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Associate Professor Saleh Wasimi Technology / School of Engineering and Technology

Assoc Prof/Graduate Res Coord

BScEng (BUET), MScEng(BUET), PhD(Iowa), MIEAust

Office Location
School of Engineering & Technology
Building 30, Room 2.09
Rockhampton, Queensland 4702
Contact Details
Email: s.wasimi@cqu.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4930 9026 - Ext: 9026
    Awards

    Citations for excellence in teaching and research

    Fulbright Scholar

    Professional Experience

    Have been a university teacher since 1977. Have worked as a consultant for many national and international bodies on water resources planning and management, modelling of estuarine and river flows, disaster management and impacts of climate change.

    Professional Memberships

    Chartered Professional Engineer, Engineers Australia

    Responsibilities

    As the Research Coordinator, a member of the School leadership team, my primary focus is to enhance the research profile of the School through engagement and collaboration.

    Professional Interests

    My current research interests are on climate change, water resources planning and management, stochastic processes and hydrology.

    Term 1 - 2013
    MATH12222 - Engineering Mathematical Applications
    Lecturer - Rockhampton - MATH12222 - Term 1 - 2013
    Tutor - Distance - MATH12222 - Term 1 - 2013
    Lecturer - Distance - MATH12222 - Term 1 - 2013
    Course Coordinator
    Tutor - Rockhampton - MATH12222 - Term 1 - 2013
    Lecturer - Gladstone - MATH12222 - Term 1 - 2013
    Lecturer - Mackay - MATH12222 - Term 1 - 2013
    STAT20028 - Statistics for Analytical Decisions
    Tutor - Rockhampton - STAT20028 - Term 1 - 2013
    Lecturer - Rockhampton - STAT20028 - Term 1 - 2013
    Tutor - Distance - STAT20028 - Term 1 - 2013
    Lecturer - Distance - STAT20028 - Term 1 - 2013
    Course Coordinator
    Term 2 - 2012
    MATH12171 - Differential Equations
    Course Coordinator
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    STAT20028 - Statistics for Analytical Decisions
    Tutor - Workshop A / 1
    Tutor - Tutorial A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Term 1 - 2012
    COIS13013 - Business Intelligence
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    Tutor - Tutorial A / 1
    COIT20236 - Business Intelligence Management
    Course Coordinator
    STAT20028 - Statistics for Analytical Decisions
    Course Coordinator
    Tutor - Tutorial A / 1
    Lecturer - Workshop A / 1
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Term 3 - 2011
    STAT20028 - Statistics for Analytical Decisions
    Course Coordinator
    Term 2 - 2011
    COIS20078 - Data Mining
    Course Coordinator
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Tutor - Tutorial A / 1
    MATH11164 - Mathematics IB
    Course Coordinator
    MATH13176 - Special Topic A
    Course Coordinator
    STAT20028 - Statistics for Analytical Decisions
    Lecturer - Workshop A / 1
    Tutor - Tutorial A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Term 1 - 2011
    COIS20078 - Data Mining
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Tutor - Laboratory A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    Book Chapter

    Wasimi, SA 2009, 'Statistical Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones for Bangladesh', in Y Charabi (ed.), Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change, Springer, USA, pp. 131-141.

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    Miah, M S & Wasimi, S 2005, 'Techniques for identifying tandem repeats in DNA sequences', in Petratos, P & Michalopoulos, D (eds) Computer Science and Information Systems: selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems on June 16-18, 2005, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, pp. 59-72.

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    Mondal, MS and Wasimi, SA 2004, "Impact of climate change on dry season water demand in the Ganges delta of Bangladesh," in MM Rahman, MJB Alam, MA Ali, M Ali, and K Vairavamoorthy, (eds) Contemporary Environmental Challenges, CERM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 63-84.

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    Conference Paper

    Wasimi, S & Hassa, S 2011, 'Pricing of urban water supply using the smart market approach' in E Valentine (ed) Proceedings of the 34th IAHR World Congress: 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium,10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, 26 June - 1 July, 2011, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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    Khorshed, M, Ali, S & Wasimi, S 2011, 'Trust issues that create threats for cyber attacks in cloud computing' paper presented to the 2011 IEEE 17th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Tainan, Taiwan , 07-09 December, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPADS.2011.156

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    Khorshed, M, Ali, S & Wasimi, S 2011, 'Monitoring insiders activities in cloud computing using rule based learning' paper presented to the 2011 International Joint Conference of IEEE TrustCom-11/IEEE ICESS-11/FCST-11, Changsha, China , 16-18 November, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom.2011.99

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    Wasimi, S & Hassa, S 2011, 'Water pricing using smart market approach' in A F M Saleh,(ed.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Water and Flood Management, 8-10 January, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh.

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    Wasimi, S 2009, 'Climate change trends in Bangladesh ' in Saleh, Abul (eds.) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Water and Flood Management. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15-17 March 2009, pp. 203-210.

