People

Curious minds. Shared ambition

NEST brings together researchers working across software, intelligent systems, and physical computing.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Md Al Maruf

Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics
Algoma University

Dr. Maruf's research develops hardware-aware software engineering methods, experimental testbeds, and hardware-in-the-loop techniques for embedded and edge systems. He received his PhD and MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ontario Tech University.

His work on FeaMod received the IEEE IRI 2024 Best Paper Award. He is an IEEE member, a Graduate Faculty Member, and a Faculty Affiliate of Algoma University's National Centre of Excellence for Immersive Technology.

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Lab members

Researchers at NEST

Gustavo Camargo

Visiting Student

Universidad San Buenaventura Cali / Sault College

Constraint-aware security for CPS CI/CD pipelines

Md Naim

Researcher

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology

AI-assisted embedded projects, robotic systems, MetaDrive, and RAG systems

Bibek Khadka

Undergraduate Thesis Student

Algoma University

AI-assisted embedded software design and development

Tasin Hossain

Undergraduate Researcher

Toronto Metropolitan University

Energy-aware edge-based smart object detection