Profile

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Passing Year: 2024
Dissertation Title: Energy and Cost Efficient Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) for 5G Deployments

• Master of Science (MSc Engg.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
  Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  Passing Year: 2019
  Thesis Title: Energy Efficient Hybrid Powered C-RAN Architecture with Dynamic User Association.

• Bachelor of Science (BSc Engg.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
  Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET)
  Passing Year: 2012
  Thesis Title: Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) System.

Academic Experiences

• Head & Associate Professor
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur
Period: April 2023 – Present

• Associate Professor
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur
Period: January 2023 – April 2023

• Assistant Professor
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur
Period: January 2020 – December 2022

• Assistant Professor
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT), Dhaka

Period: October 2018 – December 2018

• Lecturer
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT), Dhaka

Period: November 2015 – October 2018

• Lecturer
  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology (ADUST), Dhaka

Period: November 2012 – October 2015

Journal Papers:

• R. Aktar, M. S. Anower, M.Z.I. Sarkar, A.S.M. Sayem, M. R. Islam, A.I. Akash, M. R. A. Rume, G. Moloudian, and A. Lalbakhsh, “Energy-efficient hybrid powered Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) for 5G,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 3208-3220, 2023.
• S. Karim, S. Hossin, M. R. Alam, M. A. B. Siddik, M. R. Aktar, N. Ahmed, M.  A. N. Shakh, “Quad core gold coated photonic crystal fiber temperature sensor based on surface plasmon resonance,” Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, vol. 39, p100548, 2023.
• R. Aktar and M. S. Anower, “Improvement of energy efficiency by dynamic load consolidation in C-RAN,” International Journal of Communication System, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 5087, 2022.
• R. Islam, A. I. Akash, M. R. Aktar, M. Al-Hasan, and M. O. Faruque, “Energy Efficiency Analysis of Bandwidth Aware Hybrid Power Cloud Radio Access Network,” BAUST Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2022.
• R. Aktar, et al., “Comparative Analysis of Emoji Prediction from Tweets using Machine Learning Techniques,” BAUST Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2022.
• R. Aktar, “Comparison of Downlink Throughput Performances between Diversity and Beam Forming,” BUBT Journal, vol. 8, p. 130, 2020.
• Al-Hasan, M. R. Aktar and M. S. Al Seraj, “An Economic and Modern Business Intelligence Solution for Textile Industries in Bangladesh,” Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology, vol. 18, 2018.
• R. Aktar and M. Al-Hasan, “SINR and Outage Analysis for the Jt CoMP Technique based Downlink LTE-A Multi-Cell Cellular Networks with Hexagonal Layout,” Global Journal of Researches in Engineering, vol. 16, 2016.
• R. Aktar, “Performance Evaluation of ALOHA-CS MAC Protocol,” Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology, vol. 16, pp. 11-13, 2016.
• S. Hossain, R. M. Shams, and M. R. Aktar, “Perspective of Biodiesel and Solar PV as a Combined Renewable Energy System for Rural Electrification using HOMER,” International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, vol. 3, 2014.

 Conference Papers:

• R. Aktar, M. S. Anower, and M. Z. I. Sarkar, “Modified Best Fit Algorithm for reducing power consumption of 5G C-RAN,” IEEE International Conference on Computing, Applications and Systems (COMPAS), Chattogram, Bangladesh, 2024, pp. 1-4.
• R. Aktar, M. S. Anower and M. Z. I. Sarkar, H. K. Bappi, and A. A. Rafsanjani “Energy efficient bandwidth aware virtualized BBU pool for 5G C-RAN”, IEEE 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and   Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2024, pp. 84-88.
• R. Aktar, M. S. Anower, M. Z. I. Sarkar, K.W. Rumman, and M. Mohibullah “Cost analysis of virtualized BBU pool for 5G C-RAN”, IEEE 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ICAEEE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2024.
• R. Aktar, M. S. Anower, M. Z. I. Sakar, A. H. Mouri, S. Islam, and S. Mondal, “Interplay between cost and energy consumption of 5G C-RAN with flexible fronthaul split,” IEEE 6th International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT), Khulna, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-6.
• R. Aktar, M. Shamim Anower, M. Z. Islam Sakar, A. Haque Mouri, S. Islam and S. Mondal, “Interplay between Cost and Energy Consumption of 5G C-RAN With Flexible Fronthaul Split,” IEEE 6th International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT), Khulna, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-6.
• R. Aktar, M. S. Anower, M. M. Rahman, M. Z. I. Hossain, and M. A. K. Shohan, “Reducing power consumption and total cost in C-RAN based on dynamic BBU allocation,” IEEE International Conference on Science & Contemporary Technologies (ICSCT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021, pp. 1–5.
• R. Aktar and M. S. Anower, “Improvement of spectral and energy efficiency by coordinated transmission in C-RAN,” IEEE International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Materials and Electronic Engineering (IC4ME2), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2021, pp. 1-4.
• R. Aktar, A. Jahid, M. Al-Hasan and M. F. Hossin, “User Association for Efficient Utilization of Green Energy in Cloud Radio Access Network,” IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE), Cox’sBazar, Bangladesh, 2019, pp. 1-5.
• R. Aktar, A. Jahid, M. F. Hossain and M. Al-Hasan, “Energy Sustainable Traffic Aware Hybrid Powered Off-Grid Cloud Radio Access Network,” IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Science, Engineering and Technology (ICISET), Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2018, pp. 121-125.
• R. Aktar, A. Jahid and M. F. Hossain, “Energy Efficiency of Renewable Powered Cloud Radio Access Network,” IEEE 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (iCEEiCT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018, pp. 348-353.
• R. Aktar, M. F. Hossain and M. Al-Hasan, “Dynamic Clustering Approach for Interference Cancellation in Downlink C-RAN,” IEEE International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Material and Electronic Engineering (IC4ME2), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2018, pp. 1-4,

Journal Reviewer:

• Physical Communication (Elsevier): “Deep Belief Networks with Novel Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (NoDBA) to Improve the Reconfigurable Fronthaul’s Energy and Transmission Efficiency”

2024    Reviewer Award, Physical Communication (Elsevier).

2010    Rohimafrooz Scholarship during undergraduate study at RUET.

2008    Merit order Scholarship during undergraduate study at RUET, Rajshahi, granted by Bangladesh Govt.

2003    Junior School Scholarship granted by Bangladesh Government, Bangladesh.

2000     Primary School Scholarship granted by Bangladesh Government, Bangladesh.

2024      From Design to Maintenance: The Role of BNBC 2020 in Electrical Services for Buildings, a seminar arranged by Dept. of EEE, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2023      OBE training, a training organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2022    Solar Photovoltaic Systems for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh, webinar organized by Dept. of EEE, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2021    Essential tools for conducting online class for faculty members, a workshop arranged by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2020      Prospect on antenna research, a webinar organized by Dept. of EEE, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2020      How to prepare a question in OBE system, a workshop arranged by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2020      Online live examination for faculty member, a workshop arranged by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2019     Electrical Engineering Professionals: Basic Aspects to Safeguard National Interest, a workshop arranged by Dept. of EEE, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur, Bangladesh.

2018     4th Intensive Training Program on Applied Research Methodology, a workshop arranged by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2018     Roles and Responsibilities & Ethical Principles for the University Teachers, a workshop arranged by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2017     Application of LaTeX in scientific paper writing, a workshop arranged by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Thesis Supervision:

Research Group-09

Thesis Title: “Energy Efficiency Analysis of 5G Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN)”

Team Members:

Ali Akber Rafsan Janee (200102005)

Mohammad Mahibullah (200102007)

Hridoy Kumar Bappy (200102019)

Kazi Wakilur Rahman Rumman (200102022)

Research Group-08 

Thesis Title: “Interplay between Cost and Power Consumption of 5G C-RAN With Flexible Fronthaul Split”

Team Members:

Atika Haque Mouri (200102021)

Sadia Islam (200102030)

Sraboni Mondal (200102036)

Research Group-07 

Thesis Title: “Three -phase Fault Detection and Protection System”

Team Members:

Abujar Giffari (190102001)

