Awards and Achievements
Selected recognitions for research excellence, academic performance, leadership, and service.
Honors & recognition
Major Awards
IEEE TCSE Distinguished Paper Award (SANER 2025)
- Awarded at the International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER, A category), a premier venue in Software Engineering that focuses on the theory and practice of extracting and recovering information from existing software systems.
2020 University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis Award (University-wide best M.Sc. Thesis Award)
- Awarded to only one M.Sc. student by the University of Saskatchewan for the best M.Sc. thesis in the area of Physical and Engineering Science. To the best of my knowledge, this is likely the first time in over 50 years that a computer science student has achieved this honor. Award value: $500.
Best Faculty Award
- In recognition of outstanding contributions and dedication to academic achievement in Computer Science and Engineering Discipline, School of Science, Engineering and Technology, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
GSA Research Excellence in STEM Award 2022
- Awarded to only one student from the University of Saskatchewan for the outstanding contribution to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), active research collaborations, popularity in the research community, and exceptional leadership skills.
Dr. Keith Geddes Award 2019 - M.Sc. (Student of the Year)
- Awarded to only one M.Sc. student by the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, for outstanding research and academic performance in the ongoing M.Sc. program. Award value: $2,500.
Icon of the Month Award (Best Employee)
- Awarded by Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh to recognize the outstanding contribution in research and development projects towards the progress of the company.
Other Awards
SOAR Distinguished Research Award 2025 (Honorable Mention)
- Awarded to the top five outstanding research presentations at the SOAR Symposium 2025. Award value: $350.
BSAUS Research Excellence Award 2025
- An annual Award by the Bangladeshi Students' Association at the University of Saskatchewan (BSAUS), presented to a single Bangladeshi undergraduate or graduate student for outstanding research and academic achievement.
Distinguished Research Award (2nd Runner-up) 2025
- Awarded at the 9th Symposium on Innovations in Computer Science and Applied Computing (ICSAC 2025). Award value: $300.
SOAR Distinguished Research Award 2024
- Awarded to the top six outstanding research presentations at the SOAR Symposium 2024, held in conjunction with the 8th Symposium on Innovations in Computer Science and Applied Computing (ICSAC 2024). Award value: $300.
Dr. Keith Geddes Award Nomination 2021 - Ph.D.
- Nominated by the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, for outstanding research and academic performance in the ongoing Ph.D. program.
Carl McCrosky Innovation Scholarship Nomination 2021
- Nominated by the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, for innovative research and academic performance in the ongoing Ph.D. program.
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Nomination
- Nominated by the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, for exceptional leadership skills and extraordinary research and academic performance.
People's Choice Award
- Awarded by the Computer Science and Bioinformatics Symposium of the University of Saskatchewan for the poster ``The Reproducibility of Programming-Related Issues in Stack Overflow Questions''.
Dean's Scholarship
- Nominated by the Department of Computer Science of the University of Saskatchewan for outstanding research and academic performance.
Dr. Keith Geddes Award 2018 Nomination
- Nominated by the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, for outstanding research and academic performance in the ongoing M.Sc. program.
Graduate Travel Award
- Awarded by the University of Saskatchewan for ICSE 2023 travel to Melbourne, Australia. Award value: $550.
Graduate Travel Award
- Awarded by the Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund to support my travel from Bangladesh to Canada for graduate studies.
Graduate Travel Award
- Awarded by the University of Saskatchewan for MSR 2019 travel to Montreal, Canada. Award value: $350.
Outstanding Service Award
- Awarded by the 16th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2013), Bangladesh, to recognize my outstanding contributions and dedication for successfully organizing the renowned conference on Information Technology (IT).
Exceptional Engineer Award
- Awarded by Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh to recognize the excellent community contribution on behalf of the company. During my time at Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh Ltd, I volunteered with CAFFE (a UK-based charity offering free vocational training to young individuals). Within one year, I was able to teach computer skills to eleven street children in Dhaka, enabling them to earn money to support their living expenses.
Best Student Award 2020
- Awarded by the Member of Parliament (MP), Khulna-1, Bangladesh, for obtaining the highest marks among around 5K students who attended the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam from Khulna-1 in the year 2000. Award Value: 10K BDT
Math Olympiad Award
- Awarded by Khulna University, Bangladesh, for being a champion in the Math Olympiad.
Programming Contest Award
- Awarded by Khulna University, Bangladesh, for being the first runner-up in the programming contest.
Champion and Best Speaker Awards
- Our debate group became a champion, and I was awarded as the best speaker in the inter-school debate competition organized by Rupantar, Batiaghata, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Cultural Awards
- I won a number of awards for being top in cultural competitions (e.g., debate, poetry recitation, speech, and acting).