Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Arif Mahmud  Associate Professor and Associate Head
Name :
Dr. Arif Mahmud
Designation
Associate Professor and Associate Head  
Department
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Personal Webpage
https://faculty.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/profile/cse/arif-mahmud.html
E-mail
arif.cse@diu.edu.bd
Phone
Cell-Phone
+8801896034252

PhD in Information Systems from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
School of Computer Sciences   
Thesis: Factors Influencing the Adoption of Internet of Things for Home Security in Dhaka Households                     

MSc. in Computer Engineering  from  Mid Sweden University (MIUN), Sundsvall, Sweden
Department of Information, Technology and Media
Thesis: Transmitter Macrodiversity on WSAN and MANET - Energy Consumption Algorithms for Wireless Multihop Network  
Thesis Grade: A

BSc. in Computer Engineering from American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB)
Department of Computer Engineering
Final Project: Design and Implementation of AM Transmitter
CGPA: 3.85 out of 4   

Conferences

  • Session chair and Reviewer at 2nd International Conference on Big Data, IoT and Machine Learning (BIM 2023) held at Daffodil International University, Dhaka.
  • Session chair and Reviewer at 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Computer, and Communication Engineering (ECCE 2025) held at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET).
  • Session chair and Reviewer at International Conference on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM 2023), Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur.
  • Session Chair and Reviewer at 3rd International Conference on Big Data, IoT and Machine Learning (BIM 2025) held at Dhaka International University, Dhaka.
  • Technical Chair, Session Chair and Reviewer at International Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications (IDAA 2025) held at Daffodil International University, Dhaka.

Course Development

 

PhD Supervision          

Phd Co-Supervisor at Universiti Sains Malaysia for Almutairi Omar Mutheeb M.
From 22 January 2024 to Present

 

MSc And BSc Project Supervision
Supervised Thesis and Project of 100+ MSc and 300+ BSc students

PUBLICATIONS

 

Journals:

