IICT Booklet 2024

INFORMATION
BOOKET
Institute of
Information and
Communication
Technology (IICT)
Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT)
Information Booklet
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
IICT Information Booklet 2023
9th Edition
March 2024
Published by
Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
ECE Building, West Palashi Campus
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C ONTENTS
Preface 1
1 General Information 2
1.1 The University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Faculties, Departments, Institutes and Degrees Offered 3
1.3 Centers, Directorates, Cells, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.1 Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.2 Directorates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.3 Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.4 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3.5 Linkage Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 The Central Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4.1 Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4.2 Library hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5 University Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5.1 The Chancellor of the University . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5.2 The Vice Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5.3 The Pro-Vice Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5.4 The University Syndicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5.5 Deans of Faculties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.5.6 Head of the Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.5.7 Directors of Institutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.5.8 Directors of Directorate/Centers/Cell . . . . . . 10
1.5.9 Administrative Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5.10 Provosts of Residential Halls . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5.11 University Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Institute of Information and Communication Technology

(IICT) 13
2.1 Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2 Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3 Board of Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3.1 Rules to Form Board of Governors (BOG) . . . . 14
2.3.2 Current Board of Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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2.4 Previous Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.5 Organizational Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.5.1 Activities of the Academic Wing . . . . . . . . . 17
2.5.2 Activities of the System and Support Wing . . . 17
2.5.3 List of Faculty Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.5.4 List of Non-Academic Members . . . . . . . . . 19
2.6 Research and Academic Committee . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.7 IICT Resources and Establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3 Academic and Research Activities 25

3.1 Degrees Offered by IICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2 Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2.1 Ph.D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2.2 M.Sc. Engg. / M. Engg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2.3 Post Graduate Diploma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2.4 Credit Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.3 Admission Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.3.1 Application Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.3.2 Selection procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.3.3 Admission Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.3.4 Fees and Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.3.5 Tentative Academic Calender . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.3.6 Allowable duration of the programs . . . . . . . 34
3.4 Profiles of Faculty Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4.1 Dr. S. M. Lutful Kabir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4.2 Dr. Md. Saiful Islam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.4.3 Dr. Md. Liakot Ali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.4.4 Dr. Md. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal . . . . . . . . 38
3.4.5 Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.4.6 Dr. Md. Jarez Miah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.4.7 Mohammad Muntasir Hassan . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.4.8 Samin Rahman Khan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.5 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.5.1 Research Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.5.2 Research Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.5.3 Research Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.5.4 Collaborations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.5.5 Seminar and Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.5.6 Research Paper/Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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4 Rules and Regulations for Academic Programs 51

4.1 Academic Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.2 Registration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.3 Calculation of GPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.4 Extract from Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.5 Conduct and Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.5.1 Cancellation of Studentship . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.5.2 Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5 Course Structure and Outline 57

5.1 Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Communica-
tion Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.2 Postgraduate Diploma in Business IT . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.3 Master’s in Information and Communication Technology 60
5.4 Master’s in Information Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.5 PhD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6 Detail Outline of Courses 63

6.1 Postgraduate Diploma in Information and
Communication Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.1.1 ICT 5101: Programming Concepts . . . . . . . . 63
6.1.2 ICT 5102: Data Structure and Algorithm . . . . 63
6.1.3 ICT 5103: Database Design and Management . . 63
6.1.4 ICT 5104: Introduction to Telecommunications . 64
6.1.5 ICT 5105: Data Communications . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.6 ICT 5106: Computer Networks . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.7 ICT 5201: Operating System Concepts . . . . . . 65
6.1.8 ICT 5202: Visual Programming . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.9 ICT 5203: Web Technologies, Protocols, and
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.10 ICT 5204: Multimedia Design and Development 65
6.1.11 ICT 5205: Client Server Technologies . . . . . . . 66
6.1.12 ICT 5206: Electronic Commerce . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.13 ICT 5207: Information System Analysis and Design 66
6.1.14 ICT 5208: Software Engineering and Application
Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.15 ICT 5209: Software Quality Management . . . . 67
6.1.16 ICT 5301: Information System and Network
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1.17 ICT 5302: Advanced Internet Technologies . . . 67
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6.1.18 ICT 5303: Network Programming and

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1.19 ICT 5304: Digital Communications . . . . . . . . 68
6.1.20 ICT 5305: Mobile Communications . . . . . . . . 68
6.1.21 ICT 5306: Software and Database in
Telecommunication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.1.22 ICT 5307: Embedded Systems Design . . . . . . 69
6.1.23 ICT 5308: Network Systems Design . . . . . . . 69
6.1.24 ICT 5309: Optical Communication . . . . . . . . 69
6.2 Postgraduate Diploma in Business IT . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.1 BIT 5401: Computing in Business . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.2 BIT 5402: Data Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.3 BIT 5403: Strategy and Technology . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.4 BIT 5404: Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.5 BIT 5405: Business Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2.6 BIT 5406: Business Process Management . . . . 71
6.2.7 BIT 5407: Marketing Science . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2.8 BIT 5408: Management Science . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2.9 BIT 5409: Strategic Financial Management . . . 72
6.2.10 BIT 5410: AI for Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.11 BIT 5411: IoT in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.12 BIT 5412: Information Security . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.3 Master’s in Information and Communication Technology 74
6.3.1 ICT 6000: Thesis for M.Sc. Engg. (ICT) . . . . . 74
6.3.2 ICT 6511: Graph Theory and Application . . . . 74
6.3.3 ICT 6512: Parallel Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.4 ICT 6513: VLSI Layout Algorithms . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.5 ICT 6514: Bioinformatics Computing . . . . . . 75
6.3.6 ICT 6521: Advanced Database Systems . . . . . 75
6.3.7 ICT 6522: Data Warehousing and Mining . . . . 75
6.3.8 ICT 6531: Computational Linguistics . . . . . . . 75
6.3.9 ICT 6532: Statistical Machine Translation . . . . 76
6.3.10 ICT 6533: Speech Processing . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.3.11 ICT 6534: Speech Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.3.12 ICT 6535: Advanced Artificial Intelligence . . . 76
6.3.13 ICT 6536: Neuro-Fuzzy Systems . . . . . . . . . 77
6.3.14 ICT 6541: Applied Cryptography . . . . . . . . . 77
6.3.15 ICT 6543: Computer Graphics and Animation . 77
6.3.16 ICT 6544: Distributed Systems . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.3.17 ICT 6611: Advanced Digital Communication . . 78
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6.3.18 ICT 6612: Advanced Optical Communication . . 78

6.3.19 ICT 6613: Mobile and Wireless Communications 79
6.3.20 ICT 6615: Teletraffic Engineering . . . . . . . . . 79
6.3.21 ICT 6616: Radio Frequency Technology . . . . . 80
6.3.22 ICT 6621: Advanced Networking . . . . . . . . . 80
6.3.23 ICT 6632: Advanced VLSI Design . . . . . . . . 80
6.3.24 ICT 6633: Advanced VLSI Testing . . . . . . . . 80
6.3.25 ICT 6634:Reconfigurable Computing . . . . . . . 81
6.3.26 ICT 6641: Advanced Embedded System Design 81
6.3.27 ICT: 6642 Real Time Computing for Embedded
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.3.28 ICT: 6651 Advanced Digital Signal Processing . 81
6.3.29 ICT 6900: Special Topics Related to ICT . . . . . 82
6.4 Master’s in Information Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6.4.1 ICT 6101: Introduction to Information Security . 83
6.4.2 ICT 6102: Applied Cryptography . . . . . . . . . 83
6.4.3 ICT 6103: Network and System Security . . . . . 83
6.4.4 ICT 6104: Database and Storage Security . . . . 84
6.4.5 ICS 6105: Digital Forensics and Investigation . . 84
6.4.6 ICT 6106: Blockchain and Distributed Ledger
Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
6.4.7 ICT 6107: Telecommunications and IoT Security 84
6.4.8 ICT 6109: Ethical Hacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6.4.9 ICT 6110: Data Security and Public Policy . . . . 85
6.4.10 ICT 6111: Security and Privacy in Cloud
Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
6.4.11 ICT 6901: Special Topics Related to Information
Security: 3 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7 System and Support Wing 87

7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
7.2 Key Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
7.2.1 Internet Services, DNS, Public IP and Web . . . 87
7.2.2 Operation & Maintenance of Campus Network . 87
7.2.3 Data Center (DC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
7.2.4 Disaster Recover Site (DRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
7.2.5 Computing Facilities for the Students . . . . . . 88
7.2.6 Research Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
7.2.7 Hardware & Software Related Services . . . . . 89
7.2.8 Virtual Seminar Room Facility . . . . . . . . . . 89
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8 Consultancy Services 90
8.1 Types of Consultancy Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.1.1 OMR Based Result Processing System . . . . . . 90
8.1.2 Digital Question Paper Generation and Down-
load System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.1.3 Admission Processing System for Colleges, Tech-
nical Colleges, Madrasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.1.4 Development of Management Information System 91
8.1.5 Network and Data Center Design . . . . . . . . . 91
8.1.6 System Study for Software Specification . . . . . 91
8.1.7 Software Security Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.2 Testing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.3 Recent Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Preface
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) is the
oldest and leading university in the area of engineering and technology,
with more than fifty years of international reputation, and the Institute
of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) is one of the
most prestigious institutes of BUET. It was established by the Syndicate
of BUET in its 362nd meeting held in June 2001 by converting the
erstwhile Computer Centre. In the present world, the importance
of promoting and providing facilities for the development of skilled
manpower in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can
never be overstated. This branch of education plays a vital role in
modernizing and improving the quality of life of the people on earth.
For this purpose, IICT was founded to provide a platform for teaching,
learning, and research in ICT that will contribute to industrial and
infrastructural development, economic growth, and social prosperity.
One of its main aims and objectives includes offering courses leading
to diplomas and degrees in the field of ICT and initiating, organizing,
and performing studies and research on practical applications of ICT.
This booklet provides general information about this university, its
historical background, faculties and teaching departments, University
administration, etc. The main emphasis of this booklet is to provide
a detailed syllabus for the postgraduate courses this institute offers.
Additionally, the booklet also provides information about the research,
support services, and consultancy services of the institute. I genuinely
hope that this booklet will be of much use to the students and anybody
interested in the activities of IICT.
Dr.Hossen Asiful Mustafa

Professor & Director
Dhaka, Bangladesh Institute of ICT, BUET
March, 2024 Email: hossen_mustafa@iict.buet.ac.bd
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CHAPTER 1
G ENERAL I NFORMATION
1.1 The University

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), is the
oldest institution for the study of Engineering and Architecture in
Bangladesh. Today’s BUET originated as a Survey School at Nalgola in
1876 to train Surveyors for the then Government of Bengal of British
India. As the years passed, the Survey School became the Ahsanullah
School of Engineering, offering three-year diploma courses in Civil,
Electrical, and Technical Engineering. In 1948, the School was up-
graded to Ahsanullah Engineering College (at its present premise) as a
Faculty of Engineering under the University of Dhaka, offering four-
year bachelor’s degrees in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, and
Metallurgical Engineering. This action was taken with a view to meet
the increasing demand for engineers in the newly independent country
and to expand the facilities for quicker advancement of engineering
education, in general. To create facilities for postgraduate studies and
research, in particular, Ahsanullah Engineering College was upgraded
to the status of a University, giving a new name of East Pakistan Uni-
versity of Engineering and Technology in the year 1962. After the birth
of Bangladesh in 1971, it was renamed the Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology.
Until today, it has produced 30,000+ graduates in different branches of

engineering and has established a good reputation worldwide for the
quality of its graduates, many of whom have excelled in their profession
in different parts of the globe. The university attracted students from
countries like India, Nepal, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Palestine, etc.
BUET campus is located at the heart of the city of Dhaka. It has a

compact campus with residential halls within walking distance from
the academic buildings.
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1.2 Faculties, Departments, Institutes and

Degrees Offered
The University has eighteen departments under six faculties. Not all
of them are degree-offering. Undergraduate programs in the Faculties
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Science, Civil Engineering,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
extend over four years and lead to B.Sc. Engineering degrees. On the
other hand, in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, the degree
of Bachelor of Architecture is obtained in five years and the degree of
Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning in four years.
Postgraduate studies and research are now among the primary func-
tions of the University. Faculty of Postgraduate Studies has been intro-
duced to manage the postgraduate degree programs of the university.
Most of the departments under four faculties offer Master of Science
in Engineering (M.Sc. Engg.), Master of Engineering (M. Engg.), and
Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) degrees. Master in Architecture (M.
Arch.) and Master in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) degrees
are offered by the Faculty of Architecture and Planning. Almost all
departments under these faculties offer Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
programs. Besides the departments, eight institutes offer different
postgraduate degrees, including Ph.D.
In addition to its own research programs, the university undertakes re-
search programs sponsored by external organizations, viz., UN Organi-
zations, Common-wealth, Bangladesh University Grants Commission
(BUGC), European Union (EU), Ministry of Science, Information and
Communication Technology (GOB), etc. The expertise of the university
teachers and the laboratory facilities of the university are also utilized
to solve problems and to provide current engineering and technolog-
ical knowledge to various organizations in the country. A list of the
departments and institutes with the status of the degrees offered is
given in the following.
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Departments/Institutes Degree
Offering
Dept. of Architecture PG and UG
Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning PG and UG
Dept. of Dept. of Humanities -
Dept. of Civil Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Water Resources Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Naval Architecture & Marine PG and UG
Engineering
Dept. of Industrial & Production Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Chemical Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Nanomaterials & Ceramic Engineering PG and UG
Dept. of Petroleum & Mineral Resources PG and UG
Engineering
Dept. of Chemistry PG
Dept. of Mathematics PG
Dept. of Physics PG
Institute of Appropriate Technology PG
Institute of Water and Flood Management PG
Institute of Information and Communication PG
Technology
Accident Research Institute PG
BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and PG
Urban Safety
Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering PG
Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development PG
Institute of Robotics and Automation PG
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1.3 Centers, Directorates, Cells, Etc.

1.3.1 Centers
1. Center for Environmental & Resource Management (CERM)
2. Center for Regional Development Studies (CRDS)
3. Research and Innovation Center for Science and Engineering
(RISE)
1.3.2 Directorates
1. Directorate of Advisory, Extension & Research Services (DAERS)
2. Directorate of Planning and Development (DPD)
3. Directorate of Students’ Welfare (DSW)
4. Directorate of Continuing Education (DCE)
1.3.3 Bureau
1. Bureau of Research, Testing & Consultation (BRTC)
1.3.4 Cell
1. Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
2. Information and Communication Technology Cell (ICT Cell)
1.3.5 Linkage Projects

1. University of Alberta-BUET Institutional Linkage Project
2. BUET-DUT Linkage Project
3. BUET-University of Exter (UK) Link Program
4. BUET-University of Loughborough (UK) Link Program
5. BUET-University of Leuven Link Program
6. BUET-University of Birmingham Link Program
7. Bangladesh International Training Network Center for Water
Supply & Waste Management-ITN
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1.4 The Central Library

The four-storied library building which has a floor space of 20,000
sft stands close to the academic buildings. It is a compact library that
has built-in facilities to provide various services to students, teachers,
and researchers and to perform administrative and technical jobs. The
university library is primarily a reference and research library for use
by teachers, staff, students, and visiting scholars.
1.4.1 Facilities
The Library provides the following educational and research facilities
to the students and teachers of this university:
1. Reading Facility: The reading room can accommodate 200 stu-
dents at a time to provide reading facilities of rare and out-of-print
books, ready reference, and prescribed textbooks.
2. Reference, Periodicals, and Research Facility: The facilities avail-
able here include inter alias document delivery, current awareness
service, preparation of directories, indexes, and abstracts, and bib-
liographies of various types, user orientation, literature searches,
guide and preparation of report for researchers and advice and
problem-solving of individual inquires.
3. Reprographic Facility: The library provides reproduction facili-
ties for articles, part of rare and out-of-print textbooks, and other
published materials at nominal fees to meet the research and
educational needs of both the students & teachers.
4. Rental Facility: The Rental library provides textbooks of foreign
origin to the students for one academic session on a rental basis
through payment of nominal fees at the rate of 10% of the total
cost of the original price of the book. This helps the students gain
access to the textbooks of all types.
5. Lending Facility: Borrowing facilities are extended to all members
of the university, including students of both graduate and post-
graduate levels. Inter-library loan facilities are also available.
6. Browsing Facility: Both undergraduate and postgraduate stu-
dents are eligible to use the internet for two hours at a time on
the production of their valid ID cards along with the user name
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and password obtainable from IICT. There are 42 PCs available

for this purpose.
1.4.2 Library hours

1. General library: Saturday-Wednesday (9:00am to 5:00pm)
2. Reading Room: Saturday-Wednesday (9:00am to 10:00pm) and
Thursday (9:00am to 9:00pm)
3. Browsing Room: Saturday - Thursday (9:00am to 9:00pm)
1.5 University Administration

1.5.1 The Chancellor of the University
Mohammed Shahabuddin
Honorable President, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
1.5.2 The Vice Chancellor

Prof. Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder
1.5.3 The Pro-Vice Chancellor

Prof. Dr. Abdul Jabbar Khan
1.5.4 The University Syndicate

Chairman:
Prof. Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder, Vice-Chancellor, BUET
Members:
1. Prof. Dr. Abdul Jabbar Khan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, BUET
2. Director General, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education,
Govt. of Bangladesh
3. Director General, Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of
Bangladesh
4. Dean, Faculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, BUET
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5. Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUET

6. Mr. Md. Atiqul Islam, Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation
7. Prof. Dr. A.A.M.S. Arefin Siddique, Former Professor, Depart-
ment of Mass Communication and Journalism & Former Vice-
Chancellor, University of Dhaka
8. Prof. Dr. Md. Sadiqul Baree, Former Professor, Department of
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, BUET
9. Engr. Md. Waji Ullah, Executive Director, Centre for Environ-
mental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
10. Mr. Md. Abdullah Al Hasan Chowdhury, Executive Director
(Additional Secretary), BIAM Foundation, Ministry of Public
Administration
11. Major General Moin Uddin (Retired), Former Chairman,
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board
1.5.5 Deans of Faculties
Dean of Faculty of Prof. Dr. Abu Rayhan Md. Ali

