Colonel Md Shihabul Islam (Retd)
Head of the Dept, Computer Science and Engineering, Prime University
Colonel Md Shihabul Islam (Retd., Ex EME) received B. Sc. Engg. in Electrical and Electronics from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and M. Sc. Engg. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1992 and 2017, respectively. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was commissioned in the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Bangladesh Army after passing from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1992.
He has extensive professional and international peacekeeping experience, having served in two United Nations peacekeeping missions. His first United Nations mission was with BANENGR-4 as contingent member under the UNMEE in Eretria. He subsequently served in his second United Nations mission as a staff under the MONUSCO in DR Congo. In addition to his military and peacekeeping experience, he successfully completed a professional diploma program from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China, further enhancing his professional knowledge, skills, and international exposure. Colonel Md Shihabul Islam is having 30 years of experience in the field of administration, leadership and management in both technical and command level operation.
He is currently serving as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prime University, Mirpur 1, Dhaka. Prior to joining Prime University, he served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in 2014-2018. His research interests cover machine learning (ML), digital image processing (DIP), human computer interactions (HCI), internet of things (IoT) and system security. He has co-authored several journal and conference papers, and presented his papers in different well-reputed conferences.
Besides, he achieved several other academic awards such as Academic Merit Scholarship from Department of EEE, BUET, and general scholarships from Jashore board, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.Col Shihab is married and proud father of two daughters.
Ph. D (Research Fellow) in Computer Science and Engineering, BUET
M. Sc in Computer Science and Engineering, BUET
B. Sc in Electrical and Electroic Engineering, BUET
Machine Learning
Digital Image Processing
Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Internet of Things (IoT)
System Security
He has got more than 12 years of academic experience
He has served in various command, staff and instructional appointment in Bangladesh Army for long 30 years.
1. CSE 1109 Computer Fundamentals
2. CSE 2103 Data Structure
3. CSE 2104 Data Structure Lab
4. CSE 2203 Computer Architecture and Organization
5. CSE 2209 Discrete Mathematics
6. CSE 3101 Database Management System
7. CSE 3102 Database Magnagement System Lab
8. CSE 3103 Operating Syatems
9. CSE 3104 Operating Systems Lab
10. CSE 4103 Computer Graphics
11. CSE 4203 Machine Learning
12. CSE 4207 Digital Image Processing
2. Masfiqur Rahaman, Ahmed Mahir Sultan Rumi, Md Shihabul Islam, Tarik Reza Toha, Md Masum Mushfiq, M. Sohel Rahman, Muhammad Ali Nayeem, Najla Abdulrahman Al-Nabhan, and ABM Alim Al Islam, Towards Devising A Multi-Objective Traffic Signal Scheduling Approach for Non-Lane-based Heterogeneous Traffic, IEEE Access (2025).
3. Md Mominur Rahman, Md Alamgir Hossain, Tahmid Hasan, Md Kawsar Ahmed, Rabeya Sultana and Md Shihabul Islam, EmotionNet: Pioneering Deep Learning Fusion for Real-Time Speech Emotion Recognition with Convolutional Neural Networks, 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2024, pp. 592-597, doi: 10.1109/ICEEICT62016.2024.10534404.
4. Ms Bithi, Md Alamgir Hossain, Md Kawsar Ahmed, Rabeya Sultana, Ishtiaq Ahammad and Md Shihabul Islam, Enhanced DDoS Detection in Software Defined Networking Using Ensemble-Based Machine Learning, 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2024, pp. 1032-1037, doi: 10.1109/ICEEICT62016.2024.10534483.
5. Imam Hossain, Md Shihabul Islam, Rabeya Sultana, and Md Abdul Latif, Automatic Vehicle Accident Detection and Messaging System Using GSM and GPS Module, in International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET), Pages: 1165-76, Volumn: 1, Issue:09, September 2023.
6. Adnan Quaium, Najla Abdulrahman Al-Nabhan, Masfiqur Rahaman, Saiful Islam Salim, Tarik Reza Toha, Jannatun Noor, Mainul Hossain, Nafisa Islam, Aaiyeesha Mostak, Md Shihabul Islam, Md Masum Mushfiq, Ishrat Jahan, and ABM Alim Al Islam, Towards associating negative experiences and recommendations reported by Hajj pilgrims in a mass-scale survey, Heliyon. May 2023.
7. Md Alamgir Hossain, Md Imtiaz Ahmed, Md Kawsar Ahmed, Rabeya Sultana, Omlan Jyoti Mondal, Md Shihabul Islam, and Minarul Islam, Predicting the Specialized areas of Computer Science Students of Bachelor of Science Level Analyzing Academic Statements Using Machine-learning Approaches, International Journal of Computer Science and Programming Language 8, no. 2, 2022.
8. Imam Hossain, Md Shihabul Islam, Rabeya Sultana, and Md R. Rahman, IoT Based Home Automation System Using Renewable Energy, American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering, and Technology 6, no. 3, 2022.
9. Md Shihabul Islam, Masfiqur Rahaman, and ABM Alim Al Islam, Securing Firearms inside An Arsenal through Using A Remotely-Operated Sensor-Based Safety Mechanism, In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security, pp. 40-49. 2021.
10. Md Shihabul Islam, Devising a low-cost and high-accuracy user authentication system for firearms, 2018.
11. Md Shihabul Islam, Mohammad Ali, Kazi Hasan Zubaer, Saiyma Sarmin, Md Tamzeed Islam, Bashima Islam, ABM Alim Al Islam, and Asif Mohaisin Sadri, Trusted Worrier: A low-cost and high-accuracy user authentication system for firearm exploiting dynamic hand pressure biometrics, In 2017 International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (NSysS), pp. 87-95. IEEE, 2017.
UN Mission, Eritrea and Ethiopia
UN Mission DR Congo
1. Member of the Institution of Engineers (IEB), Bangladesh from July 1994 (F# 16442 , M# 19337, AM# 8382) from 1994.
2. Member of the Bangladesh Computer Society (M# 03045) from 2025.
3. BUET Shere Bangla Hall Alumni Association from 2015
4. BUET Alumni from March 2012
5. Member of the Golf Club of Bangladesh Ordnance Factories, Gazipur from May 2018
6. Member of the Army Golf Club, Dhaka from December 2020
7. Member of the RAOWA Club from January 2021
8. Member of the Golf Club of Jolshiri Abason from 2022
1. 02 days training on Compliance Management of BAC Standard was conducted by Bangladesh Accreditation Council at Shahbag, Dhaka (29-30 October 2025)
2. 28 days Cyber Security training was conducted by the Academic Council of NIIT, India at MIST, Dhaka (December 2017)
3. 14 days Cyber Security training was conducted by an expert from Malaysia and organized by ICT division, Dhaka (February 2016)
4. 14 days professional training on role of Military Observer in United Nation Mission conducted by BIPSOT, Gazipur (September 2010)
5. Received Diploma from the Academy of Armored Forces Enginnering, PLA, China (Duration 2007 and 2008)
6. 3 days workshop on Human Rights Peer Leaders was conducted by the experts from UN headquarters, New York, USA at Eritrea (April 2004)
Bengali (Native), English (Fluent), Arabic (Read, Write)