Dr. Tofazzal Hossain * / * ad240x@r.postjobfree.com

Tofazzal Hossain, Director, Data & AI at Avanade Japan K.K. Ph (Japan): +81-90-176*-****, (BD): +880*-***-****-**, E-mail: ad240x@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tofazzalhossain/ 18+ years of technology experience and a specialist of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, IoT / IIoT, and Edge Computing with proven track record of driving business growth developing customer centric products and solutions. Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Waseda University, Japan. Employment History

Director (Data & AI), Avanade Japan K.K. Sep 2019 ~

• Mange, lead, and guide teams to provide intelligent solutions to the customers for automation, prediction and optimization, anomaly detection of running machine, data analytics and forecasting, using AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, IoT / IIoT with real-time sensor data and Edge Computing technologies; voice/speech recognition by NLP.

• Create new team based on the technical requirements for the solution. Chief Engineer (AI, IIoT), Macnica Inc. Japan, Oct 2017-Aug 2019 Managed and lead the newly established AI division to develop AI and Machine Learning solutions to customers for various problems. A few customer centric solutions are as follows:

• Anomaly detection on running machine.

• Analyze, prediction, optimization, forecasting of big data (sales, retail, bank, insurance etc.).

• Real-time Anomaly detection of running machine operating in production, and assembly line.

• Analyze real-time manufacturing yields and efficiency using real time monitoring and diagnostics.

• Predictive and preventive maintenance for maximizing the uptime and lifespan of equipment and assembly line.

Major Clients: Bank, Insurance Companies, retails chain shops, Automobile, Electronic and Semiconductor Industry, Railways etc.

Tools: Driverless AI from H2o.ai, FogHorn IIoT Device, PLC, Python, SQL, Deep Learning, OpenCV, Hadoop, AWS Cloud, etc.

Manager, Business Analytics Office, Zurich Group, Japan, May 2015 - Sep 2017 Main responsibilities Include:

• Develop optimal frame allocation of TV commercial for target audience (based on TRP and GRP) using Genetic Algorithm, AI and Neural Network

• Conducted online customer segmentation and behavior analysis and made predictions for the potential customers to increase conversion rate.

• Built ‘Customer Journey’ model for insurance purchasing by digital analytics.

• Conducted marketing and funnel analysis of web log data of Zurich Insurance.

• Performed statistical analysis of business data.

• Monitored KPI daily and reported to the Marketing and Business Strategy division.

• Segmented customers by channel and other criteria and created customer profile.

• Designed and created analytics reports to help business executives in their decision making.

• Developed predictive modeling from large scale business data Dr. Tofazzal Hossain 2 / 4 ad240x@r.postjobfree.com

• Collaborate with Marketing and Strategy team and help them providing analytical reports. Tools Used: Statistical Function, SAS, R, Python, SQL, Tealium, MS Access, Shell Script. System Engineer, Hitachi Inc., Japan Oct 2006 – Dec 2013 Project A: Develop Sub System Firmware of Hitachi LCD and PDP Television (On Screen Display, and TeleTex System) at Hitachi Yokohama Research Laboratory, Japan. Tools Used: C Programming, GProbe Compiler, Oscillator, CPU: GENESIS - FLI8538. Project B: Provide Technical Support on Image Signal Processor (ISP). A chip used in digital camera and cell phone.

Tools Used: Assembly (5602 from MOS), C, Excel VBA. Project C: Java Engineer to develop Web based POS System. Develop, Publish, Localize PC and Online Entertainment Software. Tools Used: Java (JSP, JS, Servlet), PHP, Cake PHP, FW, Oracle, SQL, Web Logic, XML, Eclipse. Project D: Develop Web based Automated Printing and Publishing Software. Tools Used: Visual C/C++, InDesign SDK CS3/CS4, XML, Adobe Photoshop, Flex, Illustrator. Project E: Technical Project Manager of Web Based Systems. Develop, Publish, Localize PC and Online Based Entertainment Software. Tools Used: Java, PHP, MySQL, LAMP, Spring Framework, SSH, Zabbix, Cactai, Nagios, CentOS 5.6., Ubuntu 10.8, Windows, Max OSX.

R&D Engineer, SIGMA Corporation, Japan. Oct 2004–Sep 2006

(Digital Camera and Lens Manufacturing Company in Japan) Embedded Systems Engineer for SIGMA digital camera and lenses.

