Faculty Profile

Gahangir Hossain

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Information Science
College
College of Information

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
MS, University of Memphis, 2014. 
Major: Computer Engineering
PhD, University of Memphis, 2014. 
Major: Computer Engineering
Certificate, University of Memphis, 2011. 
Major: Cognitive Science





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
INFO 5709.003, Data Visualization and Communication, Summer 2024 
INFO 5709.002, Data Visualization and Communication, Spring 2024 
INFO 6950.728, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
INFO 6900.723, Special Problems, Spring 2024 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    INFO 5709.005, Data Visualization and Communication, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 6950.046, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    INFO 6900.048, Special Problems, Fall 2023 
                    

                    INFO 6900.052, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2023 
                    

                    INFO 6910.031, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2023 
                    

                    INFO 5709.001, Data Visualization and Communication, Summer 5W2 2023  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5709.002, Data Visualization and Communication, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 6660.024, Readings in Information Science, Spring 2023 
                    

                    INFO 6900.723, Special Problems, Spring 2023 
                    

                    INFO 5709.003, Data Visualization and Communication, Fall 2022  SPOT

          


          
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  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 Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Conference Proceeding
Velagala, L., Hossain, G.  (2023). Analyzing Insider Threats and Human Factors in Healthcare 5.0. 2023 IEEE 20th International Conference on Smart Communities: Improving Quality of Life using AI, Robotics and IoT (HONET). 
Tusher, A., Hossain, G.  (2023). Automated Phrasal Verb and Key-Phrase Checking with LSTM-Based Attention Mechanism. 2023 3rd International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT), September 2023.. 
Tusher, A., Hossain, G.  (2023). Automatic Sentence Classification: A Crucial Component of Sentiment Analysis. in International Conference on Data Intelligence and Cognitive Informatics, June 2023, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.. 
Tarrant, J., Hossain, G.  (2023). CyberTMS: A Recommendation Framework for Cognitive Transportation Cybersecurity Management System in the Society 5.0. 2023 IEEE 11th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS), May 2023.. 
Westmoreland, D., Hossain, G.  (2023). Enhancing Cloud Data Processing with Amortized Analysis and Splay Trees for Cyber Threat Intelligence. ," in Proceedings of the 2023 Fifteenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing, IEEE, August 2023.. 
Hossain, G., Shin, M., Mehnaz, P.  (2023). Uncovering opinions on cybersecurity and accessibility in metaverse," in 13th Global TechMining Conference. in 13th Global TechMining Conference, 2023, San Antonio, TX, Hybrid Event, November 2023.. 
Hossain, G.  (2022). A Novel Energy Efficient Task Scheduling Algorithm Towards Green Cloud Computing.  Dubai, UAE: IEEE. 
Hossain, G.  (2022). Cybersecurity Risk with Wearable Technology in Sports: Why Should We Care?.  Atlanta, GA: IEEE. https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/document/10019146
Journal Article
Shin, M., Hossain, G.  (2023). A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling. International Journal of STEM Education. Springer. 
Sultana, H., Kamal, A., Hossain, G.  (2023). A novel hybrid edge detection and LBP Code-Based Robust Image Steganography method. MDPI Future Internet, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 108, 2023.. 
Nahar, M., Kamal, A., Hossain, G.  (2023). Protecting health data in the cloud through steganography: A table-driven, blind method using neural networks and bit-shuffling algorithm. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 217(103689), . 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Hossain, G. (Principal), Chang, H. (Co-Principal), Lund, B. (Co-Principal), Hossain, T. (Co-Principal), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Co-Principal), "Cyber-CREWS: Minority Community Cybersecurity Research, Educational Engagement, Workforce Development, and Security Best Practices," Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security, Federal, $999688 Funded. (July 2023 – 2028).
Hossain, G. (Principal), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Co-Principal), "Minority Cyber-CREWS: Minority Community Cybersecurity Research, Educational Engagement, Workforce Development, and Security Best Practices," Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal, $999688 Funded. (July 7, 2023 – July 6, 2028).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			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):
				
      
					
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