Faculty Publications: Recent submissions

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    • Automatic detection of defective rail anchors 

      Khan, Rubayat Ahmed; Islam, Samiul; Biswas, Rubel (2014-11)
      Rail line anchors/fasteners are the metallic components that attach each line with the sleepers. These are essential rail components as absence of these often result in derailments. Therefore in order to prevent dangerous ...

    • Grouping of handwritten Bangla basic characters, numerals and vowel modifiers for multilayer classification 

      Reza, Khondker Nayef; Khan, Mumit (© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012)
      For better performance in multilayer or hierarchical classification of handwritten text, appropriate grouping of similar symbols is very important. Here we aim to develop a reliable grouping schema for the similar looking ...

    • LVQ and HOG based speed limit traffic signs detection and categorization 

      Biswas, Rubel; Tora, Moumita Roy; Bhuiyan, Farazul Haque (© 2014 IEEE Computer Society, 2014)
      The proper identification of the traffic signs can ensure driving safety and can play a very important role in reducing the number of road accidents significantly. This paper represents a uniform way to detect the speed ...

    • Clustering and detection of good and bad rail line anchors from images 

      Islam, Samiul; Khan, Rubayat Ahmed (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-06)
      Absence of railway anchors/fasteners is a serious concern as it might lead to severe consequences such as train derailments. Hence regular inspection is an obligation to ensure safety. The third world countries choose the ...

    • A three level solar panel system with an automated solar tracker 

      Moniruzzaman, H. M.; Patwary, Munia; Rahman, Mosaddequr (© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014-07)
      In this work, a detailed performance analysis of a three level solar panel system intended for its use in urban residential areas is carried out. The system consists of three panels fitted with automated solar tracker and ...

    • Power pilferage in Bangladesh: a simple and economically affordable solution 

      Ahmed, Sadita; Mahmud, Abdullah Al; Rahman, Mosaddequr (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-03)
      In Bangladesh, illegal consumption of electricity takes a considerable part of the revenue as a non-technical loss in power distribution system. Unlike technical losses, this has no easy way to be calculated and fixed. ...

    • Detection and classification of speed limit traffic signs 

      Biswas, Rubel; Fleyeh, Hasan; Mostakim, Moin (© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014-10)
      This paper presents a novel traffic sign recognition system which can aid in the development of Intelligent Speed Adaptation. This system is based on extracting the speed limit sign from the traffic scene by Circular Hough ...

    • Night mode face recognition using adaptively weighted sub-pattern PCA 

      Alom, Md. Zahangir; Khan, Arif; Biswas, Rubel; Khan, Mumit (© 2012 IEEE, 2012)
      The face recognition problem is made difficult by the great variability in head rotation and tilt, lighting intensity and angle, facial expression, aging, partial occlusion (e.g. Wearing Hats, scarves, glasses etc.), etc. ...

    • Implementation of an Optical Character Reader (OCR) for Bengali language 

      Chowdhury, Muhammed Tawfiq; Islam, Md. Saiful; Bipul, Baijed Hossain; Rhaman, Md. Khalilur (© 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-03)
      Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the process of extracting text from an image. The main purpose of an OCR is to make editable documents from existing paper documents or image files. Significant number of algorithms ...

    • System design of two wheeler self-balanced vehicle 

      Rumi, Sheikh Mohibul Islam; Hossain, Mehdi Fakid; Islam, I.S.M. Shanamul; Rahman, Md. Khalilur (© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014-01)
      Any two wheeler vehicles usually cannot balance by itself when it is in rest or running at a lower speed. The purpose of this research is to make a vehicle that would be stable by itself in such situations and can be ...

    • Exploring modular architecture for nano satellite and opportunity for developing countries 

      Rhaman, Md. Khalilur; Monowar, M. I.; Shakil, Shifur Rahman; Kafi, A. H.; Antara, R. S I (© 2015 Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015)
      SPACE Technology has the potential to provide information, infrastructure and inspiration that meets national needs in developing countries like Bangladesh. Many countries recognize this; in response they are investing in ...

