Mohammad Kaykobad () is a Bangladeshi

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, educator, author, and columnist. Along with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, he started the national mathematics olympiad. He was a professor of computer science and engineering in

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, and became a faculty member of computer science and engineering at

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in 2020. Also a faculty member of

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Education

In 1970, Kaykobad finished his SSC from Manikganj Govt. High School and, in 1972, his HSC from Debendra College. He did his M.S. in engineering at the Institute of Marine Engineers,

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(then in the USSR), in 1979. He undertook his M.Eng. in computer applications technology at the Asian Institute of Technology,

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, in 1982. He undertook his PhD at the Flinders University of South Australia, in 1986 under the supervision of Dr FJM Salzborn.

Career

Kaykobad served as an adviser to ICT Projects for e-Governance in Bangladesh. He was awarded the gold medal for contribution in ICT education at a ceremony at

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by Bangladesh Computer Society and was presented the award by the

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on 26 July 2005. He was recognized as the best coach of

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by IBM at 26th World Finals of ACM ICPC at Honolulu, Hawaii on 22 March 2002. He researched the computerization of class scheduling of different universities of Bangladesh, which was submitted to the University Grants Commission in 1995. He is a member of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

Honors and awards

* Received the Best Coach award in 2002 at Honolulu, Hawaii * Recognized as a distinguished alumnus by the Flinders University of South Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaykobad, Mohammad 1954 births Living people Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Asian Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology People from Manikganj District Bangladeshi computer scientists Flinders University alumni