I have authored 27 peer-reviewed publications spanning machine learning, robotics, medical imaging, and clinical research, with work published in venues such as ECML-PKDD, NAACL, ICRA, IROS, RO-MAN, MIUA, Military Medicine Journal, and MHSRS (the leading forum for military health research). This includes 11 full conference papers, 5 journal articles, 7 short papers, and 4 workshop papers, with contributions featured in top venues such as NeurIPS and ICLR.
2025
AI-Driven Integrated System for Burn Depth Prediction With Electronic Medical Records: Algorithm Development and Validation
Md Masudur Rahman, Mohamed El Masry, Surya Gnyawali, Yexiang Xue, Gayle Gordillo, and Juan P. Wachs
@article{rahman2025burnaid,author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Masry, Mohamed El and Gnyawali, Surya and Xue, Yexiang and Gordillo, Gayle and Wachs, Juan P.},title={AI-Driven Integrated System for Burn Depth Prediction With Electronic Medical Records: Algorithm Development and Validation},journal={JMIR Medical Informatics},year={2025},doi={10.2196/68366},}
MIUA
Knowledge-Driven Hypothesis Generation for Burn Diagnosis from Ultrasound with Vision- Language Model
Md Masudur Rahman, Mohamed El Masry, Gayle Gordillo, and Juan P. Wachs
Received the Best Paper Award in the Full Paper Poster category at the Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2025, held in Leeds, UK.
@article{rahman2025knowledge,title={Knowledge-Driven Hypothesis Generation for Burn Diagnosis from Ultrasound with Vision-
Language Model},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Masry, Mohamed El and and Gordillo, Gayle and Wachs, Juan P.},booktitle={Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis},year={2025},}
MilMed Journal
A Framework for Advancing Burn Assessment with Artificial Intelligence.
Md Masudur Rahman, Mohamed El Masry, Surya Gnyawali, Yexiang Xue, Gayle Gordillo, and Juan P. Wachs
@article{rahman2025aiframework,title={A Framework for Advancing Burn Assessment with Artificial Intelligence.},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Masry, Mohamed El and Gnyawali, Surya and Xue, Yexiang and Gordillo, Gayle and Wachs, Juan P.},journal={Military Medicine},year={2025}}
MHSRS-Abstract
A Chain-of-Thought AI Reasoning Framework for Burn Diagnosis
Md Masudur Rahman, Mohamed El Masry, Gayle Gordillo, and Juan P. Wachs
In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2025
@inproceedings{rahman2025cot,title={A Chain-of-Thought AI Reasoning Framework for Burn Diagnosis},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Masry, Mohamed El and and Gordillo, Gayle and Wachs, Juan P.},booktitle={Military Health System Research Symposium},year={2025},}
2024
NAACL
Natural Language-based State Representation in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Md Masudur Rahman, and Yexiang Xue
In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2024 Appears in NeurIPS 2023 Foundation Models for Decision Making Workshop (FMDM) Workshop , 2024
@inproceedings{rahman2024natural,title={Natural Language-based State Representation in Deep Reinforcement Learning},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Xue, Yexiang},booktitle={Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2024},pages={1310--1319},year={2024},}
MHSRS-Abstract
Advancing Burn Depth Assessment through Ultrasound Imaging with Vision Transformers
Md Masudur Rahman, Mohamed El Masry, Surya Gnyawali, Gayle Gordillo, Yexiang Xue, and Juan P. Wachs
In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2024
@inproceedings{rahman2024advancing,title={Advancing Burn Depth Assessment through Ultrasound Imaging with Vision Transformers},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Masry, Mohamed El and Gnyawali, Surya and Gordillo, Gayle and Xue, Yexiang and Wachs, Juan P.},booktitle={Military Health System Research Symposium},year={2024}}
2023
ICLR-Workshop(RRL)
Accelerating Policy Gradient by Estimating Value Function from Prior Computation in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Md Masudur Rahman, and Yexiang Xue
In Workshop on Reincarnating Reinforcement Learning at ICLR , 2023
@inproceedings{rahman2023accelerating,title={Accelerating Policy Gradient by Estimating Value Function from Prior Computation in Deep Reinforcement Learning},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Xue, Yexiang},booktitle={Workshop on Reincarnating Reinforcement Learning at ICLR},year={2023},url={https://openreview.net/forum?id=sOgyNWyN6Gu}}
