Dr. S M Nahian Al Sunny | Computer Science | Editorial Board Member

Walmart Global Tech | United States

Dr. S. M. Nahian Al Sunny is an accomplished researcher and software engineering professional with extensive experience in data-driven cloud applications, next-generation cyber-physical systems, and large-scale data engineering. With over two years of industry experience and five years of research-focused development, he combines academic rigor with practical innovation to address complex, real-world problems through scalable and intelligent technological solutions. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Arkansas, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Sunny’s expertise spans Python, Java, R, advanced data engineering, distributed computing, big data analytics, machine learning pipelines, and cloud platforms including Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and Snowflake. His professional career at Walmart Global Tech involves architecting high-performance Spark/PySpark applications, forecasting systems, anomaly detection frameworks, and ETL pipelines that support decision-making at national scale. His contributions include developing predictive models with accuracies exceeding 90%, engineering multi-variate machine learning pipelines for more than 20,000 retail items, and designing cost-optimization strategies that produced substantial yearly savings in cloud resource utilization. In academia, Dr. Sunny pioneered research in cloud-based cyber-physical manufacturing systems, contributing to the development of MTComm—an Internet-scale communication method for remote machine tool interoperability. His work on IoT-integrated grocery delivery systems, smart edge hubs, and latency-optimized communication architectures demonstrates a strong commitment to advancing Industry 4.0 technologies. Dr. Sunny has published 12 peer-reviewed documents, including 3 journal articles and 9 conference papers, accumulating 487+ citations and an h-index of 8, reflecting the impact and visibility of his research. He has collaborated with interdisciplinary teams across cloud computing, manufacturing automation, robotics, and embedded systems, contributing to systems that hold both industrial and societal relevance. His ongoing work continues to bridge intelligent automation, data engineering, and cloud ecosystems to create future-ready technological solutions.

Profiles: Scopus | Google Scholar

Featured Publications

Hu, L., Nguyen, N. T., Tao, W., Leu, M. C., Liu, X. F., Shahriar, M. R., & Al Sunny, S. M. N. (2018). Modeling of cloud-based digital twins for smart manufacturing with MT Connect. Procedia Manufacturing, 26, 1193–1203.

Liu, X. F., Shahriar, M. R., Al Sunny, S. M. N., Leu, M. C., & Hu, L. (2017). Cyber-physical manufacturing cloud: Architecture, virtualization, communication, and testbed. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 43, 352–364.

Shahriar, M. R., Al Sunny, S. M. N., Liu, X., Leu, M. C., Hu, L., & Nguyen, N. T. (2018). MTComm-based virtualization and integration of physical machine operations with digital twins in cyber-physical manufacturing cloud. In 2018 5th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing.

Sunny, S. M. N. A., Liu, X. F., & Shahriar, M. R. (2018). Communication method for manufacturing services in a cyber–physical manufacturing cloud. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 31(7), 636–652.

Liu, X. F., Sunny, S. M. N. A., Shahriar, M. R., Leu, M. C., Cheng, M., & Hu, L. (2016). Implementation of MTConnect for open-source 3D printers in cyber physical manufacturing cloud. In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.