- Faculty
- Faculty Faculty of Sciences and Engineering
- Research Interest
- Future Internet Architecture, Distributed System and Data Communication, Internet Protocols, Embedded Systems
- Teaching Materials
- Data Structure and Algorithm https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VrKrkAc_wanBpsoYMzG1H4y7qJAX7Ok2nQ0EL_m50h8/edit?usp=sharing Linux System Administration for Beginners https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbVeUDqlHXBJkhx7OIEWU4XZ46jnj6Dfy40dR9lZyuw/edit?usp=sharing
- Academic Background
- 2013-2018 Ph.D., Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland 2010-2012 Masters with Distinction, University of Helsinki, Networking and Services major in Distributed System and Data Communication. 2003-2008 B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering. & Technology (BUET) 2000-2002 Secured 19th Position in combined merit list at Dhaka Board from Notre Dame College 1998-2000 First Division/Star Marks at Dhaka Board from Motijheel Ideal School and College.
- Awards & Achievements
- Best Demo Award in ACM ICN Funding from EU-H2020 POINT Project (focusing on a viable migration path to the Internet that supports Information-Centric Networking as well as IP-based services.) 19th Place, HSC, Dhaka Board Talent Pool Scholarship for both the HSC and SSC results Talent Pool Scholarship in class five (First position)
- Selected Publications
- Book Chapter Journal Publications [1] V Kantola H Mökkönen, HMA ISLAM, N Pinjamaa, E Rytkönen, S Wang, "SMARTWEAR: Future smart wearables to improve our health and media communications ", Publisher Aalto University, Book: BIT BANG 6 (978-952-60-1088-5). [2] V Kantola H Mökkönen, HMA ISLAM, N Pinjamaa, E Rytkönen, S Wang, "When Media Companies Move to the Cloud: What Happens to End-users if They Lose Control over Their Personal Data", Publisher Aalto University, Book: BIT BANG 6 (978-952-60-1088-5). [1] Islam, H.M., Chatzopoulos, D., Lagutin, D., Hui, P. and Ylä-Jääski, A., 2017. Boosting the performance of content centric networking using delay tolerant networking mechanisms. IEEE Access, 5, pp.23858-23870. (Impact Factor: 3.367) [2] Islam, H.M.A., Lagutin, D., Ylä-Jääski, A., Fotiou, N. and Gurtov, A., 2019. Transparent coap services to iot endpoints through icn operator networks. Sensors, 19(6), p.1339. (Impact Factor: 3.847) 2026 [1] Hasan MA Islam, Md MR Maharaz, F Ahmed, Mahir FH Dipto, Md MH Shafin, and Michael Georgiades. Towards A Protocol-Agnostic Universal Middleware For IoT With Edge Intelligence. The 22nd Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2026). [2] Md MR Maharaz, MI Ohi, MAU Zaman, A Sajid, Sadia FI, P Akibuzzaman, Md Masum, SMN Shahriar, NR Aurna, Hasan MA Islam, and Michael Georgiades. PRIoTP: Towards Context-Aware Partial Reliable Application-LayerIoT Protocol with Edge Intelligence. The 22nd Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2026). [3] Michael Georgiades, Charalambia Varnava, Andreas Gregoriades, Iacovos Ioannou, Lakis Christodoulou, Hasan Mahmood Aminul Islam, Kin-Hon Ho and Yun Hou. From Correlation to Causation in Intrusion Detection Systems: A Double Machine Learning Approach for IoT Network Behaviour Analysis. The 22nd Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2026). [4] Michael Georgiades, Iacovos Ioanno, Hasan Mahmood Aminul Islam, Kin-Hon Ho, Yun Hou, Andreas Gregoriades. Intrinsic Explanation Stability under Adversarial Perturbations in Self-Explaining Neural Networks for IoT Firmware Malware Detection. IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking 2026). [5] P. Akibuzzaman, S.M.N. Shahriar, M.A.U. Zaman, M.R. Maharaz, H.M.A. Islam, J.T. Maowa, M. Rahman, 2026. Integration and Validation of Map Data in the ONE Simulator: IoV in Dhaka City Perspective. The 28th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2026). [6] S.M.N. Shahriar, P. Akibuzzaman, M.A.U. Zaman, M.R. Maharaz, H.M.A. Islam, 2026. The Impact of Pedestrian Movement on