Mohammad Ataul Karim
| Mohammad Ataul Karim | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 4, 1953 Barlekha Upazila, Sylhet, East Bengal, Pakistan (now in Bangladesh) |
| Citizenship | Bangladesh / USA |
| Nationality |
 Bangladeshi / American |
| Fields |
Optical computing Electrical engineering |
| Institutions |
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Wichita State University University of Dayton University of Tennessee at Knoxville City University of New York Old Dominion University |
| Alma mater |
Faujdarhat Cadet College MC College University of Dacca University of Alabama |
| Known for |
Biophysics Non Linear Image Processing Optical computing Electro-optical displays Optical & Hybrid Electro-optical Systems Design |
Mohammad Ataul Karim (born May 4, 1953) is a Bangladeshi American scientist and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with expertise in electro-optical systems, optical computing, and pattern recognition. His citation record has an h-index value of 28, g-index value of 53, and i10-index value of 87 and an RG score of 39.66 with over 3800 publications citing his research results. Karim is ranked amongst the top 50 researchers who contributed most to Applied Optics in its 50-year history. He was for 9 years the first Vice President for Research of Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia.
Born on May 4, 1953 in Sylhet, Bangladesh, he grew up in Barlekha, a border town in Moulvibazar. He attended Shatma Primary for his elementary education and Patharia Chotolekha High for a year after which he left home to be schooled at Faujdarhat Cadet College (1965–1969), Sylhet MC College (1969–1972), and the University of Dacca (1972–1976) wherefrom he received his bachelor's honors degree in physics. Karim was admitted to the University of Alabama before his results from the University of Dacca were released. He moved to the United States in 1976 and earned his master's degrees in physics (1978) and electrical engineering (1979), and a doctor of philosophy in electrical engineering (1982) from the University of Alabama.
Karim began creative writing in high school. A large number of his popular science writings in Bengali appeared in Bigyan Shamoeeki and Bangla Academy Bigyan Patrika during 1972–1976. Of these, the most significant were Biborthon Kahinee, a series of articles on cosmic and biological evolution, and Shamproteek, a monthly feature of current affairs in science, both of which appeared in Bigyan Shamoeeki. By sophomore year in 1974, he had completed his first book manuscript which submitted to Bangla Academy for publication. After about two years, the Academy informed that it wasn’t prepared to take a chance on its juvenile author. This episode troubled him deeply ending his creative writing efforts in Bengali. All his subsequent books and articles were written in English and all were published from outside of Bangladesh.
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