Dr Riazul Islam | The University of Aberdeen

Dr Riazul Islam

Senior Lecturer

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Email Address: riazul.islam@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address: 345-B Meston Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Meston Walk
AB24 3UE
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School/Department: School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Biography

S. M. Riazul Islam is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen, UK. His prior affiliations were with the University of Huddersfield, Sejong University, Inha University, Samsung R&D Institute, and the University of Dhaka. He has a Ph.D. in Information Engineering. Dr Islam is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and he is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). His research interests include Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI), Medical Diagnosis, Digital Health, Inclusive AI, and Internet of Things.

External Memberships

Chair, IEEE VTS UK & Ireland Section
Editor, Nature Scientific Reports
Associate Editor, Elsevier Alexandria Engineering Journal
Senior Member, IEEE Computer Society
Senior Member, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)

Latest Publications

Microscopic Image Dataset of Fungal Spores for Computer Vision Applications in Tectona Grandis and Other Taxa
2025 - Published
Islam, S. M., Sazzad, M. S. H., Ahamed, M. F., Ahmed, M., Nayon, S. I., Islam, T., Ayon, S. S., Haider, J., Abdullah-Al-Wadud, M., Islam, S. M. R.
Scientific Data, vol. 12, 2017
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06264-2
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/7b318f5f-4feb-46cc-a1a3-2e8b3af13e58/download
Securing Blockchain Systems: A Layer-Oriented Survey of Threats, Vulnerability Taxonomy, and Detection Methods
2025 - Published
Islam, M. J., Islam, S., Hossain, M., Noor, S., Islam, S. M. R.
Future Internet, vol. 17, no. 5, 205
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fi17050205
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/7f23aaff-4d09-4287-bd78-b4c79c7ad5c0/download
Improving Malaria diagnosis through interpretable customized CNNs architectures
2025 - Published
Ahamed, M. F., Nahiduzzaman, M., Mahmud, G., Shafi, F. B., Ayari, M. A., Khandakar, A., Abdullah-Al-Wadud, M., Islam, S. M. R.
Scientific Reports, vol. 15, 6484
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90851-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/07fc1ba1-4527-49f5-94af-2037cb2398d9/download
Streamlining Plant Disease Diagnosis with Convolutional Neural Networks and Edge Devices
2024 - Published
Ahamed, M. F., Salam, A., Nahiduzzaman, M., Abdullah-Al-Wadud, M., Islam, S. M. R.
Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 36, no. 29, pp. 18445-18477
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-024-10152-y
A novel framework for lung cancer classification using lightweight convolutional neural networks and ridge extreme learning machine model with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP)
2024 - Published
Nahiduzzaman, M., Abdulrazak, L. F., Ayari, M. A., Khandakar, A., Islam, S. M. R.
Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 248, 123392
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.123392

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Research

Research Overview

Applied AI, Medical Diagnosis, Digital Health, Inclusive AI, and Internet of Things

