Dr. Asif Kamal Turzo
Postdoctoral Fellow,Idaho State University
Dr. Asif Kamal Turzo is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Computer Science department at Idaho State University. Currently, he is working under Dr. Farjana Eishita and Dr. Minhaz Zibran. He has completed his Ph.D. from Wayne State University under the supervision of Dr. Amiangshu Bosu. He has completed his Master's from Wayne State University in 2022. His research interest lies in empirical software engineering, software security, human aspects of software engineering, machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. He has published research works in top-tier conferences and journals in the software engineering field including ICSE, ASE, ESEM, APSEC, EMSE, and TOSEM.
Selected Publications
- (EMSE-24) Asif Kamal Turzo, and Amiangshu Bosu, “What Makes a Code Review Useful to OpenDev Developers? An Empirical Investigation.” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. TBD, 2024
- (TOSEM-23) Jaydeb Sarker, Asif Kamal Turzo, Ming Dong, and Amiangshu Bosu, “Automated Identifcation of Toxic Code Reviews Using ToxiCR.”, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 32(5), july 2023
- (EMSE-23) Sayma Sultana, Asif Kamal Turzo, and Amiangshu Bosu. ”Code reviews in open source projects: how do gender biases afect participation and outcomes?” Empirical Software Engineering(EMSE)28,no. 4(2023): 92
- (TSE-24, under major revision) Asif Kamal Turzo, Sayma Sultana, and Amiangshu Bosu. ”From First Patch to Long-Term Contributor: Evaluating Onboarding Recommendations for OSS Newcomers.” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), vol. TBD, 2024
- (ESEM-23) Asif Kamal Turzo, Fahim Faysal, Ovi Poddar, Jaydeb Sarker, Anindya Iqbal, and Amiangshu Bosu. "Towards automated classifcation of code review feedback to support analytics." In Proceedings of the 17th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), vol. TBD, 2023
- (ICSE-21) Rajshakhar Paul, Asif Kamal Turzo, and Amiangshu Bosu, ”Why security defects go unnoticed during code reviews? a case-control study of the chromium os project." In Proceedings of the 43th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), page 1373-1385. IEEE, 2021
- (APSEC-20) Jaydeb Sarker, Asif Kamal Turzo, and Amiangshu Bosu, "A benchmark study of the contemporary toxicity detectors on software engineering interactions." In Proceedings of the 27th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC), pages 218–227. IEEE, 2020
- (ICSE-21) Rajshakhar Paul, Asif Kamal Turzo, and Amiangshu Bosu, “A Dataset of Vulnerable Code Changes of the Chromium OS Project.” 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion), 2021, pp. 244-245
- (ASE-22) Asif Kamal Turzo, “Towards Improving Code Review Efectiveness Through Task Automation.” 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2022 (Doctoral Symposium)
Academic Employment
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-Present
Computer Science, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Supervisor: Dr. Farjana Eishita and Dr. Minhaz Zibran
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2022-2024
Department of Computer Science,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Graduate Research Assistant, 2019-2022
Department of Computer Science,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Project: Worked on NSF grant #1850475 under Dr. Amiangshu Bosu for building a reviewer recommendation system.
Teaching Experience
Course Instructor (Wayne State University, MI, USA)
- CSC 3110: Algorithm Design and Analysis: Spring/Summer 2024
- CSC 4500: Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science: Spring/Summer 2022
Teaching Assistant (Wayne State University, MI, USA)
- CSC 4996: Senior Capstone Project: Winter 2024
- CSC 4420: Computer Operating Systems: Spring/Summer 2023
- CSC 5991: ST: Scalable Microservices: Spring/Summer 2023
- CSC 4996: Senior Capstone Project: Fall 2023
- CSC 4996: Senior Capstone Project: Winter 2023
- CSC 4996: Senior Capstone Project: Fall 2022
- CSC 4996: Senior Capstone Project: Winter 2024
Industry Experience
Senior Software Developer
EnamelBD Private Limited,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
From 11/2017 to 05/2018
Software Developer
piSTRATEGY (Software and Consulting Company),
Dhaka, Bangladesh
From 2/2019 to 6/2019
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2019-2024
Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, USA
Master's in Computer Science, 2019-2022
Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, USA
BS in Computer Science & Engineering, 2013-2017
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tools & Applications
Tool Name: Code Review Comment Classifcation Tool. [GitHub]
- A tool developed in Python for classifying code review comments.
- Can be utilized to calculate code review analytics and to understand how efectively reviewers have identifed software defects.
Application Name: VAT Checker Android Application.
- Has saved government from 3 billion BDT(Bangladeshi Taka) VAT fraud.
- Has generated social awareness to prevent VAT fraud and achieved a number of national and international awards.
Achievements
- Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award in the Computer Science Department, Wayne State University.
- Champion at mBillionth Award, 2016 (Government and Citizen Engagement sector) for VAT Checker (it is considered one of the most prestigious awards in South Asia).
- Champion at National Mobile Application Award, 2016 for VAT Checker.
- Champion at BRAC Manthan Digital Innovation Award, 2016 (E-Governance and Institutions sector) for VAT Checker.
- NSF Travel Grant for attending ESEM-2023 conference.
- SIGSOFT CAPS award for attending ESEM-2023 conference.
Academic Services
Reviewer
- ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) Journal: 2024-Present
- Software Quality Journal: 2022-Present
- Junior PC member at Mining Software Repository (MSR) 2022 Conference
Additional Reviewer
- 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion)
Student Volunteer
- 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2021
- 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2022
Presentations
- “Towards Improving Code Review Efectiveness Through Task Automation” at ASE-2022 Doctoral Symposium, Michigan, USA
- “Towards Automated Classifcation of Code Review Feedback to Support Analytics” at ESEM-2023, Louisiana, USA
Contact
Department of Computer Science,
Idaho State University,
Office Email: asifkamalturzo@isu.edu