Dr. Shahin Akhter

Assistant Professor

Research Interest

Biomedical signal processing and instrumentation, Machine learning, Data analytics, Telemedicine

Education

• Ph.D. (School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
• M.Sc. Engg. (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
• B.Sc. Engg. (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Selected Publications

Journal Publications

• S. Akhter, U. R. Abeyratne, V. Swarnkar and C. Hukins, Snore Sound Analysis Can Detect the Presence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Specific to NREM or REM Sleep. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 14(6), 2018. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.7168., Jun 2018.
• S. Akhter and U. R. Abeyratne., Detection of REM/NREM snores in obstructive sleep apnoea patients using a machine learning technique. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, Vol. 2(5), IOP Science, UK, DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/2/5/055022, Oct 2016.
• Akhter, S., Abeyratne, U. R,, and Swarnkar, V., Characterization of REM/NREM sleep using breath sounds in OSA. Journal of Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 25, pp. 130-142, Mar 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2015.11.007, Elsevier Publishing, Mar 2016.

Conference Publications

• A. K. Azad, S. Akhter and M. R. Hossain, A Smart Travel Time Prediction Model for Urban Traffic using Long Short-Term Memory Network. International Conference on Engineering Research and Practice, 19-23 January 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Accepted Abstract), Jan 2019.
• A. Mamun and S. Akhter, Social media bullying detection using machine learning on Bangla text. 10th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2018), 20-22 December 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Accepted)., Dec 2018.
• F. P. Brishty and S. Akhter, Detection of drug-induced QT Syndrome from ECG using machine learning techniques. 10th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2018), 20-22 December 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Accepted), Dec 2018.
• A. Mamun and S. Akhter, Smart Cyber bullying detection using the power of FIWARE technology and machine learning. 5th FIWARE Summit, 27-28 November 2018, Spain (Accepted Abstract), Nov 2018.
• P. B. Upama, S. Akhter and M. I. H. Asad, Prediction of protein subcellular localization using machine learning. 4th IEEE International Conference for Convergence in Technology (I2 CT 2018), 27-28 October, 2018, Mangalore, India., Oct 2018.
• Ali, L., Rahman, L., and Akhter, S., A Novel Byte-Substitution Architecture for the AES Cryptosystem. IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Photonics, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Dec 2017.
• Akhter, S., Abeyratne, U. R., and Swarnkar, V. , Characterizing the NREM/REM Sleep Specific Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Severity Using Snore Sounds. 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’17), 11-15 July 2017, Jeju Island, South Korea. , Jul 2017.
• Akhter, S., Abeyratne, U. R,, and Swarnkar, V., Variations of snoring properties with macro sleep stages in a population of Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients. 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 3-7 July 2013, Osaka, Japan, Jul 2013.
• Rahim, M. Mahbubur., Quaddus, M., Akhter, S., Employee characteristics and their value perceptions about web-based B2E systems use in Bangladesh. 13th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2010), 23-25 December, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 2010.
• Akhter, S., Haque, M. A., Run Length Encoding based ECG Compression. 18th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO-2010), 23-27 August 2010, Aalborg, Denmark, Aug 2010.
• Akhter, S., Haque, M. A., Performance Evaluation of Neural Network based ECG Compression Technique. Proceedings of the CUTSE International Conference 2009 (CUTSE09), 24-25 November, 2009, Sarwak, Malaysia, Nov 2009.
• Akhter, S., Anam, M. A., E-learning for ICT Education in Bangladesh: A Case Study. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Engineering and Technology (NSET), 29 December, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 2007.