Postgraduate Studies
Dean of Faculty of Chemical Prof. Dr. Mohammad Tamim
and Materials Engineering
Dean of Faculty of Civil Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman
Engineering
Dean of Faculty of Electrical Prof. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam
and Electronic Engineering
Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Prof. Dr. Md. Ehsan
Engineering
Dean of Faculty of Science Prof. Dr. Jiban Poddar
Dean of Faculty of Architecture Prof. Dr. Ishrat Islam
and Planning
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1.5.6 Head of the Departments
Department of Chemical Prof. Dr. Md. Shahinoor Islam

Engineering
Department of Materials and Prof. Dr. A. K. M. Bazlur
Metallurgical Engineering Rashid
Department of Nanomaterials Prof. Dr. A. S. M. A. Haseeb
and Ceramic Engineering
Department of Chemistry Prof. Dr. Al-Nakib Chowdhury
Department of Mathematics Prof. Dr. Nazma Parveen
Department of Physics Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdul
Basith
Department of Petroleum and Dr. Mohammed Mahbubur
Mineral Resources Engineering Rahman
Department of Civil Prof. Dr. Md. Zakaria Ahmed
Engineering
Department of Water Resources Prof. Dr. Nasreen Jahan
Engineering
Department of Mechanical Prof. Dr. Md. Afsar Ali
Engineering
Department of Naval Prof. Dr. Md. Mashiur
Architecture and Marine Rahaman
Engineering
Department of Industrial and Prof. Dr. Syed Mithun Ali
Production Engineering
Department of Electrical and Prof. Dr. Md. Aynal Haque
Electronic Engineering
Department of Computer Prof. Dr. Mahmuda Naznin
Science and Engineering
Department of Biomedical Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tarik
Engineering Arafat
Department of Architecture Prof. Dr. Mohammed Zakiul
Islam
Department of Humanities Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman
Department of Urban and Prof. Dr. Afsana Haque
Regional Planning
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1.5.7 Directors of Institutes
Institute of Water and Flood Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam

Management
Institute of Appropriate Prof. Dr. A K M Monjur
Technology Morshed
Institute of Information & Prof. Dr.Hossen Asiful Mustafa
Communication Technology
Accident Research Institute Prof. Dr. Md. Shamsul Hoque
BUET-Japan Institute of Prof. Dr. A.F.M. Saiful Amin
Disaster Prevention and Urban
Safety (BUET-JIDPUS)
Institute of Nuclear Power Prof. Dr. Mohammad Jahangir
Engineering (INPE) Alam
Institute of Energy and Prof. Dr. Farseem Mannan
Sustainable Development Mohammedy
Institute of Robotics and Prof. Dr. Shaikh Anowarul
Automation Fattah
1.5.8 Directors of Directorate/Centers/Cell
Directorate of Advisory, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Arif

Extension & Research Services Hasan Mamun
(DAERS)
Directorate of Students’ Prof. Dr. Md. Mizanur
Welfare (DSW) Rahman
Directorate of Planning & Prof. Dr. Khan Mahmud
Development (DPD) Amanat
Directorate of Continuing Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nasim
Education (DCE) Hasan
Bureau of Research, Testing & Prof. Dr. Sarwar Jahan Md.
Consultation (BRTC) Yasin
Centre for Environmental and Prof. Dr. Md. Mafizur Rahman
Resource Management
(CERM)
Center for Regional Dr. Ishrat Islam
Development Studies (CRDS)
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International Training Network Prof. Dr. Tanvir Ahmed

Center for Water Supply and
Waste Management (ITN)
Research and Innovation Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Centre for Science and Anisuzzaman Talukder
Engineering
Institutional Quality Assurance Prof. Dr. Kazi Bayzid Kabir
Cell (IQAC)
Information and Prof. Dr. Rifat Shahriyar
Cell (ICT Cell)
1.5.9 Administrative Offices
Registrar Prof. Dr. Md. Forkan Uddin

Controller of Examinations Prof. Dr. Mohammed Imamul
Hassan Bhuiyan
Comptroller Prof. Dr. Pran Kanai Saha
Librarian Prof. Dr. A.B.M. Alim Al Islam
Chief Engineer Engr. Dr. A.K.M. Jahangir
Alam
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Abu Hena Abid Zafr
1.5.10 Provosts of Residential Halls
Ahsan Ullah Hall Professor Dr. Md. Rafi Uddin

Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall Prof. Dr. Md. Abdul Alim
Titumir Hall Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abu
Sayem Karal
Sher-e-Bangla Hall Prof. Dr. Md. Shakhawat
Hossain Firoz
Suhrawardy Hall Prof. Dr. Mohammad Al Amin
Siddique
Shahid Smriti Hall Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rouf
Dr. M.A. Rashid Hall Prof. Dr. Syed Mithun Ali
Sabequn Nahar Sony Hall Prof. Dr. Fahmida Gulshan
Bangamata SF Mujib Hall Prof. Dr. Rowshan Mamtaz
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1.5.11 University Address

Mailing Address: Registrar Bangladesh University of Engineering &
Technology (BUET)
Telephone Numbers:
PABX: +8802-55666000-02
FAX No: +8802-8613046
Website: https://www.buet.ac.bd
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CHAPTER 2
I NSTITUTE OF I NFORMATION AND

C OMMUNICATION T ECHNOLOGY
(IICT)
The Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT)

is one of the institutes of Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology (BUET). The Syndicate of BUET had taken the decision on
28th June 2001 to start the institute and the formal inaugural ceremony
of the institute was held on 2nd September 2001. The syndicate had
taken the decision following a decision of the government in order to
produce more professionals in the IT sector. The erstwhile Computer
Center of BUET has been taken as the backbone of the institute, and
the previous center has been modified accordingly to form the institute.
The main objectives of the institute include offering postgraduate pro-
grams in addition to the services that were provided by the erstwhile
Computer Center.
The institute is located on the sixth and seventh floor of the ECE Build-
ing, West Palashi Campus, BUET. Located within the serene environ-
ment of BUET, IICT is an ideal place for technology-based education. It
is easily accessible by major roads from all parts of the city. Its proxim-
ity to residential areas, markets, universities, industries, and research
centers makes it an excellent spot for its members to avail all their
necessities.
2.1 Vision
The vision of the Institute of Information and Communication Technology is
to provide a platform for teaching, learning, and research in information
and communication engineering and related engineering fields that
will contribute to industrial and infrastructural development, economic
growth, and prosperity.
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2.2 Mission
The missions of the Institute of Information and Communication Technology
are as follows.
1. To provide students with a high-quality education in information
and communication engineering and related engineering fields
while preparing them to use their education to solve problems in
the real world.
2. To actively pursue research at postgraduate level in information
and communication engineering and related engineering fields;
3. To perform impactful advanced research, develop ICT facilities,
nurture innovative ideas, and incubate promising initiatives;
4. To produce manpower and expertise in ICT by carrying out train-
ing in diverse areas for those interested to step-in ICT profession
as well as those already engaged in the profession
5. To provide ICT consulting and advisory services to public and
private organizations.
2.3 Board of Governors

The overall responsibility for administration and management is en-
trusted to the Board of Governors. The Vice-Chancellor is the chairman
of the Board of Governors. The Director and Associate Directors of the
institute conduct the overall administration and management with the
permission of the Vice-Chancellor.
2.3.1 Rules to Form Board of Governors (BOG)

BOG will consist of the following members:
1. The Vice-Chancellor, Chairman.
2. The Dean, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
3. One Dean from among the remaining faculties nominated by the
Syndicate.
4. One reputed personality nominated by the Syndicate.
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5. One external member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from

the ICT sector.
6. One external member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from

other sectors.
7. The Director of Administration and Research Services.
8. One Professor of the Institute nominated by the Vice-Chancellor.
9. The Director of the Institute, who shall also act as Member-Secretary

to the BOG.
2.3.2 Current Board of Governors

1. Prof. Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder, Chairman
Vice-Chancellor, BUET.
2. Prof. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam, Member

Dean, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BUET.
3. Prof. Dr. Ishrat Islam, Member

Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, BUET.
4. Prof. Dr. Dipak Kanti Das, Member

Professor, Dept. of ME, MIST.
5. Prof. Dr. Subrata Kumar Aditya, Member

Dept. of EEE, University of Dhaka
6. Engr. Mohammad Enamul Kabir, Member

Director (Training & Development), Bangladesh Computer
Council
7. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Arif Hasan Mamun, Member

Director, Directorate of Advisory, Extension and Research Ser-
vices
8. Prof. Dr. S. M. Lutful Kabir, Member

Professor, IICT, BUET.
9. Prof. Dr.Hossen Asiful Mustafa, Member-Secretary

Director, IICT, BUET
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2.4 Previous Directors
Name Period
Prof. Dr. Abdul Matin Patwary 24/08/1977 – 16/09/1980
Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury 17/09/1980 – 15/06/1982
Prof. Dr. Abdul Matin Patwary 15/06/1982 – 26/04/1983
Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury 27/04/1983 – 28/01/1992
Prof. Md. Mojibur Rahman 28/01/1992 – 14/03/1995
Prof. Dr. Md. Alee Murtuza 15/03/1995 – 15/03/1997
Prof. Dr. A.B.M. Siddique Hossain 16/03/1997 – 17/02/2001
Prof. Dr. S.M. Lutful Kabir 18/02/2001 – 03/09/2012
Prof. Dr. Md. Saiful Islam 04/09/2012 – 20/09/2014
Prof. Dr. Md. Liakot Ali 21/09/2014 – 21/09/2016
Prof. Dr. Md. Saiful Islam 21/09/2016 – 27/11/2020
Prof. Dr. Md. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal 27/11/2020 – 31/01/2024
* 24/08/1977 – 27/06/2001: Computer Center
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2.5 Organizational Structure

The Institute performs the activities under two wings:
1. Academic Wing, and
2. System and Support Wing.
2.5.1 Activities of the Academic Wing

• To offer courses leading to postgraduate degrees in the field of
ICT.
• To initiate, organize, and perform studies and research on practi-
cal applications of ICT.
• To promote and provide facilities for the development of skilled
manpower in ICT
• To provide short courses and training to interested persons in the
field of ICT
• To provide refresher courses and training in emerging branches
of ICT
• To hold conferences, seminars, workshops, and other events re-
lated to the development of ICT in the country
• To develop linkage and exchange programs with local and over-
seas organizations and
• To publish books, journals, monographs, etc.
2.5.2 Activities of the System and Support Wing

• To promote the use of ICT in the university and the country
• To promote multidisciplinary development of computer applica-
tions
• To provide training to students, teachers, officers, and employees
of the university in relevant fields of ICT
• To produce software for indigenous use as well as export
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• To plan, install, maintain, and develop computer networks within

the university and also links to other institutions in the country
as well as the Internet
• To provide computing, infrastructural, and advisory services to
students, officers, and teachers of the university and
• To provide advice and physical assistance to different depart-
ments, institutes, and officers of the university in matters related
to the purchase, operation, maintenance, and development of
computer hardware and software.
2.5.3 List of Faculty Members

1. Dr. S. M. Lutful Kabir, Professor
B.Sc. Engg. (EEE), BUET
M.Sc. Engg. (EEE), BUET
Ph.D., The University of Manchester, U.K.
Research Interest: Computer Applications, Microprocessor and Microcon-
troller
2. Dr. Md. Saiful Islam, Professor
B. Sc. Engg.(EEE), BUET
M. Sc. Engg.(CSE), Shanghai University, China
Ph.D., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Research Interest: Optical communication, Information security, and Wire-
less communication
3. Dr. Md. Liakot Ali, Professor
B.Sc. Engg.(EEE), BUET
M.Sc. Engg. (EES), Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia
Ph.D., Universiti Putra Malaysia
Research Interest: VLSI Design and Testing, Microcontroller and Micro-
processor.
4. Dr. Md. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal, Professor
B.Sc. Engg.(EEE), BUET M.Sc. Engg. (EEE), BUET
Ph.D., Monash University, Australia
Research Interest: Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Wireless Communi-
cation, Optical Wireless, Image Processing
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5. Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa, Professor

B.Sc. Engg.(CSE), BUET
M.Engg, University of South Carolina, USA
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, USA
Research Interest: Wireless Networks, Network Security, Mobile Comput-
ing, Distributed Systems
6. Dr. Md. Jarez Miah, Assistant Professor
M.Sc. in Communications Technology, Ulm University, Germany
Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
Research Interest: Optical communication systems, Semiconductor lasers,
Semiconductor nano-structures, Artificial Intelligence
7. Mohammad Muntasir Hassan, Assistant Professor [On leave]
M.Sc. Engg. (EEE),BUET
Research Interest: Photonics, Optical Communication, Laser and non-
linear optics, Biosensing, Metamaterials & Plasmonics
8. Samin Rahman Khan, Lecturer
B.Sc. Engg. (CSE), BUET
Research Interest: Machine Learning, Bioinformatics
2.5.4 List of Non-Academic Members

1. Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa, Director
B.Sc. Engg.(CSE), BUET
M.Engg, University of South Carolina, USA
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, USA
Research Interest: Network Security, Wireless Comm., Data Science.
2. Dr. Md. Zahurul Islam, Associate Director (System & Support)
M.Sc. Engg. (EEE), BUET
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
Field of Interest: Nanophotonics and Plasmonics, Integrated Optics, Op-
tical Sensors and Biosensors, Microfluidics, Photovoltaics, Electrical Safety
3. Sazzad Wahid, Senior System Administrator
B.Sc. Engg. (CSE), BUET
Field of Interest: System & Cyber-Security, IT audit, Network analysis
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4. Mohammad Delwar Hossain, Senior Programmer

M.Sc (Mathematics), Dhaka University
PG.Dip. (ICT), M.Engg(ICT), BUET
Field of Interest: Image Analysis, Database, Networking
5. Joydeb Kumar Sana, Senior System Analyst
B.Sc. Engg (CSE), RUET
M.Sc Engg. (CSE), BUET
Field of Interest: Applied Machine Learning, Big Data, Financial Informat-
ics, Health Informatics, Data Privacy
6. Alamgir Hossain Howlader, Senior Assistant Registrar
M.Com (Accounting), PGDM, MBA
Field of Interest: Finance and Accounts, Management
7. Mir Abu Toraf, Programmer
B.Sc in (CSE)
Field of Interest: Programming Java, C#, C, C++, Database
8. Nasir Ahmed Bhuiyan, Maintenance Engineer
B.Sc. in (CSE); Professional Master of Science in Computer Science
(PMSCS), JU
Field of Interest: Information Security, Network Administration, Data
Center, Java, C, C#, Python, Database
9. Md. Mahbub Kabir, Assistant Programmer
B.Sc. in (CSE), M.Sc (IT)
Field of Interest: System Administration, Network Administration
10. Mohammad Babul Miah, Senior Internet Service Officer
11. Pabitra Samadder, Internet Service Officer
12. Md. Habibur Rahman, Internet Service Officer
13. Md. Masum Rana, Program Co-ordination Officer
14. Md. Mukhtaruzzaman, Senior Technical Officer
15. Khandakar Al Mamun, Senior Technical Officer
16. Mohamed Shofi Ullah Miazi, Senior Technical Officer
17. Md. Khorshed Alam, Technical Officer
18. Md. Yeer Sharif, Assistant Internet Service Officer
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19. Mohammad Abu Hanif, Library Assistant-cum-Documentation

20. Md. Eshaque Ali, OMR and Print Operator
21. Md. Mahbub Rahman Rana, Driver
22. Dayamoy Singh, Sr. A/C-cum-Generator Technician
23. Md. Ariful Islam Sarker, Senior Lab Attendant
24. Md. Nur Amin, Senior Lab Attendant
25. Md. Zahidul Islam, Lab Attendant
26. Md. Khorshed Alam, Office Attendant
27. Md. Abdul Aziz, Office Attendant
2.6 Research and Academic Committee

There shall be a Research and Academic Committee (RAC) consisting
of the following members:
• Director of the institute;
• All Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and
Lecturers of the Institute;
• Any other teacher from the institute or from outside who offers a
course in a term will be a member for that term;
• All Associate Directors of the institute;
• One nominee of the Board of Post-Graduate Studies (BPGS) of the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering from among
its members not below the rank of Associate Professor;
• One nominee of the BPGS of the Department of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering from among its members not below the
rank of Associate Professor;
• One member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor; and
• One nominee of the Committee for Advanced Studies and Re-
search (CASR) from amongst its members.
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The Director of the Institute shall be the chairman of the RAC. One
of the members, as decided by the committee, shall act as Member
Secretary.
The term of office of the nominated members shall be two years, but
they shall continue in office till their successors are nominated. The
function of the RAC shall be as follows:
• To develop the syllabuses and courses for the post-graduate stud-
ies;
• To deal with matters related to admission of students;
• To suggest a panel of names of paper setters and examiners in
the subject or subjects concerned;
• To identify target groups for training, assess training needs, and
develop training strategies;
• To prepare an annual program on short courses, training, and
workshops;
• To identify the areas of research on the basis of national need and
formulate research plans;
• To review the research proposals submitted by teachers and tech-
nical personnel or select experts for reviewing the proposal, if
necessary;
• To recommend the research proposals to the Board Of Governors
(BOG) for its approval;
• To monitor the progress of ongoing research projects;
• To recommend to the BOG for the appointment of exceptionally
reputed technical personnel with vast experience as Visiting Fel-
low in the institute if it feels that the appointment would help the
Research and Human Development activities of the institute, on
such terms and conditions as the BOG may decide;
• To do other things as assigned or referred to by the Vice-Chancellor,
the BOG, or the Syndicate.
The RAC shall ordinarily meet at least four times a year and report the
proceedings to the BOG. The time and place of the meeting shall be
fixed by the Director of the institute. The quorum for the meetings of
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the RAC shall be one-third of the members, fractions being counted as

one.
At least seven clear days’ notice shall be given for all ordinary meet-
ings of the RAC, and the agenda papers shall be circulated at least
twenty-four hours before the meeting. Extraordinary meetings of the
committee may be convened with at least one day’s notice only when
the nature of the business to be brought before the committee, in the
opinion of the chairman, necessitates immediate action. Every member
of the committee resident in Dhaka shall receive a notice of the extraor-
dinary meeting, and no business that is not of immediate urgency shall
be transacted at the meeting. The minutes of the meetings shall be cir-
culated among the members within seven days of the meeting and shall
be placed before the following ordinary meeting for confirmation. The
Research and Academic Committee (RAC) is responsible for preparing
the syllabus and monitoring the progress of different research projects.
2.7 IICT Resources and Establishments

