Dr. Sejuti Rahman
(Associate Professor & Chairperson)
Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
This is an incredibly exciting time to lead the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering (RME) of the University of Dhaka (DU), which has made exceptional progress as a champion and organizing voice for robotics innovation since its launch just a couple of years ago. My focus, as a Chair of RME, will be firmly on supporting, stimulating, growing and promoting RME academic and research excellence in Bangladesh (BD) – working with all the faculty members to form a powerful research and innovation strategy.
Over the last few years, I believe the RME-DU Network has successfully strengthened the research landscape and interdisciplinary community of DU by facilitating research and education programs across the BD. It has also significantly raised the prospects of Industry 4.0 automation nationally through collaboration, strengthened the interaction between the research community and end-users, enhanced the linkages of Govt. and non-Govt. organizations provided coordinated investment to state-of-the-art capital facilities and exerted significant influence on the future direction and national policies of Bangladesh.
RME aims to continue stimulating collaboration and innovation to ensure that the BD’s world-class fundamental and applied robotics research continues to flourish. On behalf of myself and the other faculty members, we look forward to working with you and leveraging the existing national and international collaboration to accelerate the future development of Bangladesh.
Research News & Activities
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Computer Science and Engineering | Australian National University | Australia | 2014 |
| Masters | Computer Science and Engineering | University of Tokyo | Japan | 2010 |
| Bachelor | Computer Science and Engineering | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2007 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor | Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 28, Dec 2022 | Currently Working |
| Chairperson | Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 02, Sep 2022 | Currently Working |
| Assistant Professor | Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 27, Nov 2018 | 27-12-2022 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | Center for Autonomous Systems, University of Technology Sydney | Sydney, Australia | 01, Sep 2016 | 30-09-2017 |
| Lecturer | Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 03, Jan 2016 | 26-11-2018 |
| Assistant Professor | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University | Bangladesh | 01, May 2015 | 31-12-2015 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University | USA | 01, Apr 2014 | 31-03-2015 |
| Visiting Researcher | National Institute of Informatics | Tokyo, Japan | 01, Jan 2013 | 31-12-2 |
- Medical Robotics
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
- Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging
- 3D reconstruction for the purpose of 3D mapping/ robot navigation/ Visual SLAM
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Robotics | Deep Learning-Driven Automated Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Image Memorability | Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh | 01-01-2023 | 31-12-2023 | |
| Deep Learning | UAV-Cop: An Airborne Traffic Accident Surveillance and Analysis System | University Grants Commission, Bangladesh | 01-06-2022 | 31-12-2023 | |
| Medical Robotics | Developing an AI-Powered Robo-Therapist to Guide and Assess the Quality of Stroke Rehabilitation Exercises | Innovation Fund of ICT Division | 01-01-2022 | 31-12-2022 | |
| Medical Robotics | IHABOT: Intelligent Hospital Assistance Robot to Fight Contagion by Reducing Doctor-Patient Interaction | Centennial Research Grant, University of Dhaka | 01-01-2021 | 31-12-2021 | |
| Deep Learning | A Patient Care Robot with Automated Path Planning: A Case Study of Zero Shot Learning | Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of Bangladesh | 01-01-2021 | 31-12-2021 | |
| Computer Vision | A Fast and Efficient 3D Reconstruction Method for Crime Detection and Disaster Response | University Grants Commission, Bangladesh | 01-07-2019 | ||
| Deep Learning | Neural Network based Automated Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children | Innovation Fund of ICT Division | 01-01-2019 | 31-12-2019 | |
| Machine Learning and Hyperspectral Imaging | 3D Imaging for Phenotypic Trait Estimation of Beef and Sheep carcasses | Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources | 01-09-2016 | 30-09-2017 | |
| Computer Vision | 3D Reconstruction of Road Accident and Crime Scenes | U.S. Department of Justice , Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice | 01-04-2014 | 31-03-2015 | |
| Computer Vision | Color Photometric Stereo for Non-Lambertian Multicolored Surfaces | Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas | 01-01-2013 | 31-12-2014 | |
| Machine Learning and Hyperspectral Imaging | Estimating Reflection Parameters, Light, and Shape from a Single View | National ICT Australia (NICTA) | 01-07-2010 | 16-12-2014 | |
| Computer Graphics | Physically based Simulation and Rendering of Natural Phenomena | Kawaguchi Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan | 01-04-2008 | 31-03-2010 |
| Book Section | |
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| 1 |
Sejuti Rahman, Sujan Sarker, A.K.M. Nadimul Haque and Monisha Mushtary Uttsha “Deep Reinforcement Learning: A New Frontier in Computer Vision Research.” Vision, Sensing and Analytics: Integrative Approaches. Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad and Atsushi Inoue Eds. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021 29-70 . |
| 2 |
Tonmoy Hossain, Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman and Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad “Skeleton- Based Human Action Recognition on Large-Scale Datasets.” Vision, Sensing and Analytics: Integrative Approaches. Eds. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021 125-146 . |
| 3 |
Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman, Tonmoy Hossain, Lafifa Jamal, Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad and Sayeda Faiza Ahmed “Skeleton-Based Activity Recognition System : Representation, Preprocessing and Methods.” Skeleton-Based Activity Recognision System:Representation, Preprocessing and Methods, Contactless Human Activity Analysis. Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Upal Mahbub and Tauhidur Rahman Eds. Springer Nature, Switzerland AG, 2021 43-79 .
