MIST Applications

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE)

Major Kazi Newaj Faisal, EME

Instructor Class ‘B’ (Assistant Professor), Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE)

Notice:

I am actively looking for highly motivated BSc/MSc/PhD students (full-time/part-time/internship) to research on non-stationary signal processing, radar signal processing, biomedical signal processing, human-machine/computer interaction, brain-computer interfacing with application of artificial intelligence/machine learning for signal processing. 

For more details, please visit the personal website:
https://sites.google.com/view/newajfaisal


Professional Appointments


Feb 2020 - Present: Assistant Professor (Instructor Class B), EECE Department, MIST

Aug 2015 - Jan 2020: Lecturer (Instructor Class C), EECE Department, MIST

Jan 2014 - Jul 2015: Lecturer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) Department, Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Educational Qualifications


Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Sensors and Signal Intelligence (SenSigI) Lab, Department of Electronics Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune, India 

Supervisor: Dr. R. R. Sharma

Dissertation: Enhanced Wigner-Ville Distribution for Multi-component Non-stationary Signal Processing

  M.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE), 2017

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Supervisor: Dr. Zahurul Islam Sarkar

Dissertation: Information-Theoretic Security in Multi-Cellular Massive MIMO Networks.

B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE), 2012

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Research Interests


  • Time-frequency analysis
  • Non-stationary signal processing
  • Radar/ Biomedical/ Seismic signal processing
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Human-machine/computer interaction
  • Brain-computer interfacing
  • Pattern Recognition
List of Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications [Reverse chronological order]

  1. U. Chandela, K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Electroencephalogram-based Unified Approach for Multiple Neurodevelopmental Disorders Detection in Children Using Successive Multivariate Variational Mode Decomposition," in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, doi: 10.1109/TCDS.2025.3556888. [IF-5.0 in 2025]
  2. S. Agarwal, S. Sharma, K. N. Faisal, R. R. Sharma, "Time‐Series Forecasting Using SVMD‐LSTM: A Hybrid Approach for Stock Market Prediction," in Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2025, doi: 10.1155/jpas/9464938. [IF-1.0 in 2025]
  3. S. Sharma, K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Automated Grasp Recognition using sEMG: Recent Advances, Challenges and Future Developments," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement,  vol. 74, pp. 1-17, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2024.3497179. [Q1, IF-5.6 in 2024]
  4. N. K, K. Newaj Faisal, H. S. Mir and R. R. Sharma, "Coronary Artery Disease Identification Using ECG: An Improved Energy Estimation-Based Approach," in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 147918-147928, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3469536. [Q1, IF-3.4 in 2024]
  5. K. N. Faisal, H. S. Mir and R. R. Sharma, "Human Activity Recognition From FMCW Radar Signals Utilizing Cross-Terms Free WVD," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 14383-14394, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3344100. [Q1, IF-10.2 in 2023]
  6. K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, “Successive variational mode decomposition-based enhanced Wigner-Ville distribution for seismovolcanic events identification,” in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 440, p. 107847, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107847 [Q1, IF-2.9 in 2023] 
  7. U. Sharma, K. N. Faisal, R. R. Sharma, and K. V Arya, “Facial Landmark-Based Human Emotion Recognition Technique for Oriented Viewpoints in the Presence of Facial Attributes,” in SN Computer Science, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 273, 2023. doi:10.1007/s42979-023-01727-y

Peer-reviewed Conference Publications [Reverse chronological order]