    • An autonomous industrial robot for loading and unloading goods 

      Kadir, Md. Abdul; Chowdhury, Md. Belayet; Rashid, Jaber AL; Shakil, Shifur Rahman; Rhaman, Md. Khalilur (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)
      In industries loading and unloading of heavy loads manually is one of the most important task which turns out to be quite difficult, time-consuming and risky for humans. This paper illustrates the mechanical design of the ...

    • Terminal analysis of the operations of a rescue robot constructed for assisting secondary disaster situations 

      Chowdhury, Mohammad Shadman Sakib; Nawal, Mehbas Fairuz; Rashid, Tahmid; Rhaman, Khalilur (© 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016)
      This paper highlights an approach to combat the ramifications of both natural and man-made catastrophe in perspective of Bangladesh, a country highly susceptible to disasters. The aim of the paper is to develop a 'Rescue ...

    • Chondrobot-2: A simple and efficient semi-autonomous tele-robotic lunar excavator 

      Rhaman, Md. Khalilur; Hossain, Md. Jonayet; Anik, Kazi Mohammad Razin; Oyon, Mahmudul Hasan; Nabia, Sarah Binte Nasir; Rahi, Nabil Shaker; Khan, Bonny Amin; Miran, Md. Mashiur Rahman; Bhuian, Belal Hossain; Rahman, Md. Mosaddequr (© 2012 IEEE, 2012)
      A simple, light-weight and efficient excavation system to excavate and collect lunar regolith has been developed at BRAC university. The excavation system has a dimension of 1.21m × 0.66m × 0.74m with a total weight of 65 ...

    • A rule based approach for implementation of bangla to english translation 

      Rahman, Md. Khalilur; Tarannum, Narzu (© 2012 IEEE, 2013)
      An initiative to model a Bangla to English (B2E) translation using Natural Language Processing (NLP) was proposed in our previous research. Here we implemented the model with a lot of modifications. A very successful ...

    • A simple tele-robotic lunar excavator 

      Rhaman, Md. Khalilur; Hasan, Shiblee Imtiaz; Hossain, Md. Jonayet; Anik, Kazi Mohammad Razin; Oyon, Mahmudul Hasan; Bhuian, Belal Hossain; Rahman, Md. Mosaddequr (© 2012 IEEE, 2013)
      An excavation tele-robotic system is developed to excavate and collect lunar regolith. The excavator has been developed by the team BRACU ChondroBot consisting students from BRAC University for NASA's 2nd Annual Lunabotics ...

    • Automatic will enabled system of multi-modal operation 

      Karim, Md. Risul; Waliullah, Syed Shaiyan Kamran; Kamal, Badruddin; Rhaman, Md. Khalilur; Khan, Mumit; Jamil, Insan Arafat (© 2013 IEEE, 2013)
      AWESOMMO(Automatic Will Enabled System of Multi-Modal Operation)uses Sony PS3 Eye image sensor for high speed image processing and a microphone for voice recognition commands. Armed with 3 degrees of freedom of operation, ...

    • Cognitive efficiency in robot control by Emotiv EPOC 

      Chowdhury, Pritom; Shakim, S. S. Kibria; Karim, Md. Risul; Rhaman, Md. Khalilur (© 2014 IEEE Computer Society, 2014-05)
      Brain Computer Interface (BCI) has opened a new era in the field of neuroscience. It has the potentiality to improve the quality of life of severely disabled patients. It allows them to regain the power of moving things ...

    • Digitization of the entire traffic system and mitigation of the ongoing traffic crisis across cities of developing nations 

      Yasar, Mohammad Samin; Rashid, Tahmid; Rhaman, Khalilur (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-01)
      This paper focuses on a novel approach for handling the present traffic situation in perspective of Bangladesh. The initial plan is to moderate the ongoing traffic predicament that currently plagues Dhaka city and gradually ...

    • An automated fire fighting system 

      Shams, Rafat; Hossain, Shafkat; Priyom, Shaoni; Fatema, Nusrat; Shakil, Shifur Rahman; Rhaman, Md. Khalilur (© 2015 IEEE, 2016)
      This paper presents the implemented procedure and result of a new ceiling mount firefighting system which uses computer vision theory to detect fire in an indoor environment and subdue it in root level. A domestic home or ...