2022
ECML-PKDD
Bootstrap State Representation using Style Transfer for Better Generalization in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Md Masudur Rahman, and Yexiang Xue
In European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD) , 2022
@inproceedings{rahman2022bootstrap,title={Bootstrap State Representation using Style Transfer for Better Generalization in Deep Reinforcement Learning},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Xue, Yexiang},booktitle={European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD)},year={2022},url={https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26412-2_7},}
MHSRS-Abstract
ASAP: A Semi-Autonomous Precise robotic framework for remote surgery under delays
Glebys Gonzalez, Balakuntala, Mridul Agarwal, Md Masudur Rahman, Thomas Low, Vaneet Aggarwal, Yexiang Xue, Richard M Voyles, and Juan P. Wachs
In In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2022
@inproceedings{gonzalez2022asap,title={ASAP: A Semi-Autonomous Precise robotic framework for remote surgery under delays},author={Gonzalez, Glebys and Balakuntala and Agarwal, Mridul and Rahman, Md Masudur and Low, Thomas and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Xue, Yexiang and Voyles, Richard M and Wachs, Juan P.},booktitle={In Military Health System Research Symposium},year={2022}}
ICMLA
Bootstrap Advantage Estimation for Policy Optimization in Reinforcement Learning
Md Masudur Rahman, and Yexiang Xue
In 21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) , 2022
@inproceedings{rahman2022bootstrap_icmla,title={Bootstrap Advantage Estimation for Policy Optimization in Reinforcement Learning},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Xue, Yexiang},booktitle={21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},pages={234--239},year={2022},organization={IEEE}}
2021
MHSRS-Abstract
A Semi-autonomous Robotic Framework for Remote Surgery under Delays
Glebys Gonzalez, Balakuntala, Mridul Agarwal, Md Masudur Rahman, Richard M Voyles, Vaneet Aggarwal, Yexiang Xue, and Juan Wachs
In In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2021
@inproceedings{gonzalez2021a,title={A Semi-autonomous Robotic Framework for Remote Surgery under Delays},author={Gonzalez, Glebys and Balakuntala and Agarwal, Mridul and Rahman, Md Masudur and Voyles, Richard M and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Xue, Yexiang and Wachs, Juan},booktitle={In Military Health System Research Symposium},year={2021}}
ICRA
Deserts: Delay-tolerant semi-autonomous robot teleoperation for surgery
Glebys Gonzalez, Mridul Agarwal, Mythra V Balakuntala, Md Masudur Rahman, Upinder Kaur, Richard M Voyles, Vaneet Aggarwal, Yexiang Xue, and Juan Wachs
In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , 2021
@inproceedings{gonzalez2021deserts,title={Deserts: Delay-tolerant semi-autonomous robot teleoperation for surgery},author={Gonzalez, Glebys and Agarwal, Mridul and Balakuntala, Mythra V and Rahman, Md Masudur and Kaur, Upinder and Voyles, Richard M and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Xue, Yexiang and Wachs, Juan},booktitle={IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},year={2021},}
Biomedical Journal
SARTRES: A semi-autonomous robot teleoperation environment for surgery
Md Masudur Rahman*, Mythra V Balakuntala*, Glebys Gonzalez, Mridul Agarwal, Upinder Kaur, Vishnunandan LN Venkatesh, Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo, Yexiang Xue, Richard M Voyles, Vaneet Aggarwal, and Juan Wachs
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2021
@article{rahman2021sartres,title={SARTRES: A semi-autonomous robot teleoperation environment for surgery},author={Rahman*, Md Masudur and Balakuntala*, Mythra V and Gonzalez, Glebys and Agarwal, Mridul and Kaur, Upinder and Venkatesh, Vishnunandan LN and Sanchez-Tamayo, Natalia and Xue, Yexiang and Voyles, Richard M and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Wachs, Juan},journal={Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging \& Visualization},volume={9},number={4},pages={376--383},year={2021},publisher={Taylor \& Francis},}
MilMed Journal
From the dexterous surgical skill to the battlefield—a robotics exploratory study
Glebys T Gonzalez*, Upinder Kaur*, Md Masudur Rahman*, Vishnunandan Venkatesh, Natalia Sanchez, Gregory Hager, Yexiang Xue, Richard Voyles, and Juan Wachs