  1. S. Sharma, K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Automated Power-Precision Grasp Recognition from sEMG: A Multivariate Signal Decomposition-based Approach," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing and Effective Communication Technologies (INSPECT), Gwalior, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INSPECT63485.2024.10896124.
  2. K. N. Faisal, P. Haribhau Kurhe, K. S. Upadhyay and R. Raj Sharma, "Upper Limb Motor Imagery Task Classification for EEG-based Brain Computer Interface Development," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), Bangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CONECCT62155.2024.10677276
  3. K. Gurjar, S. Agrawal, K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Classifying EEG-based Upper Limb Motor Imagery Tasks for Brain-Robot Interface-based System Development," 2024 International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), Tokyo, Japan, 2024, pp. 7-12, doi: 10.1109/ICARM62033.2024.10715808
  4. S. Agarwal, S. Sharma, K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Induced Stress Identification Using EEG: A Framework based on MVMD and Machine Learning," 2024 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), Bhopal, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SCEECS61402.2024.10481868.
  5. K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Suppression of False-terms in Wigner-Ville Distribution using Time and Frequency Windowing," 2023 2nd International Conference on Paradigm Shifts in Communications Embedded Systems, Machine Learning and Signal Processing (PCEMS), Nagpur, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PCEMS58491.2023.10136110[Best male student paper award]
  6. K. N. Faisal and R. R. Sharma, "Cross-terms Reduction in WVD using Sliding Window-based Variational Mode Decomposition," 2023 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, India, 2023, pp. 58-63, doi: 10.1109/SPIN57001.2023.10116192.
  7. . Paul, M. F. Hossain, M. S. Muktadir and K. N. Faisal, "Fabrication of a cost effective thermal evaporation system for thin film deposition," 2017 4th International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017, pp. 703-706, doi: 10.1109/ICAEE.2017.8255446
  8. K. N. Faisal, M. Z. I. Sarkar, R. Sultana and M. S. Muktadir, "Security analysis of co-located and distributed MIMO interference networks with linear receivers," 2016 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Computer & Telecommunication Engineering (ICECTE), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICECTE.2016.7879579
  9. K. N. Faisal, M. Z. Islam Sarkar and R. Sultana, "Security in cellular MIMO interference networks with linear receivers," 2015 International Conference on Electrical & Electronic Engineering (ICEEE), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2015, pp. 129-132, doi: 10.1109/CEEE.2015.7428236
  10. M. B. Uddin, M. Z. I. Sarkar, K. N. Faisal and M. M. Ali, "Performance analysis of Nakagami-m fading massive MIMO channels with linear receivers," 2014 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014, pp. 510-513, doi: 10.1109/ICCITechn.2014.7073089.
  11. R. Sultana, M. Z. I. Sarkar, K. N. Faisal, J. E. Giti and F. R. S. Ahmed, "Enhancing wireless capacity in heterogeneous networks with interference power," 2014 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014, pp. 458-461, doi: 10.1109/ICCITechn.2014.7073076

Awards and Grants


  • Best male student paper award, PCEMS 2023, VNIT, Nagpur, India. [view]
  • Fully funded PhD program as per the MoU between Bangladesh Govt. and Indian Govt.
  • 4 years full waiver with a stipend for undergraduate study from Bangladesh Govt., 2007-2011.
  • Selected for 4 years full waiver with a stipend for undergraduate study from RUET.
  • 2 years full waiver with a stipend for college study from Bangladesh Govt., 2005-2006.

Administrative Services


  • Officer-in-Charge, Digital Signal Processing Lab, EECE Dept, MIST, 2024-till now
  • Course Coordinator, Level-3, EECE Dept, MIST, 2024-till now
  • Asst. Hall Provost, MIST, 2025-till now
  • Member, Website Management Team, EECE Dept, MIST, 2024-till now
  • Graduate Course Coordinator, Final year, EECE Dept, MIST, 2020-2021
  • Officer-in-Charge, EECE Dept Library, MIST, 2020-2021
  • Officer-in-Charge, VLSI Lab, MIST, 2020
  • Undergraduate Program Coordinator, EECE Dept, MIST, 2021
  • Undergraduate Program Coord, EECE Dept, BMA, 2016-2019
  • Officer-in-Charge, Electrical Machine Lab, EECE Dept, BMA, 2016-2019
  • Officer-in-Charge, Analog & Digital Communication Lab, EECE Dept, BMA, 2016-2019
  • Student Representative, first-final year, undergraduate study, 2007-2011.

Committees


Administrative

  • Assistant member secretary, undergraduate admission committee, MIST, 2021 
  • Member, faculty selection committee, MIST, 2020 
  • Member, technical evaluation committee for lab procurement, EECE Dept, MIST, 2020-2021
  • Member, technical evaluation committee for lab procurement, EECE Dept, BMA, 2016-2017
  • Member, Lab staff selection committee, EECE Dept of BMA, 2018.

Academic

  • Member, Technical Program Committee, ICEEICT 2021, Dhaka
  • Chair, Website & ICT support Committee, ICEEICT 2021, Dhaka
  • Member, Organizing Committee, ICEEICT 2021, MIST, Dhaka
  • Member, Organizing Committee, IEEE ICTP 2021, BUET, Dhaka.

External

  • Member, Tender Evaluation Committee, Rural Power Company Limited, Dhaka

Participations


  • National conference on intellectual property rights and commercialization 2024, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Idea Contest 2012, RUET Robotics Society 21 April, 2012.
  • Workshop on Microcontroller & Embedded System, IEEE RUET Student Branch, 28 Oct - 02 Nov 2009.
  • First Bangladesh Astro-Olympiad 2006, Bangladesh Astronomical Association.

Affiliations


  • Member, IEEE
  • Member, IEB, Bangladesh