Research Areas

Computing Science

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Programmes

BSc Computing Science
Undergraduate, 4 year, September start

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Publications

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Machine learning in the prediction of cancer therapy
2021 - Published
Rafique, R., Islam, S. M., Kazi, J. U.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, vol. 19, pp. 4003-4017
Contributions to Journals: Review articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.07.003
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/deec7106-d010-47b8-bdb0-57ebe29c33cd/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Secure crowd-sensing protocol for fog-based vehicular cloud
2021 - Published
Nkenyereye, L., Islam, S. M., Bilal, M., Abdullah-Al-Wadud, M., Alamri, A., Nayyar, A.
Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 120, pp. 61-75
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2021.02.008
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
SCNN: Scalogram-based convolutional neural network to detect obstructive sleep apnea using single-lead electrocardiogram signals
2021 - Published
Mashrur, F. R., Islam, M. S., Islam, S. M., Moni, M. A., Saha, D. K.
Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 134, 104532
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104532
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] Link to AM in Griffith University Repository
Exploiting Secrecy Performance of Uplink NOMA in Cellular Networks
2021 - Published
Nguyen, M. S. V., Do, D. T., Afghah, F., Islam, S. M., Le, A. T.
IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 95135-95154
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3092830
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/474639f8-51e0-4118-8788-5161255a54b1/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Simultaneous Cellular and D2D Communications Exploiting Cooperative Uplink NOMA
2021 - Published
Islam, S. M., Dobre, O. A., Kader, M. F.
IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1848-1852
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2021.3062111
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Secrecy Performance Analysis of Mixed α - μ and Exponentiated Weibull RF-FSO Cooperative Relaying System
2021 - Published
Juel, N. H., Badrudduza, A. S., Islam, S. M., Islam, S. H., Mowla, M. M., Kundu, M. K., Ansari, I. S., Kwak, K. S.
IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 72342-72356
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3078610
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/e6d9cb9e-5206-46cb-aedb-7886b91a010c/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A novel framework for approximating resistance–temperature characteristics of a superconducting film based on artificial neural networks
2021 - Published
Akram, T., Islam, S. M., Naqvi, S. R., Aurangzeb, K., Abdullah-Al-Wadud, M., Alamri, A.
Results in Physics, vol. 24, 104088
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2021.104088
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4dfb95a4-87a7-47bd-ba6e-605c37ba15a0/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Development of duplex eye contact framework for human-robot inter communication
2021 - Published
Sharmin, S., Hoque, M. M., Islam, S. M., Kader, M. F., Sarker, I. H.
IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 54435-54456
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3071129
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/68eb126e-fe77-4007-886e-427d0040a717/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Kinematic measurements of novel chaotic micromixers to enhance mixing performances at low reynolds numbers: Comparative study
2021 - Published
Naas, T. T., Hossain, S., Aslam, M., Rahman, A., Hoque, A. S., Kim, K. Y., Riazul Islam, S. M.
Micromachines, vol. 12, no. 4, 364
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12040364
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/66d450cc-4501-4a0a-ab0c-3204b4167fe3/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Impact of Correlation and Pointing Error on Secure Outage Performance over Arbitrary Correlated Nakagami Turbulent Fading Mixed RF-FSO Channel
2021 - Published
Islam, S. H., Badrudduza, A. S., Islam, S. M., Shahid, F. I., Ansari, I. S., Kundu, M. K., Yu, H.
IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 7900117
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3059805
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/92b07a56-6c24-4896-b47d-2b7d05b76401/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Mobile health in remote patient monitoring for chronic diseases: Principles, trends, and challenges
2021 - Published
El-Rashidy, N., El-Sappagh, S., Riazul Islam, S. M., El-Bakry, H. M., Abdelrazek, S.
Diagnostics, vol. 11, no. 4, 607
Contributions to Journals: Review articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11040607
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/8bb46212-aab5-4a58-98ee-66fa7d7c185e/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Brain Disease Diagnosis: Principles and Recent Advances
2021 - Published
Khan, P., Kader, M. F., Islam, S. M., Kamal, M. S., Toha, M. U., Kwak, K. S., Rahman, A. B.
IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 37622-37655
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3062484
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/b8bd94c8-207d-4a8c-b4c0-cb77125eee9d/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Alzheimer's disease progression detection model based on an early fusion of cost-effective multimodal data
2021 - Published
El-Sappagh, S., Saleh, H., Sahal, R., Abuhmed, T., Islam, S. M., Ali, F., Amer, E.
Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 115, pp. 680-699
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2020.10.005
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A multilayer multimodal detection and prediction model based on explainable artificial intelligence for Alzheimer’s disease
2021 - Published
El-Sappagh, S., Alonso, J. M., Islam, S. M., Sultan, A. M., Kwak, K. S.
Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 2660
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82098-3
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4b88bf5a-5b26-441c-a321-9e1a355a324f/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Security at the Physical Layer over GG Fading and mEGG Turbulence Induced RF-UOWC Mixed System
2021 - Published
Badrudduza, A. S., Riazul Islam, S. M., Hossen, M. S., Yu, H., Ibrahim, M., Ansari, I. S., Kundu, M. K.
IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 18123-18136
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9330523
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3053323
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/1af52a53-2b77-4f16-9420-9bc684d8786d/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Internet of things (Iot)-based wireless health: Enabling technologies and applications
2021 - Published
Riazul Islam, S. M., Lloret, J., Zikria, Y. B.
Electronics (Switzerland), vol. 10, no. 2, 148
Contributions to Journals: Editorials
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10020148
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/eede8d6a-e9e8-4aa0-ad2f-54c142f6e11a/download
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Rice Leaf Diseases Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks
2021 - Published
Hossain, S. M. M., Tanjil, M. M. M., Ali, M. A. B., Islam, M. Z., Islam, M. S., Mobassirin, S., Sarker, I. H., Islam, S. M.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65390-3_23
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Gafor: Genetic algorithm based fuzzy optimized re-clustering in wireless sensor networks
2021 - Published
Shahzad, M. K., Islam, S. M., Hossain, M., Abdullah-Al-wadud, M., Alamri, A., Hussain, M.
Mathematics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-18
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/math9010043
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/cd6c3812-685b-4602-9cbd-edb3aafbf996/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Joint content placement and storage allocation based on federated learning in F-RANs
2021 - Published
Xiao, T., Cui, T., Islam, S. M., Chen, Q.
Sensors (Switzerland), vol. 21, no. 1, 215
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010215
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/350d5f2b-f4df-4a4e-a62b-0cf63aee732c/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
An intelligent healthcare monitoring framework using wearable sensors and social networking data
2021 - Published
Ali, F., El-Sappagh, S., Islam, S. M., Ali, A., Attique, M., Imran, M., Kwak, K. S.
Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 114, pp. 23-43
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2020.07.047
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Medical Diagnostic Systems Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms: Principles and Perspectives
2020 - Published
Kaur, S., Singla, J., Nkenyereye, L., Jha, S., Prashar, D., Joshi, G. P., El-Sappagh, S., Islam, M. S., Riazul Islam, S. M.
IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 228049-228069
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3042273
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/94fbeb73-7632-44a3-a5b4-ba7abeecaea2/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
VSDM: A Virtual Service Device Management Scheme for UPnP-Based IoT Networks
2020 - Published
Kayas, G., Hossain, M., Payton, J., Riazul Islam, S. M.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/UEMCON51285.2020.9298148
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
An Overview of UPnP-based IoT Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Prospective Solutions
2020 - Published
Kayas, G., Hossain, M., Payton, J., Islam, S. M.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCON51383.2020.9284885
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Bepari: A Cost-Aware Comprehensive Agent Architecture for Opaque Cloud Services
2020 - Published
Noor, S., Hossain, M., Khan, R., Hasan, R., Riazul Islam, S. M.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCON51383.2020.9284849
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Auto-colorization of historical images using deep convolutional neural networks
2020 - Published
Joshi, M. R., Nkenyereye, L., Joshi, G. P., Riazul Islam, S. M., Abdullah-Al-wadud, M., Shrestha, S.
Mathematics, vol. 8, no. 12, 2258
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/math8122258
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/91617154-b7ce-4a5b-9fc9-2206d6dae1a6/download
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Microscopic Image Dataset of Fungal Spores for Computer Vision Applications in Tectona Grandis and Other Taxa

