Ray Islam, PhD

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ABOUT

Dr. Ray Islam (Mohammad Rubyet Islam) is the author of Generative AI, Cybersecurity, and Ethics, published by Wiley, and a globally recognized leader in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He has held strategic leadership positions across multiple Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies. His concurrent work as a professor at top-tier universities reflects his unique ability to bridge the gap between cutting-edge academic research and real-world industry application. He managed multimillion-dollar initiatives across finance & insurance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, defense and other industries. With cross-functional teams across three continents and five degrees from five countries, he brings a uniquely global perspective to innovation. A seasoned researcher, associate editor, technical speaker, and published author, Dr. Islam has been recognized in Marquis Who’s Who in America (2024–2025) for his outstanding contributions to science and technology.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Finance, Generative AI, AI in Cyber Security, Ethics in AI

PROJECT/RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

Industry

Specialized in AI/ML for financial fraud detection, wealth management, alpha generation, stock prediction, and point-of-sale anomaly identification. Expertise in multi-modal GenAI for decision-making, FedRAMP-compliant big data architecture, and GenAI-powered OCR for document analysis. Skilled in advanced data mining for cross-project insights, cyber anomaly detection using CNNs and auto-encoders, predictive modeling for KPI forecasting (SCI, CPI, Red Program), and AI-driven computer vision for image reconstruction, edge detection, and object identification.

Academia

Developed novel ML-based RUL estimation for software systems, analyzing processor and clock speed impact. Optimized nanosphere solubility for targeted drug delivery and enhanced processes for energy-efficient composite materials.

EDUCATION

Complete

1. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Machine Learning and PHM (Department of Mechanical Engineering)– UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND – College Park, MD, USA.

Dissertation: A novel methodology to estimate Remaining Useful life of Software System using Machine Learning and PHM Methodologies (NLP+clustering+other statistical methods)

Advisory Committee: Dr. Peter A. Sandborn (Advisor and Chair) | Dr. William Regli (Dean’s Representative) | Dr. Mohammad Modarres | Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta | Dr. F. Patrick McCluskey

2. MASc in Mechanical Engineering – ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY – ON, Canada, GPA:3.98 (Research undertaken at The Univesity of Toronto, Canada)

Advisory Committee: Dr. Ghaus Rizvi (Advisor and Chair) | Dr. Remon Pop-Iliev | Dr. Dan Zhang | Dr. Hani Naguib (External- Univerity of Toronto)

3. MSc in International Marketing – HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY – UK

Advisor: Dr. Britta Kalkreuter

4. MBA in Marketing – LUTON – UK

5. BSc in Manufacturing Engineering – BUTex - BD, GPA: 4.0

In-progress

6. Micro Masters in Statistics and Data Science - MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY (MIT), USA

Transferred

1. Graduate Student in PhD in Mechanical Engineering - GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERISTY, DC, USA (Switched to University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)

2. Graduate Student in PhD in Mechanical Engineering - UNIVERISTY OF TORONTO, Canada (Switched to George Washington Univerity, DC, USA)

Advisor: Dr. Chul B. Park

EXPERIENCE

Industrial Experience

Leadership & AI/ML Scientist roles at

Deloitte

Raytheon

Booz Allen Hamilton

Lockheed Martin

General Services Administration (GSA)

American Institutes for Research (AIR)

Euro Nassa Ltd.

Carrefour

Clients Worked For

Finance: BlackRock, USA | Capital One Bank, USA (among Fortune 50) | U.S. Department of Commerce, USA
Health Care: US Department of Vaterans Affairs, USA | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), USA | Surescripts - Clients: CVS (among Fortune 10), Walgreens (among Fortune 50)), USA
Government: The White House, USA | US Airforce (USAF) | The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA | The US Department of Education

Academic Experience

Adjunct Professor, Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Lecturer, Honors College, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Founder/Course Designer/Instructor, Kindidata, VA (Boot Camp)
Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, Canada
Teaching Assistant, Ontario Tech University, Canada

PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

Awards & Honors

Inducted as Marquis Who's Who 2024-25 for Excellence in Education and Technology
Nathan and Marvin Goldman/Durham Homes Graduate Award for reducing environmental impact of residential construction/maintenance and improving building energy technologies, Canada.
1st prize, Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) poster competition award, governed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
The NSERC Strategic Network Grant for PhD research, Canada.
Fellowship funded by the US Department of Energy for PhD research on Nanocomposites, USA.
Post Graduate Merit Award, Heriot-Watt University, UK

Book

Islam, M. R. (2025). Generative AI, Cybersecurity, and Ethics. Wiley, USA. ISBN: 978-1-394-27926-5.

