Research
Research Grants
IEEE SMC 2025 Student and Young Professional Travel Grant (USD 600 ) 2025
CI: Compute grant, 2025 Pawsey Supercomputing Centre allocation, 1000 kSU CPU and 9,000 kSU GPU on my PhD project "Multi-modal Language Model for Measuring Human Empathy"
2025
Co-PI: Research Seed Grant Initiative, BRAC University,
Design and Development of a 3D-printed MEMS-based Stethoscope for Real-time Heart Monitoring and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning to Assist Medical Professionals ($8,000 ) 2024–2025
CI: Compute grants, 2024 Pawsey Supercomputing Centre allocation
2024
Neural architecture search to detect empathy in videos (800 kSU CPU and 1100 kSU GPU)
Computational Modelling of Human Verbal and Non-verbal Behaviour for Social Good (800 kSU CPU and 1100 kSU GPU)
Awards
2025 IEEE SPS Scholarship (USD 2,000 ) 2025
2024 IEEE SPS Scholarship (USD 2,000 & IEEE + SPS free memberships) 2024
Quality Journal Publication Award, BRAC University, Bangladesh ($950 cash prize) (News , Booklet ) 2024
Curtin HDR Scholarship (Tuition & Stipend Scholarship valued $245K ) Dec. 2022 – Jun. 2026
Seeds for the Future 2018 Champion by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd 2018
University Dean’s Award for three consecutive academic years, KUET, Bangladesh 2015-16 – 2017-18
Higher Secondary Board Stipend under Jashore Education Board, Bangladesh 2015 – 2019
Current research interests
Natural language processing
Deep learning
Foundation model
Research talks
Conferences
2024
Presented three papers at DICTA 2024 , Nov. 27-29, 2024 at Perth, Australia.
Presented two papers at EACL 2024 , Mar. 17-22, 2024 (online).
2023
Presented a paper at the 13th WASSA workshop at ACL 2023 conference , Jul. 14 (online).
Presented a paper at 2023 International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2023) , Nov. 20-23, 2023 (online). [Video ]
2022
Presented a paper at 29th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE ICIP) , Oct. 16-19, 2022 (online). [Video ]
Presented a paper at International Conference on Innovations in Science, Engineering and Technology 2022 (ICISET 2022) , Feb. 26-17, 2022 (online). [Slides ] [Video ]
Presented a paper at ICAART 2022 - 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence , Feb. 3-5, 2022 (online). [Slides ] [Video ]
2020
Presented a paper at 2020 IEEE 8th R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC) ] [Slides , Dec. 1-3, 2020 (online). [Video ]
Presented a paper at 2020 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP) , Jun. 5-7, 2020 (online). [Conference weblink ] [Slides ] [Video ]
2019
Presented a paper at 2019 1st International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering and Robotics Technology (ICASERT) , May 3-5, 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Slides ]
Speaker on Workshop on MATLAB and SIMULINK , Organized by EEE Makers Hub, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Bangladesh. [Slides ]
Community engagements
Showcased my PhD research at the Curtin Robotics & Automation Showcase, "Indo-Pacific Robotics, Autonomy, AI and Cyber Conference (IPRAAC) ", 9 October 2025.
Talked about my PhD research at the "ASEAN High Schools' Counsellor" seminar at Curtin University, 26 April 2023.
Talked about my PhD research at the "Ask an AI Expert" activation space at TEDxPerth , 01 April 2023.
Talked about my PhD research at the "Infinite Horizons Innovation Event" at Landgate , Midland, WA, 31 March 2023.
Highly commended winner at CUSP London Data Dive , 21 – 24 Feburary 2023.
A brief overview of my PhD research, presented from Optus Centre for AI, Curitn University.
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Motivating BRAC University students in praticipating club activites.
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Guidance for students with sharing a little of my journey in Illuminate Season 1 || Episode 1 by BRAC University Electrical and Electronic Engineering Club.
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