Securing Blockchain Systems: A Layer-Oriented Survey of Threats, Vulnerability Taxonomy, and Detection Methods

Improving Malaria diagnosis through interpretable customized CNNs architectures

Streamlining Plant Disease Diagnosis with Convolutional Neural Networks and Edge Devices

A novel framework for lung cancer classification using lightweight convolutional neural networks and ridge extreme learning machine model with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP)

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Research Areas

Computing Science

Programmes

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Machine learning in the prediction of cancer therapy

Secure crowd-sensing protocol for fog-based vehicular cloud

SCNN: Scalogram-based convolutional neural network to detect obstructive sleep apnea using single-lead electrocardiogram signals

Exploiting Secrecy Performance of Uplink NOMA in Cellular Networks

Simultaneous Cellular and D2D Communications Exploiting Cooperative Uplink NOMA

Secrecy Performance Analysis of Mixed α - μ and Exponentiated Weibull RF-FSO Cooperative Relaying System

A novel framework for approximating resistance–temperature characteristics of a superconducting film based on artificial neural networks

Development of duplex eye contact framework for human-robot inter communication

Kinematic measurements of novel chaotic micromixers to enhance mixing performances at low reynolds numbers: Comparative study

Impact of Correlation and Pointing Error on Secure Outage Performance over Arbitrary Correlated Nakagami Turbulent Fading Mixed RF-FSO Channel

Mobile health in remote patient monitoring for chronic diseases: Principles, trends, and challenges

Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Brain Disease Diagnosis: Principles and Recent Advances

Alzheimer's disease progression detection model based on an early fusion of cost-effective multimodal data

A multilayer multimodal detection and prediction model based on explainable artificial intelligence for Alzheimer’s disease

Security at the Physical Layer over GG Fading and mEGG Turbulence Induced RF-UOWC Mixed System

Internet of things (Iot)-based wireless health: Enabling technologies and applications

Rice Leaf Diseases Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Gafor: Genetic algorithm based fuzzy optimized re-clustering in wireless sensor networks

Joint content placement and storage allocation based on federated learning in F-RANs

An intelligent healthcare monitoring framework using wearable sensors and social networking data

Medical Diagnostic Systems Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms: Principles and Perspectives

VSDM: A Virtual Service Device Management Scheme for UPnP-Based IoT Networks

An Overview of UPnP-based IoT Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Prospective Solutions

Bepari: A Cost-Aware Comprehensive Agent Architecture for Opaque Cloud Services

Auto-colorization of historical images using deep convolutional neural networks

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