The institute extends its services through a good number of computers
and peripherals. The institute has a spacious lounge, office, conference
room, two seminar rooms, three classrooms, two computer labs, one
browsing lab, and one library.
• Conference Room: There is a spacious conference room with a
multimedia projector with audio-visual capabilities. The room
has a capacity of 30+ people.
• Seminar Rooms: The institute has two seminar rooms: one
gallery seminar room with 65+ person capacity and another
seminar room with a 40-person capacity. Both the seminar rooms
have multimedia projectors and built-in sound systems. The sem-
inar rooms are used by different entities of BUET for different
programs.
• Computer Labs: The institute has two computer labs with 30
computer workstations in each lab. These are used for different
computing purposes, e.g., undergraduate sessionals, program-
ming labs, IT training, etc.
• Smart Classroom: The institute has a smart classroom equipped
with an interactive smart board. The smart board has features like
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Whiteboard, Multi-writing, Annotation, File saving & transfer,

Image Edit, Document viewer, PowerPoint presentation, Web
browsing, Screen sharing, Video conferencing, etc.
• Classrooms: The institute has three modern classrooms, each hav-
ing a multimedia projector with audio-visual capabilities. These
classrooms are used by the postgraduate students of IICT and
also by different departments for their undergraduate programs.
• Programming Lab: IICT has established a programming lab with
30 computers for practical classes of programming courses.
• Library: IICT also has a library for teachers and students. The
library not only contains modern books on information and com-
munication but also maintains a collection of basic conception
books, which are very rare these days. Along with different ver-
satile books, this Library also contains updated journals and re-
search papers on IT-related topics. The library of the institute has
a good collection of books and manuals, around 3000 in number,
as well as a number of computer-related journals.
The normal office hours of the institute are from 9 am to 5 pm through-
out the week except Thursday and Friday. However, the institute does
operate 24 hours a day and on weekends to meet emergency require-
ments.
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CHAPTER 3
A CADEMIC AND R ESEARCH A CTIVITIES
The academic goal of IICT is to enrich the students by providing knowl-

edge of modern technology in both course format and thesis-based
research format. The courses offered in IICT are updated periodically
with the changes in science and technologies. The research work is
performed with the involvement of teachers who are the best fit for
their respective fields of study.
3.1 Degrees Offered by IICT

Since its establishment in September 2001, IICT has been running its
programs with great success and dedication. In the beginning, there
was only a Post Graduate Diploma (PG. Dip.) program in Information
and Communication Technology (ICT). However, its immediate suc-
cess encouraged the authority to launch the Master’s Program in ICT.
Recently, three postgraduate have been introduced, including a Ph.D.
The list of programs is as follows:
1. Post Graduate Diploma (PG. Dip.) in Information and Commu-

nication Technology (ICT)
No. of seats: 60 (sixty)
2. Post Graduate Diploma (PG. Dip.) in Business IT (BIT)

No. of seats: 30 (thirty)
3. M.Sc. Engg./M. Engg. in Information and Communication Tech-

nology (ICT)
4. M.Sc. Engg./M. Engg. in Information Security (IS)

5. Ph.D.
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3.2 Admission Requirements

3.2.1 Ph.D
For admission to the Ph.D. in ICT program, a candidate
• must have a minimum GPA of 3.50 out of 5.00 or a first division
or equivalent in S.S.C. and H.S.C. or in equivalent examinations.
• must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineer-
ing or Computer Engineering or Computer Science or Information
Technology or Information and Communication Technology or
Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent degree hav-
ing at least 50% marks or minimum GPA of 2.5 out of 4.0 or its
equivalent from any recognized university.
• must have an M.Sc. Engg. / M.Engg./ M.Sc. degree in Computer
Science and Engineering or Computer Engineering or Computer
Science or Information Technology or Information and Commu-
nication Technology or Electrical and Electronic Engineering or
equivalent degree having at least a minimum GPA of 2.75 out of
4.0 or its equivalent from any recognized university.
3.2.2 M.Sc. Engg. / M. Engg.

For admission to the courses leading to a Master’s degree (M.Sc. Engg.
/ M. Engg.) in ICT, an applicant
• must have a minimum GPA of 3.50 out of 5.00 or a first division or
equivalent in S. S. C and H. S. C or in equivalent examinations and
must not have a GPA less than 2.00 out of 5.00 or a third division
or equivalent in any of the aforementioned examinations.
• must have either
– a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering
or Electrical and Electronic Engineering or Computer En-
gineering or Computer Science or Information Technology
having a minimum GPA of 2.5 out of 4.0 or its equivalent
from any recognized university, OR
– a PG. Dip. (ICT) / PG. Dip. (IT) having a minimum GPA
of 2.65 out of 4.0 or its equivalent from any recognized uni-
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versity, plus a B.Sc. Engineering degree or Master’s degree /

four-year Bachelor’s degree in Physics or Mathematics.
For admission to the courses leading to a Master’s degree (M.Sc. Engg.
/ M. Engg.) in InfoSec, an applicant
• must have a minimum GPA of 3.50 out of 5.00 or a first division or
equivalent in S. S. C and H. S. C or in equivalent examinations and
must not have a GPA less than 2.00 out of 5.00 or a third division
or equivalent in any of the aforementioned examinations.
• must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineer-
ing or Computer Engineering or Computer Science or Information
Technology or Information and Communication Technology or
Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent engineering
degree having at least 50% marks or a minimum GPA of 2.5 out
of 4.0 or its equivalent from any recognized university.
3.2.3 Post Graduate Diploma

For admission to the courses leading to a PG. Diploma (ICT) an appli-
cant
or equivalent in any one of S.S.C and H.S.C or in equivalent
examinations and must not have a GPA less than 2.00 out of 5.00
or a third division or equivalent in any of the aforementioned
examinations.
• must have at least 50% marks or a minimum GPA of 2.50 out of
4.0 or its equivalent in B. Sc. Engg. / B. Sc. Ag / B. Sc. Econ. or B.
Sc. / BSS degree / M. A or M. Sc. or MSS degree / BURP degree
in the relevant branch.
• For admission to the courses leading to the PG. Dip (ICT) an
applicant must have either B.Sc. Engineering degree OR Mas-
ter’s degree / Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,
Information Technology, Physics, or Mathematics.
For admission to the courses leading to a PG. Diploma (Business IT)
an applicant
• must have a four-year B.Sc. Engg./ B.Sc. In Mathematics, Physics,
Statistics, or equivalent/ BBA, or equivalent degree from any
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recognized university.
or equivalent in S.S.C and H.S.C or in equivalent examinations.
• must have at least 50% marks or a minimum GPA of 2.50 out of
4.0 or its equivalent in a four-year Bachelor’s degree.
3.2.4 Credit Transfer

A student, on the recommendation of the relevant RAC and as approved
by the CASR, may be transferred to the Masters Programme and may
be allowed to transfer a maximum of 12 credits of courses provided
• he/she has completed the academic requirement for the PG.
Diploma (ICT) from this university, but results not published.
• the courses are common to both P. G. Diploma and Master’s
Program and
• he/she has earned a minimum GPA of 3.00 out of 4.0 in individual
courses.
3.3 Admission Procedure

Applications for admission to the above courses shall be invited through
regular means of advertisement. Application is generally submitted
online as described in the following.
3.3.1 Application Procedure

BUET now uses an online application procedure as described below:
Step 1: Submission of Online Application
The facility for the submission of online Applications is available through
the website of BUET (http://www.buet.ac.bd) during the application
period.
1. An applicant must fill in electronically the information related to
admission (Desired Program, Status of Studentship, etc.), his/her
personal information (Name, Father’s Name, Mother’s Name,
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Date of Birth, Addresses, Gender, Nationality, etc.), his/her aca-

demic information, his/her experience (if any), names and ad-
dresses of two referees.
2. To upload a digital photograph, locate the image file by clicking
the Browse button. The photograph to be submitted online should
be in any of the .JPG, .JPEG, .GIF, .PNG, or .BMP formats, although
.JPG format is preferred. Most digital cameras and scanners on
the market today utilize this format. If there is any doubt, the
applicant can submit the photo to check if it meets the necessary
criteria.
3. After filling in all necessary data in the online Application Form
on the website, the applicant must electronically submit the Form.
The submission of the Online Application should be followed by
Steps 2 - 5 as stated below.
4. The applicant must also submit the printed copy of the submitted
Application Form within the due date. Failure to do this will
result in the cancellation of the online application.
Step 2: Printing the Application Form and Stapling Photographs
1. After electronically submitting the Online Application Form on
the website, the applicant must download this form (in PDF) and
take a printout of the same. The information pertaining to the Pho-
tograph, Name in Bangla (Item No. 4 in the Application Form),
and Signature will have to be provided by the applicant on the
printed Application Form. Two attested copies of recent passport-
size color photographs should be stapled at the appropriate place
provided in the Form. The name of the applicant must be written
on the reverse side of each photograph. Be informed that the
hardcopy (automatically generated in PDF format) will not print
the photograph.
2. Please note that the Serial No. of the Application Form will be
generated automatically and almost immediately if the online
application has been successfully sent. Please take note of this
Serial No. of Application Form for future use.
3. If an applicant has completed and submitted the online Appli-
cation Form but has not downloaded the PDF file for printing,
he/she can download the PDF file later by entering the Serial
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No. of the Application Form and the Date of Birth through the
website of BUET.
Step 3: Attaching All Supporting Documents
1. Documents submitted in support of your application are non-
returnable. Please submit only attested and clearly legible photo-
copies of documents. Original documents should not be submit-
ted. The University will not be responsible for the loss or damage
of original documents if submitted.
2. The printed copy of the completed Application Form, together
with the following supporting documents, must be submitted to
the Registrar’s Office to complete the application procedure.
a. Attested copies of certificates of all public examinations.
b. Attested copies of transcripts/ grade-sheets/ mark-sheets of
degrees obtained.
c. Attested copies of testimonial/ character certificate from the
institution last attended.
d. Letter of Consent, in the prescribed form, from the employer
for applicants in part-time or full-time employment.
Step 4: Payment of Application Fee
The non-refundable application fee (as advertised) must be paid as
the application fee at the time of the submission of the complete appli-
cation to the Registrar’s Office, BUET. fee payment must be made by
online methods described on the postgraduate admission prospectus
on the BUET website. Please DO NOT send cash payment by post.
The University will not be responsible for any loss of cash payment
submitted by post.
Step 5: Submission of the Complete Application
A complete application includes the printed copy of the completed
online Application Form as described in Step 2, attached with all nec-
essary supporting documents as described in Step 3. The complete
application must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office, BUET, by the
application deadline during office hours (9:00 am to 5:00 pm except
on Thursdays, Fridays, and any other holidays). Failure to submit the
same will result in the cancellation of the online submission.
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Please note that the Application submitted by mail will NOT be ac-
cepted.
The Registrar’s Office will provide a “Receipt of Application Form
(Applicant’s part)” as soon as the complete application is submitted.
Please note that
• Failure to submit the complete application directly to the Regis-
trar’s Office will result in the cancellation of your online submis-
sion without further notification.
• Application submitted by mail will NOT be accepted.
• Incomplete Application will result in cancellation of the same.
• Wrong or false information provided in the application form will
lead to the cancellation of the application
• For any help regarding the online application, please contact the
Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT),
6th Floor, ECE Building (West Palashi), BUET.
3.3.2 Selection procedure

• The applications will be scrutinized by the Institute, and a list
of eligible candidates will be displayed in the Institute Notice
Board and website. The candidates will have to appear in tests
conducted by the Selection Committee of the institute
• The MCQ-type and written test will be held on the date published
by the Institute
• On the basis of the result of the written test, a list of preliminar-
ily selected candidates will be published. A viva of successful
candidates in the written test may be held.
• Original documents of all provisionally selected will be verified.
• All provisionally selected candidates must get approval from the
Degree Equivalence Committee.
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3.3.3 Admission Test

Post Graduate Diploma
Written test for the PG. Dip. program is generally MCQ-type, and there
will be a total of 50 questions. Subject areas are:
• IQ
• English
• Computer Fundamentals
There will be 25% negative mark for the wrong answers.
Master’s Degree
An MCQ-type test followed by a descriptive-type written test will be
conducted for the Master’s admission. The topics that will be covered
are as follows:
• Programming Languages
• Computer Networks
• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Database Management System
• Computer Architecture and microprocessors
• Operating systems
• Communication Theory
• Digital Logic Design
• Electrical Circuits
• Electronic Device
For the descriptive written test, the applicant needs to answer any six
sections. The selected candidates from the written test may have to
appear for a viva. Details of the admission test may also be found at
the website: iict.buet.ac.bd.
Ph.D
An applicant will have to submit a Statement of Purpose (SOP) and
appear for a viva voce. Applicants are encouraged to communicate
with prospective supervisors before the viva.
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3.3.4 Fees and Others

The selected candidates have to pay the following amount as described
below:
PG. Diploma
Particulars Amount (Taka)
Admission Fee 500/-
Registration Fee 500/-
Course Fee per Credit 500/-
Thesis/Project Fee per Credit 500/-
Caution Money 5000/-
Late Fee (if applicable) 1000/-
Ph.D/Master’s Degree
Particulars Amount (Taka)
Admission Fee 500/-
Registration Fee 500/-
Course Fee per Credit 100/-
Thesis/Project Fee per Credit 100/-
Caution Money -
Late Fee (if applicable) 1000/-
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3.3.5 Tentative Academic Calender

There are two semesters in every academic year. The tentative calendar
of the terms is as follows:
1st semester - From April to September
2nd semester - From October to March
3.3.6 Allowable duration of the programs

A student must complete the from the date of the first admission in the
respective program as per the following timeline.
1. PG Diploma: within 4 academic years
2. Master’s: within 5 academic years
3. Ph.D.: within 6 academic years
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3.4 Profiles of Faculty Members

3.4.1 Dr. S. M. Lutful Kabir
Professor
Email: lutfulkabir@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://iict.buet.ac.bd/?page_id=137
Research Interest
Computer Applications, Microprocessor and Microcontroller
Education
• Ph.D., The University of Manchester, U.K.
• M.Sc. Engg. (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
(BUET), Bangladesh
• B.Sc. Engg. (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
(BUET) , Bangladesh
Selected Publications
• Chowdhury, Md Faizul Islam, Kabir, SM Lutful, and Hasan, Sheikh Md
Rashedul . "An Automated Therapy Chair for Patients having Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)." 2019 IEEE International Con-
ference on Biomedical Engineering, Computer and Information Technol-
ogy for Health (BECITHCON). IEEE, 2019.
• Kabir, SM Lutful, Khan A. Wahid, and Md Mehedi Hasan. "Range adap-
tation of Wireless Power Transfer systems for biomedical applications."
2016 International Conference on Medical Engineering, Health Informat-
ics and Technology (MediTec). IEEE, 2016.
• Kabir, SM Lutful, Alam, I., Khan, M. R., Hossain, M. S., Rahman, K. S.,
and Amin, N. "Solar powered ferry boat for the rural area of Bangladesh."
2016 International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronic and
Systems Engineering (ICAEES). IEEE, 2016.
• Parvin, Mst Shahnaj, and Kabir, SM Lutful. "A framework of a smart sys-
tem for prepaid electric metering scheme." 2015 International Conference
on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV). IEEE, 2015.
• Kabir, SM Lutful, and A. Hasib Chowdhury. "Solar Powered Digital
Equipments for Distance Learning In Developing Countries." The Online
Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning 9.107,177 (2013).
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3.4.2 Dr. Md. Saiful Islam

Professor
Email: mdsaifulislam@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://iict.buet.ac.bd/?page_id=100
Research Interest
Optical communication, Information security and Wireless communication.
Education
• Ph.D., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),
Bangladesh
• M.Sc. Engg. (CE), Shanghai University, China
(BUET), Bangladesh
• Md. Alamgir Hossain and M S Islam, “Ensuring network security with a
robust intrusion detection system using ensemble-based machine learn-
ing”, Array, vol. 19, 2023.
• Sadia Afrin Shampa, M S Islam, Ayatun Nesa, “Machine learning-based
diabetes prediction: A cross-country perspective”, International Confer-
ence on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM
2023), Bangladesh, 2023.
• Md. Ibrahim Khalil and M S Islam, “Optical properties prediction of
negative dispersion-compensating photonic crystal fiber using machine
learning”, 12th International Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering (ICECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022.
• Nitish Ranjan Bhowmik, Mohammad Arifuzzaman, ,M. Rubaiyat Hos-
sain Mondal and M S Islam, “Bangla text sentiment analysis using su-
pervised machine learning with extended lexicon dictionary”, Natural
Language Processing Research, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 34– 29, 2021.
• Md. Mehedi Hasan and M S Islam, “Distributed denial of service attack
detection in cloud computing using machine leraning”, BCS Journal of
Computer and Information Technology, vol. 02, 2020.
• J Rahman, M Z Islam, W L Lambert and M S Islam and M S Alam, “A
low latency MAC protocol for underwater sensor networks considering
bi-directional communication in multi-hop and multi-flow scenarios”,
SN applied Sciences, Springer link, 2019.
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3.4.3 Dr. Md. Liakot Ali

Professor
Email: liakot@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://liakot.buet.ac.bd/
Research Interest
VLSI Design and Testing, Microcontroller and Microprocessor
Education
• Ph.D., Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
• M.Sc. Engg. (Electrical, Electronic and System Engg.), Universiti Kebangsan
Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
(BUET), Bangladesh
• Ali, L., Sadi, M. S, Goni, O. “Diagnosis of Heart Diseases: A Fuzzy logic
based approach” PLOS ONE, Open access journal, USA (Q1 Journal)
• L. Ali, Sadi, M. S, “Development of an Automated Air Quality Monitoring
System for the Data Centers ”, IEEE International Conference on Telecom-
munications and Photonics (ICTP), Dec 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Huda, R., Ali, L., Sadi, M. S, “Real-Time Hand-Gesture Recognition for
the Control of Wheelchair” International Conference On Electrical and
Computer Engineering (ICECE), Dec 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• L. Ali , I. Hossain ,F. S. Hossain, “Area efficient camouflaging technique
for securing IC reverse engineering” PLOS ONE, Open access journal,
USA, Nov. 2021 (Q1 Journal)
• L. Ali, S. Rahman, F. S. Hossain, “ Design of a BIST implemented AES
crypto-processor ASIC”, PLOS ONE, Open access journal, USA, Nov.
2021 (Q1 Journal)
• L. Ali , Farshad, “Analog hardware trojan design and detection in OFDM
based wireless cryptographic ICs” PLOS ONE, Open access journal, USA,
July 2021 (Q1 Journal)
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3.4.4 Dr. Md. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal

Professor
Email: rubaiyat97@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/rubaiyat97
Research Interest
Machine Learning, Bioinformatics, Wireless Communication, Optical Wireless,
Image Processing
Education
• Ph.D., Monash University, Australia
(BUET), Bangladesh
(BUET), Bangladesh
• S. Bharati, M. R. H. Mondal, P. Podder, A Review on Explainable Artificial
Intelligence for Healthcare: Why, How, and When?. IEEE Transactions
on Artificial Intelligence, 2023, Apr 2023.
• S. Rana, M. R. H. Mondal and J. Kamruzzaman, RBFK cipher: a ran-
domized butterfly architecture-based lightweight block cipher for IoT
devices in the edge computing environment. Cybersecurity, Springer, 6,
3 (2023)., Jan 2023.
• M. I. Khan, M. R. H. Mondal, Analysis of Motion Blur on Spatial OFDM
Based Pixelated Optical Communication Systems. Wireless Personal
Communications, Springer, 2021, Apr 2021.
• S. Bharati, P. Podder, M. R. H. Mondal, Hybrid deep learning for detecting
lung diseases from X-ray images. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked,
Elsevier, Volume 20, 2020,100391, Jul 2020.
• M. R. H. Mondal, S. Bharati, P. Podder, P. Podder, Data Analytics for
Novel Coronavirus Disease. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Elsevier,
vol. 20, 2020, 100374, Jun 2020.
• M. R. H. Mondal, J. Armstrong, Analysis of the effect of vignetting on
MIMO optical wireless systems using spatial OFDM. Journal of Light-
wave Technology, IEEE & OSA, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 922-929, Mar 2014.
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3.4.5 Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa

Professor
Email: hossen_mustafa@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://hossenmustafa.buet.ac.bd
Research Interest
Wireless Networks, Network Security, Mobile Computing, Distributed Systems
Education
• Ph.D., University of South Carolina, USA
• M. Engg. (CSE)), University of South Carolina, USA
• B.Sc. Engg. (CSE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
(BUET), Bangladesh
• Md. Bayazid Rahman, Hossen Mustafa and Md Delwar Hossain. To-
wards evaluating robustness of violence detection in videos using cross-
domain transferability. Journal of Information Security and Applications,
ELSEVIER, Vol. 77, Sep 2023.
• Muhammad Tanveer Islam, and Hossen Mustafa. Multi-Layer Hybrid
(MLH) Balancing Technique: A Combined Approach to Remove Data
Imbalance. Journal of Data & Knowledge Engineering, ELSEVIER, Vol.
143, Jan 2023.
• Md Mahedi Hasan, and Hossen Mustafa. Learning view-invariant fea-
tures using stacked autoencoder for skeleton-based gait recognition. IET
Computer Vision, Vol. 15, Issue 7, Page No 527-545, April 2021.
• Hossen Mustafa, Wenyuan Xu, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, and Steffen Schulz.
End-to-End Detection of Caller ID Spoofing Attacks. IEEE Transactions
on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), June 2016.
• Ishtiaq Rouf, Hossen Mustafa*, Miao Xu, Robert Miller, Wenyuan Xu and
Marco Gruteser. Neighborhood Watch: Security and Privacy Analysis
of Automatic Meter Reading Systems. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM
Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Oct
2012, Raleigh NC, USA.
• Ishtiaq Rouf, Robert Miller, Hossen Mustafa, Travis Taylor, Sangho Oh,
Wenyuan Xu, Marco Gruteser, Wade Trappe, and Ivan Seskar. Security
and Privacy Vulnerabilities of In-Car Wireless Networks: A Tire Pressure
Monitoring System Case Study. In Proceedings of the 19th USENIX
Security Symposium, Aug 2010, Washington DC, USA.
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3.4.6 Dr. Md. Jarez Miah

Assistant Professor
Email: jarez@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://jarez.buet.ac.bd
Research Interest
Optical communication systems, Semiconductor lasers, Semiconductor nanos-
tructures, Artificial Intelligence.
Education
• Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin, Germany
• M.Sc. (Communications Technology), Ulm University, Germany
(BUET), Bangladesh
• M. J. Miah, D. Martin, A. Ginolas, M. Elattar, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner,
S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, G. Tränkle, and P. Crump, "Thermal lens engi-
neering for high brightness edge emitters (invited talk)," IEEE Photonics
Conference (IPC), paper-TuD3.2 (Invited), Florida, USA, Nov. 2023.
• M. J. Miah, M. M. Karow, M. Elattar, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, S. Grützner,
S. Strohmaier, A. Knigge, P. Crump, and G. Tränkle, "Tailored in-plane
thermal profiles for narrower lateral far-field in kilowatt-class 9xx nm
diode laser bars," Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12403, p. 124030I, San Fran-
cisco, California, USA, Feb. 2023.
• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, S. Arslan, D. Martin, P. Della Casa, and P. Crump,
"Optimizing vertical and lateral waveguides of kW-class laser bars for
higher peak power, efficiency and lateral beam quality," IEEE Photon. J.,
vol. 14, no. 3, Art. 1525505, 2022.
• P. Crump, M. Elattar, M. J. Miah, M. Ekterai, M. M. Karow, D. Martin, A.
Maaßdorf, S. McDougall, C. Holly, S. Rauch, S. Grützner, S. Strohmaier,
and G. Tränkle, "Experimental studies into the beam parameter product
of GaAs high-power diode lasers," IEEE J. Select. Top. Quant. Electron.,
vol. 28, no. 1, Art. 1501111, 2022.
• M. J. Miah, A. Boni, D. Martin, A. Knigge, P. Della Casa, and P. Crump,
"Kilowatt-class, 1-cm diode laser bars at 910-940 nm with improved
power, conversion efficiency and beam quality," Proceedings of SPIE, vol.
11983, p. 1198304, San Francisco, California, USA, Feb. 2022.
• M. J. Miah, S. Strohmaier, G. Urban, and D. Bimberg, "Beam quality
improvement of high-power semiconductor lasers using laterally inho-
mogeneous waveguides," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 113, no. 22, p. 221107,
2018.
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3.4.7 Mohammad Muntasir Hassan

Assistant Professor
Email: hmuntasir@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/hmuntasir
Research Interest
Photonics, Optical Communication, Laser and non-linear optics, Biosensing,
Metamaterials & Plasmonics
Education
(BUET), Bangladesh
(BUET), Bangladesh
• Hassan, M. M., Zaman, S., Hasanuzzaman, M., and Baten, M. Z. (2022).
Coscinodiscus diatom inspired bi-layered photonic structures with near-
perfect absorptance Part II: hexagonal vs. square lattice-based structures.
Optics Express, 30(16), 29352-29364.
• Hassan, M. M., Refat, K. H., Baten, M. Z., and Sajjad, R. N. (2022). Energy
saving potential of photovoltaic windows: Impact of shading, geography
and climate. Solar Energy, 240, 342-353.
• Hassan, M. M., Islam,F., Baten, M. Z., Subrina, S. (2021), Analysis and
design of InAs nanowire array based ultra broadband perfect absorber.
RSC Advances, 11, 37595-37603.
• Hassan, M. M., and Baten, M. Z. (2021). Label-free detection of virus-
like particles employing rotationally symmetric nanowire array based
whispering gallery and quasi-whispering gallery resonant modes onto a
silicon platform. Optics Express, 29(16), 25745-25761.
• Hassan, M. M., Sium, F. S., Islam, F., and Choudhury, S. M. (2021). A
review on plasmonic and metamaterial based biosensing platforms for
virus detection. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 100429.
• Zaman, S., Hassan, M. M., Hasanuzzaman, M., and Baten, M. Z. (2020).
Coscinodiscus diatom inspired bilayered photonic structures with near-
perfect absorptance accompanied by tunable absorption characteristics.
Optics Express, 28(17), 25007-25021. (Jointly first author).
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3.4.8 Samin Rahman Khan

Lecturer
Email: saminrk@iict.buet.ac.bd
Website: https://saminrk.buet.ac.bd
Research Interest
Machine Learning, Bioinformatics
Education
• B.Sc. Engg. (CSE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
(BUET), Bangladesh
• Khan, S.R., Sakib, S., Rahman, M.S. and Samee, M.A.H., DeepBend: An
Interpretable Model of DNA Bendability. iScience, p.105945., Feb 2023.
• Ali, A., Khan, S.R., Sakib, S., Hossain, M.S. and Lin, Y.D., Federated
3GPP Mobile Edge Computing systems: a transparent proxy for third
party authentication with application mobility support. IEEE Access, 10,
pp.35106-35119., Dec 2022.
• Park, M., Singh, S., Khan, S.R., Abrar, M.A., Grisanti, F., Rahman, M.S.
and Samee, M.A.H., Multinomial Convolutions for Joint Modeling of Reg-
ulatory Motifs and Sequence Activity Readouts. Genes, 13(9), p.1614.,
Sep 2022.
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3.5 Research
Now is an era of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The
dream of the country is poverty reduction and economic growth by creating a
knowledge-driven economy and society based on ICT. To realize the goal of the
Govt., our graduates produced from Universities should have good knowledge
of ICT. So, it is now essential to establish a strong ICT infrastructure in every
university in the country and create an environment of teaching, learning, and
research on ICT.
IICT encourages its students and teachers to research on IT-related topics

like data structure and algorithm, software engineering, information system
design, computer networks, database and distributed systems, e-governance,
information security, developing teaching and learning methodologies in an
academic environment, fuzzy logic systems, machine translation, pattern, and
data science, etc. Students are involved in the research through courses or
group activities. Students of M.Sc. Engg. or M. Engg. are bound to take
a thesis under course no. ICT 6000. Teachers are also involved in research
either through individual effort or group work. To provide research materials,
IICT allows its students to access the Internet or library facilities. In addition,
teachers can access the facility of the central library. IICT library and central
library have a good number of books and updated journals on IT-related topics.
3.5.1 Research Areas
• Cyber Security • Network Security

• Distributed Systems • Optical Wireless
• Embedded Systems • Supervisory Control and Data
• Fiber Nonlinearity Acquisition
• Image Processing • VLSI Design
• Intelligent System Design • VLSI Testing
• IoT • Wireless Communication
• Machine Learning • Wireless Networks
3.5.2 Research Labs

IICT maintains a number of laboratory facilities that are necessary to support
theoretical knowledge with experimental activities. IICT has the following
laboratories:
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Advanced Embedded System Laboratory

Lab In-Charge: Dr. Md. Liakot Ali
The advanced embedded systems lab is tailored with advanced tools and tech-
nologies for design and development of intelligent electronic system. This
Lab is enriched with various facilities including huge number of microcon-
trollers, microprocessors, FPGA boards, sensors and actuators. The lab also
has a number of Laptops and desktop computers with different kind of simu-
lation and design software. Here the students can learn design and hands-on
development of hardware and firmware for an embedded system. In the past,
a number of research works have been conducted using the facilities of this
Laboratories.
Advanced Networking Laboratory

Lab In-Charge: Dr. Md. Saiful Islam
This lab is equipped with the latest networking devices, allowing researchers
and students to set up, work, and experiment with computer networks. The
lab has both wired and wireless networking facilities and includes switches,
routers, Wi-Fi routers, computers, and servers. The computers in the lab have
Matlab, OMNeT++, mininet, etc., software for simulation.
Data Analytics Laboratory

Lab In-Charge: Dr. Md. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal
Data analytics is critical for processing and evaluating large amounts of data
generated in studies and experiments. Some significant application areas
include informed decision-making, increased efficiency and productivity, cus-
tomer insights, risk management, healthcare improvements, fraud detection
and security, and marketing strategy optimization. The data analytics lab is cur-
rently conducting research on a variety of topics, including the standardization
of clinical data in the form of test names and test results, the prediction of the
number of cases of infectious diseases, the use of image processing and deep
learning for disease diagnosis from X-ray, CT scan, and MRI images, medical
image segmentation, and object detection. Furthermore, this lab is collabo-
rating with the eSRD lab at CSE, BUET, and other organizations to possibly
develop Bangladesh’s National Clinical Data Warehouse (NCDW). The lab
is equipped with multiple computers for students and researchers for data
analysis.
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Information Security Laboratory

Lab In-Charge: Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa
This lab has facilities that will help researchers from different areas, including
Network and information security, Wireless and IoT security, Blockchain, Data
analytics for enhanced security, etc. The lab is equipped with several worksta-
tions, deep learning workstations, etc. Additionally, there are routers, switches,
botnet detection modules, and software facilities to capture network packets.
The lab is going to have Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) with the
capability to transmit and receive wireless data in a wide range of frequen-
cies, antenna for different frequencies, software to design new protocols or
analyze existing protocols, etc. The lab provides advanced computing facilities
to enable research regarding blockchain technologies as well as security data
analytics.
IoT Laboratory
Lab In-Charge: Dr. Md. Liakot Ali
In today’s connected world, our IoT lab is a vital space where students turn
ideas into reality. Through this lab, they can learn how to make everyday
devices smarter and more efficient, preparing them for the tech-driven future.
The newest models of computers are available for design and programming
in the IoT Lab. The lab also contains single-board computers (such as the
Raspberry Pi 5) and FPGA development boards (like the Xilinx Basys 3) in
addition to microcontrollers (like the Atmega328p and Arduino Mega 2560).
The lab also includes a variety of input and output devices, accessories, and
other items that combined offer a flexible framework for developing Internet
of Things projects.
Computer Vision and AI Laboratory

Lab In-Charge: Dr. Md. Jarez Miah
Machines replicating human intellect could be invaluable for increasing human

productivity and improving the quality of life. Thus, our research group works
on technologies that enable machines to precisely perceive and interact with
their environment, like humans. Our research interests span a broad spectrum
in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision. We gather data
(images or videos, for example), preprocess it, and then feed it to machines
so they may use it to learn and make decisions later on. We study various
machine learning and deep learning algorithms for pattern recognition, object
detection and classification, and text recognition.
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Intelligent and Optoelectronic Devices Laboratory

Lab In-Charge: Dr. Md. Jarez Miah
Our research team works on improving the power, efficiency, and beam quality
of semiconductor lasers and laser bars. Currently, we simulate, measure, and
analyze thermal profiles generated within the laser chips during operation. We
also develop and investigate novel approaches for manipulating in-chip thermal
profiles by improving laser structures. We use the ANSYS thermal simulation
tool for simulating the thermal profiles and a thermal camera for measuring
temperature distributions within the laser chips. Our research interests also
include the development of improved epitaxial designs for enhanced laser
performance. We work in close cooperation with Ferdinand-Braun-Institut
gGmbH (FBH), Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin, Germany.
3.5.3 Research Projects

The faculty members of IICT participate in different international and national
research projects. Some of these projects are highlighted in the following.
DIVERSASIA: Embracing diversity in Asia through the adoption of

inclusive practices
Duration: Jan 2021 to Jan 2024
Funded by: Erasmus+ Program, European Union
https://diversasia-accessible-he.eu
Students with disabilities have limited access to HE (Higher Education) in India
and Bangladesh. This project aims to tackle this issue by making accessible
HE OERs (Open Education Resources) and MOOCs (Massive Open Online
Courses), and personalization using AI (Artificial Intelligence), which will
enable better provision of open distance learning for those that experience
architectural barriers.
DIVERSASIA will build the capacity of 2 HEIs (Higher Education Institutions)
in India and 2 HEIs in Bangladesh to integrate these students that have dis-
abilities, using know-how and an inclusive education toolkit developed by
experienced inclusive education experts from the United Kingdom Bulgaria,
Belgium, Latvia, Turkey, and Serbia.
National Clinical Data Warehouse (NCDW)

Duration: Jan 2021 to Dec 2023
Funded by: ICT Innovations Grant
http://esrdlab.cse.buet.ac.bd/Home/project
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Researchers, analysts, and professional experts working on health data in

Bangladesh have faced significant challenges because of unstructured and
isolated sources of health data. The data analytics lab of IICT, BUET is work-
ing with the eSRD lab at CSE, BUET, and other institutions to possibly build
Bangladesh’s National Clinical Data Warehouse (NCDW). In the NCDW project,
researchers are creating a widely used method of data warehousing to store
health data in a structured way that can be utilized for knowledge discovery,
data mining, decision support systems, and other reasons. Machine learning,
distributed file systems, parallel computing, and other techniques are used
entirely in the implementation to make the platform very scalable and robust.
Data privacy and security are two of the most pressing concerns in ensuring
that public identities remain as safe and secure as feasible.
Distributed and Cloud-based Network Defense System (DCNDS)

Duration: Jun 2018 to Jun 2020
Funded by: Asi@Connect Project, European Union
https://dcnds.iict.buet.ac.bd
The main objectives of the project are two-fold: firstly, to setup a Distributed and
Cloud-based Network Defense System, which enables NREN operators in the
four partner countries to detect malicious botnet behaviour, and to introduce
a cloud-based web security service platform for managing web security, and
secondly, to conduct two capacity building workshops in each of the Asian
partner countries. These aim to train NREN and academic personnel on current
topics such as building and securing cloud-based service offerings and security
best practices for managing distributed botnet threats.
Advanced Network/System Administration and Security

Duration: Jan 2019 to Dec 2019
Funded by: Asi@Connect Project, European Union
Under this project, an international workshop was organized which focused
on installation, operation and management of the networks and computer
systems that normally helps information flowing in a computer network. As
such, the workshop prepared the trainees to operate and maintain network
hardware and software, to troubleshoot network problems, and to ensure
network security, availability and performance standards. The course was
designed to train the trainees in three different ways: Building Theoretical
Knowledge, Demonstration of Configuration and pure Hands-on activities.
The objective was to give the trainees a complete picture and thorough concept
about the functionality as well as configuration of network services and to instill
confidence within the trainees to work on the attained knowledge by themselves
once they complete the training and go back to their job environment.
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Train the Trainer for Nationwide Teaching and Learning in

