Sinha Afroz

Sinha Afroz

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science · Graduate Research Assistant · DreamSpace Lab, KSU

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About

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Kennesaw State University, advised by Dr. Lei Zhang at the DreamSpace Lab. My research focuses on Extended Reality (XR) and Virtual Reality (VR) applications in healthcare — designing immersive, human-centered technologies that improve accessibility and support real-world clinical solutions.

I completed my B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from United International University in 2022 with Magna Cum Laude honors. Prior to my PhD, I worked as a Software Engineer at Dhaka Popular Travel Ltd., building full-stack systems for B2B airline ticketing.

Research & Publications

Immersive Extended Reality (XR) in Oncology: A Scoping Review of Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) Applications for 3D Solid Tumor Visualization

Sinha Afroz, Lei Zhang — Frontiers in Virtual Reality — Accepted.  Frontiers

Beyond Slices: A Narrative-Driven, Multi-User, Multi-Modal Virtual Reality System for Medical Imaging Presentation

Sinha Afroz, Lei Zhang — IEEE VR 2026 — Published.  IEEE Xplore  PDF

Real-Time Face Recognition with Mask using Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Md. Ashif Mahmud Joy, Md. Fuad Hasan Khan Chowdhury, Sinha Afroz, Md. Nurul Islam, Ruaida Muhsinat, Mukta Akanda Moly, Dewan Md. Farid — CNIOT '23, Xiamen, China, 2023.  DOI  PDF

Research Interests

Extended Reality (XR)Virtual Reality (VR)Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)Medical Imaging VisualizationComputer VisionImmersive Systems

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Kennesaw State University — DreamSpace Lab, advised by Dr. Lei Zhang

2025 – Present

B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering

United International University — Graduated Magna Cum Laude

2022

HSC

Dhaka City College

2016

SSC

Dhanmondi Govt. Girls High School — Bangladesh Math Olympiad participant (2012)

2014

Industry Experience

Software Engineer

Dhaka Popular Travel Ltd.

  • Built B2B airline ticketing frontend with Vue.js and Tailwind CSS.
  • Developed RESTful APIs using Laravel and managed MySQL databases.
  • Automated airline data extraction (logos, IATA/ICAO codes) using Python.
  • Deployed and integrated systems with Docker on Linux.
  • Published an Airport & Airlines Kaggle dataset from this work.
Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

Achievements & Recognition

  • Paper accepted in Frontiers in Virtual Reality (April 2025) — scoping review of XR in oncology.
  • Published at IEEE VR 2026 — multi-user VR system for medical imaging presentation. IEEE Xplore
  • Published at CNIOT '23 (ACM); awarded complimentary ACM Membership (Aug 2023 – Sep 2024).
  • Graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors at UIU 2022 convocation; earned merit scholarships throughout.
  • 1st Place — UIU CSE Project Show (Spring 2019) for Water Cleaning Boat "Simsibin".
  • Bangladesh Math Olympiad participant (2012).