[Camera Technology]

• Created interface between camera and lenses.

• Developed and introduced new features / functions of digital camera.

[Lens Technology]

• Controlled the movement of HSM-Hypersonic Motor inside the lens to create Auto Focus. Developed the program to adjust between different camera and lens, especially to ensure that the lens moved smoothly with different cameras. Tools Used: C, C++, Assembly (MN-101 of Panasonic), VBA, VBA for Excel. Dr. Tofazzal Hossain 3 / 4 ad240x@r.postjobfree.com

Academic and Research Background

Postdoctoral Fellow

Institute: Advanced Technological Research & Development Institute of Intech Inc., Japan.

Area: Data Mining &Data Fusion

Duration: Jan 2014 ~ Apr 2015

Main Responsibilities Include:

Research tasks included develop algorithm, computational and mathematical model for Data Mining and Data Fusion to analyze, predict and optimize big dataset using AI, Machine Learning, Statistical Methods (such as, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression- Probit and Logit Model, Matching Method, Causal Inference, Mahalanobis Distance, Propensity Score Matching), Support Vector Machine. Developed interface between R and Java to execute R based statistical functions. Degree: Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D) in Computer Science and Engineering. University: Waseda University, Japan (QS University Rank 189 in 2021) School: Graduate School of Information, Production and System. Research Area: Artificial Intelligence (Evolutionary Computation) & Machine Learning. Duration: October 2009 ~ March 2013

CGPA: 4.0 (Out of 4-point scale)

Degree: Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering. University: The University of Aizu, Japan

School: Graduate School of Computer System.

Research Area: E-business (business process automation and integration) Duration: October 2002 ~ September 2004

CGPA: 3.8 (Out of 4 point scale).

Degree: Research Student

University: The University of Aizu, Japan

School: Graduate School of Computer System.

Duration: October 2001 ~ September 2002.

Publication List

Blind Peer Reviewed International Journals:

1. M. T. Hossain, K. Hirasawa: “An Analysis of Efficiency on Multiagent Systems with Symbiotic Learning and Evolution”, International Journal of Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2015.

URL: https://www.scholarscentral.com/pdfs/9867/an-analysis-of-efficiency-on-multiagent- systems-with-symbiotic-learning-andevolution-2090-4908-1000122.pdf 2. M. T. Hossain, S. Mabu, K. Hirasawa: “An Evolutionary Model of Multilateral Negotiation System, IEEJ Trans. on Electronics, Information and Systems, Vol. 133, No. 6, pp 1-13, 2012.

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URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tee.21809 3. M. T. Hossain, S. Mabu, K. Hirasawa: “An Evolutionary Multi-issue Negotiation Model, IEEJ Trans. on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EIS, Vol.131, No.1, 2011. URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tee.21809/abstract 4. M. T. Hossain: “An Evolutionary Analysis on Negotiation System based on Multiagent Systems with Symbiotic Learning and Evolution, SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, Vol. 5, No 2, pp. 055-062, 2012. URL: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012JCMSI...5...55H/abstract 5. M. T. Hossain, S. Mabu, K. Hirasawa: “An Evolutionary Negotiation Model Using Genetic Network Programming”, Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII), Vol. 14, No.2, pp. 215-223, 2010. URL: https://www.fujipress.jp/jaciii/jc/jacii001400020215/ International Conferences:

1. M. T. Hossain, I. Paik, “Business Process Choreography for Business Transaction and Negotiation in B2B Collaboration”, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Human

& Computer, Aizu & Tokyo, Sep. 2004.

2. I. Paik, S. Hossain, T. Hossain, “Automating Business Transaction and Negotiation in Supply Chains Using Web Service Composition”, Proceedings of CIT 2004 Conference, Wuhan, China, Sep. 2004.

URL: https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/cit/2004/2216/00/22160248.pdf. Presentations in Invited Talks (Unpublished):

1) The application of Machine Learning and Evolutionary Computation in Data Mining and Data Fusion to predict, optimize and analysis large-scale data set, in Intec Inc., 2014.06. 2) A comparative study on different matching methods for Data Mining and Data Fusion at Intec Inc., 2014.08.

Academic Society Affiliations

1) Member of the Complex Biological Systems Alliance 2) Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan (IEEJ). 3) Member of the Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligence Informatics, Japan.

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