Dr. Mohammad Zulkernine is a Professor and Graduate Chair at the School of Computing of Queen’s University, Canada. Dr. Zulkernine is also cross-appointed at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Queen’s. He was awarded Canada Research Chair (2011, 2016) in Software Reliability and Security. He joined Queen’s in 2003 and spent his sabbatical at the University of Trento, Italy and Irdeto Canada. He has worked and received his education in four countries of three continents (Bangladesh, Japan, Canada, and Italy). He received BSc from Bangladesh (BUET), MEng from Japan, and PhD from Canada (Waterloo).

Dr. Zulkernine leads the Queen’s Reliable Software Technology (QRST) research group. His current research focuses on building reliable and secure software systems for connected and autonomous vehicles, mobile operating systems, and internet of things. His research projects are supported by a number of provincial and federal research funding agencies and industry partners. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed research papers and led 30 research projects while collaborating in a number of industry-supported multi-university projects including European Union and Canada-Africa international projects. Dr. Zulkernine has supervised over 120 MSc and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates, and senior undergraduates. He received distinguished graduate supervision award and some of his supervised students have won conference best paper and distinguished thesis awards.

Dr. Zulkernine has been at leadership positions such as general chair and program chair of major international conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM, and a licensed professional engineer in Ontario, Canada.