Md. Hanifuddin Miah
Md. Hanifuddin Miah | |
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| Born | 1 November 1929 Rajshahi District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 11 March 2007 (aged 77) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta University of Dhaka Institute of Information Theory and Automation Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology IBM Research Center, London |
| Known for | First computer programmer of Bangladesh |
| Spouse | Farida Begum |
| Children | Sharif Hasan Suja, Dora Shirin, Nita Shaheen |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics, physics, computer science, linguistics |
| Institutions | Bangladesh Mathematical Society University of Dhaka Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission International Atomic Energy Agency |
Md. Hanifuddin Miah (1 November 1929 – 11 March 2007) was a Bangladeshi physicist and mathematician. He is recognized as the first computer programmer of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). In 1964, he was one of the few experts trained to operate the country's first computer, an IBM 1620, installed at the Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka, and served as its chief programmer.