Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)University of California, Riverside
Computer Science and EngineeringSeptember 2022 - Present
Research Topics: Multimodal Machine Learning, Computer Vision and NLP
Bachelor of Science (with Honors)Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
Computer Science and EngineeringFebruary 2015 - April 2019
Research Topic: Natural Language Processing

Work Experience

Graduate Student ResearcherSeptember 2022 - Present
University of California, RiversideCalifornia, USA
  • Proposed a parameter efficient adaptation technique for multimodal models that can enhance missing modality performance and applicable to diverse modality combinations, datasets and tasks.
  • Proposed Masked Modality Projection (MMP) which trains a single model to handle missing modalities by learning to project available inputs, improving robustness across various missing modality scenarios.
  • Designed a novel fusion strategy and model named MMSFormer for multimodal material and semantic segmentation that outperforms current state of the art model in all modality combinations.
Teaching AssistantSeptember 2024 - December 2024
University of California, RiversideCalifornia, USA
Course: CS 171/EE 142: Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining
Teaching AssistantSeptember 2023 - December 2023
University of California, RiversideCalifornia, USA
Course: CS 171/EE 142: Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining
Senior Engineer, Software Research and EngineeringJuly 2019 - August 2022
bKash LimitedDhaka, Bangladesh
During my job at bKash:
  • Developed a solution for receiving remittance to bKash digital wallet directly from popular platforms like Payoneer, Wise and Remitly resulting in 17% increase in total number of active users.
  • Worked with bKash Customer App team to link bKash digital wallet to 36 government and private banks for real time and secure money transfers.
  • Worked with bKash Merchant App team to build a real-time dashboard for small to large businesses.
  • Collaborated with bKash Payment Gateway team for implementing fast and secure payment solution resulting in a 23.2% increase in user engagement and 12.6% increase in total yearly revenue.
  • Our team also implemented send money, mobile recharge, cash out and deposit pension scheme (DPS).
Engineer, Mobile ApplicationMay 2019 - July 2019
Samsung R&D Institute BangladeshDhaka, Bangladesh
During my job at Samsung:
  • I worked as an iOS application developer and worked in Mobile Application Group - 1.
  • My primary responsibilities were to develop mobile applications, ensure code quality and fix critical bugs.

Skills

  • Soft Skills: Communication, Collaboration, Problem Solving
  • Programming Languages: Python, Dart, Java, C/C++
  • Library/Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Huggingface, Scikit-learn, OpenCV, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Flutter, Django
  • Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, HBase, Firebase Firestore, Firebase Realtime DB
  • Software/Technologies: Anaconda, PyCharm, Android Studio, VSCode, Firebase, RestAPI, GraphQL, FastAPI, Git

Services

Reviewer2025
IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging (TCI)
Reviewer2024
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)

Leadership

Vice PresidentAugust 2018 - May 2019
Greater Rangpur Students' Welfare Association, BUET
Class RepresentativeApril 2016 - April 2019
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, BUET