IoV Performance and Simulation. The 28th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2026). [7] F. Islam, M.H. Ratul, S.F. Islam, A.H. Irani, P. Akibuzzaman, S.M.N. Shahriar, M.R. Maharaz, H.M.A. Islam. CCBP: Towards Content-Centric Abstraction for Bundle Protocol of DTN Architecture. The 2nd International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence & Networking (QPAIN 2026). [8] M.I. Ohi, A. Sajid, P. Akibuzzaman, S.M.N. Shahriar, M.A.U. Zaman, H.M.A. Islam, M.R. Maharaz. Design and Implementation of a Generative Pre-Trained Transformer for Universities of Bangladesh. The 2nd International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence & Networking (QPAIN 2026). [9] M.R. Maharaz, F. Ahmad, M.F.H. Dipto, M.M.H Shafin, S.M.N. Shahriar, P. Akibuzzaman, H.M.A. Islam. Emulating Sensor Profile Towards IoT Simulator Development. The 2nd International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence & Networking (QPAIN 2026). — View 2025 [1] Hasan Ma Islam, Md Khalid M Khan, M Rahman, Angon Antu, Md Farhad Billah, Shishir Majumder, Md AI Khan. Revisiting ONE Simulator in IoV Research: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees. IEEE Access 13: 50727-50740 (2025) 2019 [1] Islam, H.M.A.,
- Professional Experience
- Specialist SoC SW Nokia ( 2019 - 2021) Key Responsibilities: – Implementing l1low device driver both in user and kernel spaces for 5G – Verification of device driver by flashing the images in FPGA board. – Release the Software with new features. - Implementation Language: C/C++, - Google Test Framework - Yocto build considering minimal linux for the verification D.Sc (Technology) in Computer Science D.Sc (Technology) in Computer Science Aalto University School of Science and Technology (2013-2018) Dissertation Link: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/34507 Key Responsibilities: Publish/Subscribe based ICN in IoT (EU funded H2020 ICT project POINT) – Collaboration with several Industry and Academia – Explore the potential of ICN architecture in improving the overall network performance in IoT – Design, implement and experiment with a system architecture providing IoT network services through ICN network – A gateway-based approach which connects user endpoint running IP based CoAP protocol via ICN operator network. – Gateway Implementation Language: C/C++ – Consider CoAP, CoAP observe extension and CoAP Group communication – A minimal version of CoAP implementation to translate CoAP messages to ICN messages and vice versa – Implementation Language: C++ – Build IoT test network which consists of the following: - Nucleo boards with Elli Ethernet NIC - Operating System: RIOT The project code is released publicly in Github: https://github.com/point-h2020/point-3.0.0/tree/master/apps/coap Disruption-Tolerant ICN: – Design and implement a protocol stack for disruption-tolerant ICN and Device-to-Device (D2D) communication - Open Source CCNx and DTN2 reference implementation of CCN and DTN - Implementation language: C - Virtualization: VirtualBox – Evaluate the above protocol stack using Opportunistic Network Emulator (ONE) Simulator - Implementation Language: Java - Result extraction using Python script and graph utility Gnuplot Master's Thesis, Nomadic Lab, L M Ericsson (Jorvas, Finland) ( Oct 2011 - Jul 2012) Master Thesis Link: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/37906 Investigating how to integrate congestion control for datagram connection in RTCWeb. Key Technologies: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), Webkit, Mozilla Firefox, C/C++, web browsers, GStreamer. Open Source Experience - The reference implementation of Content-Centric Networking: CCNx - The reference implementation of Delay Tolerant Networking: DTN2. - The Opportunistic Network Emulator (ONE) (Both in the Core and Application) - Userland SCTP, Webkit (The source code of Google Chrome, Safari, etc.)
- Affiliation Professional Membership
- SMIEEE