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Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University at Albany – State University of New York, USA, August 2025 – Present
  • Research Focus: Machine Learning Optimization Algorithms, AI, Drug Discovery, and Large Language Models (LLMs)
• B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Bangladesh, February 2018 – July 2023
  • Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Moshiul Hoque
  • Thesis: Multilabel Aggressive Text Classification from Social Media using Transformer-based Approaches
  • GPA: 3.81/4.00 (with Honors)
  • Merit Position: 8th among 126
  • Award: Dean’s Award

Research Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of CS, University at Albany – SUNY
  • August 2025 – Present
  • Engaged in research projects focused on optimization algorithms in machine learning.
• Mentor, CUET NLP Lab
  • August 2023 – July 2025
  • Guided undergraduate students in NLP research projects
  • Assisted in dataset creation and curation for low-resource languages, especially Bengali
  • Conducted workshops and tutorials on NLP topics and tools
  • Supported lab publications through reviewing and co-authoring research papers
• Supervisor, DIU NLP & ML Research Lab
  • January 2024 – January 2025
  • Supervised research projects in NLP and machine learning
  • Collaborated with faculty on AI/NLP/ML research initiatives
  • Conducted tutorials and workshops on AI, NLP, and ML
  • Mentored undergraduate thesis students on research methodology and experiments
• Research Assistant, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET)
  • August 2023 – December 2023
  • Worked on the project: Developing a Computational Framework to Recognize Emotion from Bengali Texts using Deep Learning
  • Collected, curated, and annotated Bengali text data
  • Implemented and fine-tuned transformer-based models including Bangla-BERT, m-BERT, XLM-R, and distil-BERT
  • Participated in shared-task competitions in NLP
• Undergraduate Student Researcher, CUET NLP Lab
  • June 2021 – July 2023
  • Developed datasets for low-resource languages: E-MBAD, MAD, and STexD
  • Evaluated machine learning, deep learning, and transformer-based approaches for Bengali aggressive text detection and classification

Professional Experience

• Lecturer, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • January 2025 – July 2025
  • Delivered lectures in Object-Oriented Programming and Software Engineering
  • Encouraged project-based learning in software engineering, Python programming, and web development
  • Contributed to departmental research and teaching quality improvement
• Lecturer, Daffodil International University (DIU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • January 2024 – January 2025
  • Taught Object-Oriented Programming, Natural Language Processing, C Programming, Information Security, and Algorithms
  • Involved students in practical programming activities in C and Python
  • Served on the accreditation committee, focusing on SAR-Criteria-4
  • Contributed to departmental research and academic quality improvement
• Academic Intern, Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • October 2022 – November 2022
  • Assisted in the development of an e-commerce website using Python
  • Supported back-end and database integration
  • Participated in team meetings and technical support tasks

Projects

• House Price Prediction Modeling using Machine Learning
  • Applied four machine learning models for house price prediction
  • RandomForestRegressor achieved the lowest mean absolute error
  • Developed a website based on the prediction system
• Classification of Bengali Movie Reviews using Machine Learning Techniques
  • Explored sentiment classification of Bengali movie reviews into positive, negative, and neutral classes
  • Evaluated models using accuracy and related metrics
• CUET Central Library
  • Developed a website providing access to library resources, e-books, journals, research papers, and traditional library services

Technical Skills

• Programming: Python, C, C++
• Database: MySQL, Firebase, Oracle
• Deep Learning: TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, OpenCV, CUDA
• Web Development: Streamlit, Django, HTML, CSS, PHP
• Version Control: Git
• Writing: LaTeX

Selected Honors and Achievements

• 3rd Position, Task 1: Violence Inciting Text Detection (VITD), First Workshop on Bangla Language Processing, EMNLP, 2023
• 13th Position, Task 2: Sentiment Analysis of Bangla Social Media Posts, First Workshop on Bangla Language Processing, EMNLP, 2023
• Dean’s Award, CUET, 2023
• Teaching Assistant, CSE-435: Information Security, 2022
• Honorable Mention, IEEE Face The Case Competition, 2020
• Best Poster Presenter Award, CSE-244: Algorithms Design and Analysis (Sessional), 2019
• 5th Position (among 15 teams), CUET Career Club Inter University Programming Contest, 2019
• HSC General Scholarship Award, Bangladesh Education Board, 2017
• JSC General Scholarship Award, Bangladesh Education Board, 2012

Publications

Research Interest

Teaching

• Lecturer, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), 2025
• Lecturer, Daffodil International University (DIU), 2024–2025
• Teaching Assistant, CSE-435: Information Security, CUET, 2022

Service and Leadership

• Mentor, CUET NLP Lab, 2023–2025
• Supervisor, DIU NLP & ML Research Lab, 2024–2025
• Class Representative (CR), CUET CSE’17 Batch, February 2018 – July 2023
• Volunteer, 26th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2023
• Volunteer, 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE-2023), 2023
• RMA (Robo Mechatronics Association) Student Member, 2018–2023
• IEEE Student Member, 2018–2023

Training and Workshops

• 2nd International Workshop on Computational Linguistics & Bangla Language Processing (CLBLP), 2023
• Workshop on Software Engineering: Best Professional Practice, 2023
• Workshop on AI and Machine Learning with Python, 2022
• Seminar on Role of NLP in the Era of 4IR, 2022
• Workshop on IoT-based Smart Campus, 2021

Online Courses

• Introduction to Python, DataCamp
• Machine Learning, Stanford University
• Data Scientist in Python, Dataquest
• NLP with Python, Udemy
• Fine Tune BERT for Text Classification with TensorFlow, Coursera
• Transformer Models and BERT Model, Coursera
• Tweet Emotion Recognition with TensorFlow, Coursera