Embedded System Design and Development
Duration: May 2017 to Sep 2018
Funded by: HEQEP, University Grants Commission
The objectives of this project were to arrange a nationwide training in the area
of embedded systems for the Lecturers and Researchers of EEE, CSE, ICT and
other related programs in public and private universities and other research
organizations and to help develop an Embedded System Laboratory in the
public and private Universities in Bangladesh. The sub-project had a direct
impact on the quality of teaching, research, and learning in the postgraduate
programmes through the establishment of an advanced embedded systems
laboratory, a modern training center/seminar room and the modernization of
the existing Library at IICT. Additionally, a hands-on basic training programme
and another three-day advanced training on embedded system design and
development were arranged for ten batches (20 participants in each batch, who
participated from EEE, CSE, and ICT Departments of all the major universities
in Bangladesh). Educational kits have been awarded to all the trainees to get
them started on their laboratory works/research on embedded system design
and development.
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3.5.4 Collaborations
SOI Asia Project
The SOI Asia Project (Chair: Prof. Jun Murai, Keio University) was launched
in 2001 as a platform for inter-university education programs among univer-
sities throughout Asia, with the purpose of establishing a wide area Inter-
net education platform utilizing satellite technologies, collaborating with AI3
project (Asian Internet Interconnection Initiatives project). IICT is an active
member of this project; the faculty members participate in online/offline meet-
ings/seminars regularly. IICT also arranged the bi-annual partner meeting
twice. The students of IICT participate in different activities of the SOI Asia
Project regularly.
Exchange Program with NAIST

BUET has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nara Institute of
Science and Technology (NAIST) for academic exchange and student exchange.
This MoU has been effective since June 19, 2014. Even though the MoU is
between BUET and NAIST, IICT is the main collaborator at BUET. Under this
MoU, the following alumni from IICT went to NAIST in different programs so
far:
• Fakir Sharif Hossain (PhD)

• Syful Islam (PhD)
• Riaz-ul-haque Mian (PhD)
• Foisal Ahmed (PhD)
• Mohammad Bozlul Karim (PhD)
• Md Sihabul Islam (MS)
• Md Imran Khan (Intern)
• Abeer Hossain (Intern)
• Md. Shafak Shahriar Sozol (Intern)
• Md. Sharafat Hossain (Intern)
Additionally, faculty members from IICT visited NAIST for research collabo-
ration in October 2015 and October 2016, and faculty members from NAIST
visited BUET in March 2016.
HUAWEI-BUET ICT Academy

Funded by Huawei, HUAWEI-BUET ICT Academy has been established in col-
laboration with the Department of EEE to provide professional training in the
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field of ICT communication and networking. The academy is highly equipped

with modern facilities such as cloud servers, cloud storage, 5G systems, IP
networks, etc. IICT faculty members teach in this academy with active help
from the technical members. The academy provides the following training
programs:
• Routing and Switching (IP Networks)

• 5G (Cellular Mobile Networks)
• Cloud Computing
• Storage
3.5.5 Seminar and Workshop

IICT often arranges both national and international seminars where renowned
expatriates from different sectors of science come to give a talk and share
knowledge and ideas, which is necessary for being updated with modern
science. For this reason, IICT maintains a Seminar Room inside it with the
facility for projector-based presentations. IICT creates an opportunity for the
students and faculties to attend such educative seminars and workshops to
raise interest and enthusiasm and gather opinions and feedback from the
participants. IICT also participates in different seminars arranged by the other
departments/faculties in BUET.
3.5.6 Research Paper/Journals

IICT always supports and encourages its teachers and students to publish
research papers in national and international conferences and journals. The
students who take the thesis under the teachers are supervised and guided in
a proper and directive way, which later leads to an international research work
published as a conference paper or journal paper. The latest list of publications
can be found on the website: https://iict.buet.ac.bd/
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RULES AND R EGULATIONS FOR

A CADEMIC P ROGRAMS
4.1 Academic Calendar

There are two postgraduate semesters every year. generally, one semester
starts in April and the other in October. Each postgraduate semester has 14
weeks of classes. Generally, there is a 3-hour class every week for a 3-credit
course. The normal class time is generally between 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The
evaluation of a course will be carried out by assignment, term project, term
paper, examinations, etc. There will be two mid-term examinations and one
final examination. The first mid-term examination will be held in the 5th week
and the second in the 9th week. The mid-term examination will be held during
the normal class hour. The duration of the mid-term examination will be at
least one hour.
At the end of classes, the final examination will be held in the following weeks
without any break (preparatory leave). The duration of the final examination
for each course will be one and a half hours. The result of the term-final
examination and the registration procedure will be finished as per the academic
calendar.
4.2 Registration Procedure

Students must register for each class in which they will participate. Each
student will submit his/her course registration in the BIIS system and pay
the fees online. The advisor of the students and the Director approve each
registration application. The timeline of registration, course add/drop, and
late registration are published in each academic calendar.
A part-time student may not register for any credit in a particular semester;
however, a full-time student must register for at least 12 credits in each semester.
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4.3 Calculation of GPA

Grade Point Average (GPA) is the weighted average of the grade points ob-
tained in all the courses passed/completed by a student. For example, if a
student passes/completes five courses in a semester having credits of C1, C2,
C3, C4, and C5 and if his/her grade points in these courses are G1, G2, G3, G4,
and G5, respectively, then
P
Ci Gi
GP A = P
Ci
Final grades for courses shall be recorded as follows:
Grade Merit Description Grade Points
A+ Excellent 4.00
A Very Good 3.50
B+ Good 3.00
B Average 2.50
C Pass 2.00
F Failure 0.00
I Incomplete -
S Satisfactory -
U Unsatisfactory -
All final grading to be reported to the Controller of Examinations will be in the

letter grade system as detailed below:
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Numerical Grade Point Letter Grade Grade Points
90% or above A+ 4.00
80% to below 90% A 3.50
70% to below 80% B+ 3.00
60% to below 70% B 2.50
50% to below 60% C 2.00
Below 50% F 0.00
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4.4 Extract from Ordinance

• For the PG. Dip. degree, a student must earn a minimum of 36 credit
hours, including a project of 6 credits.
• The minimum duration of the PG. Dip. program shall normally be
three semesters. A candidate for the PG. Dip. must complete all the
requirements for the diploma within four academic years from the date
of his/her first admission to the respective program.
• For the M.Sc. Engineering degree, a student must earn a minimum of 36
credits, including a thesis of 18 credits. Additionally, the student must
publish a paper in an indexed journal.
• For the M. Engineering degree, a student must earn a minimum of 36
credits, including a project of 6 credits.
• The minimum duration of the M.Sc./M. Engg. degree shall normally
be three semesters. A candidate for the Master’s degree must complete
all the requirements for the degree within five academic years from the
date of the first admission in the program.
• For the Ph.D. degree, a student must complete a minimum of 54 credit
hours, of which a maximum of 45 credit hours shall be assigned for a
thesis. The students must earn the remaining credit hours from theory
courses. Additionally, the student must publish two papers in an indexed
journal.
• The minimum duration of the Ph.D. course shall be four semesters from
the date of provisional admission. A student must complete all require-
ments for the Ph. D. degree within six academic years from the date of
his provisional admission.
• There shall be two categories of students, namely, full-time students and
part-time students.
• Students serving in different organizations may be admitted as part-
time students with the written consent of the employer. A part-time
student may be assigned a maximum of 9 credit hours of course work in
a semester.
• Full-time students must register for a minimum of 12 credit hours and a
maximum of 15 credit hours per semester. A full-time student shall not
be allowed to be in the employment of any organization (even as a part-
time employee). However, they may be employed as teaching/ research
assistant at the University. If a full-time student becomes an employee
(full-time or part-time) of any other organization in the middle of a
semester, he/she may, with the approval of the Director of the Institute
and his/her Employer, be allowed to continue as a full-time student for
that semester.
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• A student may be allowed to switch from part-time to full-time or vice

versa on the recommendation of the respective BPGS/RAC before the
commencement of a semester.
• A student, on recommendation of the relevant BPGS or the RAC and
as approved by the CASR, may be allowed a transfer of credits of the
courses completed by the student at a recognized institution provided
that the courses were not taken earlier than three calendar years from the
date of his first enrolment in the respective program at BUET and that
the student obtained a minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 or its equivalent
and that the courses are equivalent to the approved courses of BUET.
• The qualifying requirement for the diploma or degree is that a student
must earn a minimum grade point of 2.65 based on the weighted average
in his/her course works.
• Courses in which the student gets F grades shall not be counted towards
credit hour requirements and for the calculation of Grade Point Average
(GPA).
• Grade I is given only when a student is unable to sit for the examination
of a course at the end of the semester because of circumstances beyond
his control. He/she must apply to the Head or Director of the concerned
Department or Institute within one week after the examination to get
an I grade in that course. It must be completed within the next three
semesters; otherwise, the I becomes an F grade. He/she may, however,
be allowed to register without further payment of tuition fees for that
course.
• A student may withdraw officially from a course within two working
weeks of the commencement of the semester; otherwise, his/her grade
in that course shall be recorded as F unless he/she is eligible to get a
grade of I. A student may be permitted to withdraw and change his/her
course within the specified period with the approval of his/her Adviser,
the Head of the department, or the Director of the Institute and the
respective teachers(s) concerned.
• If the cumulative number of F grades obtained by the student is three or
more in the same or different subjects taken together, he/she shall not
be allowed to continue in the program.
• If at the end of the second or any subsequent semester, the cumula-
tive GPA falls below 2.5, he/she shall not be allowed to continue in the
program.
• Caution money may be refunded if the student withdraws officially from
all the courses, including the project, at the end of his academic program,
and the amount will be determined from the statement of clearance from
all Departments/Institutes/Offices.
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4.5 Conduct and Discipline

A student shall conform to a high standard of discipline and shall conduct him-
self within and outside the precincts of the university in a manner befitting the
students of a university of national importance. He should show due courtesy
and consideration to the employees of the university, good neighborliness to
his fellow students and the teachers of the university, and pay due attention
and courtesy to visitors.
4.5.1 Cancellation of Studentship

The name of the student shall be struck off and removed from the rolls of the
University on the following grounds:
• Non-payment of dues within the prescribed period. Postgraduate stu-

dents residing in the halls of residence shall be subject to the same con-
ditions as allowed in the Ordinance Relating to the Board of Residence
and Discipline.
• Failing to proceed with the program by the exercise of the Art. 4.1 or 7.2
or 7.3 of this Ordinance.
• Failing to make satisfactory progress in his/her program as reported by
the supervisor through the BPGS/RAC and approved by CASR.
• Forced to discontinue his/her studies by the Board of Residence and
Discipline.
• Withdrawn officially from the Degree Programme.
4.5.2 Restrictions
A student participating in the program part-time will not be considered a reg-
ular student of BUET. Any other benefit except directly related to the program
during class hours will not be permissible. The following restrictions will apply
to all postgraduate students:
• Accommodations in the residential halls and availing university trans-

port services.
• Use of central library. However, they will be entitled to use the institute’s
own library.
• Participation in any of the student’s union activities.
• Availing university medical facilities.
However, full-time students can apply for accommodation in the Shahid Smriti
Hall.
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C OURSE S TRUCTURE AND O UTLINE

Summary
Group A (Core Courses) 3 × 6 = 18 credits

Group B (Optional Courses) 3 × 4 = 12 credits
Project 6 credits
Total Credits 36 credits
Group A
All of the following are to be taken: 24 credit hours
Course Number and Name Credit

Hours
ICT 5100 (Project) 6
ICT 5101 (Programming Concepts) 3
ICT 5102 (Data Structure and Algorithm) 3
ICT 5103 (Database Design and Management ) 3
ICT 5104 (Introduction to Telecommunications ) 3
ICT 5105 (Data Communications) 3
ICT 5106 (Computer Networks ) 3
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Group B
Any four of the following to be taken: 3 × 4 = 12 credit hours.

Hours
ICT 5201 (Operating System Concepts) 3
ICT 5202 (Visual Programming) 3
ICT 5203 (Web Technologies, Protocols, and 3
Applications)
ICT 5204 (Multimedia Design and Development) 3
ICT 5205 (Client Server Technologies) 3
ICT 5206 (Electronic Commerce) 3
ICT 5207 (Information System Analysis and Design) 3
ICT 5208 ( Software Engineering and Application 3
Development)
ICT 5209 (Software Quality Management) 3
ICT 5301 (Information System and Network Security) 3
ICT 5302 (Advanced Internet Technologies) 3
ICT 5303 ( Network Programming and Management ) 3
ICT 5304 (Digital Communications) 3
ICT 5305 (Mobile Communications) 3
ICT 5306 (Software and Database in 3
Telecommunication)
ICT 5307 (Embedded System Design) 3
ICT 5308 (Network System Design) 3
ICT 5309 ( Optical Communication) 3
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5.2 Postgraduate Diploma in Business IT

Summary
Theory Courses 3x8 =24 credits

Total Credits 24 credits
Any eight of the following to be taken: 3 × 8 = 12 credit hours.

Hours
BIT 5401 (Computing in Business) 3
BIT 5402 (Data Analytics) 3
BIT 5403 (Strategy and Technology) 3
BIT 5404 (Accounting) 3
BIT 5405 (Business Intelligence) 3
BIT 5406 (Business Process Management) 3
BIT 5407 (Marketing Science) 3
BIT 5408 (Management Science) 3
BIT 5409 (Strategic Financial Management) 3
BIT 5410 (AI for Strategy) 3
BIT 5411 (IoT in Business) 3
BIT 5412 (Information Security) 3
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5.3 Master’s in Information and

Summary
Courses M.Sc. Engg. Credits M. Engg. Credits

Theory Courses 3x6=18 3x10=30
Thesis/Project 18 6
Total Credits 36 36
M.Sc. Engg.- any six of the following to be taken: 3 × 6 = 18 credit hours.

M.Engg.- any ten of the following to be taken: 3 × 10 = 30 credit hours.

Hours
ICT 6511 (Graph Theory and Application) 3
ICT 6512 (Parallel Algorithms) 3
ICT 6513 (VLSI Layout Algorithms) 3
ICT 6514 (Bioinformatics Computing) 3
ICT 6521 (Advanced Database Systems) 3
ICT 6522 (Data Warehousing and Mining) 3
ICT 6531 (Computational Linguistics) 3
ICT 6532 (Statistical Machine Translation) 3
ICT 6533 (Speech Processing) 3
ICT 6534 (Speech Recognition) 3
ICT 6535 (Advanced Artificial Intelligence) 3
ICT 6536 (Neuro-Fuzzy Systems) 3
ICT 6541 (Applied Cryptography) 3
ICT 6543 (Computer Graphics and Animation) 3
ICT 6544 (Distributed Systems) 3
ICT 6611 (Advanced Digital Communication) 3
ICT 6612 (Advanced Optical Communication) 3
ICT 6613 (Mobile and Wireless Communications) 3
ICT 6615 (Teletraffic Engineering) 3
ICT 6616 (Radio Frequency Technology) 3
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ICT 6621 (Advanced Networking) 3

ICT 6632 (Advanced VLSI Design) 3
ICT 6633 (Advanced VLSI Testing) 3
ICT 6641 (Advanced Embedded System Design) 3
ICT 6642 (Real Time Computing for Embedded 3
System)
ICT 6651 (Advanced Digital Signal Processing) 3
ICT 6900 (Special Topics Related to ICT) 3
5.4 Master’s in Information Security

Summary
Courses M.Sc. Engg. Credits M. Engg. Credits

Theory Courses 3x6=18 3x10=30
Thesis/Project 18 6
Total Credits 36 36
Prerequisite Courses:
The following courses are prerequisite for the degree. If necessary, the su-
pervisor will advise a student to take one or more of the courses as audit
course.
• Object-oriented Programming (C++/Java/Python)

• Data structures and Algorithms
• Computer Networks
• Operating Systems
• Database
Summary of the offered courses

M.Sc. Engg.- any six of the following to be taken: 3 × 6 = 18 credit hours.
M.Engg.- any ten of the following to be taken: 3 × 10 = 30 credit hours.
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Hours
ICT 6101 (Introduction to Information Security) 3
ICT 6102 (Applied Cryptography) 3
ICT 6103 (Network and Systems Security) 3
ICT 6104 (Database and Storage Security) 3
ICT 6105 (Digital Forensics and Investigation) 3
ICT 6106 (Blockchain and Distributed Ledger 3
Technologies)
ICT 6107 (Telecommunications and IoT Security) 3
ICT 6109 (Ethical Hacking) 3
ICT 6110 (Data Security and Public Policy) 3
ICT 6111 (Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing) 3
ICT 6000 (Thesis/Project) 3
ICT 6901 (Special Topic related to Information 3
Security)
5.5 PhD in ICT

Summary
Courses PhD in ICT Credits

Theory Courses 3x3 = 9
Thesis 45
Total Credits 54
Summary of the offered courses

Any 3 of the courses listed in 5.3 and 5.4, after consulting with the supervisor,
to be taken for PhD in ICT, 3 × 3 = 9 credit hours.
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D ETAIL O UTLINE OF C OURSES

6.1.1 ICT 5101: Programming Concepts: 3 Credits

Introduction to programming and logic flow, procedural versus object-oriented
programming, data types, variables, constants, operators, expressions, input-
output, control structures, arrays, functions, pointers, file access, structures,
dynamic memory allocation, classes, objects, constructor and destructor, inher-
itance, polymorphism, files, exception handling.
6.1.2 ICT 5102: Data Structure and Algorithm: 3 Credits

Introduction to elementary data structures: arrays, records, linked lists, stacks,
queues, trees; Complexity analysis of algorithms; Basic search and traversal
techniques; Sorting algorithms; Methods for the design of efficient algorithms:
recursion, divide and conquer, greedy method, dynamic programming; Graph
algorithms; etc.
6.1.3 ICT 5103: Database Design and Management: 3

Credits
Introduction to database; Relational model: structure, relational algebra, SQL
and advanced SQL, Database design and the entity-relationship model, Re-
lational database design and normalization, application design and develop-
ment, indexing, Database storage and file structure, transaction management,
concurrency control recovery management, object database and database ad-
ministration.
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6.1.4 ICT 5104: Introduction to Telecommunications: 3

Credits
Overview of telecommunication: history, evolution, convergence of telecom-
munication and data networks, standards; Basics of communication systems:
modulation, multiplexing; Switching system: circuit switching, packet switch-
ing; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Fax over IP network, voice over frame
relay, and ATM; Telephony: operating principles, telephone apparatus, de-
scription of the modern phone; Telephone switching systems: PBX, Centrex,
ACDs, call centers, computer integration; Data communication equipment:
introduction to terminals, modems, RS-232 and other interfaces, modem types;
Tele-Traffic analysis; Cellular telephony: Frequency reuse, frequency manage-
ment, channel alignment, handoffs strategies, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA and
GSM, Introduction to satellite communication, Optical fiber communication,
Submarine cables, Digital Radio Microwave, etc.
6.1.5 ICT 5105: Data Communications: 3 Credits

