Ph.D. in Computational Intelligence
Faculty of Computing, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Pahang, Malaysia, 2023.

M.Sc. in Computer Engineering
School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Perlis, Malaysia, 2012.

B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh, 2009.

• Huawei Certified ICT Associate – Artificial Intelligence (HCIA AI), Certified by Huawei, Organized by Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, 2022.
• Leadership & Skill Development by Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, BoT, DIU, 2025.
• Institutional Best Practices for Navigating Continuous Innovation in Education by Professor Dr. M. R. Kabir, Vice Chancellor, DIU, 2025.
• Outcome-based Lesson Preparation for Effective Teaching by Dr. Shazia Humayun, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Management, Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan, 2025.
• Understanding Teaching Pedagogy and Andragogy for Effective Tertiary Teaching by Prof. Mohammad Rokibul Kabir, PhD, Director of HRDI & Head, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business & Entrepreneurship, DIU, 2025.
• Effective Student Communication: Feedback Strategies and English as a Medium of Instruction by Ms Tahsina Yasmin, Associate Professor, Department of English & Additional Director of HRDI, DIU, 2025.
• Student centric classroom design by Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mustafa, Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA, 2025.
• Effective Assessment & Feedback for Quality Education & Preparation of Questions and Course file by Mr. Md. Fouad Hossain Sarker, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Development Studies, DIU, 2025.
• Outcome-Based Education (OBE) & Bloom’s Taxonomy by Md. Dara Abdus Satter, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, DIU, 2025.
• Designing Alternative Learning & Assessments: From Traditional to Tech-infused Education by Mr. Nuruzzaman Faruqui, Assistant Professor, Department of Software Engineering, DIU, 2025.
• Making Teaching Simulation & Gamification: Experiential Learning Strategies for the modern workplace by Mr. Amit Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, CSE, DIU, 2025.
• Introducing IQAC Institutional Quality Assurance Cell facilitated by Professor Dr. A. K. M. Fazlul Haque, Director, IQAC, DIU, 2025.
• Workplace Diversity, Ethics & Professionalism by Dr. Sharifa Sultana, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy, DIU, 2025.
• Smart Writing for Malaysian Academicians: Generative AI In Data Transformation, Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, 12/08/2024.
• Kolokium E-Pembelajaran UMPSA Slot 2: Best Practice in Micro Credentials, Pusat Sumber Pengajaran, UMPSA, 01/08/2024.
• Building Interactive Educational Content with H5P For Effective Self-Learning, BPB, UMPSA, 07/08/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 7, BPB, UMPSA, 02/08/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 6, BPB, UMPSA, 01/08/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 5, BPB, UMPSA, 13/08/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 4, BPB, UMPSA, 05/03/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 3, BPB, UMPSA, 07/03/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 2, BPB, UMPSA, 28/02/2024.
• Kursus Asas Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran (PNP) Modul 1, BPB, UMPSA, 29/02/2024.
• Kursus Effective Grant Writing, BPB, UMPSA, 14/08/2024.
• Kursus Bibliometric Analysis, BPB, UMPSA, 16/07/2024.
• Sharing Best Practices: Strategic Engagement with Scholar Expertise and Linking with
• Stakeholders, PAKAD, UMPSA, 27/06/2024.
• Kursus Penyeliaan Pasca Siswazah (Supervision) 2024: Eligibility and Role of Supervisor
• in Supervising Postgraduate Students (Research), BPM, UMPSA, 14/05/2024.
• Kursus Penyeliaan Pasca Siswazah (Supervision) 2024: Overview of Undergraduate and
• Postgraduate Education and Importance of IGot, BPB, UMPSA, 13/05/2024.
• Kursus Penyeliaan Pasca Siswazah (Supervision) 2024: Preparing Student for Viva-voce and Sufficiency of Content of Thesis, BPM, UMPSA, 16/05/2024.
• Introduction To High Impact Journal Publication, PAKAD, UMPSA, 03/02/2024.
• Converting Research Outcome to Books Chapter as Chapter Author, PAKAD, UMPSA, 31/01/2024.
• Kursus Academic Ethics, BPB, UMPSA, 21/09/2024.
• Cyber Threats: Are We Ready?, Faculty of Computing, UMPSA and Pahang Skill Development Centre, 30 March 2021.
• Proofreading Workshop: The Art of Proofreading Techniques, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, UMPSA, 15 September 2020.
• Writing and Tools for Publishing Article in High Impact Journals Workshop, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, UMPSA, 26 August 2020.
• Thesis and Technical Writing Workshop, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia, 24–25 February 2011.

