Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa

PhD, University of South Carolina, USA

Professor& Director, Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Interest: Wireless Networks, Network Security, Cyber Security, Data Science, Distributed Systems

In-Charge: Information Security Lab


Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Maoyejatun Hasana and Hossen Mustafa. An Anti-Jamming Technique by Jammer Localization for Multi-Channel Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC), Vol 16(4), July 2024. [Download]

  2. Sumya Akter and Hossen Mustafa. Analysis and Interpretability of Machine Learning Models to Classify Thyroid Disease. PLOS One, Vol 19(5), May 2024. [Download]

  3. Md. Bayazid Rahman, Hossen Mustafa and Md Delwar Hossain. Towards evaluating robustness of violence detection in videos using cross-domain transferability. Journal of Information Security and Applications, ELSEVIER, Vol. 77, Sep 2023. [Download]

  4. Muhammad Tanveer Islam, and Hossen Mustafa. Multi-Layer Hybrid (MLH) Balancing Technique: A Combined Approach to Remove Data Imbalance. Journal of Data & Knowledge Engineering, ELSEVIER, Vol. 143, Jan 2023. [Download]

  5. Md. Arman Hussain Sujon, and Hossen Mustafa. Comparative Study of Machine Learning Models on Multiple Breast Cancer Datasets . International Journal of Advanced Science Computing and Engineering (IJASCE), Vol. 5, No 1, Jan 2023. [Download]

  6. Alin Boby, and Hossen Mustafa. Tracing Intruders Using Honeypot With Metasploit Contents. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), Vol. 20, No 7, July 2022. [Download]

  7. Md Mahedi Hasan, and Hossen Mustafa. Learning view-invariant features using stacked autoencoder for skeleton-based gait recognition. IET Computer Vision, Vol. 15, Issue 7, Page No 527-545, April 2021. [Download]

  8. Rezaur Rahman, and Hossen Mustafa. Securing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery using Pre-Shared Key. Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ), Vol. 2, Issue 2, Page No 722-732, March 2021. [Download]

  9. Md Mahedi Hasan, and Hossen Mustafa. Multi-level Features Fusion for Robust Pose-based Gait Recognition using RNN. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, IJCSIS ISSN 1947-5500, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Volume 18 No. 1, January 2020. [Download]

  10. Md. Amirul Islam, and Hossen Mustafa. A Dynamic Reallocation Based Window Access Scheme for Enhancing QoS of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ), Vol. 3, Issue 1, Page No 322-328, January 2018. [Download]

  11. Hossen Mustafa, and Hasan M Kafi. Design and Analysis of a Secure Three Factor User Authentication Scheme Using Biometric and Smart Card. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Vol. 15 No. 6, June 2017. [Download]

  12. Hossen Mustafa, Wenyuan Xu, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, and Steffen Schulz. End-to-End Detection of Caller ID Spoofing Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), June 2016. [Download]

  13. Hossen Mustafa, Xin Zhang, Zhenhua Liu, Wenyuan Xu, Adrian Perrig. Jamming-Resilient Multipath Routing. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 852-864, November-December 2012. [Download]

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

  1. T. M. Amir - Ul - Haque H Bhuiyan, Md. Anwar Hussen Wadud, and Hossen A Mustafa. Secured Text Based CAPTCHA using Customized CNN with Style Transfer and GAN based Approach. In the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT), October 2024. []

  2. Md. Alamgir Hossain, Md Delwar Hossain, Md. Sharafat Hossain, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, and Hossen A Mustafa. Enhancing Marine Radar Security Through Semi-Supervised Learning: A Self-Training Approach. In the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT), October 2024. []

  3. Aifa Faruque and Hossen A Mustafa. A Semi-Supervised Approach for Identifying Cyberbullying Text in Bangla Language. In the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT), May 2024. [Download]

  4. Md. Sirajul Islam and Hossen A Mustafa. A Cooperative Mechanism to Speedup the Block Generation in Blockchain. In the Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Photonics (ICTP), IEEE Dec 2023. [Download]

  5. Mehadi Hossain and Hossen A Mustafa. Automated Writing Evaluation Using Sentence by Sentence Scoring Model. In the Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM-2023), IEEE Jun 2023. [Download]

  6. Shimul Bhowmick and Hossen A Mustafa. A Framework for Eye-Based Human Machine Interface. In the Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT 2021), Nov 2021. [Download]

  7. Md. Raihan-Al-Masud and Hossen Mustafa. Network Intrusion Detection System Using Voting Ensemble Machine Learning. In the Proceedings of The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Photonics (ICTP), Dec 2019. [Download]

  8. Salahuddin Ahmed and Hossen Mustafa. A Secure QR Code System for Sharing Personal Confidential Information. In the Proceedings of The International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Material and Electronic Engineering (IC4ME2-2019), Jul 2019. [Download]