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| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Sejuti Rahman, Sujan Sarker, A K M Nadimul Haque, Monisha Mushtary Uttsha, Md Fokhrul Islam and Swakshar Deb : AI-driven Stroke Rehabilitation Systems and Assessment: A Systematic Review, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (impact factor:4.528) , 2023 . |
| 2 |
Swakshar Deb, Md Fokhrul Islam, Shafin Rahman and Sejuti Rahman : Graph Convolutional Networks for Assessment of Physical Rehabilitation Exercises, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (impact factor:4.528) , vol.30 IEEE , pp.410-419 , 2022 . |
| 3 |
Shifat E. Arman, Sejuti Rahman and Shamim Ahmed Deowan : COVIDXception-Net: A Bayesian Optimization-Based Deep Learning Approach to Diagnose COVID-19 from X-Ray Images, SN Computer Science , vol.3 , no.2 , pp.1-22 , 2022 . |
| 4 |
Ragib Amin Nihal, Sejuti Rahman, Nawara Mahmood Broti and Shamim Ahmed Deowan : Bangla sign alphabet recognition with zero-shot and transfer learning, Pattern Recognition Letters (impact factor:4.757) , vol.150 Elsevier , pp.84–93 , 2021 . |
| 5 |
Monisha Mushtary Uttsha, A. K. M. Nadimul Haque, Shamim Ahmed Deowan and Sejuti Rahman : A Cost Effective Smart Security System for Residential Homes, Dhaka University Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (DUJASE) , vol.5 , no.1 & 2 , pp.67-73 , 2020 . |
| 6 |
Mohammad Tareq, Abdullah Al Mahmud and Sejuti Rahman : Innovative Work Environment, Internal Locus of Control and Intrinsic Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Bangladeshi Employees, European Journal of Business and Management , vol.12 , no.29 , pp.37-44 , 2020 . |
| 7 |
Sejuti Rahman, Sujan Sarker, Md Abdullah Al Miraj, Ragib Amin Nihal, A. K. M. Nadimul Haque and Abdullah Al Noman : Deep Learning Driven Automated Detection of COVID-19 from Radiography Images: A Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Computation (impact factor:4.980) , vol.(Accepted to be published) , 2020 . |
| 8 |
Sabbir Ahmed Chowdhury, Sejuti Rahman and Shariful Islam : Teaching-Learning Practices of Information and Communication Technology in Secondary Schools of Bangladesh, Information and Knowledge Management , vol.9 , no.8 , pp.14-20 , 2019 . |
| 9 |
Sejuti Rahman, P. Quin, T. Walsh, T. Vidal-Calleja, M. J. McPhee, E. Toohey and A. Alempijevic : Preliminary estimation of fat depth in the lamb short loin using a hyperspectral camera, Animal Production Science (impact factor:1.275) , vol.58 , no.8 , pp.1488 -1496 , 2018 . |
| 10 |
Sejuti Rahman and A. Robles-Kelly : Estimating reflectance parameters, light direction, and shape from a single multispectral image, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging (impact factor:5.640) , vol.3 , no.4 , pp.837 – 852 , 2017 . |
| 11 |
Sejuti Rahman and A. Robles-Kelly : An optimization approach to the recovery of reflection parameters from a single hyperspectral image, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (impact factor:3.121) , vol.117 , no.12 , pp.1672–1688 , 2014 . |
| 12 |
Sejuti Rahman, Syeda Faiza Ahmed, Omar Shahid, Musabbir Arrafi and Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad : Automated Detection Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on Human Activity Analysis: A Review, Cognitive Computation (Impact Factor: 4.980) , 2021 . |
| 13 |
Sifat Ahmed, Tonmoy Hossain, Oishee Bintey Hoque, Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman and Faisal Muhammad Shah : Automated COVID-19 Detection from Chest X-Ray Images: A High-Resolution Network (HRNet) Approach, SN Computer Science , vol.2 , no.4 , 2021 . |
| 14 |
Ragib Amin Nihal, Nawara Mahmood Broti, Shamim Ahmed Deowan and Sejuti Rahman : Design and Development of a Humanoid Robot for Sign Language Interpretation, SN Computer Science , vol.2 , no.3 , 2021 .
