Gasless On-Chain Password Manager — IEEE ICBC 2024

Representing Brain Station 23 PLC as an IEEE ICBC 2024 patron coordinator in Dublin, with the special honour of presenting the late Engr. Tahlil Abser's blockchain research at Trinity College Dublin.

IEEE Communications Society — IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2024) · Speaker · 2024-05-27 – 2024-05-31 · Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

IEEE ICBC 2024 at Trinity College Dublin remains one of the most meaningful international milestones of my professional journey — not only because I participated in the conference as a research author, but because I was entrusted with representing Brain Station 23 PLC during its patron engagement with IEEE. I served as the main Brain Station 23 PLC-side coordinator for the IEEE ICBC 2024 sponsorship and patron process. The sponsorship communication was handled with Rich Jannuzzi , recorded in our 2024 correspondence as Sr. Director, IEEE MCE Business Operations, IEEE International LLC , while the agreement from Brain Station 23 PLC was signed under the leadership of our Strategic Business Unit Head, Engr. Raisul Islam . After supporting that institutional journey, I had the special honour of presenting “Gasless On-Chain Password Manager: A Comparative Analysis Across EVM-Based Platforms” at Trinity College Dublin. I was not an author of this particular work, which made the responsibility even more meaningful: I was carrying forward the research contribution of our beloved and deeply respected late colleague, Engr. Tahlil Abser . The work is indexed by IEEE under DOI: 10.1109/ICBC59979.2024.10634380 and explores gasless interaction, decentralized password management, recovery mechanisms, and comparative deployment considerations across EVM-based blockchain platforms. The Dublin experience was also shaped by the people around us. I remain especially grateful to Prof. Donal Edward O'Mahony of Trinity College Dublin for his support throughout the journey, including his personal assistance during my visa processing. I also had the opportunity to interact with Dr. Yuansong (John) Qiao , while Jimmy Le and the IEEE Communications Society team continuously supported us in making the conference experience smooth and memorable. During the same IEEE ICBC 2024 conference, I also participated separately as a research author for my own peer-reviewed work, “Unlocking DeFi Literacy: Understanding NFT Market Microstructure in the Decentralized Finance Landscape.” That research contribution is documented separately in my portfolio.

Topics: Gasless On-Chain Password Management, Gasless Transaction Design Across EVM-Based Platforms, Decentralized Password and Credential Management, Blockchain-Based Password Recovery Mechanisms, Gas Cost and Web3 User Experience, Comparative Analysis of EVM-Compatible Blockchain Platforms

https://ariful-islam.pages.dev/speaking/ieee-icbc-2024-gasless-onchain-password-manager

Experience

Senior Software Engineer · BrainStation 23 PLC.

March 2022 - Present · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Collaborated with the University of Stavanger on a Norwegian Research Council–funded (Grant No. 308909) research focused on B2B/B2G healthcare data exchange policy and governance.
  • Led development of a Web3 hotel-booking dApp with NFT reservations, coordinating frontend/backend integration, mentoring the BA on stablecoin payments, and enabling ~25% broader reach via seamless booking/resale across major marketplaces via ERC-721 standard.
  • Built a multi-tenant e-commerce PoC on ICP integrating Shopify with Web3 shops, boosting efficiency by ~35%, scaling to hundreds of vendors, and co-developing a €250K+ fundraising prototype with a European partner.
  • Conducted domain/requirement analysis with ICONIX, designed UML diagrams, and prepared SoW, WBS, and ToR to support sales in accurate client budget estimation.

https://brainstation-23.com/?1

Instructor | Teaching & Mentorship · Ostad | EdTech Platform

December 2025 - Present · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • As an instructor, Md. Ariful Islam conducting 5 batches with 695+ students, brings clarity, structure, and problem-solving depth to his teaching. He has solved countless real-world engineering challenges involving application architecture, API design, data modeling, and frontend-backend integration. His teaching approach focuses on how MERN is used in real software teams, helping students write clean code, think like engineers, and build job-ready projects with confidence.

https://ostad.app/instructor/255870

Junior Software Engineer · Cloud Height Technology LTD. (CHTL)

January 2022 - April 2022 · Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • Backend Engineer

https://cloud-height.com/

Associate Software Engineer · Robust Research and Development LTD. (RRAD)

December 2020 - December 2021 · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Developed the Bangladesh Customs Info mobile application, which has an installation range of 5K-10K based on Play Store reports, to streamline import/export compliance queries by product HS Code.
  • Engineered the Customs Bond Commissionerate Import Entitlement System, reducing manual paperwork and improving processing time from 5 days to 2 hours per application.

https://rrad.com.bd/

IT Intern · Export Import Bank of Bangladesh PLC. (EXIM)

October 2020 - December 2020 · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Assisted in data center operations ensuring uptime for 10+ enterprise banking services while collaborating with the corporate banking division to gain hands-on financial operations experience.

https://www.eximbankbd.com/

Skills

Languages

Rust, Solidity, TypeScript (JS), Python

Frameworks

NestJS, Django, Hardhat, Fabric

Software Engineering & Architecture

Object Oriented Design (OOD), UML, Design Patterns, SOLID Principles, Exchange Patterns, Microservice, Message Broker, GraphQL, Node.js, Event Driven Architecture (EDA), Financial Data Exchange (FDX)

Web3 Ecosystems

DAO Governance, dApp (Decentralized Application), DeFi, DEX, NFT Marketplace Microstructure, Stablecoin, HardHat, The Graph, Proxy Smart Contract, Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP), Alchemy, Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), Hyperledger Fabric

DevOps, Monitoring & Observability

Docker, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, Loki, OpenTelemetry,Grafana, pm2, Kong Proxy API Gateway, Kong Lua Plugin