Md. Sazzadul Islam Prottasha
Lecturer
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Department of Information and Communication Technology
Faculty of Science & Technology (FST)
sazzadulislamprottasha@gmail.com
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF
PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216
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Overview
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Education
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Publication
Research Activites
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Awards
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Course Taught
Biography
Md. Sazzadul Islam Prottasha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technology at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), currently on study leave to pursue his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Information and Communication Engineering (ICE) from BUP in 2018 and 2021, respectively.An active researcher, he has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. His research interests encompass image processing, computer vision, time-series analysis, and applied artificial intelligence and machine learning. He was awarded the prestigious ICT Fellowship by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in 2020.Email: prottasha@bup.edu.bd
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Education
S.S.C, Kishoreganj Govt. Boys High School
H.S.C, Gurudayal Govt. College
Honors, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Masters, Bangladesh University of Professionals
H.S.C, Gurudayal Govt. College
Honors, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Masters, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Journal Publication
1. Prottasha, M. S. I., & Rafi, N. W. (2025). MedGemma vs GPT-4: Open-Source and Proprietary Zero-shot Medical Disease Classification from Images, Journal of Machine Learning and Deep Learning (JMLDL), 2(2), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.64820/AEPJMLDL.22.1.9.122025 IF: NA NA NA
2. Prottasha, M. S. I., & Reza, S. M. S. (2022). A classification model based on depthwise separable convolutional neural network to identify rice plant diseases, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), 12(4), pp. 3642-3652. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v12i4.pp3642-3654 IF: NA NA NA IF: NA NA NA
3. Prottasha, M. S. I., Rahman, M. Z., Hossain, A. K., Mou, S. F., Ahmed, M. B., & Kaiser, M. S. (2022). Vote algorithm based probabilistic model for phishing website detection, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IJEECS), 28(3), pp. 1582-1591. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v28.i3.pp1582-1591 IF: NA NA NA
4. Prottasha, M. S. I., Rahman, M. Z., Hossain, A. K., Reza, S. M. S. & Hossain, D. A. (2021). Identification of Various Rice Plant Diseases Using Optimized Convolutional Neural Network. International Journal of Computing and Digital System (IJCDS), 12(1), pp. 1539-1551. https://dx.doi.org/10.12785/ijcds/1201124
5. Khan, M. T. I., Prottasha, M. S. I, Nasim, T. A., Mehedi, A. A., Pranto, A. M. & Asad, N. A. (2020). Performance Analysis of Various Machine Learning Classifiers on Reduced Chronic Kidney Disease Dataset. International Journal of Recent Research and Review (IJRRR), 8(4), pp. 16-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5760273
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Conference Papers
1. Alam, M., Sultana, M.,Shihab, T. I., Ahmed, S., Prottasha, M. S. I., & Mazumder, R. (2023). An Autism Detection Architecture with Fusion of Feature Extraction and Classification in 2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development (ICICT4SD).https://doi.org/10.1109/icict4sd59951.2023.10303542 IF: NA NA NA
2. Farin, S. M., Prottasha, M. S. I., & Reza, S. (2023). COVID-19 detection using lightweight CNN architecture on chest X-ray images in 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Advanced Computing and Communication (ISACC),India. https://doi.org/10.1109/isacc56298.2023.10084139 IF: NA NA NA
3. Prottasha, M. S. I., Tasnim, Z., Reza, S., & Hossain, D. A. (2021). A Lightweight CNN Architecture to Identify Various Rice Plant Diseases in Bangladesh. in 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development (ICICT4SD) , https://doi.org/10.1109/icict4sd50815.2021.9396927 IF: NA NA NA
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Books
1. Book Chapter (2023)Prottasha, M. S. I., Farin, S. M., Ahmed, B., Rahman, M. Z., Hossain, A., & Kaiser, M. S. (2023). Deep Learning-Based Skin Disease Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). In Lecture notes in electrical engineering (pp. 551–564).https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8032-9_39 IF: NA NA NA
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Researchs
Application of AI and Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Medical Image Processing
Computer Vision
Smart Grid and Power System
Natural Language Processing
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Awards