• Optimization Algorithms and Applications
• Fundamentals of Data Science
• Programming Languages (C, C++, Java, Python)
• Computer Graphics and Multimedia
• Digital Logic Design
• Operating Systems
• Data Structure and Algorithms
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Database Management System
• Artificial Intelligence
• Discrete Mathematics
• System Analysis and Design
• Computer Architecture and Organization
• Web Programming and Application Development

Journal Publications:

1. Mohammad Nowsin Amin Sheikh, Md Kamrul Islam, Sagar Chakraborty, I-Shyan Hwang, Wissem Inoubli, and M. A. Kader, "A Quasi-local Approach for Link Prediction in Graphs Based on Node Affinity Tree", in Engineering Letters, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 2478-2489, 2025. [Impact Factor: 0.6]
2. M. Rahman, H. Sarwar, T.T. Tin, and M. A. Kader, "A systematic literature review on final year capstone project in an engineering curriculum", in Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1408-1440, 2025, doi: 10.55214/25768484.v9i6.8146. [Impact Factor: 0.181]
3. A. B. Nasser, M. A. Kader, et al., "CS-FuzGA-PTS: Maximizing Fault Detection Through Optimizing T-Way Test Suite Prioritization Based on Boundary Value Analysis," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 172992-173009, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3497321. [Impact Factor: 3.6]
4. M. Rahman, H. Sarwar, M. A. Kader, T. Gonçalves and T. T. Tin, "Review and Empirical Analysis of Machine Learning-Based Software Effort Estimation," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 85661-85680, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3404879. [Impact Factor: 3.6]
5. M. Rahman, K. Z. Zamil, M. A. Kader, R. Mohd Sidek,& Fakhrud Din, "Comprehensive Review on the State-of-the-arts and Solutions to the Test Redundancy Reduction Problem with Taxonomy", in Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology, 35(1), pp. 62–87, 2023. doi: 10.37934/araset.34.3.6287.
6. K. Z. Zamil, M. A. Kader, F. Din, and H. S. Alhadawi, "Selective chaotic maps Tiki-Taka algorithm for the S-box generation and optimization," in Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 33, no. 23, pp. 16641-16658, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s00521-021-06260-8. [Impact Factor: 4.5]
7. K. Z. Zamil, M. A. Kader, S. Azad, and B. S. Ahmed, "Hybrid Henry gas solubility optimization algorithm with dynamic cluster-to-algorithm mapping," Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 33, no. 14, pp. 8389-8416, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s00521-020-05594-z. [Impact Factor: 4.5]
8. M.Z. Rehman, K.Z. Zamil, M. Almutairi, H. Chirona, M. Aamir, M.A. Kader, N.M. Nawi, "A novel state space reduction algorithm for team formation in social networks," PLoS One, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 1-18, 2021, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259786. [Impact Factor: 2.6]
9. M. Ahmed, M. A. Kader, and K. Z. Zamil, "Comparative Study to Measure the Quality of Big Scholarly Data and Its Hypothetical Mapping Towards Granular Computing," Advanced Science Letters, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 7810-7814, 2018, doi: 10.1166/asi.2018.13022. [Impact Factor: 1.253]
10. M. A. Kader, K. Z. Zamil and B. Y. Alkazemi, "An Experimental Study of a Fuzzy Adaptive Emperor Penguin Optimizer for Global Optimization Problem," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 116344-116374, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3213805. [Impact Factor: 3.6]
11. M. A. Kader, K. Z. Zamil, and B. S. Ahmed, "A systematic review on emperor penguin optimizer," in Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 33, no. 23, pp. 15933-15953, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s00521-021-06442-4. [Impact Factor: 4.5]
12. F. Ghani, M. A. Kader, E. Khan, and B. Ahmad, "Memory Efficient Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Tree (MESH) for Wavelet Image Compression," IEICE transactions on communications, vol. 95, no. 9, pp. 2906-2913, 2012, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.2906. [Impact Factor: 0.6]

