MAHBUBUL HASAN
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Upcoming meetings & events

  • EDM 2022 in July. 
  • Research presentation at IEEE S&P 2022, and ICISDM 2022
  • Chair at 2022 American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice
  • Honor mention for our deep learning paper in ASA-WT 2021 
  • WATSA local chapter presentations, Nov 5, 2020 
  • SMA Presentation- Nov 7, 2020 

The University of Memphis: Applied Statistics  

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Mahbubul Hasan is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied Statistics at the IIS (Institute for Intelligent Systems) at The University of Memphis. Hasan is working with Dr. Dale Bowman in the Learner Data Institute (LDI). His research interests include applied statistics, deep learning with differential privacy(DP), artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning in behavioral research. He also received his double MS in Educational Psychology and Research with a Quantitative research method concentration from The Department of Counselling, Educational Psychology, and Research, and Information Systems from Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. 
His studies were funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF), National Institute of Health(NIH), 
Scientific Partnership for International Research on Inquiry Thinking lab, Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund, and UM graduate school fund. In addition, his research has been funded by various sources, including the CEPR travel research grant, student government research grant, and the Institute of Intelligence System travel grant. ​
Before starting his Ph.D. at the 
College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Memphis, he earned a BA in Social Science (summa cum laude) from the University of Dhaka. He is an active member of the American Statistical Association(ASA), West-TN American Statistical Association Chapter, Society for Marketing Advances, American Marketing Association, and American Educational Research Association. Furthermore, he previously worked in private and public organizations, including Smith and Nephew and a World Bank Funded Project in Bangladesh and the USA. ​
While at Memphis, Hasan has actively participated in the wider university and academic communities - served as the 
Student Research Forum Chair, Treasurer of the Graduate Student Association, President's Student Advisory Council member, Dean's Student Advisory Council member, Student Trusty Selection Committee, Doctoral Committee Representative, Member of University Council for Graduate Studies, GSA Travel Finance Committee Chair, GSA Fundraising Committee Chair, Graduate School Student Grade Appeal Committee member, SGA Commencement Speaker Selection Committee, GSA Election Commissioner, SGA Senator, and founding CEO of the Shikhon Lab. Hasan is currently serving as the Institute for Intelligent Systems Student Organization (IISSO) president. ​
​He enjoys traveling with family, meeting new people, reading new books, running marathons, and playing golf. In addition, he loves spending time with his family and friends. 

Awards

  • Dean's Award at U of Memphis Graduate School and GSA Annual Award Ceremony  2022
  • Provost's Outstanding Student Award at University of Memphis  2022
  • 20 Under 35 Award at University of Memphis  2022
  • Research award in WTASA 2021 
  • Distinguish Research Award, Student Research Forum at the University of Memphis, 2017
  • Most Intellectual Student Award, Peer Power Foundation, Memphis, 2016
  • The Best Poster/First Place in the College of Education/Behavioral Science Group, 2015
  • Eye of the Tiger Award” Peer Power Foundation, Memphis, TN, 2015
  • Duke of Edinburg, Bronze Award, 2013

Research Interests 

  • Applied statistics, artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning in behavioral research
  • Deep learning for cognitive diagnostic assessment(CDA)
  • Deep learning with differential privacy(DP)
  • Consumer relationship journey within Artificial Intelligence (AI) based products, e.g. Internet of Things (IoT), service and healthcare robots.  ​
  • Consumer Behavior &  Viral marketing ​

Selected Research 

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  • Variational autoencoders to estimate MIRT models (2nd place winner) Hasan, M., Bowman, D., Deng, L., Yang, C.,
    EDM 2022, American Statistical Association TN fall meeting, 2021, Also presented at LDI talk, and Agency Lab (Invited Talk)
  • Emotional Triggers and Engagement in Viral Advertising (Best NLP Paper Award) Hasan, M.,
    American Statistical Association TN fall meeting, 2021
    Also presented at SP Wang annual seminar, and WTASA, 2019
  • Epistemological thinking while using iPad science application(1st place winner) Hasan, M., Winsor, D. L.,
    Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Conference, 2017
    Also presented at Student Research Forum, SRF 2015
  • Social networking sites and its association with loneliness Hasan, M., Yang, C.-c
    Biannual Meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence(Poster), 2016 Also presented at UM Student Research Forum(SRF 2017) 

A Brief Glimpse of the Research, Teaching and Professional Services[most recent]

2016 First Place at SRF at UM
2016- First Place- Poster Presentation- Student Research Forum, UM,Memphis
2016- Distinguish Research Award
2017 Judging 3MT presentations at UTHSC Memphis
2016 BDI conference at San Francisco, CA
2018 - Graduate Student Orientation - U of Memphis
2016 - Invited Talk - Dhaka
2016 - Teaching - Dhaka
2017 - Research Award - University of Memphis
2017 - Intro to Business - Fogelman Business School
2019 - Graduate Student Orientation- University of Memphis
2018 - ACT Math/Science - University of Memphis
2016 - EMK Center - Dhaka
2017 - AERA Conference - San Antonio, TX
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