  9. Maoyejatun Hasana and Hossen Mustafa. A Multi-Channel Clustering based Anti-Jamming Technique for Wireless Sensor Networks by Localizing Jammer. In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Information Science (iCATIS2019), Jan 2019. [Download]

  10. Farhad Hossain, Liakot Ali, Zahurul Islam and Hossen A Mustafa, A Direction-Sensitive Fall Detection System Using Single 3D Accelerometer and Learning Classifier. In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Engineering, Health Informatics and Technology (MediTec), Dec 2016. [Download]

  11. Hossen Mustafa, and Wenyuan Xu, CETAD: Detecting Evil Twin Access Point Attacks in Wireless Hotspots. In Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), Oct 2014. [Download]

  12. Gorkem Kar, Hossen Mustafa, Yan Wang, Yingying Chen, Wenyuan Xu, Marco Gruteser, and Tam Vu, Detection of On-Road Vehicles Emanating GPS Interference. In Proceedings of the ACM Computer and Communication Security (CCS), Sep 2014. [Download]

  13. Hossen Mustafa, Wenyuan Xu, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, and Steffen Schulz. You Can Call But You Can't Hide: Detecting Caller ID Spoofing Attacks. In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Jun 2014, Atlanta, GA. [Download]

  14. Shane Clark, Hossen Mustafa, Benjamin Ransford, Jacob Sorber, Kevin Fu, and Wenyuan Xu. Current Events: Identifying Webpages by Tapping the Electrical Outlet. In Proceedings of the European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), Sep 2013, Egham, UK. [Download]

  15. Xinyi Zhang, Weili Han, Zheran Fang, Yuliang Yin, Hossen Mustafa. Role Mining Algorithm Evaluation and Improvement in Large Volume Android Applications. In AsiaCCS International Workshop on Security in Embedded Systems and Smartphones (SESP), May 2013, Hangzhou, China. [Download]

  16. Ishtiaq Rouf, Hossen Mustafa*, Miao Xu, Robert Miller, Wenyuan Xu and Marco Gruteser. Neighborhood Watch: Security and Privacy Analysis of Automatic Meter Reading Systems. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Oct 2012, Raleigh NC, USA. [Download]
    * Joint first author

  17. Steffen Schulz, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Maria Zhdanova, Hossen Mustafa, Wenyuan Xu, Vijay Varadharajan. Tetherway: A Framework for Tethering Camouflage. In Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec), Apr 2012, Tucson, Arizona, USA. [Download]

  18. Hossen Mustafa, Xin Zhang, Zhenhua Liu, Wenyuan Xu, Adrian Perrig. Jamming-Resilient Multipath Routing Leveraging Availability-Based Correlation. In Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec), Jun 2011, Hamburg, Germany. [Download]

  19. Ishtiaq Rouf, Robert Miller, Hossen Mustafa, Travis Taylor, Sangho Oh, Wenyuan Xu, Marco Gruteser, Wade Trappe, and Ivan Seskar. Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities of In-Car Wireless Networks: A Tire Pressure Monitoring System Case Study. In Proceedings of the 19th USENIX Security Symposium, Aug 2010, Washington DC, USA. [Download]

Technical Reports/Posters/Demos

  1. Shakil Ahammad and Hossen A. Mustafa. CREATION OF NOVEL MASHUP DATA AND DETECTION OF CATEGORICAL WEB ATTACKS. IICT Student Poster Competition 2023, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2024.

  2. Nadia Binte Asif and Hossen A. Mustafa. PREDICTING PRETERM BIRTH DURING COVID-19 ERA: A STUDY IN BANGLADESH. IICT Student Poster Competition 2024, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2024.

  3. Farhad Rakib and Hossen A. Mustafa. DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPAIRMENTS (NDI) OF CHILD. IICT Student Poster Competition 2024, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2024.

  4. Aifa Faruque and Hossen A. Mustafa. A Semi-Supervised Approach For Identifying Cyberbullying Text in Bangla Language. IICT Student Poster Competition 2024, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2024.

  5. Sumya Akter and Hossen A. Mustafa. Analysis and Interpritability of Machine Learning Models to Classify Thyroid Disease. IICT Student Poster Competition 2024, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2023.

  6. Mehadi Hossain and Hossen A. Mustafa. Automated Writing Evaluation Using Sentence by Sentence Scoring Model. IICT Student Poster Competition 2023, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2023.

  7. Hossen Mustafa. Detecting Evil Twin Access Point Attacks in Wireless Hotspots. Second Gamecock Computing Research Symposium, September 14, 2013, South Carolina, USA.

  8. Hossen Mustafa, Wenyuan Xu, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, and Steffen Schulz. Detecting Caller ID Spoofing Attacks. Technical Report USC CSE TR-2013-001, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, April 2013.

  9. Hossen Mustafa. Secure Wireless Communication through End-to-End-based Solution. First Gamecock Computing Research Symposium, October 5, 2012, South Carolina, USA.

