About
Hi! I am Fariha, a second year Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before starting my Ph.D., I was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at United International University (UIU), Bangladesh. I hold both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from BUET.
Publications
A Privacy-Enhanced and Personalized Safe Route Planner with Crowdsourced
Data and Computation.
Fariha Tabassum Islam, Tanzima Hashem, Rifat Shahriyar.
ICDE 2021.
A Crowd-enabled Solution for Privacy-Preserving and Personalized
Safe Route Planning for Fixed or Flexible Destinations.
Fariha Tabassum Islam, Tanzima Hashem, Rifat Shahriyar.
TKDE 2023.
Representative Dissimilar Path Queries: Accomodating Human Movement
Dynamics in Road Networks.
Tanzima Hashem, Matt Duckham, Mahathir Monjur, Fariha Tabassum Islam.
JOSIS 2023.
See detailed project descriptions for more information.
Experience
Graduate Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug 2023 - present.
Faculty Member, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, United
International University, 2019 - 2023.
High Profile ICT Scholar Fellow, Information and Communication Technology Division,
Bangladesh, 2019 - 2020.
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison
- CS537 Operating Systems (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024)
- CS544 Intro to Big Data Systems (Spring 2025)
Instructor, United International University, Bangladesh
Taught undergraduate courses in algorithms, artificial intelligence, software engineering, compiler design, and programming fundamentals.
Taught undergraduate courses in algorithms, artificial intelligence, software engineering, compiler design, and programming fundamentals.