@article{gonzalez2021dexterous,title={From the dexterous surgical skill to the battlefield—a robotics exploratory study},author={Gonzalez*, Glebys T and Kaur*, Upinder and Rahman*, Md Masudur and Venkatesh, Vishnunandan and Sanchez, Natalia and Hager, Gregory and Xue, Yexiang and Voyles, Richard and Wachs, Juan},journal={Military Medicine},url={https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/186/Supplement_1/288/6119495},volume={186},number={Supplement\_1},pages={288--294},year={2021},publisher={Oxford University Press US}}
RO-MAN
Dexterous skill transfer between surgical procedures for teleoperated robotic surgery
Mridul Agarwal, Glebys Gonzalez, Mythra V Balakuntala, Md Masudur Rahman, Vaneet Aggarwal, Richard M Voyles, Yexiang Xue, and Juan Wachs
In 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) , 2021
@inproceedings{agarwal2021dexterous,title={Dexterous skill transfer between surgical procedures for teleoperated robotic surgery},author={Agarwal, Mridul and Gonzalez, Glebys and Balakuntala, Mythra V and Rahman, Md Masudur and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Voyles, Richard M and Xue, Yexiang and Wachs, Juan},booktitle={2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot \& Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},pages={1236--1242},year={2021},organization={IEEE}}
RO-MAN
Sequential prediction with logic constraints for surgical robotic activity recognition
Md Masudur Rahman, Richard M Voyles, Juan Wachs, and Yexiang Xue
In 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) , 2021
@inproceedings{rahman2021sequential,title={Sequential prediction with logic constraints for surgical robotic activity recognition},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Voyles, Richard M and Wachs, Juan and Xue, Yexiang},booktitle={30th IEEE International Conference on Robot \& Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},pages={468--475},year={2021},organization={IEEE}}
2020
MHSRS-Abstract
ASTRO: A Semi-Autonomous Telemedicine Robot for Operative Surgery
Glebys Gonzalez, Md Masudur Rahman, Mridul Agarwal, Mythra Balakuntala, Vishnu Venkatesh, Vaneet Aggarwal, Yexiang Xue, Richard M Voyles, Gregory Hager, MAJ Andrew W Kirkpatrick, MAJ Steve Overholser, and Juan Wachs
In In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2020
@inproceedings{gonzalez2020astro,title={ASTRO: A Semi-Autonomous Telemedicine Robot for Operative Surgery},author={Gonzalez, Glebys and Rahman, Md Masudur and Agarwal, Mridul and Balakuntala, Mythra and Venkatesh, Vishnu and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Xue, Yexiang and Voyles, Richard M and Hager, Gregory and Kirkpatrick, MAJ Andrew W and Overholser, MAJ Steve and Wachs, Juan},booktitle={In Military Health System Research Symposium},year={2020}}
2019
IROS
Desk: A robotic activity dataset for dexterous surgical skills transfer to medical robots
Naveen Madapana*, Md Masudur Rahman*, Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo*, Mythra V Balakuntala, Glebys Gonzalez, Jyothsna Padmakumar Bindu, LN Vishnunandan Venkatesh, Xingguang Zhang, Juan Barragan Noguera, Thomas Low, and others
In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) , 2019
@inproceedings{madapana2019desk,title={Desk: A robotic activity dataset for dexterous surgical skills transfer to medical robots},author={Madapana*, Naveen and Rahman*, Md Masudur and Sanchez-Tamayo*, Natalia and Balakuntala, Mythra V and Gonzalez, Glebys and Bindu, Jyothsna Padmakumar and Venkatesh, LN Vishnunandan and Zhang, Xingguang and Noguera, Juan Barragan and Low, Thomas and others},booktitle={IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},year={2019},}
RO-MAN
Transferring Dexterous Surgical Skill Knowledge between Robots for Semi-autonomous Teleoperation
Md Masudur Rahman*, Natalia Sanchez-Tamayo*, Glebys Gonzalez, Mridul Agarwal, Vaneet Aggarwal, Richard M Voyles, Yexiang Xue, and Juan Wachs
In 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) , 2019
@inproceedings{rahman2019transferring,title={Transferring Dexterous Surgical Skill Knowledge between Robots for Semi-autonomous Teleoperation},author={Rahman*, Md Masudur and Sanchez-Tamayo*, Natalia and Gonzalez, Glebys and Agarwal, Mridul and Aggarwal, Vaneet and Voyles, Richard M and Xue, Yexiang and Wachs, Juan},booktitle={28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)},year={2019},}