Introduction to data communication and networks; transmission media, sig-
nals, noises, modulation and demodulation, synchronous and asynchronous
transmission, line encoding, error detection and correction, RS 232 interface,
HDLC, flow control and error control; Channel multiplexing; Data network:
point to point connections, circuit-switched, message switched and packed
switched networks, WANs, ISPs and LANs, differences in ownership, speed
and cost; Types of communication: client server communication, broadcast,
unicast and multi-cast modes, simplex, duplex and half duplex information
flow; Bandwidth: distribution of bandwidth, discrete bandwidth requirements,
implications of other factors; Internet, OSI reference model, TCP/IP reference
model, TCP/IP architecture.
6.1.6 ICT 5106: Computer Networks: 3 Credits

Overview of LAN concepts, media, collision and broadcast; MAC address; To-
ken ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Ethernet and Carrier Sense
Multiple Access Collision Detect (CSMA/CD), IEEE 802.3., LAN topology; Net-
work layer: internet-working, routing, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, subnetting,
VLSM, NATPAT, ACL,ARP and RARP, DHCP, RIP, IGRP and EIGRP, OSPF;
Upper layers of OSI model; Wireless LAN: Ad hoc, infrastructure networks;
WAN services: analog dial-up, ISDN dial-up, dedicated leased line, X.25, frame
relay, ATM; IEEE802.11: physical layer, framing, multiple access techniques,
bluetooth, IEEE 802.15; Broadband wireless: Wireless ATM, 802.16; local mul-
tipoint distribution service (LMDS), Multichannel Multipoint Distribution
System (MMDS); Network protocols: mobile IP, cellular IP, mobile Ad hoc
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networking.
6.1.7 ICT 5201: Operating System Concepts: 3 Credits

Overview of operating system and its role in computer systems; Process: pro-
cess model, inter-process communication; thread model; CPU scheduling;
Memory management, virtual memory, address translation; File systems: files,
directories, protection and security; Input, output; Deadlock; Introduction to
UNIX, UNIX kernel, UNIX commands, services, device structure, memory
structure, process and jobs, file system and file management, vi and emacs
editors, shell programming; LINUX: user management, privilege, using rpm,
using configuration files.
6.1.8 ICT 5202: Visual Programming: 3 Credits

Concepts of visual programming; Data types, variables and expressions, con-
trol structures; Classes and objects, constructors; Inheritance, packages and
interfaces; Exception handling; Collection classes: array, vector; Threads; GUI
development; applets; Graphics and multimedia; Servlet; JDBC; Java beans;
Java server page; Java networking.
6.1.9 ICT 5203: Web Technologies, Protocols, and

Applications: 3 Credits
Web architecture and HTTP: history and architecture of the World Wide Web,
overview of the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, other related protocols; Hyper
Text Mark Language (HTML): concept of markup, overview of HTML (table,
form, frame, window, link etc.); Client side scripting: variables data types,
control structure, functions, Document Object Model (DOC), event handlers,
properties methods, cookies; Server side scripting: concepts, variables, data
types, control structure, functions, objects; Database: content generation, data
exchange; Regular expressions, mails, cookies, sessions; Middleware: object
management architecture, object request brokers (CORBA, OLE/COM), ser-
vices (trading, naming, event, transaction, security), interorb protocols (e.g.
the Internet Interorb protocol).
6.1.10 ICT 5204: Multimedia Design and Development:

3 Credits
Introduction to multimedia, image, sound, video formats and their different
properties, compression, playing and recording techniques, merits and demer-
its, conversions between different formats and their combinations; Multimedia
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authoring, introduction to web and HTML, basic HTML tags design princi-
ples; Drawing: basic image properties, image manipulation, layers, colors,
text, texture, brightness, contrast, filters and effects; Interactive application
development using multimedia tools.
6.1.11 ICT 5205: Client Server Technologies: 3 Credits

Introduction, components of client server architecture, middleware, socket,
Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Distributed Computing Environment (DCE),
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Java Remote Method
Invocation (RMI), Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), distributed data management,
client-server application development, storage management, security and user
management, backup and recovery, performance tuning.
6.1.12 ICT 5206: Electronic Commerce: 3 Credits

Overview of electronic commerce, business models; E-commerce channels: por-
tals, auctions, communities, marketplace; Managing the marketplace: Demo-
graphics and advertising; Customer relationship management, web services for
B2B and B2C e-commerce, electronic payment systems; Network security, cryp-
tography, digital certificates; Markup for e-commerce: ebXML, M-commerce,
L-commerce, wireless and U-commerce, digital money and electronic banking;
Ethical, legal, and regulatory environment: Intellectual property, copyright,
trademark, patents.
6.1.13 ICT 5207: Information System Analysis and

Design: 3 Credits
Different types of information systems, attributes of information, roles, tasks
and attributes of a system analyst, sources of information, information gath-
ering techniques, handling of missing information, steps of system analysis,
different types of feasibility analysis; Design of an information system: process
modeling, logic and timing modeling, conceptual data modeling; Project effort
analysis method, designing user interfaces, database and file design, project
team organization, project management and documentation, system instal-
lation and commissioning, analysis of system maintenance and upgrading;
Ethics, privacy control and security; Case study of an information system.
6.1.14 ICT 5208: Software Engineering and Application

Development: 3 Credits
Software engineering paradigms, process models, complexity models, require-
ment engineering, different models of effort, schedule and cost estimation,
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risk analysis and management, project management, different software design

methodologies, verification and validation, testing philosophy and methods,
software configuration management, software metrics, software reliability and
availability, software maintenance and software reengineering, development
of applications using software engineering concepts.
6.1.15 ICT 5209: Software Quality Management: 3

Credits
Software quality, software process and process metrics, different quality met-
rics of software; Verification and validation tasks and techniques, software
error and defect removal, SQA management and models, statistical quality
control; Quality management system: ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and IEEE 12207
Standards; Compliance criteria of different standards: 9000/AS-3563 and ISO
9001, Capability Maturity Model (CMM), People Capability Maturity Model
(P-CMM); Benchmarking and certification.
6.1.16 ICT 5301: Information System and Network

Security: 3 Credits
Fundamentals of cryptography, security for communication protocols, security
for operating systems and mobile programs, and security for electronic com-
merce, passwords and offline attacks, DES, RSA, DSA, SHA, SSL, CBC, IPSec,
SET, DDOS attacks, biometric authentication, PKI smart cards, S/MIME, pri-
vacy on the Web, viruses, security models, wireless security, and sandboxing.
6.1.17 ICT 5302: Advanced Internet Technologies: 3

Credits
Introduction to the Internet: Introduction to XML, XHTML, XSL, integrating
JavaScript and XSL; Internet Address, sockets; Application specific protocols
and services: authentication, domain name services (DNS), electronic mail,
world wide web, web caching, network management, internet control message
protocol (ICMP), file transfer protocol (FTP), secured remote access; Voice over
IP and its protocols, Next generation of internet, Revolutionary application of
internet.
6.1.18 ICT 5303: Network Programming and

Management: 3 Credits
Concepts of network operating system, streaming technology, inter process
communication (IPC) between application programs, Abstract Syntax Notation
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One (ASN.1), TELNET, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), simple mail transfer
protocol (SMTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), network
programming, socket-level interface, algorithm and issues in client / server
software design; installation, administration and management of commercial
network software packages; Network information service (NIS) and network
file system (NFS); State-of-the-art network management tools and systems,
high speed LAN, MAN, network management and troubleshooting techniques.
6.1.19 ICT 5304: Digital Communications: 3 Credits

Overview of different types of communication networks and their architecture;
A/D conversion; GIF, JPEG, PNG; Audio coding for fixed telephone network
and speech coding for mobile communications; Image and video coding: JPEG
and MPEG; Channel coding: scrambling, convolution coding, cyclic redun-
dancy checks, scrambling and interleaving; Modulation schemes: ASK, PSK,
FSK, and GMSK. Modulation for local access: ADSL, DSL; Multiple access tech-
nologies, high speed PSTN access technology; Routing strategies, numbering
schemes, Switching techniques: space switching, store and forward switching;
Routing strategies; Numbering schemes; VSAT and satellite communication;
Audio and video conferencing technique, Cable and satellite TV networks,
HDTV transmission.
6.1.20 ICT 5305: Mobile Communications: 3 Credits

An introduction to ubiquitous communication; Wireless transmission: frequen-
cies for transmission, International Regulations and Regulatory Authorities,
signals, antennas, signal propagation, multiplexing, modulation, spread spec-
trum; Medium access control: SDMA, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA; Radio network
planning; Fundamentals of cellular telephony: concept of cellular communi-
cations, frequency reuse, cell splitting, registration, terminal authentication,
handoff; GSM and GPRS: services, system architecture, radio interface, proto-
cols, handover, security; Next generation mobile telecommunications systems:
2.5G systems (EDGE, TETRA), 3G systems (UMTS, UTRAN), 4G and beyond;
Wireless LANS and personal area networks: 802.11, IrDA, Bluetooth, data
services: WAP, mobile IP.
6.1.21 ICT 5306: Software and Database in

Telecommunication: 3 Credits
Introduction to hardware and software evolution; Software components: database,
distributed database, real-time software, mapping of software components etc;
Constraints on the software components: real-time behavior, service continuity,
hardware limitations, software and hardware integration and dimensioning etc;
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Telecommunication software development: examples of life cycles; Methods

and tools for: requirement capture, analysis, specification, architecture, design
and development; Interfaces definition: problem overview, transparency of
distribution; System tests; Database in telecommunication systems, database
environment, relational and object databases; Database planning, design and
administration; Database trends in telecommunication: real-time database,
multimedia database, WWW servers and database, 3D image handling in
database, multimedia and existing RDBMS.
6.1.22 ICT 5307: Embedded Systems Design: 3 Credits

Concepts, classifications; Characteristics; Requirements; Introduction to embed-
ded system design process, Unified Modeling Language (UML); Embedded
microcontroller cores; Embedded memories; Technological aspects; Interfacing
between analog and digital blocks; Signal conditioning, digital signal process-
ing, sub-system interfacing; Interfacing with external systems, user interfacing;
Design trade-offs, thermal considerations; Networked embedded systems: the
I2C bus, the CAN bus, the FlexRay; Example of applications.
6.1.23 ICT 5308: Network Systems Design: 3 Credits

General design process, issues, documents. LAN design: Media, devices
and tools; LAN topology, star and extended star, ring, bus; Physical layout,
network map, cables and conduits, labeling; Firewall. Wireless LAN: Issues
and motivations; standards, IEEE 802.11; Transmission techniques: Infrared,
spread spectrum and narrow band microwave; Application areas: Extension,
cross building interconnect, nomadic access, ad hoc networks; Equipments
and devices. WAN design: Types and technologies; Equipments and devices;
Structured design approach, considerations of design, selection and place-
ment of devices; Evaluation of network performance, security, reliability, and
management capabilities.
6.1.24 ICT 5309: Optical Communication: 3 Credits

Introduction; Light propagation through optical fiber: Ray optics theory and
mode theory; Optical fibers: Structure, conditions of propagation, attenuation,
pulse dispersion, fiber joint and fiber couplers; Light sources and transmitters:
Principle of light emission, modulation bandwidth and spectral properties;
Photodiodes and receivers: Operational principles, electrical bandwidth, noise
and sensitivity; Optical amplifiers: Construction, amplification and noise; Op-
tical communication systems with analog and digital modulation formats:
performance and system budgets; Multichannel systems.
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6.2 Postgraduate Diploma in Business IT

6.2.1 BIT 5401: Computing in Business: 3 Credits
Introduction to programming: Logic flow, procedural versus object-oriented
programming, data types, operators, expressions, input-output, control struc-
tures, arrays, functions, file access, exception handling; Developing algorithms
and user-defined functions; Simple programming with Matlab; Web program-
ming: HTML, CSS, Browsers; Application of programming in business: case
studies.
6.2.2 BIT 5402: Data Analytics: 3 Credits

Overview of data: data attributes, data structures, data ecosystem, examples
of data analytics; Analytical theory and methods: recommendation, clustering,
classification, regression; Application of tensor flow and neural network in data
analysis: analysis of images, OCR applications; data visualization techniques;
data analytics applications in business.
6.2.3 BIT 5403: Strategy and Technology: 3 Credits

Overview of structural and strategic analysis, strategy information, strategy
execution, competitive strategy; Dynamic Strategy Equilibrium; Technology fo-
cused strategy: Strategy driver, business case studies; Challenges of governing
technology-intensive firms; Build and sustain competitive advantage in new,
emerging technologies with high degrees of uncertainty.
6.2.4 BIT 5404: Accounting: 3 Credits

Introduction to accounting: uses and users of information system, accounting
principles, forms of business organization, financial statements; Recording
process: account, debits and credits, summary of debit/credit rules, ledger and
posting, trial balance; Adjusting accounts: reasons, recognizing revenues and
expenses, adjusting entries, nature and purpose of an adjusted trial balance;
Completing accounting cycle: steps in accounting cycle, closing entries, prepar-
ing closing entries, post-closing trial balance, reversing entries, work sheet as
an accountant’s tool, preparing and using work sheet; Operating cycle and mer-
chandising operations: managing merchandising businesses, foreign business
transactions, perpetual inventory system, periodic inventory system; Inventory:
inventory and inventory, effects of inventory errors on the financial statements;
Accounting information systems: basic concepts, nature and purpose of a
subsidiary ledger, recording transactions in special journals; Financial report-
ing and analysis: objective of financial reporting, qualitative characteristics of
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accounting information, accounting conventions, ethical financial reporting,

accounting conventions for preparing financial statements, classified balance
sheet, forms of the income statement, using classified financial statements.
6.2.5 BIT 5405: Business Intelligence: 3 Credits

Concepts of business intelligence (BI): components and functionality of in-
formation systems; business problems solving using operational data; Data
warehouse: data management systems, decision support systems, knowledge
management systems, big data; Design and implementation of BI: Online
analytical processing (OLAP) and Visualization capabilities to create visualiza-
tions and dashboards; Case studies to explore the use of application software,
web tools, success and limitations of BI as well as technical and social issues.
6.2.6 BIT 5406: Business Process Management: 3

Credits
Overview of business analysis, Business processes and business process analy-
sis, business analysis planning and monitoring, Elicitation and collaboration,
Life cycle management, Strategy analysis, Identifying organization’s key perfor-
mance indicators (KPIs), dashboard, balance scorecard, strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats (SWOT); Requirements analysis and design defi-
nition; Application of process modeling techniques and decision modelling
techniques; Process performance measurement and assessment, Solution eval-
uation and Process transformation; Business process management (BPM):
overview and its relationships with total quality management (TQM), business
process re-engineering (BPR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP).
6.2.7 BIT 5407: Marketing Science: 3 Credits

Key concepts: Definition of markets, customers, and competitors; Analyzing the
company, context, competition, and consumer to draw marketing implications;
Evaluation of marketing alternatives in terms of their potential profitability;
Apply the concept of the product life cycle to understand how consumer needs
change over time and draw implications for marketing decisions, segmentation,
targeting and product design, product launch and forecasting, pricing strategy
and communications, distribution and strategic channel decisions; Corporate
management; Management simulation: case studies.
6.2.8 BIT 5408: Management Science: 3 Credits

Introduction to management science: Problem solving and decision making,
quantitative analysis models of cost, revenue, and profit; Project evaluation and
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review technique (PERT) and critical path method (CPM): overview, modeling,
estimation, and review techniques; material management: objectives, inventory
functions, inventory models with probabilistic demand, store management;
Simulations: Real applications of simulation, operational and financial models,
simulating games of chance.
6.2.9 BIT 5409: Strategic Financial Management: 3

Credits
Introduction: meaning, functions, characteristics, scope, importance and con-
straints of strategic financial management (SFM), profit maximization vs wealth
maximization, financial management (FM); Strategic decision making: strate-
gic decision making and its importance, steps involved in decision making
process, approaches, rationality in decision making, classes of decision mak-
ing, decisions under certainty, risk, and uncertainty; Investment strategy: risk
and uncertainty, sources of risk, techniques of investment decision under risk
and uncertainty, certainty equivalent method, statistical methods, decision
tree analysis; Financial analysis: meaning and objectives of financial analysis,
sources of information for financial statement analysis, steps of a financial
statement analysis, traditional and modern approaches to financial statement
analysis; Forecasting financial statements: meaning and definition of financial
forecasting, purpose, use, and importance of financial forecasting, tools of
forecasting financial statement.
6.2.10 BIT 5410: AI for Strategy: 3 Credits

Converging technologies and the rise of the fourth industrial revolution; Un-
derstanding AI and machine learning (ML); Exploring AI applications: visual,
linguistic, and predictive tasks, considerations for developing an AI strategy;
AI powered technology: use cases in the industry, examining the role of hu-
mans and AI, comprehending the benefits and opportunities of AI in business;
Generating AI opportunities and ideas for business, identifying the people,
resources, and project management capabilities required for an AI idea; AI
and business support functions; AI applications in autonomous vehicles and
transportation.
6.2.11 BIT 5411: IoT in Business: 3 Credits

Introduction to IoT: definition, characteristics, physical and logical design, and
functional block of IoT; IoT and Machine2Machine(M2M): M2M, similarities
and differences between M2M and IoT; IoT Business: home automation, appli-
cation in cities, industries and agriculture, applications in health and lifestyle;
IoT system implementation strategies.
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6.2.12 BIT 5412: Information Security: 3 Credits

Introduction to information security: security principles, access control mecha-
nisms, authentication schemes; cyber-attacks: examples, tools, and method-
ologies, network security: firewall, intrusion detection system; cyber defense
techniques; Intellectual properties in business; Cyber Security laws; informa-
tion security policies for sustainable business.
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6.3 Master’s in Information and

6.3.1 ICT 6000: Thesis for M.Sc. Engg. (ICT)
Thesis for MSc. Engg. (ICT): 18 Credits and Project for M. Engg. (ICT): 6
Credits
6.3.2 ICT 6511: Graph Theory and Application: 3

