Faculty Profile
Akif Mahdi
M.Sc. Engg. & B.Sc. Engg. in ICE, University of Rajshahi
Lecturer
Department of Information and Communication Engineering
Pabna University of Science and Technology
Pabna, Bangladesh
Contact Information
akif.mahdi@pust.ac.bd (Office)
Total Publications: 11
Education (4)
- M.Sc. Engineering in Information and Communication Engineering, 2019, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- B.Sc. Engineering in Information and Communication Engineering, 2018, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Passing Year: 2014, Rajshahi College, Rajshahi
- Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Passing Year: 2012, Rajshahi Collegiate School, Rajshahi
Teaching Experience (2)
- Lecturer, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh. From February 3, 2024, to the present day.
- Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Metropolitan University, Sylhet, Bangladesh. From February 1, 2023, to February 2, 2024.
Administrative or Other Experience (1)
- Assistant Proctor, Proctor Office, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh. From January 14, 2025, to the present day.
Journal Articles (1)
- Md Rashed, Md Imran Hossain, Akif Mahdi and Gulam Mustofa, "Hybrid Machine Learning Models for Accurate Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prediction Using a Stacking Classifier and a Meta-Model Approach" Cureus Journal of Computer Science (Part of Springer Nature), Publication date: March 03, 2025 DOI: 10.7759/s44389-025-03135-0
Conference Proceedings (10)
- Shubail Haque Turza, Akif Mahdi, Md. Ibne Shihab Shad, M. Hasnat Kabir, and Ariful Islam, "Fake News Detection in Bangla: A Transformer Ensemble Framework for Robust Classification," 2025 28th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2025, [Organized by: IEEE Bangladesh Section] pp. 1160-1165, doi: 10.1109/ICCIT68739.2025.11491228. (Scopus)
- Md. Rifat Hossen, Md Sarwar Hosain, Akif Mahdi, Tarun Debnath, Md. Najmul Hossain, "QCNN-SER: A Noise-Robust Quantum Convolutional Neural Network with Enhanced Cross-Domain Generalization for Speech Emotion Recognition" 2025 28th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2025, [Organized by: IEEE Bangladesh Section] pp. 2431-2436, doi: 10.1109/ICCIT68739.2025.11491179. (Scopus)
- Md. Ibne Shihab Shad, Sayeeda Khan, Md. Sarwar Hosain, and Akif Mahdi, "Speaker Identification from Bone-Conducted Speech via Dual Attention-Transformer Model: A Study with EmoBone Dataset," 2025 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Information, Communication and Systems (SPICSCON), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2025, pp. 437-441, doi: 10.1109/SPICSCON69221.2025.11504169. (Scopus)
- Md. Ibne Shihab Shad, Sayeeda Khan, Md. Sarwar Hosain, Akif Mahdi, Manob Chandra Chanda and Md. Rifat Hossain, "Attention-Based Deep Learning for Scalable Speech Emotion Recognition with Synthetic Bone-Conducted Speech," 2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Computing, Applications and Systems (COMPAS), Kushtia, Bangladesh, 2025 DOI: 10.1109/COMPAS67506.2025.11381631. (Scopus)
- Md. Ibne Shihab Shad, Sayeeda Khan, Md. Sarwar Hosain, Akif Mahdi, Rinku Islam, and Liton Chandra Paul, "Emotion Recognition from Bone-Conducted Speech Using Attention-Based CNN-Transformer Architecture on the EmoBone Dataset." In Proc. 3rd International Conference on Big Data, IoT and Machine Learning (BIM 2025), Springer Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1798, Dhaka International University, Bangladesh, September 2025. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-15346-3_49 (Scopus)
- Tanzina Aranya Islam, Akif Mahdi and M. Hasnat Kabir, "Identifying Dataset Faults to Enhance Glioma Classification and Multiclass Brain Tumor Analysis with Deep CNN Architectures", 2025 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE), CUET, Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh. (Scopus) DOI: 10.1109/ECCE64574.2025.11013954
- Jarin Alam Prity and Akif Mahdi, "Multimodal Zero-Shot Learning for Holistic Mental Health Assessment", 8th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education, ICERIE 2025, Track: Electrical, Information and Communication Engineering, Organized by: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 2025. (Awarded as the best poster of the conference).
- Akif Mahdi and M. Hasnat Kabir, "COVID-CX-Net: A Transfer Learning Approach to Detect COVID-19 Using Chest X-ray Images", 26th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2023. [Organized by: IEEE Bangladesh section] (Scopus) DOI: 10.1109/ICCIT60459.2023.10441306
- Papia Sultana, Akif Mahdi, M. Hasnat Kabir, Md. Firoz Ahmed, and Md. Ashraful Islam, "Gastrointestinal Diseases Detection by Analysing Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images through Deep Learning", National Conference on Physics -2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Akif Mahdi and M. Hasnat Kabir, "Detection of COVID-19 Pneumonia Using Chest X-Ray Images - A Transfer Learning Approach", International Conference on Physics 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Conducted Courses (12)
- Telecommunication Engineering
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Network Programming with Java
- Applied Electricity and Magnetism
- Database Management Systems
- Structured Programming
- Discrete Mathematics
- Optical, Satellite and RADAR Communication
- Data Communication and Networking
- Circuit Theory and Analysis
- Communication Engineering
- Digital Logic Design
Conference and Seminar Attended (1)
- Seminar on "Enhancing Students' Programming Skills through Problem Solving," conducted by Dr. Younghui Wu, Fudan University, China, organized by the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT), Bangladesh. Date: October 4, 2023.
