Profile

Diponkor Bala

Lecturer
diponkor@cityuniversity.ac.bd , diponkor.b@gmail.com
+8801770074856
Faculty and Department Affiliation

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Degrees and Universities Attended

M.Sc.  in  Computer  Science  and  Engineering,  Islamic  University,  Kushtia-7003,  Bangladesh.
B.Sc.  in  Computer  Science  and  Engineering,  Islamic  University,  Kushtia-7003,  Bangladesh.
HSC  from  G.K  Ideal  Degree  College,  Magura
SSC  from  Nakol  R.C  High  School,  Magura

Short Introduction

Diponkor Bala is currently working as Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, City University. His hometown is in Magura district. He completed his Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Islamic University, Kushtia-7003, Bangladesh, and his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Islamic University, Kushtia-7003, Bangladesh. He worked as a research assistant in the department of Computer Science and Engineering from 2022 to 2023. He has hand-to-hand work experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and high-performance computing. In both his bachelor's and master's theses, he used machine learning and deep learning on signal and biomedical imaging. He has already published several journal papers in highly reputed international journals. He also published several conference papers at IEEE-based national and international conferences. He received the second-best paper award from the IEEE Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI) hosted by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), ABV-IIITM Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. He also completed a 200 hours professional training on Skill Development for Mobile Game & Application Project organized by the ICT Division of Bangladesh. He is also a member of the International Association of Engineers. Moreover, he has good analytical skills and also a piece of good knowledge of Python, MATLAB, and C programming languages. His area of research is basically focused on machine learning and deep learning. His current research interests are in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Medical Imaging, Biomedical Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Explainable AI.

Teaching experience

Lecturer,  Department  of  Computer  Science  and  Engineering,  City  University,  August  2023  –  Present.

Research Interest

Machine  Learning,  Deep  Learning,  Medical  Imaging,  Biomedical  Signal  Processing,  Computer  Vision,  Computational  Biology,  Bioinformatics,  Explainable  AI.

Research  Experience
Research  Assistant,  Department  of  Computer  Science  and  Engineering,  Isla

Publications

International  Journal  Papers
1. RGFSAMNet:  An  interpretable  COVID-19  detection  and  classification  by  using  the  deep  residual  network  with  global  feature  fusion  and  attention  mechanism;  S.M.  Rakib  Ul  Karim,  Diponkor  Bala,  Rownak  Ara  Rasul,  Sean  Goggins*;  [PLOS  One],  November,  2024  [IF:  2.9;  Q1]  [Under  Review]

2. An  evaluation  of  machine  learning  approaches  for  early  diagnosis  of  autism  spectrum  disorder;  Rownak  Ara  Rasul,  Promy  Saha,  Diponkor  Bala*,  S.M.  Rakib  Ul  Karim,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah,  Bishwajit  Saha;  [Healthcare  Analytics-Elsevier],  January,  2024  [CiteScore:  4.4;  Q2]

3. MonkeyNet:  A  Robust  Deep  Convolutional  Neural  Network  for  Monkeypox  Disease  Detection  and  Classification;  Diponkor  Bala*,  Md.  Shamim  Hossain*,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah,  Md.  Mizanur  Rahman,  Balachandran  Manavalan,  Naijie  Gu,  Mohammad  S.  Islam  and  Zhangjin  Huang;  [Neural  Networks-Elsevier],  February,  2023  [IF:  9.657;  Q1]

4. Childhood  Pneumonia  Recognition  using  Convolutional  Neural  Network  from  Chest  X-ray  Images;  Diponkor  Bala*;  Journal  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Electronics,  Control  and  Computer  Science  –  JEEECCS,  2021.

5. American  Sign  Language  Alphabets  Recognition  using  Convolutional  Neural  Network;  Diponkor  Bala*,  Bappa  Sarkar,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain;  International  Journal  of  Knowledge  Based  Computer  Systems,  2021.

