Sarnali Basak, BSc(JU), MSc (The University of Edinburgh, UK)
Sarnali Basak, BSc(JU), MSc (The University of Edinburgh, UK) Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

I am an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Jahangirnagar University (JU) where I mostly teach undergraduate courses. Some of the major courses I have been taken for current academic year:

  • CSE 455 (Machine Learning and Lab)
  • CSE 672 (Neuro-Informatics)
  • CSE 608 (Computational Intelligence and Expert Systems)
  • CSE 355 (Digital Signal Processing and Lab)

Besides my classroom engagement, I supervise graduate and a number of undergraduate projects in the national and global platform. Also I have been appointed as the section editor of the National Defence College Journal in the premier armed forces institution. 

AWARDS

  • Commonwealth Scholarship and award in the UK’ 2015-16.
  • Gold medal and award for highest score in Masters level, JU, 2015.
  • ACM HPC Fellowship, Sponsored by Intel & Lenovo, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain, 2019.
  • Honorable Mention award for best innovative tech project by IEEE WIE ILP, 2018.
  • Principal’s Go Abroad Fund by The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2016.
  • PROSECCO fund from Queen Mary University, UK and Pierre Marie Curie University, France, 2016.
  • Finalist in BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium, Sheffield, 2016.
  • Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Information Technology Fellowship and award, 2012.
  • Unilever Merit Scholarship and award, 2006-2010.
RESEARCH INTEREST

Artificial Intelligence, Brain Sciences, Machine Learning, Neural Computation, IOT, Computational Design and Modelling

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JOURNAL PAPER

Understanding greater male variability in general intelligence: The role of hemispheric independence and lateralization.,
  • Richard Shillcock, Florian Bolenz, Sarnali Basak, Alasdair Morgan & O.E.D. Fincham. 2018. PREPRINT DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/gpfm3.
Image Based Measurement of Length and Distance of an Inaccessible Object,
  • Md. Imdadul Islam, Mahbubul Alam, Sarnali Basak, S M Raihann Azim, Md. Al-Amin Khandaker. 2013. International Journal of Advanced Computer Research, Volume-3 Number-3,page:123-128, Issue-12.
Fingerprint Detection Using Combination of Minutiae Points and Invariant Moments Parameters, a New Approach,
  • Sarnali Basak, Md. Imdadul Islam and M. R. Amin. 2012. Journal of Information Processing Systems, South Korea, Volume: 8, No: 3, Page: 421~436 .[DBLP indexed, A joint cooperation between Schloss Dagstuhl and Trier University]
Fingerprint Detection Applying Discrete Wavelet Transform on ROI,
  • Mahbubul Alam, Sarnali Basak and Md. Imdadul Islam. 2012 .International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER), USA, ISSN 2229-5518,Volume 3, Issue 6,June 2012 ,pp.1-5.
Detection of Virtual Core Point of a Fingerprint; a New Approach,
  • Sarnali Basak, Md. Imdadul Islam, M. R. Amin. 2012. International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering(IJSCE), India;  ISSN: 2231-2307, Volume-2, Issue-2, pp. 236-239

CONFERENCE PAPER

Rama Kundu Prova and Sarnali Basak, Cyberbullying Detection in Bangla Facebook Comments Using Pre-Trained Transformer Models, International Conference on Machine Intelligence and Emerging Technologies (MIET ), to be published by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2024.

[Paper Accepted]

Md. Hasnat Abdullah and Sarnali Basak, Balancing Accuracy and Efficiency: A Comparative Study of YOLOv8 and YOLOv9 for Brain Tumor Diagnosis, 3rd International Conference on Computing Advancements (ICCA), August 2024.

[Paper Accepted]

Sarnali Basak and Shaikh Qutub Shanto, A Comprehensive Study: Evaluating Machine Learning Algorithms with Credit Card Transaction Data, TEHI, Bangladesh, 1034, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3937-0_49 Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Singapore

Date Added to Springer Nature: 17 October, 2024

S. Ahmed, S. K. Kar and Sarnali Basak, A Novel Approach for Recognizing Real-Time American Sign Language (ASL) Using the Hand Landmark Distance and Machine Learning Algorithms, IEEE WIECON-ECE 2023, India, doi: 10.1109/WIECON-ECE60392.2023.10456414

Date Added to IEEE Xplore26 March 2024

                                                            

Eshita Chowdhury and Sarnali Basak, Deep Learning-based Diabetic Retinopathy Detection for automated health assessment, 2023 International Conference on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM), pp.pp. 1-6, Dhaka, 2023. doi: 10.1109/NCIM59001.2023.10212764

Date Added to IEEE Xplore21 August 2023

I. Zarin, N. Mahfuz, S. Basak, A. U. Islam, M. M. Rahman and K. S. Hosen, Execution Examination of Distinctive Edge Detection Algorithms, 2022 2nd International Seminar on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science (ISMODE), pp.pp. 199-202, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2022. doi: 10.1109/ISMODE56940.2022.10180918

Date Added to IEEE Xplore19 July 2023

M. A. Malek, Sarnali Basak and S. S. Reya, An Approach to Identify Diseases in Betel Leaf Using Deep Learning Techniques, 4th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 4.0 (STI), pp.pp. 1-5, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022. doi: 10.1109/STI56238.2022.10103348