Conference Publications:

1. K.Z. Zamil, M. A. Kader, Roslina Mohamad Sidek (2024), "Multi-Task Test Redundancy Reduction Optimization Problem based on the Sine Cosine Algorithm", In: Bhateja, V., Abdul Hameed, V., Udgata, S.K., Tang, J. (eds) Innovations in ICT: Sustainability for Societal and Industrial Impact. ICDECT 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1364. Springer, Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-5220-4_16.
2. M. Rahman, K.Z. Zamil, M. A. Kader (2024), "Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm for Test Redundancy Reduction". In: Md. Zain, Z., Sulaiman, N., Mustafa, M., Shakib, M.N., Jabbar, W.A. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering–Volume 1. InECCE 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1212, Springer, Singapore, pp. 33-44, doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-3847-2_4.
3. M. A. Kader, Kamal Z. Zamil, and Ambrose Rudolf Mekeng (2024). "Enhancing the Sine Cosine Algorithm with Swap Operator for Team Formation Problem". In Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Computer Technology Applications (ICCTA ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 122–127, doi: 10.1145/3674558.3674575.
4. Kamal Z. Zamil, M. A. Kader, and Ambrose Rudolf Mekeng (2024), "A Population Division based Multi-Task Sine Cosine Algorithm for Test Redundancy Reduction Optimization". In Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Computer Technology Applications (ICCTA’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 94–102, doi: 10.1145/3674558.3674571.
5. K. Z. Zamil and M. A. Kader, (2022), "Solving Multi-Task Optimization Problems using the Sine Cosine Algorithm". In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2022), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 219–224, doi: 10.1145/3524304.3524336.
6. K. Z. Zamil and M. A. Kader, (2022), "Chaotic Map Initializations with Tiki-Taka Algorithm for Software Remodularization Problem". In Human-Centered Technology for a Better Tomorrow, Singapore, M. H. A. Hassan et al., Eds., Springer Singapore, pp. 91-100, doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-4115-2_7.
7. M. A. Kader and K. Z. Zamil (2022), "Comparative Study of Five Metaheuristic Algorithms for Team Formation Problem". In Human-Centered Technology for a Better Tomorrow, Singapore, M. H. A. Hassan et al., Eds., Springer Singapore, pp. 133-143, doi: 10.1007/978-98116-4115-2_10.
8. K. Z. Zamil and M. A. Kader (2021), "Sequence t-way Test Generation using the Barnacles Mating Optimizer Algorithm". In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2021), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 88-93, doi: 10.1145/3457784.3457797.
9. M. A. Kader, J. A. Jamaluddin, and K. Z. Zamil (2020), "An Educational Tool Aimed at Learning Metaheuristics". In Proceedings of the 2020 9th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2020), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 79-83, doi: 10.1145/3384544.3384597.
10. M. A. Kader and K. Z. Zamil (2020), "Adopting Jaya Algorithm for Team Formation Problem". In Proceedings of the 2020 9th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2020), Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 62-66, doi: 10.1145/3384544.3384593.
11. M. A. Kader, F. Ghani, and R. B. Ahmad (2014), "Image Transmission Over Noisy Wireless Channels Using HOAM and Median Filter". In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Robotic, Vision, Signal Processing & Power Applications, Singapore, H. A. Mat Sakim and M. T. Mustaffa, Eds., Springer Singapore, pp. 145-152, doi: 10.1007/978-981-4585-42-2_17.
12. F. Ghani, A. Yahya, M. A. Kader, and M. A. Islam (2011), "A new interconnection structure method for QC-LDPC codes". In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Multimedia, Signal Processing and Communication Technologies, pp. 114-117, doi: 10.1109/MSPCT.2011.6150451.
13. M. A. Kader, F. Ghani and R. Badlishah (2011), "Development and Performance Evaluation of Hierarchical Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (HOAM) for Image Transmission over Wireless Channels". In Proceedings of the 2011 Third International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling & Simulation, pp. 227-232, doi: 10.1109/CIMSim.2011.47.
14. F. Ghani, A. Yahya and M. A. Kader (2011), "New QC-LDPC codes implementation on FPGA platform in Rayleigh fading environment". In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers & Informatics, pp. 206-210, doi: 10.1109/ISCI.2011.5958912.
15. M. M. A. Hashem, R. Shams, M. A. Kader, and M. A. Sayed (2010), "Design and development of a heart rate measuring device using fingertip". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE’10), pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICCCE.2010.5556841.
16. M. A. Kader, B. Singha, and M. N. Islam (2008), "Speech enabled operating system control". In Proceedings of the 2008 11th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, pp. 448-452, doi: 10.1109/ICCITECHN.2008.4803075.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm
• Image Processing
• Software Engineering

