Mohammad Kaykobad
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Mohammad Kaykobad | |
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.JPG) Mohammad Kaykobad at the 2011 Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad event | |
| Born | 1 May 1954[1] Manikganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Asian Institute of Technology Flinders University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science, Computer engineering |
| Institutions | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
Mohammad Kaykobad (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ কায়কোবাদ) is a Bangladeshi computer scientist, educator,[2] author, and columnist. Along with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, he started the national mathematics olympiad.[3] He was a professor of computer science and engineering in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,[4] and became a faculty member of computer science and engineering at Brac University in 2020.[5] Also a faculty member of University of Information Technology and Sciences.[citation needed]
In 1970, Kaykobad finished his SSC from Manikganj Govt. High School and, in 1972, his HSC from Debendra College. He did his M.S. in engineering at the Institute of Marine Engineers, Odesa, Ukraine (then in the USSR), in 1979. He undertook his M.Eng. in computer applications technology at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, in 1982. He undertook his PhD at the Flinders University of South Australia, in 1986 under the supervision of Dr FJM Salzborn.[6]
