Md Habibur Rahaman, PhD Candidate

Area of Study / Keywords

Big Data Analytics ML and AI Industrial Alarm Monitoring Fault Identification and Diagnosis Power and Energy Systems.

About

Habib is a graduate student currently working in the Advanced Alarm Management and Design (AAMD) Research Group under the supervision of Dr. Tongwen Chen at the University of Alberta. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Bangladesh, in 2012 and 2017, respectively and worked as an Assistant Professor for two years. He also obtained an M.Eng. (research mode) in Electrical Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, in 2020. In addition, he worked as a lecturer at various universities and as a Power Systems Engineer at Dhaka Electrical Supply Company in Bangladesh. He has a total of four years of industrial experience in Power System Distribution, Control and Automation, SCADA, Alarm Monitoring, and Fault Diagnosis in both Bangladesh and Canada. Since 2021, he has also been collaborating with the research team at Syncrude Canada and working on various industrial projects..

Highlighted Awards: 

1. Alberta Graduate Excellent Scholarship (AGES) at the University of Alberta, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.
2. Doctoral recruitment scholarship at the University of Alberta, 2020.
3. The Fellow of The Graduate Studies award at Memorial University, 2020.
4. 3@MT Thesis competition winner (3rd) at Memorial University, 2019, Canada.
5. The University Gold Medal award at RUET, Bangladesh, 2016. 
6. Bangladesh Prime Minister's Gold Medal award, 2014. 
7. Best Student of the Year award (Dean's award-3 times), 2010-2012. 

Research

Habib's main research areas include Industrial Alarm Monitoring, and Fault Detection and Diagnosis. He is currently focused on operator action modeling, developing recommendation systems using industrial alarm data, and fault detection and diagnosis through data-driven approaches. To explore his past research, please visit: https://ece.ruet.ac.bd/habib. A list of his recent research papers is provided below:

1. Md Habibur Rahaman, Haniyeh Seyed Alinezhad, Tongwen Chen, Identification of Most Critical Alarms for Alarm Flood Reduction, IFAC-PapersOnLine (Elsevier), vol. 58, no. 14, 2024, pp. 835-840, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.08.441. (Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896324012102). 
2. Md Habibur Rahaman, Haniyeh Seyed Alinezhad, Ahmad W. Al-Dabbagh, Tongwen Chen, Cyclic mining of alarm and operator action events for enhanced process operation, Control Engineering Practice (Elsevier), vol. 153, Articel no. 106069, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2024.106069. (Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967066124002284). 
3. Md Habibur Rahaman, Haniyeh Seyed Alinezhad, Tongwen Chen, Advancements in Real-time Monitoring, and Fault Diagnosis Systems for Alarm Flood Reduction, IEEE Transaction (On Preperation). 
4. Md Habibur Rahaman, Haniyeh Seyed Alinezhad, Tongwen Chen, Online Monitoring of Most Critical Alarm and Root Cause Analysis for Alarm Flood Reduction, IEEE Transaction (On Preperation). 
5. Md Habibur Rahaman, Md Rezwan Parvez, Tongwen Chen, A Machine Learning-Based Decision Support Framework for Industrial Alarm Flood Management, IEEE Transaction (On Preperation). 

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant (Lab TA): ECE 209 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering- Winter 2023
• Teaching Assistant (Lab TA) : ECE 330 Introduction to Power Engineering - Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024.
• Teaching Assistant (Lab TA) : ECE 210 Introduction to Digital Logic Design - Winter 2021
• Teaching Assistant (Lab TA) : ECE 220 Programming for Electrical Engineering - Winter 2020, Fall 2021
• Teaching Assistant (Lab TA) : ENGG 160 Introduction to Engineering Design, Communication, and Profession - Winter 2024, Winter 2025

Volunteer Activities:

At the University of Alberta, Habib has served in:

1. IEEE Young Professionals, NL and AB Sections. 
2. GSA Senator, 2021-2022
3. Senate Honorary Degree Selection Committee, 2021-2022
4. FGSR Council member, 2020-2022
5. GSA Labour relation committee, 2021-2022
6. FGSR Council (Academic Appeals Committee),2021-2022

Resources: 

1. Faculty of Graduate Student and Research (FGSR)
2. Graduate Student Association (GSA)
3. Graduate Teaching (TA) and Research Assistantship (RA)
4. Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Support
5. Campus Resources under Vice-Provost and Dean of Students
6. Helpful Resources for the students
7. Prospective Student Resources