Research Grant:
Grant Title: Exploring Efficient Best Candidate Selection Strategies in Multifactorial Optimization Employing Metaheuristic Algorithms.
Role: Leader
Grant Type: Fundamental Research Grant (RDU240345), UMPSA, Malaysia.
Duration: Nov 01, 2024 - Oct 31, 2026

• Best of the Best Award and Gold Medal in iCE-Cinno 2024.
• Jury for Hackathon X UMPSA Program 2024.
• Best Paper Award, 5th International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology (ICDECT 2024), September 28–29, 2024.
• Excellent Paper Presentation Winner, https://www.iccta.net/iccta2024.html, ICCTA 2024.
• Sustainable Research in ICT Award and Gold Medal, CiTREX 2024, UMPSA, May 7–9, 2024.
• Excellent Publication Award, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), 2023.
• Received Yayasan UMPSA Publication Incentive Scheme for PhD Students, UMPSA, 2022.
• Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA), Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, October 2019 – November 2022.
• Doctoral Research Scheme (DRS) Scholarship, Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, October 2019September 2022.
• Nationally selected and participated in BASIS SOFTEXPO 2007 for project showcase and won first position (project featured in several daily newspapers).
• Merit Scholarship from KUET, 2005–2008.
• Dinajpur District Scholarship, 2006 and 2007.

• IEEE Member
• Graduate Technologist, MBOT, Malaysia 
• Associate Member, Bangladesh Computer Society 
• Member of Internal Review Panel (Internal Research Grant), UMPSA, Malaysia (JAN’25 - DEC’26)
• Member of PSM/PTA committee, Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, Malaysia (MAR’24 - MAR’26)
• Secretary of ICSECS 2025 committee, Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, Malaysia (MAR’24 - MAR’26)
• Member of ICECINNO 2024 committee, Faculty of Computing, UMPSA, Malaysia (MAR’24 - MAR’25)

1. Assistant Professor (SEP 13, 2023 - SEP 12, 2025)
Faculty of Computing
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

2. Lecturer (Part-time) (MAR 13, 2023 - AUG 31, 2023)
Faculty of Computing
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

3. Graduate Research Assistant (OCT 01, 2019 - FEB 28, 2023)
Faculty of Computing
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
26600 Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

4. Assistant Professor (FEB 01, 2016 - SEP 30, 2019)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Z. H. Sikder University of Science and Technology (ZHSUST)
Bhedorgonj, Shariatpur, Bangladesh

5. Assistant Professor (SEP 15, 2015 - JAN 31, 2016)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

6. Lecturer (JAN 08, 2013 - SEP 14, 2015)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

7. Research Assistant (JUL 01, 2010 - AUG 31, 2012)
School of Computer and Communication Engineering (SCCE)
Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
Perlis, Malaysia

8. Lecturer (MAY 10, 2009 - MAY 20, 2010)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Additional Administrative Experience:

1. Chairman, Department of CSE (MAY’16 - SEP’19)
Z. H. Sikder University of Science & Technology (ZHSUST), Bangladesh

2. Director (In Charge), IT Research (JUL’16 - SEP’19)
Z. H. Sikder University of Science & Technology (ZHSUST), Bangladesh

3. Joint Convener, Academic and Curriculum Committee (DEC’16 - SEP’19)
Z. H. Sikder University of Science & Technology (ZHSUST), Bangladesh

4. Course Coordinator (MAY’13 - JAN’16) 
Department of CSE
University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS), Bangladesh

5. Assistant Proctor (OCT’15 - JAN’16)
University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS), Bangladesh

6. Web Administrator (MAY’09 - MAY’10)
Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB), Bangladesh