Sk. Arif Ahmed, Ph.D.

Senior Researcher, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway;
Senior Member, IEEE
Former Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India;
Former Postdoc, Dept. of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway;
Assistant Professor at Haldia Institute of Technology, India
Email: skarifahmed [at] gmail [dot] com


TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Classroom teaching experience: I have experience in classroom teaching at all levels: course coordinator, course designer, lecturer, tutorial conductor, and lab session instructor. Most of my teaching experience was gathered at the Haldia Institute of Technology (HIT), and XIM University, India. Additionally, I have designed and conducted courses for industrial persons and faculty members. Below, I present details of my teaching experience.


Course details

Responsibilities (●), additional remarks (○), and feedback (☼)

Course: Computer Vision and Image Processing (UG, PG, XIM University, India)
Years involved: 2021-2024
Role: Course Design, Lecture, Practical
  • Design of curriculum.
  • Classroom Lecture.
  • Practical Session.
  • Supervision.
  • Evaluate.

Course: Deep Learning (UG, PG, XIM University, India)
Years involved: 2021-2024
Role: Course Design, Lecture, Practical
  • Design of curriculum.
  • Classroom Lecture.
  • Practical Session.
  • Supervision.
  • Evaluate.

Course: Database Management System (UG, XIM University, India)
Years involved: 2021-2024
Role: Course Design, Lecture, Practical
  • Design of curriculum.
  • Classroom Lecture.
  • Practical Session.
  • Supervision.
  • Evaluate.

Course:Computer Organization and Architecture (UG, XIM University, India)
Years involved: 2021-2024
Role: Course Design, Lecture, Practical
  • Design of curriculum.
  • Classroom Lecture.
  • Practical Session.
  • Supervision.
  • Evaluate.

Course: Special Curriculum on Imaging artefacts in nanoscopy  (Special course for interns, UiT, Norway)
Years involved: 2020
Role: Supervision and curriculum designer
  • Design of curriculum.
  • Supervision.
  • Evaluate project submissions.
  • Outcome of the curriculum is a form of article submitted in a reputed journal

Course: Special Curriculum on Temporal information in nanoscopy  (Special course for interns, UiT, Norway)
Years involved: 2020
Role: Supervision and curriculum designer
  • Design of curriculum.
  • Supervision.
  • Evaluate project submissions.
  • Outcome of the curriculum is a form of article submitted in a reputed journal

Course: Machine Learning (Special course for industrial persons, Hands-on systems)
Years involved: 2018-2019
Role: Lecturer and curriculum designer
  • Design the curriculum.
  • Design of projects and lab experiments.
  • Conduct lectures, tutorials, and labs.
  • Evaluate project submissions.
  • Developed AI-based solution in their respective field such as production, automation, data analysis, etc.

☼ Excellent student feedback

Course: Basic Computation & Principles of Computer Programming (CS201,CS291)  (undergraduate module, HIT)
Years involved: 2009-2018
Role: Lecturer and lab instructor
Details: ~60 students per semester (conducted once a year), multi-disciplinary students
  • Design the curriculum.
  • Design of projects and lab experiments.
  • Conduct lectures, tutorials, and labs.
  • Conducting tests and evaluate.

 

☼☼ Excellent student feedback

Course: Computer Organisation & Architecture (MCA101,MCA191) (masters module, HIT)
Years involved: 2009-2018
Role: Lecturer and lab instructor
Details: ~50 students per semester (conducted once a year)
  • Design the curriculum.
  • Design of projects and lab experiments.
  • Conduct lectures, tutorials, and labs.
  • Conducting tests and evaluate.

 

☼ Encouraging student feedback

Course: Minor Project and Seminar (MCA591) (masters module, HIT)
Years involved: 2009-2018
Role: Designer and coordinator
Details: ~50 students/semester (conducted once a year)
  • Design individual project problems
  • Supervise and advise students for the projects
  • Assess the project submissions
  • Assessed publication potential of project outcomes
  • Assisted students seeking publication of project results

 

☼☼ Excellent student feedback

Course: Database Management System  (MCA204, MCA294) (masters module, HIT)
Years involved: 2009-2018
Role: Lecturer and lab instructor
Details: ~50 students per semester (conducted once a year)
  • Design and co-ordinate course
  • Design online evaluation
  • ~40 students and young entrepreneurs participated in this course

 

☼☼ Excellent student feedback

Course: Machine Learning and  Applications (Design for Faculty Development program at HIT)
Year: 2018-19
Role: Designer, Coordinator, Instructor
Details: For the faculty members and researchers
  • Design the curriculum.
  • Design of projects and lab experiments.
  • Conduct lectures, tutorials, and labs.
  • Evaluate project submissions.
  • Developed AI-based solution in their respective research field such as electrical, image procession, NLP, etc.

☼☼ Excellent feedback

Course: Programming using C, C++, Computer Network, Web Technology
Year: 2010-18
Role: Coordinator, Instructor
Details: Guest lecture and coordinator in IGNOU, 2-10 students/semester
  • Design the curriculum.
  • Design of projects and lab experiments.
  • Conduct lectures, tutorials, and labs.
  • Conducting tests and evaluate.

 

Course: C, Data Structure, Computer Network, etc.
Year: 2012-16
Role: Coordinator, Instructor
Details: Guest lecture, designer, and coordinator in Infosys Campus Connect

  • Conduct lectures, tutorials, and labs.
  • Conducting tests and evaluate.

 

 

☼☼ Excellent student feedback

Note: During my 10 years of employment at HIT, a few courses like Operating System, Algorithms, Programming with C++, Object Oriented Programming using JAVA, Computer Networks and Internetworking, Advance Web Programming, etc. undertaken a few times.
Formal education in pedagogy: I have undertaken the following faculty development courses on pedagogy, as a part of teaching faculty development program at HIT:

2018 – 2024      1 Ph.D (Thesis Submitted), 2 Ph.D students ongoing (With collaboration), 1 Master Thesis and 3 Undergraduate Students (UiT), 4 Master Thesis and 10 Graduate Thesis in XIM University.

2009 – 2018      4 to 6 students (UG and PG) in each year. (HIT, India)
2010 – 2018      2 Students each year for Final Project (IGNOU)
2018 – 2020      4 Ph.D students ongoing (Formal guidance with collaborators), 1 master thesis and 3 undergraduate students (UiT, Norway)