Abdul Motin Howlader, D. Eng.
Address University of California, Riverside
Research Scientist
Winston Chung Hall, Room # 225
Riverside, CA 92521-0124
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Summary
Research and Job Experiences:
Software Development : 03 years
Machine Learning : 03 years
Power System: 03 years
Number of publications: 77
International Peer-Reviewed Journals: 36
International Conference Proceedings: 31
National Conference Proceedings: 08
Book chapters: 02
Number of Awards: 10
Specialization:
Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Computer Programming, Smart Grid, Power System, Renewable Energy.
Residency: Permanent Residence of USA (Green Card) Education
Sep. 2010 - Oct. 2013
Doctor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - University of the Ryukyus, Japan Grade: Outstanding. CGPA 4.0 out of 4.0
Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2010
Master’s of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - University of the Ryukyus, Japan Grade: Outstanding. CGPA 4.0 out of 4.0
Sep. 2001 - Aug. 2005
Bachelor of Science in Computer Scienc & Engineering - United International University, Bangladesh Grade: First Class with Honors. CGPA 3.99 out of 4.0 Merit Position in the Class: 1st
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Awards & Achievements
• 1. President’s Honorary Award, University of the Ryukyus; September 2013
• 2. Excellent Student Award, IEEE Fukuoka Section; February 2012
• 3. Best Paper Presentation Award, IEEJ Kyushu Branch; March 2011
• 4. Monbukagakusho Scholarship, Government of Japan; October 2010
• 5. President’s Honorary Award, University of the Ryukyus; September 2010
• 6. Young Engineer Poster Presentation Award, IEEE ICEMS 2009, Japan; November 2009
• 7. Monbukagakusho Scholarship, Government of Japan; October 2008
• 8. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Microsoft Corporation, USA; July 2008
• 9. Summa Cum Laude, United International University; September 2005
• 10. ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Award, the Dhaka site; November 2004 Research Projects
1. Project Title : Integration of a DER Management System in Riverside (Resource forecasting
(PVs power and Loads) using Deep Learning (RNN, GRU, LSTM), ARIMA, SVM, Decision Tree, K-NN, and Random Forest methods)
Role : Research Scientist
Funding Agency : Department of Energy(DoE), USA
Development tools : Numpy, Pandas, Tensorflow, Keras API, Scikit-Learn Amount : 3.2m US$
Status : Ongoing
2. Project Title : UC-National Lab Center for Electricity Distribution Cyber-Security Role : Research Scientist
Funding Agency : University of California Office of President(UCOP) Amount : 3.75m US$
Status : Ongoing
3. Project Title : Optimal Reactive Power from Smart PV Inverters Using Machine Learning Algorithms Role :Principal Investigator
Funding Agency : Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, USA Development tools : MySQL Database, Numpy, Pandas, Tensorflow, RNN, LSTM, Keras API, OpenDSS Status : Completed
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Software Projects
1. Gentleman Cadet (GC) Assessment System for Bangladesh Military Academy Development tools: Visual Studio.NET, C#, SQL Server Database, Crystal Reports 2. Business Solution for Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Development tools: Visual Studio.NET, C#, SQL Server Database, Crystal Reports 3. Business Solution for Dhaka Club Limited
Development tools: Visual Studio.NET, C#, SQL Server Database, Crystal Reports 4. Business Solution for Bhatiary Golf and Country Club Limited Development tools: Visual Studio.NET, C#, SQL Server Database, Crystal Reports Employment History
Oct. 2018 - Till now Research Scientist - University of California, Riverside Oct. 2015 - September 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Hawaii, Manoa Oct. 2013 - Sep. 2015 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow - University of the Ryukyus, Japan Oct. 2010 - Sep. 2013 Research Assistant - University of the Ryukyus, Japan Oct. 2010 - Sep. 2013 Teaching Assistant - University of the Ryukyus, Japan Oct. 2006 - Sep. 2008 Senior Software Engineer - Invogue Software Limited, Bangladesh Oct. 2005 - Sep. 2006 Software Engineer - Invogue Software Limited, Bangladesh Sep. 2003 - Aug. 2005 Teaching Assistant - United International University, Bangladesh Software and Programming Skills
Programming Language
Visual BASIC, C, C++, C#, JAVA, Python, Visual C++, VB.NET, VHDL
Script Language
HTML, XHTML, XML, PHP, UNIX shell script, JAVA Script, MATLAB Script
Database
SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft Access, NoSQL(MongoDB)
Selected Python Packages, Machine Learning APIs and Algorithms Packages: Tensorflow, Scikit-Learn, Skopt, Scipy, Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, PySimpleGUI. APIs: Keras, Pretty Tensor, PyTorch.
Algorithms: Feed-forwardneural network, support vector machine, decision tree, random forests, k-nearest neighbors, k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, convolutional neural network, recurrent neural net- work, long short-term memory, gated recurrent unit.
Power System Design Tools
MATLAB/SIMULINK, PSCAD, PLE DEW, OpenDSS
Application Tool
LATEX, TGIF, Microsoft Office, Open Office Suite, TOAD, PL/SQL Developer, Macromedia Dreamweaver, ER Studio, Visual Studio .NET, Blockchain, Hyperledger Fabric and Composer, Git, Github, VSS
Operating System
Windows, Linux, Ubuntu
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