor of Philosophy - Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka
08.2015 - 07.2019

Assistant Professor

Stamford University Bangladesh
07.2015 - 10.2015

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

Stamford University Bangladesh
05.2011 - 07.2015

Guest Lecturer

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
03.2010 - 10.2011

Lecturer

The People's University of Bangladesh
04.2009 - 05.2011

Master of Science - Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka
07.2005 - 06.2006

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Engineering

University of Dhaka
07.2002 - 06.2005

GCSEs - Science Group

Govt. M.M. City College
07.1998 - 06.2020
Nazma Tara