6. Efficient  Classification  Techniques  of  Human  Activities  from  Smartphone  Sensor  Data  using  Machine  Learning  Algorithms;  Diponkor  Bala*,  G.  M.  Waliullah;  International  Journal  of  Knowledge  Based  Computer  Systems,  2020.

7. Analysis  of  the  Probability  of  Bit  Error  Performance  on  Different  Digital  Modulation  Techniques  over  AWGN  Channel  Using  MATLAB;  Diponkor  Bala*,  G.  M.  Waliullah,  Md.  Nazrul  Islam,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain;  Journal  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Electronics,  Control  and  Computer  Science  –  JEEECCS,  2021.

8. Analysis  the  Performance  of  OFDM  Using  BPSK,  QPSK,  64-QAM,  128-QAM  256-QAM  Modulation  Techniques;  Diponkor  Bala*,  Md.  Shahabub  Alam,  Md.  Nazrul  Islam,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain;  Journal  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Electronics,  Control  and  Computer  Science  –  JEEECCS,  2021.

9. Study  the  BER  Performance  Comparison  of  MIMO  Systems  Using  BPSK  Modulation  with  ZF  and  MMSE  Equalization  G.  M.  Waliullah,  Diponkor  Bala,  Ashrafunnahar  Hena,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain*;  Australian  Journal  of  Engineering  and  Innovative  Technology,  2020.

10. Simulation  and  Performance  Analysis  of  OFDM  System  based  on  Non-Fading  AWGN  Channel;  Diponkor  Bala*,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain;  International  Journal  of  Knowledge  Based  Computer  Systems,  2022.

11. Design  and  Implementation  of  Low  Cost  Automatic  Irrigation  System  using  Microcontroller;  Kowser  Ahmed  Shemul,  Prianka  Saha,  Diponkor  Bala*;  Journal  of  Applied  Information  Science,  2022.

12. Analysis  the  Performance  of  OFDM  for  Different  Modulation  Techniques  with  Channels  and  Image  Transmission;  G.  M  Waliullah,  Nilufar  Yasmin,  Mohammad  Alamgir,  Ibrahim  Abdullah,  Diponkor  Bala*;  Journal  of  Electrical  Engineering,  Electronics,  Control  and  Computer  Science  –  JEEECCS,  2023.

13. Analysis  the  Performance  of  MIMO-OFDM  for  Various  Modulation  Techniques  over  AWGN,  Rayleigh  Fading  and  Rician  Fading  Channel;  Diponkor  Bala*,  G.  M.  Waliullah,  Md.  Hafizur  Rahman,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain;  Journal  of  Network  and  Information  Security,  2021.

14. Design  and  Implementation  of  Low  Cost  Dual  Axis  Solar  Tracking  System  using  Microcontroller.  Diponkor  Bala*,  G.  M.  Waliullah,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain;  Journal  of  VLSI  Design  and  Signal  Processing,  2021.

15. Performance  Analysis  of  Zero  Forcing  and  MMSE  Equalizer  on  MIMO  System  in  Wireless  Channel;  G.  M.  Waliullah,  Diponkor  Bala,  Mst.  Ashrafunnahar  Hena,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain*;  Journal  of  Network  and  Information  Security,  2020.

16. Study  the  Performance  of  Capacity  for  SISO,  SIMO,  MISO  and  MIMO  in  Wireless  Communication;  Diponkor  Bala,  G.  M.  Waliullah,  Mst.  Ashrafunnahar  Hena,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah  and  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain*;  Journal  of  Network  and  Information  Security,  2020.

Conference  Papers
1. ADSENet:  Alzheimer’s  disease  classification  using  multiple  deep  residual  learning  with  squeeze  and  excitation  networks;  [Accepted]  Diponkor  Bala*,  S  M  Rakib  Ul  Karim,  Rownak  Ara  Rasul  and  Sean  Goggins;  27th  International  Conference  on  Computer  and  Information  Technology  (ICCIT))  (Cox's  Bazar,  Bangladesh),  2024.