Credits
Introduction to graphs and digraphs; Fundamental concepts: isomorphism,
adjacency and connectivity; Trees, spanning trees, shortest paths, distances
in graphs; Hamiltonian and Eulerian graphs, Travelling Salesman problem,
Chinese Postman problem; Matching and covers: Hall’s theorem, marriage
theorem, optimal assignment, vertex covers, edge covers; Connectivity and cuts:
vertex and edge connectivity, Menger’s theorem, Max-flow Min-cut theorem
in networks; Graph coloring: vertex coloring and edge coloring, k-chromatic
graphs, application to scheduling; Planar graphs: embeddings, dual graphs,
Euler’s formula, Kuratowski’s theorem; Perfect graphs.
6.3.3 ICT 6512: Parallel Algorithms: 3 Credits

Introduction, parallel processing, parallel models, performance of parallel algo-
rithms, work-time presentation framework; Basic techniques: Pointer jumping,
balanced trees, divide and conquer, pipelining, partitioning, symmetry break-
ing; List ranking, Euler tour technique, tree contraction; Parallel searching,
merging and sorting; Connected components; Minimum spanning trees; Bi-
connected components; Simulation between PRAM models: EREW, CREW
and CRCW.
6.3.4 ICT 6513: VLSI Layout Algorithms: 3 Credits

Introduction: VLSI design process, layout styles, difficulties in physical de-
sign, definitions and notations; Circuit Partitioning: problem definition, cost
functions and constraints, Kernighan-Lin algorithm and its variations, simu-
lated annealing; Floor planning: problem definition, models, cost functions
and constraints, cluster growth, simulated annealing, dual graph technique;
Placement: problem definition, models and cost functions, approaches to place-
ment; Grid routing: problem definition, cost functions and constraints, maze
routing algorithms, line search algorithms; Global routing: problem defini-
tion, cost functions and constraints, routing regions, sequential global routing,
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hierarchical global routing; Channel routing algorithms; Layout generation.
6.3.5 ICT 6514: Bioinformatics Computing: 3 Credits

Introduction to the genome: DNA, RNA, amino acids, and proteins; Informa-
tion flow from the genome: genes, transcription, and translation; Integration of
biological data: data integration systems, biological queries, query processing,
data warehouses, and data visualization; Genome and protein sequencing
and analysis, spectrum graphs; Clustering and classification: microarrays,
gene expression analysis, hierarchical clustering, k-means clustering, clustering
and classification algorithms; Drug discovery: technologies and strategies,
identification of drug target molecules, drug design approaches.
6.3.6 ICT 6521: Advanced Database Systems: 3 Credits

Object-oriented database systems, XML, database and the web, data manage-
ment in distributed mobile computing environment, data broadcasting, text
database, digital library design and implementation; Multimedia database:
Basic concept, design and optimization of access strategies; parallel database,
spatial database, temporal database.
6.3.7 ICT 6522: Data Warehousing and Mining: 3

Credits
Data warehouse introduction, evolution of decision support system, Data
warehouse environment, data model, design, Data warehouse technology,
Data loading, clean up and transformation, Data cube and OLAP, Data mining
introduction, classification, clustering, mining association rules, Data mining
tools and applications, Data visualization.
6.3.8 ICT 6531: Computational Linguistics: 3 Credits

Introduction; Syntactic processing: Grammars and parsing, augmented gram-
mars, grammars for natural language, parsing, ambiguity resolution; Semantic
interpretation: Semantics and logical form, linking syntax and semantics, scop-
ing; Context and world knowledge: Knowledge representation and reasoning,
local discourse context and reference, using world knowledge, conversational
agent.
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6.3.9 ICT 6532: Statistical Machine Translation: 3

Credits
Introduction: Statistical versus structured natural language processing (NLP),
basic statistics and statistical model, linguistics essentials, corpus-based NLP;
Models and techniques: Collocations, statistical Inference, word sense dis-
ambiguation, lexical acquisition, Markov models; Grammar: Part-of-speech
tagging, probabilistic context free grammars, probabilistic parsing; Applica-
tions and techniques: Statistical alignment, clustering, information retrieval,
text categorization.
6.3.10 ICT 6533: Speech Processing: 3 Credits

Speech production models: Acoustic theory of speech production, discrete-
time speech model, lossless model of the vocal tract; Speech perception, digital
processing of speech signals: Short-term processing of speech, linear prediction
analysis, cepstral analysis; Speech coding: LPC, MRA, enhancement, human
auditory system, quality assessment, speech synthesis; Speaker recognition
and verification systems.
6.3.11 ICT 6534: Speech Recognition: 3 Credits

Introduction; Modeling human speech perception: Auditory, neural and cog-
nitive processing, pattern matching, linguistic processing; Representations
of speech signal: Band-pass filter energies, formants, LPC and ARMA, cep-
strum and melcepstrum, auditory-model based representations, difference
coefficients, comparison of parametric representations; Recognition modes and
modalities: Speaker dependency, isolated and continuous words, vocabulary
size, speaking environment, perplexity, real-time operation; Stochastic models,
linguistic models, prosodic knowledge sources; Knowledge-based approaches:
Templates versus features, segmentation, labeling, fuzzy reasoning; Stochastic
approaches: Hidden Markov Models (HMM), training and testing algorithms;
Connectionist approaches: Neural networks, learning algorithms; Applica-
tions: Dictation systems, voice-based communications, system control, security
systems, speaker verification.
6.3.12 ICT 6535: Advanced Artificial Intelligence: 3

Credits
Introduction; Advanced search techniques in AI, knowledge based system
design, advanced plan generating systems; Probabilistic Reasoning, decision
networks; Making complex decisions: Sequential decision problems, partially
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observable Markov decision problems (POMDPs); Multiple agent theory: Co-

operation among multiple agents; Learning from observations: Inductive learn-
ing, decision trees, ensemble learning; Knowledge in learning: Use of logic,
explanation based learning, inductive logic programming; Statistical learning:
Complete data, hidden nodes (EM method), instance based learning, neural
networks and neural belief networks; Fuzzy logic and genetic algorithm.
6.3.13 ICT 6536: Neuro-Fuzzy Systems: 3 Credits

Overview of artificial neural networks; Neuro-Models; Simple neural networks;
Multi-layer neural networks: Multilayer Perceptions (MLP), logistic activation
function, backpropagation algorithm; Neural network applications; Overview
of fuzzy system; Crisp sets to fuzzy sets; Operations on fuzzy sets, fuzzy
arithmetic, fuzzy relations; Applications.
6.3.14 ICT 6541: Applied Cryptography: 3 Credits

Overview of cryptography: terminology, steganography, computer algorithms;
Protocol building blocks: one way function, hash function, digital signatures,
random and pseudo-random sequence generation; Basic protocols: key ex-
change, authentication, formal analysis of authentication and key-exchange
protocols, secret splitting, secret sharing, cryptographic protection of databases;
Intermediate protocols: time-stamping services, subliminal channel, different
types of signatures, computing with encrypted data; Advanced protocols: zero
knowledge proofs, blind signatures, identity based public key cryptography,
digital certified mail, simultaneous exchange of secrets; Cryptographic tech-
niques: key length, key management issues such as generating, transferring,
storing, updating, backup and destroying of key; Cryptographic algorithms:
DES, newDES, IDEA, double encryption, triple encryption, public key algo-
rithms; Implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
6.3.15 ICT 6543: Computer Graphics and Animation: 3

Credits
Introduction to computer graphics; Viewing model; Transformations: Rotation,
translation, and scaling; Rendering techniques: Scan conversion, clipping,
filling polygon; Hidden line and hidden surface removal; Illumination and
shading, texture mapping; Animation techniques: Mesh based system, skeletal
animation system; Animation models, fractals.
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6.3.16 ICT 6544: Distributed Systems: 3 Credits

Introduction, communication model: Socket, Remote Procedure Call, Remote
object invocation, message oriented communication; Naming service; Clock
synchronization, distributed object based system: CORBA, distributed COM;
Distributed file system, replication, distributed transactions; Security manage-
ment, recovery.
6.3.17 ICT 6611: Advanced Digital Communication: 3

Credits
Characteristics of different types of channels, storage channels; Digital mod-
ulation schemes, Digital transmission: Mapping, impulse shaping, receiver
design, inter-symbol interference, eye diagram, noise, symbol error probability
for multilevel transmission, partial response technique; Equivalent baseband
channel; Equalizer, adaptive equalizer; System design with joint Nyquist and
matched filter condition; Orthogonal signals, correlation receiver and equiva-
lent matched filter receiver; Optimum detection: Bayes, Maximum Likelihood
(ML) and Maximum Aposteriori Probability (MAP) detection, ML symbol
by symbol and sequence detection, soft and hard decision, Viterbi algorithm,
Viterbi-equalizer; Soft input decoding of convolutional codes; Principles of
Code Division Multiplex and Access (CDMA), near-far problem, multi-user in-
terference, synchronous orthogonal receiver; Time varying multipath channels
for mobile communication, time and Doppler-variant transfer function, statis-
tical channel description, scattering function, AWGN channel with Rayleigh-
fading, error probability; Principles of Turbo Coding.
6.3.18 ICT 6612: Advanced Optical Communication: 3

Credits
Introduction to optical communication: Communication system, basic optical
communication system, evolution of optical communication, advantages and
disadvantages of optical communication; Optical fiber waveguides: construc-
tion, classification of fibers, modes of light propagation, transmission charac-
teristics; Optical sources: Light emitting diodes (LED), semiconductor laser
diodes, optical detectors: p-n photodiode, p-i-n photodiode, and avalanche
photodiodes (APDs); Fiber connection: Fiber joints and fiber couplers, wave-
length MUX and DeMUX, optical add-drop MUX; Optical amplifiers: opto-
electronic amplifiers, fiber amplifiers, Raman and Brillouin amplifiers; Optical
modulation and detection schemes, direct and coherent detection receivers:
Configuration, operation, noise sources, sensitivity and loss calculation, and
performance curves; Digital and analog receivers; Fiber nonlinearities: Kerr
effects–SPM, XPM, and FWM; Scattering effects–SRS and SBS; Transmission
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link analysis: point-to-point and point-to-multi point links, system configura-

tion, link power budget, line-coding schemes. Optical multiplexing schemes:
WDM, OFDM, OTDM and OCDMA; Optical networks.
6.3.19 ICT 6613: Mobile and Wireless Communications:

3 Credits
Introduction and History of Wireless Systems, Cellular Systems, Wireless
LANs, Satellite Systems, Paging Systems; Radio Propagation: free space prop-
agation, propagation mechanisms, link budget design using path loss model,
outdoor propagation models, indoor propagation models; Introduction to
small-scale fading, impulse response model of multipath fading, parameters
of multipath channel, type of small scale fading, Rayleigh and Ricean Distri-
bution; Media Access Control: FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA, Aloha, CSMA,
MACA; GSM overview: Standards, services and structure, GSM air interface
physical layer: physical channels, logical channels, frame structures, modula-
tion, coding and interleaving, GSM signaling: Data link layer, radio resource
management, mobility management, Handover, location update and roaming
in GSM; Short message service (SMS), circuit switched data, General Packet
Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS); CDMA Digital Cellular
System (IS-95): Forward CDMA Channel, Reverse CDMA Channel; Satellite
mobile communications: History, Localization, Handover, Routing; Broadcast
System: Unidirectional distribution systems, DAB-architecture, DVB-container;
WCDMA in 3rd generation system, Difference between WCDMA and 2G air
interface, 3rd generation standards.
6.3.20 ICT 6615: Teletraffic Engineering: 3 Credits

Introduction, traffic sources, resources, operational modes and traffic, unit
of traffic, inter-arrival time and call holding time, traffic variation and busy
hours; Random variables: Random variables, probability distribution function,
probability density function, moments, Bernoulli random variable, uniform
discrete random variable, Binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, negative
exponential distribution, quality of service circuit switching voice networks,
packet switched networks, probabilities of traffic systems; Models for circuit
switched networks: Kendall notation, Erlang’s loss formula (M/M/n/n) and
examples, marginal utility, Wilkinson’s model, equivalent random method and
examples, overflow routing in circuit switched networks; Models for packet
switched networks: M/M/1, M/G/1, M/G/1 priority queues, Erlang’s delay
formula (M/M/n), System simulation: random number and random variable
generation, event-by-event simulation method, sampling theory, simulation
program organization, use of GSPN and other simulation tools.
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6.3.21 ICT 6616: Radio Frequency Technology: 3

Credits
Antennas: Launching of waves, transmission, definition of antennas, reci-
procity, wave propagation, principal of equivalent sources: electric and mag-
netic surface current, uniqueness principle, Huygens principle, Hertzian vector,
image theory; Aperture antennas: Rectangular apertures, horn antenna, cor-
rugated horn, circular aperture, reflector and lens antennas; Linear antennas:
Field calculation, current distribution, linear dipoles and monopoles, design
and feeding of dipole antennas, electrically short antennas, elementary dipole,
receiving antennas - group antennas: Directivity, group factor, phased arrays,
parasitic antennas; Electronic noise: Characteristics of noise voltages and cur-
rents, calculations with noise: Fourier analysis, correlation, superposition of
noise quantities, transmission through linear networks, noise of 2-port net-
works: noise factor and temperature, noise matching, concatenation of noisy
2-port-networks; RF amplification: 2-terminal amplifiers, 2-port amplifiers:
design with scattering parameters, selection of the point of operation, stability,
unilateral design, wide-band amplifiers.
6.3.22 ICT 6621: Advanced Networking: 3 Credits

The TCP/IP protocol stack: IP, ARP, TCP and UDP, DNS, ICMP, Internet ad-
dressing, routing, IP multicast, RSVP, Next Generation Interior gateway proto-
cols: RIPv2,IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF; Wireless: Radio basics, satellite systems, WAP,
current trends, issues with wireless over TCP; Congestion control: control,
avoidance, control and avoidance Algorithms, congestion in the Internet; Net-
work Security: IP security, firewalls; Management: Quality of service (QoS),
network vs. distributed systems management, integrated service, differentiated
service, protocols, web-based management.
6.3.23 ICT 6632: Advanced VLSI Design: 3 Credits

Overview of VLSI technology; Review of CMOS logic circuits; Scaling And In-
terconnect Issues; Deep submicron design issues; Advanced clocking strategies;
Clock distribution trees; High speed switching circuits; Low power design;
Memory circuit design trends, Performance optimization; SOI technology and
circuits; VLSI circuit in signal processing, VLSI circuit in wireless communica-
tion; Introduction to ASIC design.
6.3.24 ICT 6633: Advanced VLSI Testing: 3 Credits

Overview of VLSI circuit; Faults in VLSI circuit; Fault modeling; Fault simula-
tion: Serial, parallel and deductive fault simulation; Testing stuck faults and
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bridging faults; Test algorithms; Automatic test equipment, Functional testing;

Design For Testability: controllability and observability, scan techniques, Built
in self Test; Compression techniques; Testing of digital core; Memory Testing;
Testing of analog and mixed signal core; Iddq Testing, Production Testing; Test
effectiveness: coverage, yield and defect levels; System level test and diagnosis;
MCM and core based testing.
6.3.25 ICT 6634:Reconfigurable Computing: 3 Credits

Introduction to reconfigurable computing; Reconfigurable computing hard-
ware: Device Architecture, coarse grained and fine grained architecture, Re-
configurable computing System, Reconfigurable computing Management, Dif-
ferent types of HDL, Verilog HDL, Design of combinational and sequential
circuits using Verilog HDL, Hardware/software co-design, Case study: Design
of Reconfigurable computing system.
6.3.26 ICT 6641: Advanced Embedded System Design:

3 Credits
Hardware design for embedded systems; Software development for embedded
systems; Network based embedded systems; Sensors and Transducers for
embedded systems; Case study on advanced embedded system; Co-design
using FPGAs; Multiprocessor systems; Case study on multiprocessor systems;
Introduction to digital control; Its use within embedded systems; Case study
on digital control in embedded systems; Design examples: a telephone PBX,
PDA, etc.
6.3.27 ICT: 6642 Real Time Computing for Embedded

System
Definition of real-time, temporal and event determinism, design principles and
practice; Architecture review and interfacing, interrupts, traps and events, re-
sponse times and latency, real-time clocks; Operating systems: Structure of an
RTOS, nucleus, servers, schedulers and dispatchers; Synchronization and com-
munication: priority and distribution queues, system Modeling, static schedul-
ing, priority drive scheduling; Real-time communication, device drivers, oper-
ating systems; Languages in real-time, concurrency issues, Real-time program-
ming.
6.3.28 ICT: 6651 Advanced Digital Signal Processing

Overview of digital signal processing: Bandpass lowpass equivalent signals,
Bandpass sampling, concept of digital frequency, DFT-based filtering, windows,
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frequency measurement; Spectral estimation: Introduction and periodogram,

classical methods, minimum variance method, parametric methods; Multirate
signal processing: Applications motivation, decimation and interpolation, sam-
ple rate conversion for rational D/I, approximate sample rate conversion for
irrational D/I, polyphase implementation of sampling rate conversion, DFT
filter banks, general filter banks - alias cancellation and perfect reconstruction;
Adaptive signal processing: Applications motivation, Wiener filtering, the
Widrow LMS algorithm, performance analysis of LMS algorithm, introduction
to the RLS algorithm; Probability and random processes: Overview of prob-
ability, probability density function, mean, variance, correlation/covariance,
Gaussian random variables, overview of random processes, classification, mul-
tiple random processes, examples.
6.3.29 ICT 6900: Special Topics Related to ICT: 3 Credits

A selected topic of current interest on information and communication technol-
ogy. Syllabus should be approved by RAC prior to the commencement of the
term. In each term only one such course title under this course number can be
offered. However, a student can register only once for this course regardless of
the topic offered under this course number and title.
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6.4 Master’s in Information Security

6.4.1 ICT 6101: Introduction to Information Security: 3
Credits
Introduction to information security: security principles, access control mecha-
nisms, authentication schemes; information security concepts, classification,
security threats such as phishing, spam, adware, ransomware, trojan, virus,
etc; operating system security: classic security models, common vulnerabili-
ties, Linux, Windows, and cloud security; cyber-attacks: examples, tools, and
methodologies, network security: firewall, intrusion detection system; intru-
sion prevention system, cyber defense techniques; security forensics: tools,
mechanisms, challenges; security-ethics: cybercrimes, intellectual properties,
privacy.
6.4.2 ICT 6102: Applied Cryptography: 3 Credits