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    Wasimi, S 2009, 'Sustainability in Large-Scale Water Resources Project Planning' in Rasul, M. and Chowdhury, A. (eds.) Central Region Engineering Conference 2009 - Regional Sustainability: Local Solutions to Global Issues. CQ University, Rockhampton, Queensland, 14-15 August 2009.

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    Mahbub, SM, Gyasi-Agyei, Y & Wasimi, S 2008, "A Robust Approach to the Derivation of Intensity-Frequency-Duration (IFD) Curves for a Large Region", Water Resources Symposium and 4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, 14-17 April, Adelaide, Australia.

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    Mondal, M & Wasimi, S 2007, 'Choice of model type in stochastic river hydrology', Proceedings of International Conference on Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12-14 March 2007.

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    Mahbub, SM, Gyasi-Agyei, Y & Wasimi, S, 2007, "Variance analysis for a daily rainfall disaggregation model", Proceedings of International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology, ICAST 2007 - Advancement through technology and education, 10th-12th December 2007, Accra, Ghana, pp.153-160.

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    Wasimi, S & Mondal, M 2007, 'Data mining for decision making in water resources', Proceedings of International Conference on Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12-14 March 2007, pp. 583-590.

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    Wasimi, S 2006, 'Path Analysis Technique for Strategic Irrigation Management under Adverse Climatic Conditions', Proceedings of the International Symposium on Drylands Ecology and Human Security, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 4-7 December 2006.

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    Wasimi, SA 2006, 'Use of Data Mining Techniques to Identify Crisis in Dryland Living', Proceedings of the International Symposium on Drylands Ecology and Human Security, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 4-7 December 2006.

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    Wasimi, S 2004, 'Optimisation of average rainfall estimation using copulas', paper presented at 6th International Conference of the Association of Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies, New Delhi.

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    Mondal, M S & Wasimi, S 2003, 'Forecasting of seasonal flow of the Ganges River in Bangladesh with Sarima model', paper presented at The Second Annual Paper Meet and International Conference on Civil Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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    Journal Article

    Khorshed, M, Ali, A & Wasimi, S 2012, 'A survey on gaps, threat remediation challenges and some thoughts for proactive attack detection in cloud computing', Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 833-851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2012.01.006

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    Wasimi, S & Hassa, S 2012, 'Social considerations in domestic water pricing: a case study of Perth, Western Australia', Australian Journal of Water Resources, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 131-144, http://dx.doi.org/10.7158/W11-854.2012.15.2.

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    Khorshed, M, Ali, A & Wasimi, S 2012, 'Classifying different denial-of-service attacks in cloud computing using rule-based learning', Security and Communication Networks, vol. 5, no. 11, pp.1235-1247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sec.621

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    Wasimi, S 2011, 'Why did the road close for Traveston Crossing Dam?', International Water Power & Dam Construction, May, pp.26-27. http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?storyCode=2060068

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    Wasimi, S 2010, 'Planning for a large dam project: the case of Traveston Crossing Dam', Water Resources Management, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2991-3015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-010-9591-2

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    Wasimi, S 2010, 'Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region and Implications for Water Resources Project Planning and Management', International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp. 297-320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17568691011063060

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    Mellini, F, Petitta, M & Wasimi, S 2007, 'Stochastic hydrologic simulation for water availability evaluation in Fucino Plain (Central Italy)', Water International, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 844-855.

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    Mondal, MS & Wasimi, S 2005, 'Disaggregation model for synthetic stream-flow generation', Journal of Civil Engineering, Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB); vol. 33 (June), 43-54. http://www.jce-ieb.org.bd/pdfdown/3301005.pdf

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    Mondal, M & Wasimi, S 2007, 'Evaluation of risk-related performance in water management for the Ganges delta of Bangladesh', Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, vol. 133, no. 2, pp. 179-187.

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    Mondal, MS & Wasimi, SA 2006, 'Generating and forecasting monthly flows of the Ganges river with PAR model', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 323, no. 1-4, pp. 41��56. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.08.015

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    Mondal, MS & Wasimi, SA 2005, 'Estimation of dry season water demand and availability for the Ganges Delta within Bangladesh up to the year 2050', Bangladesh Journal of Water Resource Research, vol. 20, pp. 1-20.

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    Mondal, MS & Wasimi, SA 2005, 'Monthly flow forecasting of the Ganges River with PAR model', Bangladesh Journal of Water Resource Research, vol. 20, pp. 21-41.

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    Mondal, M S & Wasimi, S 2005, 'Periodic transfer function-noise model for forecasting', Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 353-362.

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    Textbook

    Black, K, Asafu-Adjaye, J, Burke, P, Khan, N, King, G, Perera, N, Sherwood, C, Verma, R & Wasimi, S 2013, Australasian Business Statistics, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, Brisbane, Queensland.

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    Shawkat Ali, ABM & Wasimi, SA 2007, Data mining: methods and techniques, Thomson Learning Australia, South Melbourne.

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    Wood, G R, Noble, A D L & Wasimi, S A (2001), Statistics : thinking and practice, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Qld.)

