Forskerprofil: Fazle Rabbi

Assoc Professor Fazle Rabbi has long and varied experience with software development in smaller and larger projects within a large spectrum of domain areas and technological solutions. He has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in software engineering from University of Oslo. Fazle’s research interests focus on model-based software engineering, data mining and machine learning, with emphasis on addressing the information science problems in healthcare applications. His research profile consists of software engineering related research: workflow modeling and its verification, metamodeling, building decision support system, multi-agent systems, process engineering, etc.

There are many interesting problems in the healthcare domain which fascinates him to take new challenges to solve them with scientific rigor. He is enthusiastic to improving the quality of living through his contribution in healthcare.

Together with Professor Yngve Lamo at HVL, Fazle has developed new model-based techniques for addressing many problems in the healthcare domain. He is involved in a collaborative project (intromat.no) with Western Norway University of Applied Science, Haukeland University Hospital, Helse Bergen and Helse Vest IKT in Norway for improving public mental health through adaptive technology. The project aims to include innovative technology in improving public mental health in Norway.

Earlier, he was involved in academic research for developing workflows for two community-based health programs piloted in Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority (GASHA), Nova Scotia, Canada. Before coming to Norway, he worked several years as a research associate in Prof. Wendy MacCaull’s lab in St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.  

Fazle is also interested in innovating new techniques for teaching both in classroom and online platform. Together with researchers from Kenya and Vanderbilt University Medical Center he developed gamification approach for increasing student motivation and engagement in learning environments.