He leads the International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, now in its 25th year. Since 2009, with assistance of 5 teams of guest editors, Ataul Karim produced 20 journal special issues that featured works of Bangladesh-based researchers in the fields of communications, computing, multimedia, networks, and software. His edited book on "Technical Challenges and Design Issues in Bangla Language Processing" provides a state-of-the-art platform for information communication technology research and development that is of significance to nearly 260 million Bengali-speaking people who live in Bangladesh, India and in diaspora in Middle East, Europe, and US. This milestone work includes 16 chapters coauthored by 41 researchers from Bangladesh, Canada, India, Ireland, Norway, UK, and US.