Prof. Dr. Mohammad Kaykobad
Chairman-Academic Council of BIPD
Distinguished Professor-BRAC University
Former Professor-Department of CSE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Professor Kaykobad served as a Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) from 1997 onwards. He was awarded the Gold Medal for contribution to ICT Education by the Bangladesh Computer Society in 2005. In 2006 he won the Bangladesh Academy of Science’s Gold Medal for physical sciences. He was a pioneer in introducing competitive programming to Bangladesh. He led the BUET team to the ACM Finals numerous times and his 2000 team finished 11th in the world in 2000. He was awarded the Best Coach Award at the ACM ICPC Finals in 2002. In 2013 he was awarded the Senior Coach Award at the ACM ICPC Finals in St. Petersburg. He was also responsible for starting the Math Olympiad and Informatics Olympiad and Science Olympiad in Bangladesh. He has worked as a Director of the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges for many years and is a member of the Academic Councils and Syndicates of several universities.
Dr. Kaykobad was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong during the years 2000 and 2001.
Dr. Kaykobad also held the prestigious IT Scholar Visiting Professorship award at Kyung Hee University, Korea in 2005. He was recognized as the Outstanding Coach at Honolulu, Hawaii in the 26th World Finals of ACM ICPC. He was awarded the Best IT Teacher Award in 2000 by Bangladesh Computer Samitee. In 2005, he was awarded a Gold Medal by Bangladesh Computer Society for his contribution to computer programming culture in the country. He has also been selected by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences for the Gold Medal in Physical Sciences among senior scientists for the year 2004. He was also responsible for starting the Math Olympiad, Informatics Olympiad, and Science Olympiad in Bangladesh.
Professor Kaykobad has also published widely and has over 50 international journal articles. He was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2008 by his alma mater, Flinders University of South Australia. He was a Visiting Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIST) and Technology and Kyung Hee University in South Korea, ANU and Monash University in Australia, and Amritapuri University in India.