People
S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader
Doctoral Researcher
School/Department: School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Email: smrkh1@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
Assalam Alaikum, I am S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader. I am a Ph.D. in Computer Science student at the University of Leicester and my supervisors are Dr. Xiao Chen, Professor Lu Liu. My research area is Federated Learning.
Currently, I serve as a Part-time Lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester, and as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Leicester. Prior to this, I worked for nearly 3.5 years as an Artificial Intelligence Engineer and Software Engineer at two renowned IT companies in Bangladesh. I completed my M.Sc. in Computer Science from American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), receiving Summa Cum Laude (Gold Medal) at the 20th convocation. I also hold a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from East West University (EWU), Dhaka, where I served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) and was awarded both the Dean Scholarship and Medha Lalon Scholarship.
Research
- Federated Learning Applications in Healthcare Informatics: A Comprehensive Review (Undergoing Review)
- Authors: S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Lu Liu, Xiao Chen, Haiqin Wu, Bo Yuan, Atanu Bhattacharjee
- FedAdaVR: Adaptive Variance Reduction for Robust Federated Learning under Limited Client Participation (Pre-print)
- Authors: S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Xiao Chen, Yifei Xie, Lu Liu
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.22204
- FedOAED: Federated On-Device Autoencoder Denoiser for Heterogeneous Data under Limited Client Availability (Pre-print)
- Authors: S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Xiao Chen, Yifei Xie, Lu Liu
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.17986
- An Optimized Federation Model for Park-Level Integrated Energy Systems in Industrial Internet of Things
- Authors: Xingzhen Bai, Junxiang Yang, Xiyao Yuan, Weiwei Zhou, Lu Liu, S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2024.3510576
- A Distributed Data-Driven and Machine Learning Method for High-Level Causal Analysis in Sustainable IoT Systems
- Authors: Wangyang Yu, Jing Zhang, Lu Liu, Yuan Liu, Xiaojun Zhai, S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2024.3441722
- Secure and Intelligent Low-Altitude Infrastructures: Synergistic Integration of IoT Networks, AI Decision-Making and Blockchain Trust Mechanisms in MDPI Sensors
- Authors: Yuwen Ye, Xirun Min, Xiangwen Liu, Xiangyi Chen, Nian Jin, Kefan Cao, S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Xiao Chen
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s25216751
- Disease Detection of Bangladeshi Crops Using Image Processing and Deep Learning-A Comparative Analysis
- Authors: Nafisha Binte Moin, Nabila Islam, Shamima Sultana, Lubaba Alam Chhoa, S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Shamim H Ripon
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CONIT55038.2022.9847715
- Automated Requirements Extraction and Product Configuration Verification for Software Product Line
- Authors: Shamim H Ripon, Fahim Shahrier Rasel, S M Ruhul Kabir Howlader, Maheen Islam
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2455-4_2
Teaching
Lecturer at De Montfort University (Part-time):
- Digital Transformation
- Data Analytics
Teaching Assistant at University of Leicester (Part-time):
- CO1106 - Requirements Engineering and Professional Practice (2025-26)
- CO1107 - Algorithms, Data Structures and Advanced Programming (2023-24)
- CO1109 - Business and Financial Computing (2023-24)
- CO2102 - Databases and Domain Modelling (2025-26)
- CO2124 - Software Architecture and System Development (2024-25, 2025-26)
- CO2201 - Software Engineering Project (2023-24)
- CO3101 - Computers, Society & Professionalism (2023-24, 2024-25)
- CO3095 - Software Measurement and Quality Assurance (2024-25, 2025-26)
Awards
- Fully Funded Future 100 Studentship
- University of Leicester [September, 2022]
- Summa Cum Laude (Gold Medal)
- American International University - Bangladesh (AIUB) [October, 2021]
- Best eGener of the quarter
- eGeneration, Bangladesh [May, 2021]
- Dean Scholarship
- East West University, Bangladesh [May, 2017]
- Medha Lalon Scholarship
- East West University, Bangladesh [May, 2016]
Interests
- Federated Learning
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Large Language Model