@inproceedings{rahman2019morality,title={Morality in Decision-Making: A Causal Approach},author={Rahman, Md Masudur},booktitle={RLDM Workshop on Moral Decision Making},year={2019}}
SCAM
Toward optimal selection of information retrieval models for software engineering tasks
Md Masudur Rahman, Saikat Chakraborty, Gail Kaiser, and Baishakhi Ray
In 2019 19th International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM) , 2019
@inproceedings{rahman2019toward,title={Toward optimal selection of information retrieval models for software engineering tasks},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Chakraborty, Saikat and Kaiser, Gail and Ray, Baishakhi},booktitle={2019 19th International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM)},pages={127--138},year={2019},organization={IEEE},}
2018
MSR
Evaluating how developers use general-purpose web-search for code retrieval
Md Masudur Rahman, Jed Barson, Sydney Paul, Joshua Kayani, Federico Andrés Lois, Sebastián Fernandez Quezada, Christopher Parnin, Kathryn T Stolee, and Baishakhi Ray
In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories , 2018
@inproceedings{rahman2018evaluating,title={Evaluating how developers use general-purpose web-search for code retrieval},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Barson, Jed and Paul, Sydney and Kayani, Joshua and Lois, Federico Andr{\'e}s and Quezada, Sebasti{\'a}n Fernandez and Parnin, Christopher and Stolee, Kathryn T and Ray, Baishakhi},booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories},pages={465--475},year={2018},slide={msr2018-evaluate-code-search-slides.pdf},google_scholar_id={2osOgNQ5qMEC}}
ICSE-Companion
Which similarity metric to use for software documents? A study on information retrieval based software engineering tasks
Md Masudur Rahman, Saikat Chakraborty, and Baishakhi Ray
In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceeedings , 2018
@inproceedings{rahman2018similarity,title={Which similarity metric to use for software documents? A study on information retrieval based software engineering tasks},author={Rahman, Md Masudur and Chakraborty, Saikat and Ray, Baishakhi},booktitle={Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceeedings},pages={335--336},year={2018},}
IEEE-Access Journal
Recommending github projects for developer onboarding
Chao Liu, Dan Yang, Xiaohong Zhang, Baishakhi Ray, and Md Masudur Rahman
@article{liu2018recommending,title={Recommending github projects for developer onboarding},author={Liu, Chao and Yang, Dan and Zhang, Xiaohong and Ray, Baishakhi and Rahman, Md Masudur},journal={IEEE Access},volume={6},pages={52082--52094},year={2018},publisher={IEEE},}
2016
FSE-Workshop
Finding Similar Projects in GitHub using Word2Vec and WMD
Md Masudur Rahman
In NL+SE at the 24nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering , 2016
@inproceedings{rahman2016finding,title={Finding Similar Projects in GitHub using Word2Vec and WMD},author={Rahman, Md Masudur},booktitle={NL+SE at the 24nd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering},year={2016}}
SIGIR
Topic model based privacy protection in personalized web search
Wasi Uddin Ahmad, Md Masudur Rahman, and Hongning Wang
In Proceedings of the 39th International ACM SIGIR conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval , 2016
@inproceedings{ahmad2016topic,title={Topic model based privacy protection in personalized web search},author={Ahmad, Wasi Uddin and Rahman, Md Masudur and Wang, Hongning},booktitle={Proceedings of the 39th International ACM SIGIR conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval},pages={1025--1028},year={2016},}
AI-Driven Integrated System for Burn Depth Prediction With Electronic Medical Records: Algorithm Development and ValidationJMIR Medical Informatics, 2025
Knowledge-Driven Hypothesis Generation for Burn Diagnosis from Ultrasound with Vision- Language Model2025
A Chain-of-Thought AI Reasoning Framework for Burn DiagnosisIn Military Health System Research Symposium , 2025
Advancing Burn Depth Assessment through Ultrasound Imaging with Vision TransformersIn Military Health System Research Symposium , 2024
ASAP: A Semi-Autonomous Precise robotic framework for remote surgery under delaysIn In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2022
ASTRO: A Semi-Autonomous Telemedicine Robot for Operative SurgeryIn In Military Health System Research Symposium , 2020
