Dr. Tauhidur Rahman

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Tauhidur Rahman is an Assistant Professor at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego. He previously served as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he co-directed the Mobile Sensing Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory (MOSAIC Lab). His current research focuses on building innovative ubiquitous mobile health sensing technologies that capture observable low-level physical signals from acoustic and electromagnetic waves in our surroundings, mapping relevant biological and behavioral measurements. Among his notable achievements are becoming a finalist for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship in 2015, receiving the Google Ph.D. Fellowship in 2016, and earning the Outstanding Teaching Award at Cornell University in 2015. His work has been recognized with the ACM Digital Health paper award in 2016 and the ACM IMWUT paper award in 2021.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).