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Research Assistant, Human-Computer Interaction Wing

Istiaq Ahmed

2511931@iub.edu.bd

Research Areas

mHealthHuman-Computer InteractionCross-Platform App/Website Development

Publications (12)

Istiaq Ahmed, Faiza Omar Arpita, Md Asif Bin Khaled, Ashraful Islam, M Ashraful Amin

Can Small LLMs Replace Fine-Tuned BERT for Bangla Natural Language Inference?

2026 Third International Conference on Innovations in Cybersecurity and Data Science (ICICDS), pp. 853-859, 2026

In: 2026 Third International Conference on Innovations in Cybersecurity and Data Science (ICICDS)

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Istiaq Ahmed, Faiza Omar Arpita, Deawan Rakin Ahamed Remal, Sinthia Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam, M Ashraful Amin

Evaluating cultural and technical barriers in gestational diabetes and gestational weight gain mhealth applications for lmic with user-centered analysis

2026 7th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics (ICMCSI), pp. 807-814, 2026

In: 2026 7th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics (ICMCSI)

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Faiza Omar Arpita, Istiaq Ahmed, Joye Banik, Ashraful Islam, M Ashraful Amin

Co-Designing a Culturally Tailored mHealth App for Gestational Diabetes and Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Management in Bangladesh

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 28-48, 2026

In: Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

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Sayed Rakinur Rahman, Amanta Suraiya, Md Turan Rafsan, Istiaq Ahmed, Ashraful Islam, M Ashraful Amin

Design and Evaluation of Traffic Kontho: A User-Centered Mobile App for Citizen-Reported Traffic Violations in Bangladesh

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 411-428, 2026

In: Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

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Sabrina Masum Meem, Mohammed Tahmid Hossain, Sami Rashid, Ashraful Islam, Rashedur Rahman, Istiaq Ahmed, Asif Mahmud, Saadia Binte Alam, M Ashraful Amin

Resolution, Compression, and GAN-Enhanced Evaluation of YOLO Models on the Poribohon-BD Vehicle Dataset

2025 IEEE 23rd Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), pp. 1-6, 2025

In: 2025 IEEE 23rd Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD)

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Natural languageBengaliNatural (archaeology)

Gestational diabetesmHealthWeight gainGestationDiabetes mellitusBirth weight

Gestational diabetesmHealthUsabilityParticipatory designWeight gainSelf-managementPregnancyProcess (computing)Digital health

UsabilityMobile appsKey (lock)EnforcementTraffic congestionTrack (disk drive)Scale (ratio)

PreprocessorObject detectionFidelitySoftware deploymentMargin (machine learning)Pipeline transportObject (grammar)Pipeline (software)Bandwidth (computing)

Syed Niaz Mohtasim, Faiza Omar Arpita, Istiaq Ahmed, Ashraful Islam, M. Ashraful Amin, Beenish Moalla Chaudhry

mHealth apps for maternal mental well-being among pregnant and postpartum women: a systematic review

mHealth 12, pp. 23-23, 2026

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mHealthMental healthPostpartum periodPregnancyMEDLINEMaternal healthTelemedicine

SDG 5: Gender Equality

Sinthia Chowdhury, Deawan Rakin Ahamed Remal, Istiaq Ahmed, Faiza Omar Arpita, Ashraful Islam, M Ashraful Amin

Early Stage Design of a Culturally Tailored Menopausal Mental Health Support Mobile Application for Bangladeshi Women

2026 7th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics (ICMCSI), pp. 1926-1933, 2026

In: 2026 7th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Sustainable Informatics (ICMCSI)

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Mental healthFocus groupCulturally appropriateStage (stratigraphy)Qualitative researchIntervention (counseling)Ethnic group

SDG 5: Gender Equality

Istiaq Ahmed, Faiza Omar Arpita, Ashraful Islam, Saadia Binte Alam, Moinul Islam Zaber, M Ashraful Amin

A Privacy-by-Design Framework for Digital Phenotyping: On-Device AI for Accurate Behavioral Research Without Compromising User Trust

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 319-336, 2026

In: Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

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Process (computing)RecallSkepticismTest (biology)Digital dataEnhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionWork (physics)Information privacy

SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

SM A Sayed Al Banna, Istiaq Ahmed, Ashraful Islam, Rashedur Rahman, Faiza Omar Arpita, Saadia Binte Alam

Adaptive Denoising Filter Selection for Preprocessing Low-Light Images via Feature-Based Machine Learning Noise Classification System

2025 IEEE 23rd Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), pp. 1-6, 2025

In: 2025 IEEE 23rd Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD)

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Noise (video)Feature selectionPreprocessorNoise reductionPattern recognition (psychology)Filter (signal processing)Feature (linguistics)Random forestSupport vector machine

SDG 13: Climate Action

Istiaq Ahmed, Faiza Omar Arpita, Ashraful Islam, Rashedur Rahman, M Ashraful Amin

Comparative Analysis of Digital Food Ecosystems in Bangladesh: Commercial Platforms versus F-Commerce

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-8, 2026

In: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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EcosystemFood processing

SDG 2: Zero Hunger