Dr. Shaikh M. Arifuzzaman is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Nevada--Las Vegas (UNLV). Previously, he was an assistant professor at the University of New Orleans (UNO). Arifuzzaman received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2016. Dr. Arifuzzaman's research interests are in algorithmic foundations of large-scale, data-intensive computing using high-performance computing (HPC) techniques, especially for data science, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML), and security problems. At UNLV, Dr. Arifuzzaman leads the DiSC Lab that aims for discovery through Data-intensive Scalable Computing and Algorithms. Further, as a visiting faculty with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab), he collaborates on exascale computing problems in multidisciplinary areas. Arifuzzaman also held positions with Sandia National Lab (SNL) and Biocomplexity Institute at Virginia Tech previously. Arifuzzaman is the recipient of 2023 and 2019 US DoE SRP Fellowship. He also won the first place in Big Data Cup Challenges competition held with 2019 IEEE Big Data Conference. Dr. Arifuzzaman's research has been supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), US Dept. of Energy (DoE), UNLV OSP/FOA, LA BoR, among others.
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PI: Shaikh Arifuzzaman
Year: June 2017- June 2021