Enamul Karim, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Enamul Karim joined the University of Houston-Clear Lake as a lecturer in Fall 2025, where he teaches both graduate- and undergraduate-level courses. Prior to joining UHCL, Dr. Karim worked as a software engineer at Control N Limited from 2016 to 2017 and later served as a Lecturer at Daffodil International University from 2017 to 2019.

Dr. Karim received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2025 under the supervision of Dr. Fillia Makedon, a Jenkins-Garrett Professor at UTA. His dissertation, titled "An intelligent robotic system for multi-sensory cognitive fatigue detection to assist persons with paralysis in activities of daily living" focused on developing an adaptive robotic framework capable of adjusting its behavior based on users' cognitive fatigue level.

Dr. Karim completed his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

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Publications

• Enamul Karim, Hamza Reza Pavel, Sama Nikanfar, Aref Hebri, Ayon Roy, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Ashish Jaiswal, Glenn R. Wylie, and Fillia Makedon. "Examining the Landscape of Cognitive Fatigue Detection: A Comprehensive Survey." Technologies 12, no. 3:38, 2024.
• Enamul Karim, Hamza Reza Pavel, Ashish Jaiswal, Mohammad Zaki Zadeh, Michail Theofanidis, Glenn Wylie, Fillia Makedon. "An EEG-based Cognitive Fatigue Detection System." In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2023.
• Enamul Karim, Harish Ram Nambiappan, Sneh Acharya, Fillia Makedon. "Remote Operated Human Robot Interactive System using Hand Gestures for Persons with Disabilities." In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, 2023.
• Enamul Karim, and Nafis Neehal. "An empirical study of cervical cancer diagnosis using ensemble methods." In 2019 1st International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering and Robotics Technology (ICASERT), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2019.
• Umme Zakia, Enamul Karim, Muntasir Wahid Turza, Tasnim Zaman Moumita, and Tasir Aquib Khan. "A Navigation system for rescue operation during disaster management using LTE advanced network and WPAN." In 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2016.

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Courses (Current Academic Year)

• CSCI 1470 (Computer Science I)
• CSCI 3352 (Advanced Data Structure & Algorithms)
• CSCI 4335 (Intro to AI)
• ITEC 4313 (Emerging Information Tech)
• CSCI 5335 (Artificial Intelligence)
• CSCI 5531 (Advanced Operating Systems)

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Research Projects

• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Vision
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Natural Language Processing

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Awards and Accomplishments

• Dissertation Fellowship, UTA 2024, USA
• Doctoral Consortium Award, NSF, 2022 & 2023, USA
• Graduate School Travel Grant, UTA 2023, USA
• STEM Fellowship, UTA 2019–2025, USA
• Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, AUST 2016, Bangladesh
• Nishimura Award for Excellence, Foundation School 2007 & 2008, Bangladesh

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