Metropolitan University

Tajkia Nuri Ananna

Lecturer

Biography

Education

BSc.(Engg.) in Computer Science and Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet

Award & Achievements

PUBLICATIONS

Journals
1. Saifuzzaman, M., Ananna, T. N., Chowdhury, M. J. M., Ferdous, M. S., & Chowdhury, F. (2023).
ResCoDP: A Differentially Private Mechanism for Preserving Privacy in Wearable Physiological Data.
Computers and Security (Q1). [Submitted]
2. Saifuzzaman, M., Ananna, T. N., Chowdhury, M. J. M., Ferdous, M. S., & Chowdhury, F. (2022). A
systematic literature review on wearable health data publishing under differential privacy. International
Journal of Information Security (Q2), 1-26. DOI: 10.1007/s10207-021-00576-1


Book Chapters
1. Saifuzzaman, Munshi; Ananna, Tajkia Nuri: 'Research Challenges and Future Work Directions in
Smart Healthcare Using IoT and Machine Learning' (Studies in Computational Intelligence, 2023), 'IoT
and ML for Information Management: A Smart Healthcare Perspective', Chap. 13. [In Preparation, Abstract
Submitted]
2. Ananna, Tajkia Nuri; Saifuzzaman, Munshi: 'Introduction to IoT' (Studies in Computational Intelligence,
2023), 'IoT and ML for Information Management: A Smart Healthcare Perspective', Chap. 1. [In
Preparation, Abstract Submitted]
3. Ananna, Tajkia Nuri; Saifuzzaman, Munshi; Chowdhury, Mohammad Jabed Morshed; Ferdous, Md
Sadek: 'Managing health insurance using blockchain technology' (Healthcare Technologies, 2022),
'Blockchain Technology in e-Healthcare Management', Chap. 4, pp. 89-125. DOI: 10.1049/PBHE048E_ch4

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Unaffiliated Research Mar 2022 - Present
Responsibilities:
June 2023 – Present: Currently working on two book chapters entitled "Introduction to IoT'' and
“Research Challenges and Future Work Directions in Smart Healthcare Using IoT and Machine
Learning”, referring to [B1] and [B2] publication.

Mar 2022 – Jun 2022: Worked on a book chapter which briefly covers the most immediate concerns in the
health insurance industry and provides insight into how blockchain technology integration can contribute to resolving these issues, referring to [B3] publication.

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Mar 2020 - June 2023
Undergraduate Research
Responsibilities: Worked on my undergraduate thesis project entitled "Assessing and Developing Differential Privacy based Algorithms for Wearable Devices". Reviewed existing literature (referring to J2 publication) and proposed a differentially private algorithm (referring to J1 publication).

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS

Extensive analysis on Question Answering Framework
Explored recent studies in Question Answering System, therefore experimented with three distinct models (BERT, DistilBERT, distilbert-base-uncased-distilled-squad). 

Loan Prediction Analysis
Developed an interface employing a machine learning approach to predict the approval or rejection of a loan for individuals.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

ChitChat P2P Messaging App
Developed an Android messenger application that operates at the network layer and enables peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing by utilizing Java Socket. 

SUST Online Examination System Frontend | React, Bootstrap
Developed an online examination system (frontend) with the objective of facilitating the administration and completion of exams and assignments for my undergrad university.

Question Answering App | Java, Android, Firebase 
Developed a question answering application as a part of my AI project with the primary objective of gathering user data.

iTranslator | Java, Android, Firebase
Developed an Android application that utilizes optical character recognition (OCR) to capture and extract text from images, and subsequently employs text-to-speech (TTS) to read aloud the extracted text.

AI Player | Java, MySQL, Android Developed a voice-controlled music player that incorporates voice commands to enable song playback, pause functionality, and the ability to play the next or previous songs.
Chat Server | Java FX 
A simple messenger application that can perform peer to peer communication using socket programming.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Young Entrepreneurs 2018
Digital Innovation Fair
Details: Built an online platform to ensure transparent delivery of rations to eligible recipients, maintaining a corruption-free process. The program was arranged by the Divisional Commissioner’s Office, Sylhet. 

Poster Presented in International Conference on Bangla Speech and Language Processing 2018
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
Details: An idea for assisting illiterate people by developing an android app that can simply extract any text from a picture using OCR and then convert the text to speech using TTS.

Government Scholarship 2014,2016

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Coach, NGPC February, 2023
Supervised a group of three students in “National Girls' Programming Contest” and achieved 14th position.

General Member Feb 2017 – Aug 2021
Volunteered as a member of CSE Society SUST during five different fairs.

Interests

Differential Privacy

Wearable Data Sharing

Data Privacy

Differential Privacy with Machine Learning

Cyber Security

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