Research Fellowship 2020-2021 from ICT Division, Bangladesh
BUP Scholarship (2016-2020)
Dean's Letter of Appreciation
Best Author Award from Bangladesh University of Professionals for Surveillance Drone Development (2024)
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Courses
ICE-4107: Artificial Intelligence (Theory + Lab)
ICE-3207: Software & Requirements Engineering (Theory + Lab)
ICE-3103: Operating System (Theory + Lab)
ICE-2203: Database Management System (Theory + Lab)
ICE-2108: Data Communication & Computer Networks Lab
ICE-2202: Data Structure Lab
ICE-2106: Digital Logic Design Lab
ICE-4102: Software Testing Lab
ICE-3206: Web Technologies Lab
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
S.S.C, Kishoreganj Govt. Boys High School
H.S.C, Gurudayal Govt. College
Honors, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Masters, Bangladesh University of Professionals
H.S.C, Gurudayal Govt. College
Honors, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Masters, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
1. Prottasha, M. S. I., & Rafi, N. W. (2025). MedGemma vs GPT-4: Open-Source and Proprietary Zero-shot Medical Disease Classification from Images, Journal of Machine Learning and Deep Learning (JMLDL), 2(2), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.64820/AEPJMLDL.22.1.9.122025 IF: NA NA NA
2. Prottasha, M. S. I., & Reza, S. M. S. (2022). A classification model based on depthwise separable convolutional neural network to identify rice plant diseases, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), 12(4), pp. 3642-3652. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v12i4.pp3642-3654 IF: NA NA NA IF: NA NA NA
3. Prottasha, M. S. I., Rahman, M. Z., Hossain, A. K., Mou, S. F., Ahmed, M. B., & Kaiser, M. S. (2022). Vote algorithm based probabilistic model for phishing website detection, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IJEECS), 28(3), pp. 1582-1591. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v28.i3.pp1582-1591 IF: NA NA NA
4. Prottasha, M. S. I., Rahman, M. Z., Hossain, A. K., Reza, S. M. S. & Hossain, D. A. (2021). Identification of Various Rice Plant Diseases Using Optimized Convolutional Neural Network. International Journal of Computing and Digital System (IJCDS), 12(1), pp. 1539-1551. https://dx.doi.org/10.12785/ijcds/1201124
5. Khan, M. T. I., Prottasha, M. S. I, Nasim, T. A., Mehedi, A. A., Pranto, A. M. & Asad, N. A. (2020). Performance Analysis of Various Machine Learning Classifiers on Reduced Chronic Kidney Disease Dataset. International Journal of Recent Research and Review (IJRRR), 8(4), pp. 16-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5760273
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
1. Alam, M., Sultana, M.,Shihab, T. I., Ahmed, S., Prottasha, M. S. I., & Mazumder, R. (2023). An Autism Detection Architecture with Fusion of Feature Extraction and Classification in 2023 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development (ICICT4SD).https://doi.org/10.1109/icict4sd59951.2023.10303542 IF: NA NA NA
2. Farin, S. M., Prottasha, M. S. I., & Reza, S. (2023). COVID-19 detection using lightweight CNN architecture on chest X-ray images in 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Advanced Computing and Communication (ISACC),India. https://doi.org/10.1109/isacc56298.2023.10084139 IF: NA NA NA
3. Prottasha, M. S. I., Tasnim, Z., Reza, S., & Hossain, D. A. (2021). A Lightweight CNN Architecture to Identify Various Rice Plant Diseases in Bangladesh. in 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development (ICICT4SD) , https://doi.org/10.1109/icict4sd50815.2021.9396927 IF: NA NA NA
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
1. Book Chapter (2023)Prottasha, M. S. I., Farin, S. M., Ahmed, B., Rahman, M. Z., Hossain, A., & Kaiser, M. S. (2023). Deep Learning-Based Skin Disease Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). In Lecture notes in electrical engineering (pp. 551–564).https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8032-9_39 IF: NA NA NA
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Application of AI and Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Medical Image Processing
Computer Vision
Smart Grid and Power System
Natural Language Processing
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
Research Fellowship 2020-2021 from ICT Division, Bangladesh
BUP Scholarship (2016-2020)
Dean's Letter of Appreciation
Best Author Award from Bangladesh University of Professionals for Surveillance Drone Development (2024)
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026
ICE-4107: Artificial Intelligence (Theory + Lab)
ICE-3207: Software & Requirements Engineering (Theory + Lab)
ICE-3103: Operating System (Theory + Lab)
ICE-2203: Database Management System (Theory + Lab)
ICE-2108: Data Communication & Computer Networks Lab
ICE-2202: Data Structure Lab
ICE-2106: Digital Logic Design Lab
ICE-4102: Software Testing Lab
ICE-3206: Web Technologies Lab
Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026