Miftahur Rahman is a Bangladeshi

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

in the area of optical communication systems,

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and

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. He received his BS degree in 1976 and M.Sc. degree in 1977, both in the field of

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from the

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, in Bangladesh. After serving a short time as a

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in the Department of Physics, at the

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, he received a second master's degree in 1983, an MS in

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from

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. In 1988, he received a

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in solid-state physics and

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from the

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. His thesis was conducted at the

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. Following his education, he worked as a consultant in Arthur D. Little, Inc. from 1988 to 1989 and then as a research associate for th
Institute for Plastics Innovation
(IPI) from 1990 to 1995. He served as a technical manager, from 1995 to 1997 at Grameen Shakti, a sub-division of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winning

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. He served as a

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and

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from 1997 to January 2002. In spring 2002 he joined in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, at

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(NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since then he has been with NSU as the chairman of the department from 2003 to 2007. He is also serving as the director of the Center for Information and Communication Technology (CICT), an industrial academia

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and well known for organizing the first eve
International Conference of the Next Generation Wireless Systems
in 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with the sponsorship of

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. Rahman, along with the Minister of Science, has spoken nationally for a technological platform for the nation. He was also active in other national educational endeavours in the sciences.

Background

He has said that "In the world of electronics, experimentation is a very expensive task. Before we can produce a single chip in the industry, we have to verify every aspect of it minutely. So, rather than investing large amount of money in making prototypes of a device, simulating the hardware can be implemented to exponentially reduce costs.

FPGA A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is a type of configurable integrated circuit that can be repeatedly programmed after manufacturing. FPGAs are a subset of logic devices referred to as programmable logic devices (PLDs). They consist of a ...

and PLD are such tools that help to simulate real hardware. That is the reason this course will help the students, especially the engineering students to have a much better and more practical view on these tools. We have a gold mine of creative minds. But due to our age-old education system, lack of progress in the research and development sector and many other socio-economic reasons obstruct us to nourish those minds. Our sons and daughters are making their mark abroad but Bangladesh still lacks necessary proactive and creative engineers. Such prestigious courses will help develop those enthusiasts and create an opportunity within the country to think and create and contribute to the country's technological development". In order to promote the software industry of Bangladesh, Rahman has said "We are trying to grow enthusiasm among students, who are capable of producing software, which can compete at international level". In addition, he chaired other events to establish a world class telecommunication backbone network and services industry in Bangladesh.

Selected work

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References

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