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    Wood, GR, Dunning, DB, Noble, ADL & Wasimi, SA 2000, Statistics : thinking and practice, Massey University, Palmerston North, N.Z.

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    Wood, GR & Wasimi, SA 1997, Statistics : thinking and practice, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Qld.

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    Conference Presentations
    Wasimi, S.A. (2009), "Statistical forecasting of tropical cyclones for Bangladesh." Paper presented at the First International Conference on Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones & Climate Change. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman and WMO. 8-11 March. (The paper later appeared in a WMO report.)
    Published in: 2009
    Wasimi, S.A. (2008), Impact on water resources of the MENA region due to climate change." Paper presented at The First International Conference on Water Resources and Climate Change in the MENA Region. Muscat, Oman. 2-4 November.
    Published in: 2008
    Mondal, M.S. and Wasimi, S.A. (2007),"Choice of stochastic model type in river hydrology." Paper presented at the International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2007), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 12-14 March 2007. http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/icwfm/index.htm
    Published in: 2007
    Wasimi, S.A. and Mondal, M.S. (2007), "Data mining for decision making in water resources." Paper presented at the International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 12-14 March 2007. http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/icwfm/index.htm
    Published in: 2007
    Wasimi, S.A. (2006), "Use of data mining techniques to identify crisis in dryland living." Paper presented at the International Symposium on Drylands Ecology and Human Security (ISDEHS), Dubai, 4-7 December 2006. http://www.isdehs.com/
    Published in: 2006
    Wasimi, S.A. (2006), "Path analysis technique for strategic irrigation management under adverse climatic conditions." Paper presented at the International Symposium on Drylands Ecology and Human Security (ISDEHS), Dubai, 4-7 December 2006. http://www.isdehs.com/
    Published in: 2006
    Selected older publications:

    Mondal, M.S. and Wasimi, S.A. (2004),"A comparative study of PAR and SARIMA models and their performance in seasonal flow forecasting of the Ganges river." Paper presented at The World Engineers' Convention 2004 (WEC2004), Shanghai, China, November 2-6.

    Mondal, M.S. and Wasimi, S.A. (2002), "Long-range prediction of flows in the Ganges for water resources and agricultural management in Bangladesh." Central Queensland University Postgraduate Symposium, Rockhampton, Australia. Oct. 25.

    Wasimi, S.A. (2001), "Optimization of streamflow estimation within the framework of conceptual modeling," Paper presented at the Twenty Naught One 36th Annual ORSNZ Conference, pp. 238-243. Christchurch, New Zealand, November 28-30.

    Whitaker, D.W., Wasimi, S.A. and Islam, S. (1998), "A statistical model for the Ganges river using ENSO and other ancillary information." Presented to 1998 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco. American Geophysical Union. Vol. 79, No. 45, Nov. 10. Page F289.

    Wasimi, S.A. (1990), "Dhaka city's flood protection plan and its impact on urban storm drainage system". Proceedings of the International Workshop on Flood Protection and Drainage in Asian Cities, February 20-23. Manila, Philippines; pp. 3-13. The Asian Development Bank. Keynote Speaker.

    Wasimi, S.A. (1990), "Land development for agricultural use in newly-formed islands of lower Meghna delta area in Bangladesh." Paper presented at the International Symposium on Exploitation and Management of Island Coast and Embayment Resources. Haikou, Hainan Island, China. Nov 1-9. Department of Geo and Ocean Sciences, Nanjing University, China and IDRC, Canada.

    Wasimi, S.A. (1990), "Optimization of hydrological data collection network for flood monitoring and forecasting." Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Hydrological Basis of Water Resources Management, October 23-26. Beijing, China. The International Association of Hydrological Sciences, The Hague, Netherlands.

    Wasimi, S.A. (1989), "An overview of agricultural and rural development strategies in Bangladesh." Proceedings of the 2nd Seminar on the Development of Appropriate Technology, October 12-26. pp. 1-8. The Japanese Institute of Irrigation and Drainage, Tokyo, Japan. Invited Paper.

    Wasimi, S.A. (1989), "An analysis of estuarine flow depth in the lower Meghna delta area of Bangladesh." Paper presented at the International Workshop on Muddy Tidal Flat Research. East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. October 14-19. UNESCO.

    Wasimi, S.A. (1984), "Environmental impact of irrigation in Bangladesh." Paper presented at the International Seminar on Man and Environment, Dhaka, April 19-21. Department of Geography, Dhaka University, Bangladesh and UNESCO, New Delhi.

    Published in: 2004
    Research Interests
    • Hydrology
    • Hydraulics
    • Water Resources
    • Coastal Engineering
    • Sediment Transport
    • Statistics
    • Stochastic Processes
    • Optimization
    • Forecasting
    • Mathematical Modeling
    Published in: 2010
    MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
    Statistics - Applied Statistics
    My expertise is on analysis and modelling of stochastic processes, time series analysis, optimisation and simulation.