2. A  New  Benchmark  on  Musculoskeletal  Abnormality  Recognition  System  using  Deep  Transfer  Learning  Model;  DOI:  10.1109/ICAEEE62219.2024.10561721.  Tajmin  Sultana  Mime,  Diponkor  Bala*,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain,  Md.  Atiqur  Rahman,  Md.  Shamim  Hossain  and  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah;  3rd  International  Conference  on  Advancement  in  Electrical  and  Electronic  Engineering  (ICAEEE))  (Gazipur,  Bangladesh),  2024.

3. Automated  Brain  Tumor  Classification  System  using  Convolutional  Neural  Networks  from  MRI  Images.  DOI:  10.1109/ICEET56468.2022.10007116.  Diponkor  Bala*,  Mohammad  Anwarul  Islam,  Mohammad  Iqbal  Hossain,  Mohammed  Mynuddin,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain  and  Md.  Shamim  Hossain;  8th  International  Conference  on  Engineering  and  Emerging  Technologies  (ICEET)  (Kuala  Lumpur,  Malaysia),  2022.

4. A  Robust  Plant  Leaf  Disease  Recognition  System  Using  Convolutional  Neural  Networks.  DOI:  10.1109/ICEET56468.2022.10007185.  Diponkor  Bala*,  Mohammed  Mynuddin,  Mohammad  Iqbal  Hossain,  Mohammad  Anwarul  Islam,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain  and  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah;  8th  International  Conference  on  Engineering  and  Emerging  Technologies  (ICEET)  (Kuala  Lumpur,  Malaysia),  2022.

5. Efficient  Epileptic  Seizure  Recognition  System  using  the  Multi-model  Ensemble  Method  from  EEG.  DOI:  10.1109/IATMSI56455.2022.10119299.  Diponkor  Bala*,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain,  Mohammad  Anwarul  Islam,  Mohammed  Mynuddin,  Md.  Shamim  Hossain,  and  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah;  IEEE  International  Conference  on  Interdisciplinary  Approaches  in  Technology  and  Management  for  Social  Innovation  (IATMSI)  (ABV-IIITM,  Gwalior,  India),  2022.  [Best  Paper  Award  (2nd  Place)].

6. Effective  Recognition  System  of  American  Sign  Language  Alphabets  Using  Machine  Learning  Classifiers,  ANN  and  CNN.  DOI:  10.1109/IATMSI56455.2022.10119336.  Diponkor  Bala*,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain,  Mohammed  Mynuddin,  Mohammad  Anwarul  Islam,  Md.  Shamim  Hossain,  and  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah;  IEEE  International  Conference  on  Interdisciplinary  Approaches  in  Technology  and  Management  for  Social  Innovation  (IATMSI)  (ABV-IIITM,  Gwalior,  India),  2022.

7. SkinNet:  An  Improved  Skin  Cancer  Classification  System  Using  Convolutional  Neural  Network.  DOI:  10.1109/STI56238.2022.10103344.  Diponkor  Bala*,  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain,  Mohammad  Anwarul  Islam,  Md.  Atiqur  Rahman,  Md.  Shamim  Hossain;  4th  International  Conference  on  Sustainable  Technologies  for  Industry  4.0  (STI  2022))  (Dhaka,  Bangladesh),  2022.

8. SERNet:  A  Novel  Speech  Emotion  Recognition  System  Using  Ensemble  Deep  Learning  Approach.  DOI:  10.1109/STI56238.2022.10103272.  Diponkor  Bala*,  Mohammad  Alamgir  Hossain,  Mohammad  Anwarul  Islam,  Md.  Atiqur  Rahman,  Md.  Shamim  Hossain  and  Md.  Ibrahim  Abdullah;  4th  International  Conference  on  Sustainable  Technologies  for  Industry  4.0  (STI  2022))  (Dhaka,  Bangladesh),  2022.


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