International Recognition · 2026
Spirit of Abdus Salam Award
ICTP recognised Mahbubul Alam Majumdar for efforts to strengthen Bangladesh's scientific and educational foundations.
Source: ICTP ↗BRAC University · Dhaka, Bangladesh
Strings, Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
Strings, quantum gravity, artificial intelligence and mathematical physics
A BRAC University research group connecting fundamental theory, mathematical physics, computation and artificial intelligence.
Featured Highlights
Research, education and community
Research
Questions that connect scales
Scientific areas linked directly to their people, projects and publications.
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String Theory & Quantum Gravity
String dynamics, dualities, higher-derivative corrections and quantum aspects of gravitation.
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Early-Universe Cosmology
Inflation, string cosmology, primordial black holes and high-energy dynamics of the early universe.
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Quantum Field Theory
Quantum fields in equilibrium and nonequilibrium settings, curved backgrounds and effective theories.
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Black Holes & Gravitation
Black-hole information, quantum black holes, gravitation and semiclassical spacetime physics.
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String Compactifications
Calabi–Yau compactification, moduli stabilisation, flux backgrounds and lower-dimensional effective theories.
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Mathematical Physics
Noncommutative geometry, representation theory, deformation quantization and geometric structures in physics.
Current Work
Featured projects
Current
Perturbative String CosmologyA publication-linked research theme spanning perturbative moduli stabilisation, Kähler-modulus inflation and fibre-inflation scenarios.
Lead: Ahmed Rakin Kamal, Mishaal Hai, Sayeda Tashnuba Jahan and collaborators
Current
Higher-Derivative String Theory and DualitiesHigher-derivative corrections, M-theory/type-II reductions and duality constraints in string effective actions.
Lead: Ahmed Rakin Kamal and collaborators
Current
Time Dependent Backgrounds in String Theory and Early Universe CosmologyTime-dependent internal geometry, flux backgrounds and cosmological solutions in higher-dimensional supergravity and early-universe theory.
Lead: Mahbubul Alam Majumdar (PI); Ratul Mahanta and Ahmed Rakin Kamal (Co-PIs)
Academic Programme
Jamal Nazrul Islam Memorial Winter School
The 2025 ICTP Physics Without Frontiers school at BRAC University's Residential Campus in Savar explored the mathematics of the universe through cosmology, string theory, black holes and mathematical physics.
The official programme lists Suvrat Raju, Michele Cicoli, Fernando Quevedo and Ashoke Sen among the invited experts, and identifies group members Mahbub Majumdar, Ahmed Rakin Kamal and Sayeda Tashnuba Jahan among the organisers.
ICTP programme ↗Scholarship
Selected publications
Single bibliographic records combine journal and e-print information; INSPIRE links open the authoritative record when available.
2026
From Bopp shifts to toroidal shadows: K-theoretic gap labels in noncommutative quantum mechanics
Syed Hasibul Hassan Chowdhury
2026
One loop in D = 11 vs D = 10: 4-point check
Aviral Aggarwal, Subhroneel Chakrabarti, Steven Weilong Hsia, Ahmed Rakin Kamal, Linus Wulff
Journal of High Energy Physics · 2026(02) · 010arXiv:2506.16391 [hep-th]DOIINSPIRE recordINSPIRE citations: 7Details
2026
Time-dependent flux backgrounds in type IIB supergravity
Ahmed Rakin Kamal, Ratul Mahanta
Journal of High Energy Physics · 2026(06) · 188arXiv:2512.19793 [hep-th]DOIINSPIRE recordINSPIRE citations: 2Details
2025
Perturbative Kähler Moduli Inflation
Mishaal Hai, Ahmed Rakin Kamal, Noshin Ferdous Shamma, Md Shaikot Jahan Shuvo
Updates
Latest news
19 Jul 2026
Bangladesh records first six-of-six medal result at IMOBangladesh earned one silver and five bronze medals at IMO 2026, scoring a national-record 121 points and finishing 39th among 117 teams.
17 Jun 2026
Time-dependent flux backgrounds published in JHEPAhmed Rakin Kamal and Ratul Mahanta's work on time-dependent type-IIB flux backgrounds appeared in JHEP in June 2026.
26 Feb 2026
Mahbubul Alam Majumdar receives Ekushey Padak 2026Professor Mahbubul Alam Majumdar received the Ekushey Padak in the Education category, with BRAC University highlighting his work promoting mathematics and the Mathematics Olympiad.
2 Feb 2026
Higher-derivative four-point check published in JHEPThe D=11 versus D=10 one-loop four-point analysis appeared in JHEP in February 2026.
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