Nawaj Sarif (190102014)

Md. Al Imran Hossain (180202061)

Md. Mohshin (180202071)

Research Group-06

Thesis Title: “Cost Analysis of 5G Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN)”

Team Members:

Maisha Safia (180202009)

Jannatul Ferdaus (180202036)

Abdul Rahim Rezal (180202037)

Tanvir Hassan (180202057)

Research Group-05 

Thesis Title: “Design and Analysis of Multilevel Inverter Topologies for Medium Voltage Application”

Team Members:

Oreen Afrose (180202016)

Md. Borhan Uddin (180202052)

Md. Sabbir Bin Islam (180202056)

Afroja Akter Mitul (180202062)

Md. Aynul Islam Apon (180202065)

Research Group-04

Thesis Title: ““Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Hybrid Powered C-RAN using Energy Cooperation among Base Stations”

Team Members:

Fatema Tuj Zohora (180102007)

Ety Rani (180102015)

Shahadat Hossain (180102017)

Research Group-03

Thesis Title: “Analysis of Energy aware Hybrid Powered C-RAN for 5G”

Team Members:

Md. Rashedul Islam (170202018)

Allama Iqbal Akash (170202019)

Mst. Rumana Akter Rume (170202026)

Md. Monirul Islam (170102026)

Research Group-02

Thesis Title: “Cost efficient Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) Architecture with Dynamic BBU Allocation”

Team Members:

Md. Zobayer Ibna Hossain (170102006)

Md. Mubasher Rahman (170102019)

Md. Ahosanul Kabir (170102033)

Research Group-01

Thesis Title: “An Analysis on Energy Efficient of Hybrid Powered Cloud Radio Access Network”

Team Members:

Istiak Ahmed (160202008)

Rifat Ara Firoz (160202022)

Kashem Mahmud Sifat (160202027)

Shahariar Rahman (160202032)

Rappu Babu Roy (160202048)

Courses Taken:

EEE 4271: Switchgear and Protection
EEE 4117: Power System II
EEE 4133: Telecommunication Engineering
EEE 3207: Power System I
EEE 3205: Electrical Properties of Materials
EEE 3203: Communication Engineering
EEE 3111: Measurement and Instrumentations
EEE 2205: Electronic Circuits II
EEE 2105: Electronic Circuits I
EEE 1201: Electrical Circuits II
EEE 1101: Electrical Circuits I

Member, IEEE Bangladesh Section.

Dr. Mst. Rubina Aktar (Member, IEEE) is serving as an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) at Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur Cantonment, Nilphamari. She joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of EEE, BAUST, Saidpur, in 2020, and later she was entrusted with the position of Head of the Department in 2023. Before joining BAUST, she had working experience as an Assistant Professor in the Department of EEE at the Bangladesh University of Business & Technology (BUBT), Dhaka for more than 3 years. During her long journey of teaching career from 2012 to 2018 she was a Lecturer and from 2018 to 2022 she was serving as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Rubina received her B.Sc. degree in EEE from the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh in 2012 and M.Sc. degree in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2019. She received her Ph.D degree in EEE from RUET, Bangladesh, in 2023, focusing on advanced research in areas of mobile cellular communication such as 5G Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN). With her extensive knowledge and research experience, Mst. Rubina actively contributes to the field through publications and participation in academic conferences. Her research interests include wireless communication, energy-cost efficient C-RAN, 5G mobile network etc. Currently, She has 21 publications (10 journals and 11 conferences) in several reputed journals and IEEE international conferences. Dr. Rubina regularly reviews papers for renowned journals in his research field.

Dr. Rubina completed several training programs, workshops and attended seminars that included: Design and maintenance of Electrical System, Prospect on antenna research, Opportunities for Research and Pathways for Future Career in Power and Energy Sector, Electrical Engineering Professionals: Basic Aspects to Safeguard National Interest, etc.

Dr. Rubina usually takes theoretical and sessional courses on Power System, Communication and basic Electrical Engineering at the undergraduate levels. Till now, he has supervised several undergraduate theses. She is passionate about both teaching, research and mentoring the next generation of engineers.