  10. Ishtiaq Rouf, Rob Miller, Hossen Mustafa, Miao Xu and Wenyuan Xu. Demo: A Practical Study of Security and Privacy Issues in Automatic Meter Reading System. In Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec), June 15-17, 2011, Hamburg, Germany.

  11. Ishtiaq Rouf, Hossen Mustafa, Travis Taylor, Wenyuan Xu (University of South Carolina), Rob Miller, Sangho Oh, Marco Gruteser, Wade Trappe, Ivan Seskar (Rutgers University). Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities of In-Car Wireless Networks: A Tire Pressure Monitoring System Case Study. In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 16-19, 2010, Oakland, CA, USA.

Teaching

ICT 6102/6541: Applied Cryptography in [April 2024]

ICT 6535: Advanced Artificial Intelligence in [October 2023][October 2022] (co-teach)

ICT 5301: Information System and Network Security in [October 2023][April 2020]

ICT 6522: Data Warehousing and Mining in [April 2023][April 2021][April 2018][April 2016]

ICT 5202: Visual Programming in [April 2023]

ICT 5102: Data Structure and Algorithms in [October 2022][April 2021][October 2019][October 2018]

ICT 5101: Programming Concepts in [April 2022][April 2019][October 2017][April 2017]

ICT 6544: Distributed Systems in [October 2021][October 2019][April 2017][October 2015]

PLAN 396: Programming Techniques in [UG July 2021]

ICT 5102: Data Structure and Algorithms in [April 2021][October 2019][October 2018]

ICT 6541: Applied Cryptography in [April 2020][October 2018][October 2017][October 2015]

ICT 6900: Network Security and Privacy in [April 2019]

ICT 5103: Database Design and Management in [April 2018]

ICT 6900: Information and Cyber Security in [October 2016]

ICT 5201: Operating System Concepts in [October 2016]

ICT 5305: Mobile Communications in [April 2016]][April 2015]


Experience

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Director (additional charge), Institute of ICT, Feb, 2024 - Present
Professor, Institute of ICT, Sep, 2022 - Present
Associate Professor, Institute of ICT, Sep, 2020 - Sep, 2022
Assistant Professor, Institute of ICT, Jul, 2015 - Sep, 2020
Associate Director (Academic) (additional charge), Institute of ICT, Sep, 2021 -Jan, 2024
Assistant Provost (additional charge), Ahsan Ullah Hall, Oct, 2018 - Sep, 2021

Bangla Phone Limited

Head, RnD, Aug, 2014 - Jun, 2015

University of South Carolina

Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Feb, 2014 - Jun, 2014
Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aug, 2009 - Feb, 2014
Instructor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aug, 2013 - Dec, 2013
Instructor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aug, 2012 - Dec, 2012
Instructor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aug, 2011 - Dec, 2011
Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Jan, 2011 - May, 2011
Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mar, 2010 - May, 2010
Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aug, 2009 - Dec, 2009

Commlink Info Tech Limited

Supervisory Member, Research & Development. Jan, 2006 - Jun, 2009.
Member, Research & Development. Jun, 2005 - Dec, 2005.

Education

University of South Carolina, '14

PhD in Computer Science & Engineering.

University of South Carolina, '11

Master of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering.

Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, '05

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering.

Chittagong College, '99

Higher Secondary Certificate

Chittagong University School & College, '97

Secondary School Certificate

Accolades

Research Fellowship from NICT, Japan (Sep 2022 - Dec 2022)
Research Internship from NAIST, Japan (Sep 2016 - Oct 2016)
First Prize at Code-a-Thon'14
IBM Master the Mainframe 2013 Part 1 & Part 2 Winner
First Prize at Second Gamecook Computing Research Symposium'13
Google Student Scholarship for POSSCON'13
Student Travel Grant Award from CCS'12
Student Travel Grant Award from the Graduate School, University of South Carolina for attending CCS'12
IBM Master the Mainframe 2011 Part 1 Winner
2011 UPE (Upsilon Pi Epsilon) Scholarship Award
Student Travel Grant Award from the Graduate School, University of South Carolina for attending WiSec'11
Full support for attending Trusted Infrastructure Workshop'10

Affiliation

Organizing Secretary, ICICT 2024, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Collaborator, Laboratory for Cyber Resilience, NAIST, Japan
Member, SOI Asia Project
Trainer, Huawei-BUET ICT Academy
Collaborator, eSRD-Lab, BUET
Member, National Clinical Data Warehouse (NCDW) Project
Member, Organizing Committee, 53rd AIII/SOI Asia Meeting, 2022
Member, Organizing Committee, ICTP 2021
Member, Program Committee, ACeS 2019
Member, Cyber Security Committee, Rooppur NPP, Bangladesh
Member, IEEE
Member, ACM, UPE
Web Publicity Chair, DCOSS 2012


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