Evolutionary Computation
On designing novel evolutionary algorithms
Intro
Hello, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at George Mason University. Welcome to my webpage.
Courses Taught
Spring 2024
CS330: Formal Methods and Models
CS100: Principles of ComputingFall 2023
CS112: Introduction to Computer Programming
CS100: Principles of ComputingSpring 2023
CS112: Introduction to Computer Programming
CS440: Language Processors and Programming EnvironmentsFall 2022
CS112: Introduction to Computer Programming
CS440: Language Processors and Programming EnvironmentsSpring 2022
CS112: Introduction to Computer Programming
CS100: Principles of ComputingFall 2021
CS112: Introduction to Computer Programming
Research
Protein Structure Prediction
More specifically on template-free PSP
Hard Optimization
On high-dimensional, non-linear, multimodal problems
Machine Learning
Clustering-based techniques
Publications
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Kenneth De Jong, and Amarda Shehu. Guiding Protein Conformation Sampling with Conformation Space Maps. Intl Conf on Bioinf and Comp Biol (BiCoB), Online, pg. 20-30, 2022.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Toki Tahmid Inan, Kenneth De Jong, and Amarda Shehu. Adaptive Stochastic Optimization to Improve Protein Conformation Sampling. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2021.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Toki Tahmid Inan, and Amarda Shehu. Protein Decoy Generation via Adaptive Stochastic Optimization for Protein Structure Determination. IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Online, 2020.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Parastoo Kamranfar, Carlotta Domeniconi, and Amarda Shehu. Reducing Ensembles of Protein Tertiary Structures Generated De Novo via Clustering. Molecules, vol. 25, issue 9, pg. 2228, 2020.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Prasanna Parthasarathy, and Amarda Shehu. Using Sequence-Predicted Contacts to Guide Template-free Protein Structure Prediction. ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB), Niagara falls, NY, pg. 154-160, 2019.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Kenneth A De Jong, and Amarda Shehu. Using Subpopulation EAs to Map Molecular Structure Landscapes. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Prague, Czech Republic, pg. 960-967, 2019.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman and Amarda Shehu. Balancing Multiple Objectives in Conformation Sampling to Control Decoy Diversity in Template-free Protein Structure Prediction. BMC Bioinformatics, Vol. 20, issue 1, pg. 211, 2019.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman, Parastoo Kamranfar, Carlotta Domeniconi, and Amarda Shehu. Decoy Ensemble Reduction in Template-free Protein Structure Prediction. Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics (ACM BCB), 562–567, 2019.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman and Amarda Shehu. Building Maps of Protein Structure Spaces in Template-free Protein Structure Prediction. Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (JBCB), Vol. 17, No. 06, 2019.
- Ahmed Bin Zaman and Amarda Shehu. Equipping Decoy Generation Algorithms for Template-free Protein Structure Prediction with Maps of the Protein Conformation Space. Intl Conf on Bioinf and Comp Biol (BiCoB), Honolulu, HI, 2019 (finalist for best paper award).
- Ahmed Bin Zaman and Amarda Shehu. A Multi-Objective Stochastic Optimization Approach for Decoy Generation in Template-free Protein Structure Prediction. Biophysical Journal, vol. 116, issue. 3, Suppl. 1, 2019.
- Steven Meckl, Gheorghe Tecuci, Dorin Marcu, Mihai Boicu, and Ahmed Bin Zaman. Collaborative Cognitive Assistants for Advanced Persistent Threat Detection. Proceedings of the 2017 AAAI Fall Sym. “Cognitive Assistance in Govt. and Public Sector Applications,” VA, 2017.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Science
George Mason University
- Master of Science
Computer Science
George Mason University
- Bachelor of Science
Computer Science and Engineering
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology