Shovito Barua Soumma

Graduate Teaching Associate,

CHS Office of the Dean - Academic Success - Graduate Education

[email protected]

6161 E Mayo Blvd #319 Phoenix, AZ 85054
Mail code: 8620

Campus: Dtphx
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Student Information

Graduate Student
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Health Solutions

Graduate Student
Computer Science (Biomedical Informatics)
Ira A Fulton Engineering

Long Bio

Shovito Barua Soumma is currently a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, hailing from Bangladesh. He is a Graduate Research Associate at the Embedded Machine Intelligence Lab (EMIL) led by Professor Dr. Hassan Ghasemzadeh. His research primarily focuses on machine learning, digital health, algorithm design, health monitoring system development and human behavior modeling using wearable sensors. Shovito is driven by a passion for developing systems that enhance human interaction and address everyday challenges.

Awards and Honors

(September 2025) Recognized as an IEEE BHI 2025 NSF-EMBS-Google Sponsored Young Professional NextGen Scholar
(September 2025) Graduate College Q2 Travel Grant for attending the IEEE BSN 2025 Conference in LA.
(September 2025) NSF Travel Award
(June 2025). Graduate College Travel Grant for attending the IEEE EMBC 2025 Conference in Denmark.
(May 2025). ASU CHS Graduate Student Travel Grant for attending the IEEE EMBC 2025.
(May 2025). ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) Travel Award for attending the IEEE EMBC 2025.(February 2025). Graduate Fellowship from the College of Health Solutions.
(November 2024). Fall 2024 ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) Outstanding Research Award.
(September 2024). Graduate College 2024-25 Q2 Travel Award to attend IEEE BHI'24 Conference. Total: $300.00
(September 2024). Seed Grant in the CHS Heat and Health Student Research Challenge, 2024, Arizona State University [News] [Pitch Fest Story]. Total: $50,000.00
(July 2024). Pilot funding for the research proposal in the CHS Heat and Health Student Research Challenge, 2024, Arizona State University. Total: $5000.00
(January, 2024). Graduate Research Support Program Research Grant. Graduate & Professional Student Association, Arizona State University. Total: $750.00

Education

Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science, Arizona State University (Aug 2023 - Present)
MS in Computer Science, Arizona State University (Aug 2025 - Present)
MS (with Distinction) in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science, Arizona State University (May 2025)
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2022)

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rvIXUbsAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1949-9795

Research Interests

Mobile Health
Machine Learning
Human Behavior Modeling

Research Group

Embedded Machine Intelligence Lab (EMIL)

Director: Hassan Ghasemzadeh

Publications

S.B. Soumma, A. Arefeen, SM Carpenter, M. Hingle, H. Ghasemzadeh. “SenseCF: LLM-Prompted Counterfactuals for Intervention and Sensor Data Augmentation”, In Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), November 3–5, 2025, Los Angeles, CA.
A. Machiraju, E. Farahmand, S.B. Soumma, A. Arefeen, Carol Johnston, H. Ghasemzadeh. “Time-Aware Cross-Attention for Multi-Modal Sensor-Based Blood Glucose Forecasting”, In Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), November 3–5, 2025, Los Angeles, CA.
Mostafavi SM, Soumma SB, Peterson D, Mehta SH, Ghasemzadeh H. Detection and Severity Assessment of Parkinson’s Disease Through Analyzing Wearable Sensor Data Using Gramian Angular Fields and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. Sensors. 2025; 25(11):3421. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25113421
Shovito Barua Soumma, S M Raihanul Alam, Rudmila Rahman, Umme Niraj Mahi, Abdullah Mamun, Sayyed Mostafa Mostafavi, Hassan Ghasemzadeh, “Freezing of Gait Detection Using Gramian Angular Fields and Federated Learning from Wearable Sensors”, The 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), July 14–17, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sanyam Paresh Shah, Abdullah Mamun*, Shovito Barua Soumma, Hassan Ghasemzadeh, “Enhancing Metabolic Syndrome Prediction with Hybrid Data Balancing and Counterfactuals”, The 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), July 14–17, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Shovito Barua Soumma, Fahim Shahriar, Umme Niraj Mahi, Md Hasin Abrar,
Md Abdur Rahman Fahad, ASM Latiful Hoque, "Design and Implementation of a Scalable Clinical Data Warehouse for Resource-Constrained Healthcare Systems", The 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), July 14–17, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
S. B. Soumma, A. Mamun, and H. Ghasemzadeh, “Domain-Informed Label Fusion Surpasses LLMs in Free-Living Activity Classification (Student Abstract)”, AAAI, vol. 39, no. 28, pp. 29495-29497, Apr. 2025.
SB. Soumma, D. Peterson, H. Ghasemzadeh, SH. Mehta. AI-Powered Detection of Freezing of Gait Using Wearable Sensor Data in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2024; 39 (suppl 1).

Teaching Website URL

https://www.shovitobarua.com/teaching/

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BMI 310	App Development for Pop Health

Presentations

Invited talk: Mobile App & Wearable Based in Home Parkinson Disease Management

Honors / Awards

(September 2025) Graduate College Q2 Travel Grant for attending the IEEE BSN 2025 Conference in LA.
(September 2025) NSF Travel Award
(June 2025). Graduate College Travel Grant for attending the IEEE EMBC 2025 Conference in Denmark.
(May 2025). ASU CHS Graduate Student Travel Grant for attending the IEEE EMBC 2025.
(May 2025). ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) Travel Award for attending the IEEE EMBC 2025.(February 2025). Graduate Fellowship from the College of Health Solutions.
(November 2024). Fall 2024 ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) Outstanding Research Award.
(September 2024). Graduate College 2024-25 Q2 Travel Award to attend IEEE BHI'24 Conference. Total: $300.00
(September 2024). Seed Grant in the CHS Heat and Health Student Research Challenge, 2024, Arizona State University [News] [Pitch Fest Story]. Total: $50,000.00
(July 2024). Pilot funding for the research proposal in the CHS Heat and Health Student Research Challenge, 2024, Arizona State University. Total: $5000.00
(January, 2024). Graduate Research Support Program Research Grant. Graduate & Professional Student Association, Arizona State University. Total: $750.00

Professional Associations

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
AAAI Student Member
IEEE Student Member
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Member
IEEE Young Professionals

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

Fall 2024-Spring 2025: 1 undergrad student (Hon's Thesis), 1 MS student
Fall 2024-Spring 2026: 4 undergrad students (Capstone Project)

Industry Positions

IQVIA (Aug 2022 - April 2023) - The clinical research company is based in North Carolina, USA - Worked as a Backend Software Developer. Used .NET to create web apps. - Refactored some backend codes in .Net. - Documented API using Swagger. - Analyzed, estimated, and implemented new functionalities - Tested, debugged, diagnosed, and corrected errors using established testing protocols, guidelines, and quality standards. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, project managers, and quality assurance personnel, to ensure successful project delivery and client satisfaction.

Expertise Areas

Cyberphysical and Embedded Systems

Human-centered Computing

Machine Learning

Wearable Technologies