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Professor Ashad Kabir is a distinguished scholar in applied artificial intelligence and smartphone technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, and currently serves as a Professor of Computer Science and the Leader of the Imaging and Sensing Research Group at Charles Sturt University (CSU). He is also affiliated with the Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures Institute (AICF) and the Gulbali Institute for Agriculture, Water and Environment. His academic career includes appointments at several esteemed institutions, including Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Deakin University (Australia), and Swinburne University of Technology (Australia).

Research Interests

Professor Kabir's research is centred on the application of advanced technologies—particularly artificial intelligence and smartphone sensing—to address complex challenges in the domains of health and agriculture. His research interests include Applied Machine/Deep Learning, Smart Mobile Applications, Health/Medical Informatics, Smart Agriculture, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, Human-Centric Computing, and Software Engineering.

He has successfully led and contributed to numerous industry-funded research initiatives, forming strategic partnerships that have yielded high-impact outcomes, engagements and peer-reviewed publications of international significance. Since 2020, he has secured over $7.1 million in external research grants, with 5 as lead investigator. His contributions have been recognised with the Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Award 2023 in the category of Research Excellence through Partnership.

He has authored over 130 scholarly articles including publications in high-impact journals, such as Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Computers in Biology and Medicine, and JMIR mHealth and uHealth. His research demonstrates a sustained commitment to leveraging AI and data-driven methodologies for transformative impact in healthcare and agricultural systems. His research has achieved substantial international impact, as evidenced by citations in media, patents and government policy documents across countries such as Australia, Canada and Spain, an impressive average of 600 citations per year and being awarded Editor’s Choice Article for the Year 2022 and Top Downloaded Article in 2022. His scholarly excellence has further been recognised by the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award 2022 – Researcher of the Year (Faculty Level), and the Faculty Research Excellence Award in 2021, acknowledging his leadership, innovation, and research impact.

Professor Kabir has successfully supervised over 15 PhD and Honours theses to completion. As principal supervisor, he oversaw an HDR research project that improved efficiency and competitiveness in business operations worldwide. This pioneering research was awarded a commendation for the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award 2024 – HDR Thesis of the Year.

 

Professional Information

Professor Kabir contributes to the scholarly community as a member of the editorial boards for several reputable journals, including BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, PLOS ONE, Heliyon, and Frontiers in Digital Health. He has delivered keynote addresses at international conferences and has been invited to give talks at leading universities worldwide, including the University of Maryland (USA), Texas A&M University (USA), the University of Toronto (Canada), Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand), the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia), and Chandigarh University (India).

Professor Kabir is passionate about computer programming. He is keen to develop innovative mobile applications for domains such as elderly/healthcare, emergency management, vehicles, and social well-being. He was a Judge in the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition and IEEE Mobile Applications Development Contest. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of ACM.

Teaching

Professor Ashad Kabir is a distinguished teaching leader and educator with over 18 years of experience across several countries, including Australia, Singapore, France, and South Korea. In Australia, he has taught at Swinburne, Deakin, and currently at Charles Sturt University, where he also serves as the Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Applied Research (Honours) program. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and the Harvard Higher Education Teaching Certificate.  His excellence in teaching has been recognised through numerous awards, including the Charles Sturt Executives Deans Teaching Award (2022), Charles Sturt Excellence Awards – Highly Commended (2023), Change One Thing Award (2023), and 1st place in the Teaching Excellence Award (2019). He was also a finalist for the Open Learning Global Innovation Award (2023) and has earned a Fellowship from Advance Higher Education (UK) in 2024.

The subjects he taught include:

  • ITC322 - Data Structures (undergrad)
  • ITC313 -  Programming in Java 2 (undergrad)
  • ITC521 - Programming in Java 2 (postgrad)
  • ITC209 - Mobile App Development (undergrad)
  • ITC538 - Programming in Java 1 (postgrad)
  • ITC539 - Android App Development (postgrad)
  • RES402 - Honours Theory and Proposal (honours)

Publications

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education/Academic qualification

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Graduate Certificate (GCert), Charles Sturt University

Feb 2017Dec 2017

Award Date: 14 Dec 2017

Computer and Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), A Framework for Social Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Applications, Swinburne University of Technology

Jul 200903 Oct 2013

Award Date: 18 Dec 2013

Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Pusan National University

01 Sept 200622 Aug 2008

Award Date: 19 Feb 2009

Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc.Engg), Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET)

… → Jul 2004

Award Date: 30 Jun 2004

External positions

Associate Fellow, University Kebangsaan Malaysia

2022 → …

Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

Mar 20152016

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  • York University

    Kabir, A. (Visiting researcher)

    04 Nov 201908 Nov 2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external organisationAcademic

  • University of Toronto

    Kabir, A. (Visiting researcher)

    11 Apr 2018

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external organisationAcademic

  • University of Maryland

    Kabir, A. (Visiting researcher)

    11 Nov 201915 Nov 2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external organisationAcademic

  • Auckland University of Technology

    Kabir, A. (Visiting researcher)

    29 Jul 2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external organisationAcademic

  • Chandigarh University

    Kabir, A. (Visiting researcher)

    09 Jul 201814 Jul 2018

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external organisationAcademic