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Bishnu Sarker

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Information Science

College: College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Lorraine, 2021
    Major: Computer Science
    Dissertation: "On Graph-Based Approaches for Protein Function Annotation and Knowledge Discovery"
  • MS, Paris VI University, 2016
    Major: Computer Science
    Specialization: Data Learning and Knowledge
  • BS, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, 2011
    Major: Computer Science and Engineering

Current Scheduled Teaching

HINF 5638.401Consumer Health InformaticsFall 2026
INFO 4637.401Medical InformaticsFall 2026
INFO 6910.038Special ProblemsFall 2026
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

HINF 5639.020Population Health InformaticsSpring 2026 SPOT
INFO 4365.401Health Sciences Information ManagementFall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Shishir, F.S., Sarker, B., Rahman, F., Shomaji, S. (2023). MetaLLM: Residue-Wise Metal Ion Prediction Using Deep Transformer Model. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 42-55. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34960-7_4
  • Al-Mahmud, Sarker, B., Hasan, K.M. (2013). Parsing Bangla Grammar Using Context Free Grammar. Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing. 137-154. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3970-6.ch007

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Sarker, B., Ritchie, D., Aridhi, S. (2019). Functional Annotation of Proteins using Domain Embedding based Sequence Classification. Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. 163-170. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications. https://doi.org/10.5220/0008353401630170

    • Journal Article

  • Shishir, F.S., Sarker, B., Rahman, F., Shomaji, S. (2025). A Deep Learning Framework for Protein-to-Metal Binding Prediction Using Protein Language Models. Other. 1-12. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/tcbbio.2025.3595446
  • Stephens, D.C., Mungai, M., Crabtree, A., Beasley, H.K., Garza-Lopez, E., Vang, L., Neikirk, K., Vue, Z., Vue, N., Marshall, A.G., Turner, K., Shao, J., Sarker, B., Murray, S., Gaddy, J.A., Davis, J., Damo, S.M., Hinton, A.O. (2023). Protocol for isolating mice skeletal muscle myoblasts and myotubes via differential antibody validation. Other. 4 (4) 102591. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102591
  • Stephens, D.C., Crabtree, A., Beasley, H.K., Garza‐Lopez, E., Mungai, M., Vang, L., Neikirk, K., Vue, Z., Vue, N., Marshall, A.G., Turner, K., Shao, J., Sarker, B., Murray, S., Gaddy, J.A., Hinton, A.O., Damo, S., Davis, J. (2023). In the Age of Machine Learning Cryo‐EM Research is Still Necessary: A Path toward Precision Medicine. Other. 7 (8) Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202300122
  • Sarker, B., Khare, N., Devignes, M., Aridhi, S. (2022). Improving automatic GO annotation with semantic similarity. BMC Bioinformatics. 23 (S2) Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04958-7
  • Veras, M.B., Sarker, B., Aridhi, S., Gomes, J.P., Macêdo, J.A., Nguifo, E.M., Devignes, M., Smaïl-Tabbone, M. (2022). On the design of a similarity function for sparse binary data with application on protein function annotation. Knowledge-Based Systems. 238 107863. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2021.107863
  • Sarker, B., Ritchie, D.W., Aridhi, S. (2020). GrAPFI: predicting enzymatic function of proteins from domain similarity graphs. BMC Bioinformatics. 21 (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-020-3460-7
  • Belhouachi, N., Xochelli, A., Boudjoghra, M., Lesty, C., Cassoux, N., Fardeau, C., Tran, T.H., Choquet, S., Sarker, B., Houillier, C., Alentorn, A., LeHoang, P., Soussain, C., Touitou, V., Merle-Beral, H., Hoang-Xuan, K., Bodaghi, B., Stamatopoulos, K., Davi, F. (2020). Primary vitreoretinal lymphomas display a remarkably restricted immunoglobulin gene repertoire. Blood Advances. 4 (7) 1357-1366. American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000980
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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