Date Added to IEEE Xplore24 April 2023

Md. Muhaimenur Rahman; Sarnali Basak, Risk Prediction of COVID-19 Positive Patients: How well does the machine learning tools perform?, 24th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2022. doi: 10.1109/ICCIT54785.2021.9689873

Date Added to IEEE Xplore28 January 2022

Anup Majumder, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Al Amin Biswas, Md. Sabab Zulfiker & Sarnali Basak, Stock Market Prediction: A Time Series Analysis, Smart Systems: Innovations in Computing: Proceedings of SSIC 2021, Springer Nature, Signapore, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2877-1_35

Date Added to Springer Nature: September, 2021

Md. Muhaimenur Rahman; Sarnali Basak, Identifying User Authentication and Most Frequently Used Region Based on Mouse Movement Data: A Machine Learning Approach, IEEE 11th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), USA, 2021. doi: 10.1109/CCWC51732.2021.9376087

Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 17 March 2021

Sarnali Basak; Fariha Faruque Nandiny ; S. M. Mazharul Hoque Chowdhury ; Al Amin Biswas, Gesture-based Smart Wheelchair for Assisting Physically Challenged People, International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI), India, 2021. doi: 10.1109/ICCCI50826.2021.9402632
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 21 April 2021
Kishwara Sadia and Sarnali Basak, Sentiment Analysis Of COVID-19 Tweets: How Does BERT Perform?, Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems., Springer Nature, Signapore, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0586-4_33

Date Added to Springer Nature: 18 MAY, 2021

Al Amin Biswas and Sarnali Basak, Forecasting the Trends and Patterns of Crime in Bangladesh Using Machine Learning Model, 2019 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Communication and Computational Techniques (ICCT), India, 2019. doi: 10.1109/ICCT46177.2019.8969031

Date Added to IEEE Xplore: January 2020


BOOK CHAPTER

Sarnali Basak and Shaikh Qutub Shanto, A Comprehensive Study: Evaluating Machine Learning Algorithms with Credit Card Transaction Data, Proceedings of Trends in Electronics and Health Informatics, 1034, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3937-0_49 Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Singapore

© 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Kishwara Sadia and Sarnali Basak, Anup Majumder, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Al Amin Biswas, Md. Sabab Zulfiker & Sarnali Basak, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series, 235, 2021. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-2877-1_3

© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Kishwara Sadia and Sarnali Basak, Sentiment Analysis of COVID-19 Tweets: How Does BERT Perform?, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems book series (AIS), 2021. doi: DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0586-4_33

© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.


OTHER

Panels and Posters,
  • Sarnali Basak. 2016. Heart Beat Signal: The Authentic Human Password. BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, 31 March.
Panels and Posters,
  • Sarnali Basak. 2016. Modelling Hemispheric Interactions: Explaining IQ Differences Between The Sexes. ACM-W Europe conference in computing, Austria, 12-13.
Articles in national journal,
  • Hafsa Moontari Ali, Roksana Khanom, Sarnali Basak and Md. Imdadul Islam.2014.Recovery of grayscale image from its halftoned version using window function. Jahangirnagar University Journal of Electronics and Computer Science, vol. 15, pp. 15-22.

Academic Info

Institute: MSc. in Cognitive Science, School of Informatics , The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Period: 2015-2016

Institute: MSc (Research). - Computer Science and Engineering, Jahangirnagar University
Period: 2010-2012

Institute: B.Sc(Hons), Computer Science and Engineering, Jahangirnagar University
Period: 2005-2009

Experience

Organization: Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France
Position: Trainee, PROSECCO Scholar
Period: June, 2016

Training in the workshop of computational creativity on ICCC 2016.

Organization: Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position: Assistant Professor (Full Time- from 2017)
Period: 1 Jan 2014 - Present
Organization: University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position: Assistant Professor (Full Time)
Period: 1 Nov 2012- 31 Dec 2013
Organization: Prime University, Dhaka
Position: Lecturer
Period: June 2010- October 2012

Activity

Organization: National Defence College Journal (E-NDC Journal)
Position: Section Editor
Period: 2020-Present
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Jahangirnagar University
Position: Student Welfare Adviser and Seminar-in-charge
Period: 2018-2020
Organization: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC)
Position: Commonwealth alumnus and mentor
Period: 2016- Present
Organization: Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
Position: Member
Period: 2019-2020
Organization: Association for Computational Creativity
Position: Member
Period: 2016- Present
Organization: Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Position: Project Leader
Period: 2018-2019
  • Smart pendant for women safety on roads, designed especially for working class women in Bangladesh. 2018. Funded by the ICT, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and IT, Bangladesh.
Organization: ICT Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Position: Project Leader
Period: 2017-2018
  • A project of automated hand gesture based wheel chair for disable people in Bangladesh. Project Duration: July, 2017- June 2018. Special grant from ICT Division, Bangladesh.

Contact

Sarnali Basak, BSc(JU), MSc (The University of Edinburgh, UK)

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Email: sarnali.cse@juniv.edu , sarnali.cse@gmail.com