NAFISA AFRIN CHOWDHURY

**** ********* **, **** **, Eugene, OR 97405

Phone: 541-***-****, Email: abpauv@r.postjobfree.com

Web: http://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~nafisa

OBJECTIVE

To pursue a PhD degree in Computer Science in the area of Data Mining and Machine Learning,

thereafter obtain a research position in academia.

EDUCATION

Fall 2009 Present M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Oregon, USA

Mar, 2007 B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering

Khulna University of Engineering & Tech., Bangladesh

Sept, 2002 Higher Secondary Certificate (12th Grade)

Govt. P. C. College Bagerhat, Bangladesh

June, 2000 Secondary School Certificate (10th Grade)

Bagerhat Govt. Girls High School, Bangladesh

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Supervised Research

Advanced Integration and Mining Laboratory, University of Oregon

Research Advisor: Professor Dejing Dou

Knowledge Translation with Uncertainty in Semantic Data Mining (Jun 2010- present)

- Building an ontology-based framework to translate mined knowledge from source ontology to

heterogeneous target ontology without accessing actual data

- Using automatic ontology matching algorithms (Falcon-AO, Anchor Flood) for generating all

possible mappings between two heterogeneous ontologies of test domains

- Proposed a method using fuzzy logic for clustering ontology mappings, based on their uncertainty

Research Assistant

Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon

Research Advisor: Professor Michal Young, Department of CS, University of Oregon

Professor Amy Lobben, Department of Geography, University of Oregon

Funded Project: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Haptic Soundscape minimum GIS interface (Dec 2009 - Present)

- Designing a pedagogical tool for visually impaired geography students

- Experimenting on the use, manipulation and retrieval of geographical data to build GIS features

- Developing a map interface on top of ESRI arcGIS engine with audio and haptic responses

- Considering specialized GIS features for visually impaired students to help them acquire complex

spatial knowledge

Undergraduate Thesis

Research Advisor: Professor M.M.A. Hashem, Department of CS, KUET, Bangladesh

Fuzzy Knowledge Integration (Apr 2006 - Mar 2007)

- Proposed and implemented a fuzzy knowledge integration framework

- Used Novel Evolutionary Algorithm (NEA) with an improved mutation operation

- Evaluated performance by applying the framework in four different knowledge domains

- Compared the results with other two approaches: Genetic Algorithm and Bayes Method.

PUBLICATION

Nafisa A. Chowdhury, M.M.A. Hashem, Murshida Khatun, On integrating Fuzzy knowledge

using a Novel Evolutionary Algorithm, Proceedings of 10th IEEE International Conference on

Computer and Information Technology, 2007, Dhaka, pp. 1 6

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Teaching Assistant: Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon

Database Systems (Fall 2009)

Advisor: Professor Christopher Wilson

- Duties involved teaching labs, grading assignments and project supervision for Database Class

Teaching Effectiveness Seminar (Winter 2010)

Instructor: Dr. Kathleen Freeman

Class Project: Effectiveness of Blackboard Software as a pedagogical tool

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

System Engineer Core Network, Citicell Telecom, Bangladesh (Apr, 2008 Aug, 2008)

- Managed value added services - a wireless network connectivity project and ring back tone service

MIS Executive MIS, ACI Ltd. Bangladesh (May, 2007 Mar, 2008)

- Performed data manipulation and generated business reports

COMPUTER SKILLS

Language Java, C/C++, Prolog, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Shell Scripting

Database MySQL and SQL Server

Platform Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS

Data Mining Weka, Proteje, Falcon AO, Anchor Flood

Tools MatLab, Eclipse, ESRI ArcGIS, ER Studio, Ethereal

SELECTED PROJECTS

Data Mining: Representing Uncertainty in Classification rules (Spring 2010)

- Proposed an approach with Fuzzy Logic to address uncertainty in decision tree rules

- Implemented a research prototype with MatLab and MySQL to validate the approach and

found the Fuzzy approach highly effective to address uncertainty in classification rules

Machine Learning: Hand Written Character Recognition (Winter 2010)

- Designed a Neural Network based classifier to recognize hand written English characters

- Accuracy was 91% for unknown dataset and around 80% for noisy data

Artificial Intelligence: Swarm Intelligence in Robotics (Fall 2009)

- Studied the construction of simple physical robots (swarm bots)

- Wrote a survey paper on how their collective behavior can solve a hard problem

Software Engineering: Map Schematization (Spring 2010)

- Worked with a globally distributed software project development team of nine members

- Designed the software architecture, wrote the design document with module specifications

Database: University Course Registration System (Fall 2009)

- Designed (ER diagram and Relational Schema) and normalized (BCNF) the database

- Built a dynamic web application with PHP and MySQL for course registration and course offer

SELECTED COURSES

Graduate

- Machine Learning - Artificial Intelligence - Database Processing

- Data Mining - Probabilistic Methods in AI - Automata Theory

Undergraduate

- Data Structures - Discrete Mathematics - Operating Systems

- Algorithms analysis and Design - Numerical Methods - Computer Architecture

- Object Oriented Programming - Applied Statistics - Computer Networks

- Compiler Design - Pattern Recognition - Computer Graphics

AWARDS

- Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Oregon (Winter 2010 - Present)

- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Oregon (Fall 2009)

- Technical Merit Scholarship, Khulna Univ. of Engineering & Tech, Bangladesh (2003-06)

- Bangladesh Education Board Scholarship, Higher Secondary School Exam (12th grade) (2002)

- Bangladesh Education Board Scholarship, Secondary School Exam (10th grade) (2000)

- 2nd Place, Junior School District Scholarship Exam (8th Grade) (1998)

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

- Student Volunteer, ACM ICPC, Pacific Northwest, University of Oregon Site (2009, 2010)

- Women in Computer Science, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Oregon (2009-Present)

- Student Volunteer, National ICT Seminar, Khulna, Bangladesh (2006)

- Organizing Committee Member, Reunion of CSE Department, KUET, Bangladesh (2005)

- Student Volunteer, Workshop on Networking, KUET, Bangladesh (2005)

REFERENCES

Professor Dejing Dou,

Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon

Email: abpauv@r.postjobfree.com, Phone: 541- 346- 4572

Web: http://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~dou/

Professor Michal Young,

Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon

Email: abpauv@r.postjobfree.com, Phone: 541- 346- 4140

Web: http://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~michal/

Professor Christopher Wilson,

Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon

Email: abpauv@r.postjobfree.com, Phone: 541- 346- 3412

Web: http://ix.cs.uoregon.edu/~cwilson/

Professor M. M. A. Hashem,

Department of CSE, Khulna Univ. of Engineering & Tech, Bangladesh

Email: abpauv@r.postjobfree.com, abpauv@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 880-171-400-3949 http://www.kuet.ac.bd/cse/hashem/home.htm

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