09 November, 2024: Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been awarded the prestigious Dr. M.O. Gani Memorial Gold Medal from the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences for the year 2015. This recognition celebrates his outstanding research and contributions to the field of Computer Science and Engineering.
The award ceremony took place on November 9, 2024, at the National Science & Technology Complex (NSTC) in Agargaon, Dhaka. Dr. M. Zahid Hasan, Professor at Princeton University and Visiting Professor at MIT, USA, served as the chief guest, with Dr. Osman Faruque, Former Education Minister of the Government of Bangladesh, attending as the special guest.
In addition, Dr. Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu received the UGC Gold Medal Award in 2017 in the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science category. This honor, presented by His Excellency the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, recognized his pioneering research on a quantum multiplier-accumulator device.