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| Conference Proceedings | |
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| 1 |
Swakshar Deb, M. Fokhrul Islam, Shafin Rahman and Sejuti Rahman “Graph Convolutional Networks for Assessment of Physical Rehabilitation Exercises.” WICV Workshop of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) New Orleans, LA, USA: 2022 . |
| 2 |
Shafin Rahman, Sejuti Rahman, Omar Shahid, Md. Tahmeed Abdullah and Jubair Ahmed Sourov “Classifying Eye-Tracking Data Using Saliency Maps.” 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) Milan, Italy: 2021 . |
| 3 |
Md. Tahmeed Abdullah, Jubair Ahmed Sourov, Sejuti Rahman and Sujan Sarker “Simulation of Pattern Formation of Swarm with Minimum Shape Parameters.” 9th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics Vision (ICIEV) Kitakyushu, Japan: 2020 . |
| 4 |
Niloy Irtisam, Riad Ahmed, M. M. Akash, Raiyan Abdullah, Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman and Lafifa Jamal “Pathfinder: A Fog Assisted Vision-Based System for Optimal Path Selection of Service Robots.” 9th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics Vision (ICIEV) Kitakyushu, Japan: 2020 . |
| 5 |
Ragib Amin Nihal, Nawara Mahmood Broti, Shamim Ahmed Deowan and Sejuti Rahman “Design and Development of an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Using TPU Material.” 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Engineering and Technology (ICIET) Dhaka: 2020 . |
| 6 |
Sejuti Rahman, A. Lam, I. Sato and A. Robles-Kelly “A Rainbow Light for Color Photometric Stereo for Non-Lambertian Multicolored Surfaces.” WICV Workshop of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Las Vegas, NV, USA: 2016 . |
| 7 |
Sejuti Rahman, A. Lam, I. Sato and A. Robles-Kelly “Color Photometric Stereo for Non-Lambertian Multicolored Surfaces.” Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV) , pp. 335-350. Singapore.: Springer, Cham, 2014 . |
| 8 |
Sejuti Rahman and A. Robles-Kelly “A Method for Estimating Light Direction, Shape, and Reflection Parameters from a Single Image.” IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) Melbourne, Australia: 2013 . |
| 9 |
Sejuti Rahman and A. Robles-Kelly “On the Recovery of Shape and Reflectance Parameters from a Single Multispectral Image, in Proceedings of..” IEEE Conference on Digital Image Computing and Technology Australia (DICTA) Noosa, Australia: 2011 . |
| 10 |
Sejuti Rahman and Y. Kawaguchi “Simulating Natural Bubble Ring Phenomenon Using Particle Level Set Method.” ASIAGRAPH Tokyo, Japan: 2009 . |
| 11 |
R. Shimada, Sejuti Rahman and Y. Kawaguchi “Simulating the Coalescence and Separation of Bubble and Foam by Particle Level Set Method.” Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization: Modern Techniques and Applications (CGIV) Penang, Malaysia: 2008 . |
| 12 |
Sejuti Rahman and Y. Kawaguchi “Simulating Realistic Bubble and Foam Floating on Fluid.” ASIAGRAPH Shanghai, China: 2008 .
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | “Dean’s Award- 2017” from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the University of Dhaka in recognition of the outstanding achievement in research | 2020 | Bangladesh | |
| International | International Internship Scholarship at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) | 2013 | Japan | |
| International | FB Rice Prize for the Best Patent Activity | 2012 | Australia | |
| International | Australian National University and National ICT Australia PhD Scholarship | 2010 | Australia | |
| International | Nitori Foundation Scholarship for Academic Achievement in Masters | 2009 | Japan | |
| International | University of Tokyo Scholarship | 2008 | Japan | |
| International | Watanuki International Foundation Scholarship for Academic Achievement in Masters | 2008 | Japan | |
| National | Champion and Best Speaker in the 17th National Television Debate Competition | 2006 | Bangladesh | |
| National | Champion in Rokeya Hall Annual Cultural Competition | 2004 | Belarus | |
| National | Champion in Rokeya Hall Annual Cultural Competition | 2003 | Bangladesh | |
| National | Runner-up in 16th National Television Debate Competition | 2003 | Bangladesh | |
| National | Bangladesh Government’s Ministry of Education Talent-pool Scholarship | 2000 | Bangladesh |