Overview of cryptography: terminology, steganography, computer algorithms;
Protocol building blocks: one way function, hash function, digital signatures,
random and pseudo-random sequence generation; Basic protocols: key ex-
change, authentication, formal analysis of authentication and key-exchange
protocols, secret splitting, secret sharing, cryptographic protection of databases;
Intermediate protocols: time-stamping services, subliminal channel, different
types of signatures, computing with encrypted data; Advanced protocols: zero
knowledge proofs, blind signatures, identity based public key cryptography,
digital certified mail, simultaneous exchange of secrets; Cryptographic tech-
niques: key length, key management issues such as generating, transferring,
storing, updating, backup and destroying of key; Cryptographic algorithms:
DES, new DES, IDEA, double encryption, triple encryption, public key algo-
rithms; Implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
6.4.3 ICT 6103: Network and System Security: 3 Credits

Overview of operating system and network security issues: network secu-
rity basics, risk analysis, security policies, trusted computers, and networks;
Wireless security: wireless network infrastructure, wireless PAN, LAN, WAN,
mobile, vehicular and satellite networks, security threats in wireless networks;
Security in WLAN: evolution of WLAN security, IEEE802.1x authentication
model, IEEE802.11i standard; Operating system security: authentication, access
control, file protection, file encryption, process accounting; TCP/IP security:
IP security, IPsec. DNS security, FTP/Telnet security, NIS/NFS security, SNMP
security; System security: packet filtering, intrusion detection, malicious soft-
ware, firewalls, security for mobile devices; OS/network security tools: example
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commercial and public domain software tools.
6.4.4 ICT 6104: Database and Storage Security: 3

Credits
Database security and auditing: infrastructure and audit lifecycle; security
measures for database; user profiles, password policies, privileges, and roles;
Database transaction security: issues and techniques for designing, imple-
menting, and certifying secure database systems in a multitenant architecture;
Modern threats and attack vectors; Storage encryption: overview and storage
networking technologies, secure data at rest on SAN, NAS, and local systems;
Big data: security challenges and best practices.
6.4.5 ICT 6105: Digital Forensics and Investigation: 3

Credits
Introduction: forensic soundness, forensic analysis fundamentals; Forensic
analysis: data gathering and observation, formation and evaluation of hypothe-
sis; Electronic discovery: introduction to electronic discovery, legal context and
case management, electronic data management; Methodologies for intrusion
investigation; Forensic analysis of different OS: Windows, UNIX, Macintosh;
Embedded system analysis: operation, data collection, information recovery,
analysis of data; Email and Network investigations; Mobile network investiga-
tions; Case studies.
6.4.6 ICT 6106: Blockchain and Distributed Ledger

Technologies: 3 Credits
Blockchain fundamentals: immutability, provenance, architecture, proof of
work (PoW), decentralized operations and governance; cryptographic con-
structs, economic incentive mechanisms and distributed algorithms under-
pinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum; Smart contract: ba-
sics, use-cases, programming smart contracts on one cryptocurrency platform;
Cryptocurrency mining; Alternate designs for distributed ledger technologies;
Applications for these technologies, and the socio-economic, ethical and legal
dimensions of these applications.
6.4.7 ICT 6107: Telecommunications and IoT Security: 3

Credits
Overview of mobile and IoT devices, systems, and security challenges; Mobile
security: Android OS security, Apps security, Ad vulnerabilities, App analysis
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tools; Android case studies; Telecomm security in 4G/5G networks and be-
yond; Security in Bluetooth: technical basics, system topology, security aspects;
Security in V2X communications: V2X communications overview, security re-
quirements and possible attacks, security services, security of optical wireless
communication systems; Sensing: location privacy, security of sensor data;
secure transmission of data; IoT analysis tools; IoT security case studies and
best practices; real-world security attacks use-cases.
6.4.8 ICT 6108: Ethical Hacking: 3 Credits

Basic Attack tools: overview of attack tools such as netcraft, whois, host, dig,
dnsenum, NMAP, Nessus; System Hacking: password cracking, privilege esca-
lation, application execution, ARP spoofing and MAC attack; Attacks: Packet
sniffing, password attack, social engineering attacks, denial of service (DoS),
DDoS, and EDoS attacks, SQL injection, cross site scripting; Hardware security:
side-channel attacks, physical inclinable functions, hardware trojans; Metas-
ploit framework attacks: password cracking, privilege escalation, remote code
execution, etc.; penetration testing, security audit, vulnerability assessment;
real-world attacks scenarios and their remedies.
6.4.9 ICT 6110: Data Security and Public Policy: 3

Credits
Information security stakeholders: Government, Military, Private Sectors, and
People; Data privacy: Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) - trans-
parency, choice, information review and correction, information protection,
accountability; Risk management: risk assessment, enterprise risk management,
financial risk modeling, legal issues; Policy and Governance: IT asset protection,
intellectual property, security best practices and compliance, security audit;
National and international information security strategies, Information and
Digital security laws and regulations.
6.4.10 ICT 6111: Security and Privacy in Cloud

Computing: 3 Credits
Cloud computing: Overview, models, secure data outsourcing, secure compu-
tation outsourcing; Security design principles: secure isolation, comprehensive
data protection, end-to-end access control, monitoring and auditing, Proof
of data possession/retrievability; Security Patterns: Trusted platform, geo-
tagging, cloud VM platform encryption, trusted cloud resource pools, secure
cloud interfaces, resource access control, cloud data breach protection, perma-
nent data loss protection, in-transit cloud data encryption. network; Security,
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access management and trust: secure on-premise internet access, secure exter-
nal cloud connection, cloud denial-of-service protection, cloud traffic hijacking
protection, automatically defined perimeter, cloud authentication gateway,
cloud key management, trust attestation service, collaborative monitoring and
logging, independent cloud auditing; Cloud-centric regulatory compliance
issues and mechanisms, Business and security risk models; Applications of
secure cloud computing.
6.4.11 ICT 6901: Special Topics Related to Information

Security: 3 Credits
A selected topic of current interest on information security. The syllabus should
be approved by RAC prior to the commencement of the term. In each term,
only one such course title under this course number can be offered. However,
a student can register only once for this course regardless of the topic offered
under this course number and title.
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CHAPTER 7
S YSTEM AND S UPPORT W ING
7.1 Introduction
The System and Support Wing of IICT bears the responsibility for the opera-
tion, maintenance, and development of the IT infrastructure of the university,
which has evolved into one of the most essential tools of modern technological
education and research. Being congruent with the role of BUET as a premier
institution of technical education and research in the country, the System and
Support Wing of IICT is devoted to incorporating state-of-the-art technology
and knowledge regarding information and communication engineering in the
development of infrastructure, enhancement of education, and provision of
research facilities. The following section illustrates a few of the major services
of the wing.
7.2 Key Services

7.2.1 Internet Services, DNS, Public IP and Web
The wing facilitates various kinds of internet services which include providing
DNS service, web hosting, and maintenance of the official website of BUET
including the web sites of different departments of the university and, making
arrangements for internet browsing for the students, teachers, officers, and
staffs of the University. BUET has two blocks (512) of public IP from APNIC
for internal usage. BUET is currently connected to the internet through BdREN
with a bandwidth of 3.0 Gbps.
7.2.2 Operation & Maintenance of Campus Network

In order to enhance the educational and research capacity, BUET has estab-
lished an optical fiber-based campus backbone network. Based on Gigabyte
Ethernet technology, the network connects the main functional components
of the university including departments, administrative offices, classrooms,
laboratories, libraries, residential halls, and teacher, and staff quarters. Wi-Fi
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hotspots are available in different areas of the campus. A dedicated team works
24/7 to maintain the network operations of the University.
7.2.3 Data Center (DC)

BUET established a fully functional data center in 2017. Right now, it has a
total of 10 racks containing general purpose Rack servers, High Performance
Computing (HPC) servers, Blade servers, Switching-Routing devices, Firewalls,
etc. Additionally, it has a 360 TB SAN storage. To maintain the standard
temperature, the DC has six five-ton and two two-ton comfort ACs as well as
two dehumidifiers. For power management, the DC has one 60 KVA generator,
one 60 KVA and one 30 KVA UPS, enough AVR, ATS, MDB, SDB, Timer, EMS,
etc. Moreover, there is a rack of fiber termination points and ODF. The IICT
team maintains this data center 24/7.
7.2.4 Disaster Recover Site (DRS)

BUET has established a Disaster Recovery Site (DRS) on the 4th floor of the
Jamilur Reza Chowdhury building, BUET in 2021. Currently, it has four racks
containing general purpose Rack servers, Comvault backup systems, Distribu-
tion switches, fiber ODF, etc. It has a 150 TB SAN storage as well. To maintain
the standard temperature, the DRS has enough comfort ACs and dehumidifiers.
For power management, the DRS has UPS, AVR, Timer, DB, EMS, etc. The IICT
team maintains this data recovery site.
7.2.5 Computing Facilities for the Students

Through modern and fully equipped classrooms and laboratories, the System
and Support Wing satisfies the educational and computing needs of the facul-
ties, researchers and students of the university. These classrooms are equipped
with powerful computers, multi-media projectors, software, etc. Also, all the
classrooms are provided with intranet and Internet connectivity. Moreover,
BUET has a private cloud computing facility for Students and Faculties. These
Virtual Machines(VM) are accessible from the campus, halls, residential areas,
and outside of the campus. Besides academic purposes usage, those VMs
are currently used for deploying and running about 60 onsite Applications,
Services, and APIs.
7.2.6 Research Facilities

Through highly powerful computers, servers, virtual machines, sophisticated
equipment, and a rich software repository, the System and Support Wing
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facilitates high-quality research work for the students of different depart-

ments/institutes of BUET as well as the graduate and postgraduate diploma
students of the institute. Currently, there are about 90 high-performance vir-
tual machines being used for research purposes. An additional 20 servers are
equipped with GPU nodes and HPC facilities. The IICT System Support team
configures, monitors, and maintains these machines.
7.2.7 Hardware & Software Related Services

With an objective of optimal utilization of the expertise of the institute, the
wing provides consulting services to the departments, institutes, and offices of
the university in connection with procurement, operation, and maintenance of
the hardware and software. The IICT team maintains the BUET Institutional In-
formation System (BIIS) and continuously makes improvements in the system
as per University requirements. The IICT development team developed and
maintains the following key software systems to enhance university services:
• BUET Institutional Information System

• Undergraduate Admission System
• Postgraduate Admission System
• CASR Proposal Management System
• Requisition Management System for Engineering Office
• Student Clearance System
• Real-time Payment Integration in BIIS
• OMR Processing and Marking Software for departments/institutes.
• Student Scholarship Management System
• Fellowship Management System (Local/Foreign)
• Publication and Basic Research Grant for RISE
7.2.8 Virtual Seminar Room Facility

IICT has a modern and highly equipped Virtual Seminar Room on the 7th
floor of ECE Building, which is being used for arranging online or offline
seminars, workshops, meetings, etc., by different departments, institutes, and
offices. During the COVID-19 pandemic, IICT provided the facilities to the
departments/institutes to conduct online classes using interactive flat panels
through Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Classroom, etc.
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CHAPTER 8
C ONSULTANCY S ERVICES
IICT has evolved into a Center of Excellence for providing high-quality con-
sultation services for information and communication-related activities. The
institute regularly provides consultation and ancillary services in this regard
to the government and private agencies.
8.1 Types of Consultancy Services

8.1.1 OMR Based Result Processing System
IICT has been providing OMR-based result processing service to different
organizations for the last 20+ years. Recently, IICT has introduced a scanning-
based technology where OMR sheets and attendance sheets are scanned, and
data is captured from the image. IICT has a meticulous process in place to
ensure an error-free result.
8.1.2 Digital Question Paper Generation and

Download System
IICT developed a solution where a digital question paper can be uploaded to a
central server and distributed all over the country in a highly secure way. It
uses USB dongle digital signature along with multi-factor authentication to
ensure the secure transfer of digital questions. The system has been used by
different organizations is the last few years.
8.1.3 Admission Processing System for Colleges,

Technical Colleges, Madrasa
Based on the verified data of SSC or equivalent, IICT provides a selection mech-
anism for admission into different HSC or equivalent educational institutions.
The system includes confirmation of admission from the institutions.
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8.1.4 Development of Management Information

System
Since its inception, IICT has been working with different organizations for
automation processes by developing custom management information systems
(MIS). IICT is deeply involved in the gas sector, where it helped organizations
to automate the complete billing processes.
8.1.5 Network and Data Center Design

IICT provides network design and data center design services. The design
includes physical layouts, infrastructure requirements, IT equipment require-
ments such as racks, servers, routers, switches, etc., specification of all necessary
equipment, RFP preparation, acceptance testing, documentation, etc.
8.1.6 System Study for Software Specification

IICT provides system study services for the preparation of software require-
ments. The study includes infrastructure, IT equipment, manpower, admin-
istrative processes, existing software, reports, etc. At the end of the study,
IICT provides a comprehensive report with software specifications to be imple-
mented, infrastructure requirements, RFP documents, etc.
8.1.7 Software Security Analysis

IICT provides a security analysis of different software, including code vul-
nerabilities, data security, authentication mechanisms, library vulnerabilities,
misconfigurations, security compliances, workflow mechanisms, system ad-
ministration, etc.
8.2 Testing Service

Besides consultancy services, IICT provides testing services to different kinds
of government and private organizations. A list of testing services is given in
the following.
• Testing of Servers and Network equipment.

• Testing of laptop and desktop computers
• Testing of Tablet device
• Acceptance test of Video surveillance system equipment.
• Testing of Industrial RFID-based data processing equipment.
• Hardware verification for Customs/NBR.
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8.3 Recent Projects

A list of a few major projects successfully implemented by the institute is listed
below.
• Automation of result processing and recruitment of primary school

teachers
• Automation of Man Power Export processing of Bangladesh
• Eradication of hazardous child labor project
• Machine Readable Passport (MRP), Machine Readable Visa (MRV) and
National ID Card Project
• Computerization of Examination System of Bangladesh Technical Edu-
cation Board
• Prepaid Energy Meter Project
• Computerization of Bakhrabad Gas Systems Ltd.(BGSL)
• Computerization of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Sys-
tems Ltd.
• Data Acquisition System of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO)
• Establishment of e-Governance in Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DE-
SCO)
• BUET Institutional Information System (BIIS)
• Enhancement, Development of Computerized System of Bureau of Man-
power and Employment Training (BMET) with necessary Hardware,
Software, Sub-system and Module Making
• Prepaid Gas Meter Design and Development for Titas Gas Transmission
and Distribution Ltd.
• Development of Low-cost Solar-based Irrigation Project
• Manufacture and Design of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)
• Online Application System for Admission to National University
• Development of Enterprize Resource Planning (ERP) System for Karna-
fuli Gas Distribution Company Limited
• Development of Management Information System (MIS) for Bakhrabad
Gas Distribution Company Limited
• Development of Management Information System (MIS) for Sundarban
Gas Company Limited
• Development of Management Information System (MIS) for Jalalabad
Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited
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• Development of Management Information System (MIS) for Paschiman-

chal Gas Company Limited
• Online College Application System in XI Class for Education Boards
• Modern Food Storage Facilities Project for DG Food
• Data Center Design for Chittagong Port Authority (CPA)
• OMR-based Result Processing for Directorate of Primary Education
(DPE)
• OMR-based Result Processing for DG Food
• OMR-based Result Processing for Education Engineering Department
(EED)
• OMR-based Result Processing for Department of Land
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Bangladesh University of
Engineering & Technology
(BUET)
March 2024
608 ECE Building, West Palashi Campus

BUET, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh
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INFORMATION

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

2 Institute of Information and Communication Technology

2.4 Previous Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Academic and Research Activities 25

4 Rules and Regulations for Academic Programs 51

5 Course Structure and Outline 57

6 Detail Outline of Courses 63

6.1.18 ICT 5303: Network Programming and

6.3.18 ICT 6612: Advanced Optical Communication . . 78

7 System and Support Wing 87

Dr.Hossen Asiful Mustafa

1.1 The University

Until today, it has produced 30,000+ graduates in different branches of

BUET campus is located at the heart of the city of Dhaka. It has a

1.2 Faculties, Departments, Institutes and

1.3 Centers, Directorates, Cells, Etc.

1.3.5 Linkage Projects

1.4 The Central Library

and password obtainable from IICT. There are 42 PCs available

1.4.2 Library hours

1.5 University Administration

1.5.2 The Vice Chancellor

1.5.3 The Pro-Vice Chancellor

1.5.4 The University Syndicate

5. Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUET

1.5.5 Deans of Faculties

Dean of Faculty of Prof. Dr. Abu Rayhan Md. Ali

1.5.6 Head of the Departments

Department of Chemical Prof. Dr. Md. Shahinoor Islam

1.5.7 Directors of Institutes

Institute of Water and Flood Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam

1.5.8 Directors of Directorate/Centers/Cell

Directorate of Advisory, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Arif

International Training Network Prof. Dr. Tanvir Ahmed

1.5.9 Administrative Offices

Registrar Prof. Dr. Md. Forkan Uddin

1.5.10 Provosts of Residential Halls

Ahsan Ullah Hall Professor Dr. Md. Rafi Uddin

1.5.11 University Address

I NSTITUTE OF I NFORMATION AND

The Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT)

2.3 Board of Governors

2.3.1 Rules to Form Board of Governors (BOG)

5. One external member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from

6. One external member nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from

7. The Director of Administration and Research Services.

8. One Professor of the Institute nominated by the Vice-Chancellor.

9. The Director of the Institute, who shall also act as Member-Secretary

2.3.2 Current Board of Governors

2. Prof. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam, Member

3. Prof. Dr. Ishrat Islam, Member

4. Prof. Dr. Dipak Kanti Das, Member

5. Prof. Dr. Subrata Kumar Aditya, Member

6. Engr. Mohammad Enamul Kabir, Member

7. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Arif Hasan Mamun, Member

8. Prof. Dr. S. M. Lutful Kabir, Member

9. Prof. Dr.Hossen Asiful Mustafa, Member-Secretary

2.4 Previous Directors

Prof. Dr. Abdul Matin Patwary 24/08/1977 – 16/09/1980

Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury 17/09/1980 – 15/06/1982

Prof. Dr. Abdul Matin Patwary 15/06/1982 – 26/04/1983

Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury 27/04/1983 – 28/01/1992

Prof. Md. Mojibur Rahman 28/01/1992 – 14/03/1995