Zaber, Moinul

Senior Academic Fellow

Profile
  • Moinul Zaber
    INSTITUTE:
    UNU-EGOV
    OFFICE:
    Rua de Vila Flor 166, 4810-445 Guimarães, Portugal
    E-MAIL:
    zaber@unu.edu
    PHONE:
    n/a

    Research Interests

    • Assistive and Augmented Artificial Intelligence for e-Governance
    • Big Data and Machine Learning for Public Policy
    • Digital Inclusion in Education
    • Governance and Learning of AI and Data Science

    Education

    • PhD, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, United States (2014)
    • M.S., Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, United States (2011)
    • M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2006)
    • B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2004)

    Appointments

    • Senior Academic Fellow, UNU-EGOV (Portugal)

    Biographical Statement

    Moinul Zaber (PhD) is currently a Senior Academic Fellow at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV). He is also a data and computational social scientist. His research focus is technology and public policy. He uses machine learning, statistical inference, econometrics techno-ethnographic analysis and design thinking to harness data for policy insights and intervention design.

    Dr. Zaber recieved is PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He is currently on leave from his position as an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Previously he worked as a Research Fellow at Economics and Management Department of Chalmers University, Sweden and LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka. Dr. Zaber, has also served as a visiting Associate Professor at CSIS, Tokyo University, Tokyo. His recent research was on using Big Data to understand energy usage, use of GPS data traffic pattern recognition, network analysis for communication pattern recognition digital inclusion at educational hubs, use of Satellite data on land use land cover, Spectrum Management policy, voice over IP regulation, regulatory governance, usable privacy and usable security. He has published in various international peer reviewed journals, regularly gives invited talks at major conferences on telecommunications and Internet policy and regulation.

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