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Peer-Reviewed Research Journals/Conferences/Poster Presentations

[7.C] Islam, R., Rizvi, G., Park, C., Study on the Effect of Various WF, GF and Polymer Types on Characteristics of Directional Compression Molded WPC and Comparison with Profile Extruded WPC, Annual Technical Conference, Technical Papers, Society of Plastics Engineers, May 2011, Massachusetts, USA, Volume: ISBN: 978-1-61782-960-4 Paper # PENG- 11-2010-0304 Page 767
[8.C] Islam, R., Adhikary, K., Rizvi, G., Park, C., Influence of Wood Flour Content on Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Extruded Foamed Wood Plastic Composites, Annual Technical Conference, Technical Papers, Society of Plastics Engineers, May 2011, Massachusetts, USA
[9.C] Islam, R., Rizvi,G. (2011), STUDY ON THE PROCESS PARAMETERS TO IMPROVE STRENGTH OF WPC PREPARED BY A NOVEL COMPRESSION MOLDING SYSTEM, 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers (ANTEC 2011), May 2011, Massachusetts, USA, Volume 1 of 3 - Page 773
[10.C] Hasan, M. M., Islam, R., Park, C. B., (2011), PVT BEHAVIOR OF POLYSTYRENE IN PRESENCE OF CO2+N2 BLENDS, Society of Plastics Engineers, Annual Technical Conference, May 2011, Massachusetts, USA, Volume 1 of 3 ISBN: 978-1-61782-960-4 Paper # PENG-11-2010-0476 Page 2756
[11.C] Islam, R., Haghverdian, E., Semeralul, H., Rizvi, G., STUDYING THE EFFECT OF VARYING WOOD AND PLASTIC TYPES ON CHARACTERSTICS OF DIRECTIONAL COMPRESSION MOLDED WPC, Polymer Processing Society (PPS-26), July 2010, Calgary, Canada
[12.C] Islam, R., Haghverdian, E., Semeralul, H., Rizvi, G., IMPROVEMENT OF STRENGTH OF WPC USING NOVEL COMPRESSION MOLDING SYSTEM, APMA-Auto 21, June 2010, Windsor, ON, Canada
[13.C] Adhikary, K., Islam, R., Rizvi, G., Park, C. B., Effects of Drawdown on Surface Quality, Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Extruded Cellular Wood Fiber/High-Density Polyethylene Composites, Forest Products Society 64th International Convention, June 2010, WI, USA
[14.C] Islam, R., Adhikary, K., Rizvi, G., Optimization of Material Formulation and Processing Parameters for Wood Plastic Composite Foam Extrusion, Annual Technical Conference- ANTEC, May 2010, FL, USA
[15.C] Rizvi, G., Islam, R., Haghverdian, E., Semeralul, H., Characterization of WPC using Compression Molding with Directional Fiber Alignment, Society of Plastics Engineers, Annual Technical Conference – ANTEC, 2010, FL, USA, Volume: Control No.- 453 Page: 1155
[16.C] Adhikary, K., Islam, R., Park, C. B., Rizvi, G., BATCH FOAMING OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES, 67th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers (ANTEC), June 2009, Chicago, IL, USA
[17.P] Rizvi, G., Islam, R., Semeralul, H., Haghverdian, E. (2011), IMPROVEMENT OF STRENGTH OF WPC USING NOVEL COMPRESSION MOLDING SYSTEM [Poster presentation]. 11th International Conference on Wood and Biofiber Plastic Composites, WI, USA.
[18.P] Rizvi, G., Islam, R., Adhikary, K., Park, C. B. (2011), Optimization of Material composition and parameters for profile extrusion of Wood Plastic Composites [Poster presentation]. 11th International Conference on Wood and Biofiber Plastic Composites, WI, USA.
[19.P] Rizvi, G., Islam, R., Adhikary, K., Semeralul, H., Haghverdian, E. (2010), Studying the effect of varying WF, GF and plastic types on characteristics of directional compression molded. approval code: R01-397 [Poster presentation]. Polymer Processing Society, PPS-26, Canada.
[20.P] Rizvi, G., Islam, R., Adhikary, K., Semeralul, H., Haghverdian, E. (2010), Recyclable, Light-Weight Polymeric Composites for Automotive Applications: Foamed Wood Composites [Poster presentation]. PAPMA-AUTO21 Conference, Hamilton, Canada.
[21.P] Jung, P., Nofar, R. , Islam, R., Adhikary, K., Park, C.B., Hossieny, R. (2010), Three Novel Applications of Foaming Technology for Polypropylene [Poster presentation]. The NSERC Network for Innovative Plastic Materials and Manufacturing Processes (NIPMMP), Canada. (Received best poster award)

eBooks (amazon.com)

eBook1: Ray Islam, LangChain Unveiled: Navigating the Future of LLM, (Amazon, 2023)
eBook2: Ray lam, Enhancing Satellite Security: Leveraging GenAI for Advanced Cyber Defense, (Amazon, 2023)
eBook3: Ray Islam, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): Empowering Large Language Models (LLMs), (Amazon 2023)

White Papers (medium.com)

Islam, R., (2023), Prompt tuning for Large Language Models (LLMs)
Islam, R., (2023), Analytics Operating Eco (OE) System
Islam, R. (2023), AI for C-Suite Decision Making
Islam, R., (2023), CTGAN for Credit Card Analysis Synthetic Data
Islam, R., (2023), Unveiling the Potential of CTGAN: Harnessing Generative AI and 50K Synthetic IRIS Dataset

Editorial Services

Book Reviewer: Wiley, Published by John Wiley & Sons, USA
Conference Reviewer: International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), USA
Journal Reviewer: Reliability Engineering & System Safety (RESS), Published by Elsevier, USA
Journal Reviewer: The Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS), Austria
Associate Editor: Journal of Prognostics and Health Management (JPHM), Canada

Membership

AAAI - Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, USA
IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA

Blogs

25+ blogs on AI advancements, covering Generative AI, prompt tuning, algorithmic trading, and applications in NLP, supply chains, and financial forecasting. They delve into AI ethics, GAN validation, and AI's transformative impact on healthcare, cybersecurity, and education.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Languages Speak:

Professional Training

3 days training on Palantir by Ontologize, VA
6.86x: Machine Learning with Python-From Linear Models to Deep Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA
6.419x: Certificate for Data Analysis: Statistical Modeling and Computation in Applications, MIT, MA
6.43x: Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data, MIT, MA
18.6501x: Fundamentals of Statistics, MIT, MA
Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, MIT, MA
Teaching best practices training - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
200-A - FedRAMP System Security Plan (SSP) Required Documents
AWS Security Fundamentals (Second Edition)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (Expired)

OTHERS

Youtube:@rayisl5382

ORCID:0000-0002-8263-7560

Invited Panels and Guest Speaker

USA

Invited Guest Speaker (April 2025)- TechFest: Ethical Challenges of AI/ML in Cyber Threats, Hosted by Department of Decision, Operations & Information Technologies, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Invited Guest Speaker- Symposium (2023): The trends of Cancer Research, and Dynamic Challenges of CyberSecurity, Supported by Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Hackathon Judge (2022)- AI based models for Crypto Currency, by Deloitte at the University of Maryland.

International

Invited guest speaker, Green University, 2024 - Applications of AI in Manufacturing (Online).
Invited guest speaker, Bangladesh University of Textiles, 2020 - Applications of AI in Manufacturing.
Invited Guest Speaker, North South University, Bangladesh, 2018 - AI and their applications.

Motivational speaker for the local South-East Asian community on How to become a data scientist.
Featured in Bangladesh’s Leading Newspaper, The Daily Prothom Alo, 5th January, 2020.
Attended podcasts in Bangladesh on August 23rd, 2020, to inspire the younger generation.
Islam, Rubyet. "Published article on Data Science." The Daily Observer, 11 Mar. 2018.
Published two poetry books in Bengali.