Rakib Hasan is an Associate Lecturer (teaching and research) in the Discipline of Computer Science & Software Engineering (CSSE), School of EECMS at Curtin University. With a teaching and research background since 2019 across four universities in Australia and Bangladesh, he currently serves as the Unit Coordinator and Lecturer for multiple units, which include teaching at Curtin Bentley campus and coordinating across offshore campuses (Singapore, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Malaysia).

His research is centred on trustworthy and responsible AI-enabled software systems across application areas such as healthcare, education and social support. He has recently completed his PhD on supervised fine-tuning of foundation models for robust empathy detection in text and video interactions. He has also worked on multiple cross-disciplinary projects, such as mineral resources with CSIRO, mental health with The Kids Research Institute, and cybersecurity with Edith Cowan University. He has published 40 research papers, including articles in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI) and IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing (TAFFC). Rakib has received a "Best Publication" award from the School of EECMS for a paper from his PhD. He has also received two "Quality Journal Publication" awards from BRAC University.

He has received a few grants, including a research grant in 2024-2025 from BRAC University and four high-performance computing grants in 2024-2026 through the "Pawsey Partner Merit Allocation" scheme. He has mentored and (co-)supervised 30+ undergraduate and postgraduate computing research projects (40+ students).

If you are interested in collaborating, Rakib would be pleased to connect.