  1. Nirob, M. A. S., Paul, S. G., Saha, A., Assaduzzaman, M., Kabir, M. A., Mahmud, A., Rehman, A. U., & Bermak, A. (2026). EDDNet30: A spatial attention and multi-scale fusion model for enhanced eye disease classification with explainable AI. IEEE Access. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3659151. Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (SCIE)
  2. Mahmud, A., Rahman, A., Al Farid, F., Uddin, J. I., & Karim, H. A. (2026). Modeling household adoption of IoT-based home security in Dhaka: A PLS–machine learning framework. Frontiers in Big Data, 9, 1718710. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2026.1718710. Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  3. Mahmud, A., Husin, M.H., & Yusoff, M. N. (2026). Perceived trust as moderator with protection motivation theory to predict generation Z consumers IoT adoption: a case of Dhaka households. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 51(3), 290-320. DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2022.10049736  Scopus indexed.
  4. Rahman, A., Al Farid, F., Bashar, M., Uddin, J. I., Mahmud, A., & Karim, H. A. (2026). Examining the influence of deterrent and enhancement factors on QR-code mobile payment continuance intention: Insights from PLS-SEM and IPMA analysis. Frontiers in Big Data. 8, 1679897. doi:10.3389/fdata.2025.1679897 Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  5. Mahmud, I., Hossain, T., Mahmud, A., Akter, R., Rahman, S., & Begum, A. (2025). Predicting fin-tech adoption: Evidence from an emerging market. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective. DOI: 10.1177/09722629251352696 Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  6. Mahi, M. H., Khan, A. R., Anik, M. H., Noori, S. R. H., Mahmud, A., & Mojumdar, M. U. (2025). MELD: A multilingual ethnic dataset of Chakma, Garo, and Marma in Bengali script with English and standard Bengali translation. Data in Brief, 61, 111745. Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  7. Sharker, N, M. A., Siam, A. K. M. F. K., Bishshash, P., Assaduzzaman, M., Haque, M. A., & Mahmud, A. (2025). A comprehensive hematological dataset for dengue incidence in Bangladesh. Data in Brief, 60, 111664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111664. Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  8. Sarkar, P. C., Pranta, G. K., Mahmud, A., Noori, S. R. H., & Chakraborty, N. R. (2025). UDCAD-DFL-DL: A unique dataset for classifying and detecting agricultural diseases in dragon fruits and leaves. Data in Brief, 59, 111411.  Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  9. Mim, M. M. H., Assaduzzaman, M., Mahmud, A., & Nirob, M. A. S. (2024). Predictive clinical dataset for dengue fever using vital signs and blood parameters, Data in Brief, 57, 111030. https://doi.org/10.17632/xrsbyjs24t.1. Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  10. Sweety, J. B., Mahmud, A., Mahmud, I., Hossain, A., & Saha, P. K. (2024). Solid waste separation among women in Dhaka households: An extended TPB perspective. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 19(12), 31-57. Scopus indexed, Web of Science indexed (Zoological Record)
  11. Almutairi, O. M., Yusoff, M. N., Mahmud, A., & Bahaddad, A. A. (2024). Hybrid PLS-ANN approach for smart home healthcare service adoption prediction: A household case study. International Journal on Technical and Physical Problems of Engineering, 16(3), 0060-1603-0924. Scopus indexed
  12. Mahmud, A., Sarower, A. H., Sohel, A., Assaduzzaman, M., & Bhuiyan, T. (2024). Adoption of ChatGPT by university students for academic purposes: Partial least square, artificial neural network, deep neural network and classification algorithms approach. Array, 21, 100339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprp.2024.100339. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  13. Mahmud, A., Sweety, J. B., Hossain, A., & Husin, M.H. (2023). Is the digital security act 2018 sufficient to avoid cyberbullying in Bangladesh? A quantitative study on young women from generation-z of Dhaka city. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 10, 1-14. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  14. Mahmud, A., Yusoff, M. N & Husin, M.H. (2023). Generation Z’s adoption of IoT: Protection motivation theory as the underlying model and gender as a moderator. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 25(2), 133-159. Scopus indexed.
  15. Mahmud, A., Husin, M.H., & Yusoff, M. N. (2022). SLR: Weight Analysis of Protection Motivation Theory. Journal of System and Management Sciences, 12(2), 273-308. DOI: 10.33168/JSMS.2022.0213. Scopus indexed.
  16. Mahmud, A., Husin, M.H., & Yusoff, M. N. (2022). Analysis on the Literature Reviews of Internet of Things Adoption among the Consumer at the Individual Level. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 10(2), 45-73. https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2022.10.2.4. Scopus indexed.
  17. Mahmud, A., Yusoff, M. N & Husin, M.H. (2022). IoT Adoption by the Young Consumer: An Extended ASE Perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, 32 (4), 857-889. Scopus indexed.
  18. Sattar, A., Shampod, Y. A., Ahmed, M. T., Akter, N., & Mahmud, A (2022). Deployment of e-services based contextual smart agro system using internet of things. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 11(1), 414-425.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v11i1.3255. Scopus indexed.
  19. Satter, A.K.M.Z., Mahmud, A., Rahman, A., Mahmud, I. and Akter, R. (2021). Civic engagement through restaurant review page in Facebook: a structural equation modelling approach, International Journal of Ethics and Systems, 37(2), 197-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-06-2020-0078. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed (ESCI)
  20. Kanter, T., Rahmani, R., & Mahmud, A. (2013). Conceptual Framework for Internet of Things’ Virtualization via OpenFlow in Context-aware Networks. IJCSI International Journal of Computer Science Issues, 10(6), 1-13 . http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/93403980/conceptual-framework-internet-things-virtualization-via-openflow-context-aware-networks

 

Book Chapters:

 

  1. Hossain, A., Wahab, J. A., Islam, M. R., Khan, M. S. R  & Mahmud, A. .(2022). Cyberbullying Perception and Experience among the University Students in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study. Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies, IGI Global.
  2. Sattar, A., Mahmud, A., & Noori, S.R.H. (2020). Appliance of Agile Methodology at Software Industry in Developing Countries: Perspective in Bangladesh. In: Uddin, M., Bansal, J. (eds) Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (pp. 571-581). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7564-4_48
  3. Mahmud, A., Hossain, F., Choity, T.A., & Juhin, F. (2020). Simulation and Comparison of RPL, 6LoWPAN, and CoAP Protocols Using Cooja Simulator. In: Uddin, M., Bansal, J. (eds) Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (pp. 317-326). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7564-4_28.

 

Conference papers:

 

  1. Sharif, R., & Mahmud, A. (2025, December 12–13). Limitations of low-cost PPG sensors for cuffless blood pressure estimation using IoT and machine learning. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications. Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  2. Mahi, M. H., Khan, A. R., Khaledujjaman, M., Mahmud, A., Noori, S. R.H., & Mojumdar, M. U. (2025, July 6–11). Enhancing dialectal communication: Deep learning-based approach for translating Feni dialect to Standard Bangla. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT). IEEE. IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Scopus indexed
  3. Hiya, H. K., Tonmoy, S., Mim, M. Z. M., & Mahmud, A. (2025, July 6–11). Blockchain adoption in educational data: Multi-departmental student perspective study. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT). IEEE. IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Scopus indexed
  4. Mahmud, A., Hossain, F., Juhin, F., & Tasnim Ara Choity (2019, May 3-5). Merging the communication protocols 6LoWPAN-CoAP and RPL-CoAP. The IEEE 1st International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering and Robotics Technology (pp. 1-6), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Scopus indexed
  5. Mahmud, A., Hossain, F., Hasan, M & Sarkar, M. E. H. (2018, November 22-24). Implementation of Contextual E-healthcare System: A prospective eservice supported by context aware conceptual framework and image processing models. IEEE International Conference of Computer Science and Renewable Energies (pp. 149-155), Ouarzazate, Morocco. Scopus indexed
  6. Hasan, M. Z., Sattar, A & Mahmud, A. (2018, July 27-28). A Multifactor Authentication model to mitigate the Phishing Attack of E-Service Systems from Bangladesh Perspective. Fifth International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications (pp. 75-86), Nitte Meenakhsi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-5953-8_7.  Scopus indexed.
  7. Mahmud, A. & Sattar, A. (2016, June 5-7). Deployment of Contextual E-healthcare System: A prospective e-service based on context aware conceptual framework and ICTization framework model. 11th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (pp. 77 – 82), Hefei, China. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7603555/. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed.
  8. Mahmud, A. & Sattar, A. (2014, March 8-9). Deployment of Contextual Mobile Payment System: A prospective e-service based on ICTization framework from Bangladesh perspective. International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering (pp. 86 – 92), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.seekdl.org/nm.php?id=2829
  9. Mahmud, A. & Sattar, A. (2013, December 23-24). ICTization framework: A conceptual development model through ICT modernization in Bangladesh.  2nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (pp. 150 – 155) Sarawak, Malaysia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6836566/. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed
  10. Mahmud, A., Kanter, T., & Rahmani, R. (2012, October 15-17). Flow-sensor Mobility and Multicast Support in Internet of Things’ Virtualization. IEEE International Conference on ICT Convergence (pp. 16 – 22), Jeju Island, South Korea. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6386768/. Scopus indexed.
  11. Mahmud, A., Rahmani R & Kanter, T (2012, June 26-28). Deployment of flow-sensors in Internet of Things’ virtualization via OpenFlow. IEEE 1st International Workshop on Integrated Enabling Technologies (pp. 195 – 200), Vancouver, Canada. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6305848/. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed
  12. Mahmud, A., & Rahmani, R. (2011, December 24-26). Exploitation of OpenFlow in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Conference on computer Science and Network Technology (pp. 594-600), Harbin, China. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6182029/. Scopus indexed. Web of Science indexed
  13. Eriksson, M. & Mahmud, A. (2010, 29 June- 1 July). Dynamic Single Frequency Network in Wireless Multihop Networks – Energy Aware Routing Algorithms with Performance Analysis. The 10th IEEE Conference on Computer and Information Technology (pp. 400-406), Bradford, UK.. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1901361. Scopus indexed
  14. Eriksson, M. & Mahmud, A. (2010, April, 28-30). Transmitter Macrodiversity in Multihopping – SFN based algorithm for improved node reachability and robust routing. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (pp. 869-873), Rome, Italy. Scopus indexed

Networking, Communication system, Information system, IoT, Structural equation modeling, Machine Learning & NLP

  • Principal Investigator; awarded a BDT 1.44 crore grant under UGC’s ICSETEP project (funded by the Government of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank); contract signed 20 Jan 2026.
  • Awarded Universiti Sains Malaysia Graduate Assistance Scheme for 30 months starting from Fall semester, 2019 (Amount RM 1100/month).
  • IEEE, IEEE Computer Society (Member ID: 102070241)
  • IEB (Member ID: M-512741)

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Daffodil International University.

  • Program Coordinator, MSc in CSE
  • Academic Director (In charge, Uttara Campus)
  • Head Associate (Uttara Campus)
  • Convener of Exam Committee
  • Program Coordinator (Uttara Campus)

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Britannia University

  • Chairman, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Deputy Director, IT Division, Britannia University
  • Member of Syndicate committee, Secretary, Academic coordination committee, Academic Council, Finance committee, Admission committee, Student dropout analysis committee, Admission Examination subcommittee, Lab instrument purchase committee, Course Curriculum Development committee, Newsletter publish committee

 

Project Assistant, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University.

Projects:

  • E-Govt. services over Media-sense platform as financed by DSV, Stockholm University
  • Study of multicasting in IOT to receive IOS as financed by DSV, Stockholm University
  • Development of networking lab at Sundsvall campus as financed by Mid Sweden University

 

Teaching Assistant, Department of Information, Technology and Media, Mid Sweden University.

Tutor in Courses: 

  • Network technology 1, Network technology 2, Network Security, Database modeling and implementation, XML & Database, TCP/IP networking, Computer networks, Advance software development, Advance routing and switching, Introduction to computer science, Wireless internet access, JAVA 1 and Simulation of communication Engineering.