Handbook of Research on Modern Systems Analysis and Design Technologies and Applications

Mahbubur Rahman Syed is currently a professor of information systems and technology at Minnesota State University (Mankato, USA). He has about 25 years of experience in teaching, in industry, in research and in academic leadership in the field of computer science, engineering, information technology and systems. Earlier he worked in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the North Dakota State University (USA) in the School of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University (Australia), in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bangladesh) and Ganz Electric Works (Hungary). He was a founding member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at BUET and served as Head of the Department during 1986-1992. He served as the General Secretary of Bangladesh Computer Society and also as the General Secretary of BUET Teacher's Association. He received the UNESCO/ROSTSCA' 85 award for South and Central Asia region in the field of informatics and computer applications in scientific research. He won several other awards. He has co-edited several books in the area of e-commerce, software agents, multimedia systems and networking. He guest edited the 2001 fall issue of IEEE multimedia. He has more than 100 papers published in journals and conference proceedings. He has been serving in different roles such as co-editor-in chief, associate editor, editorial review committee, member of several international journals. Dr. Syed has been involved in international professional activities including organizing conferences and serving as conference and program committee chair.

Sharifun Nessa Syed is currently teaching management information systems as an Adjunct in the Department of Management at Minnesota State University (Mankato, USA). She also taught at other educational institutions that include the South Central Technical College in Mankato, Rasmussen College in Mankato and BRAC University in Bangladesh. She worked as a consultant in the Canadian International Development Authority (CIDA) in Dhaka. She also worked as an Assistant Chief in the Planning Commission of the Government of Bangladesh. She completed her masters in economics from Dhaka University in Bangladesh, masters in business from Monash University in Australia and bachelors in computer and information sciences from Minnesota State University (Mankato, USA). She also completed a post graduate diploma in urban and regional planning under a joint program between BUET (Bangladesh) and AIT (Bangkok, Thailand). She has publications in the area of IT, economic analysis, resource mobilization and administration.