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My name is Mohammad Zawad Tahmeed. I am an academician, programmer and machine learning enthusiast. I hail from Sylhet the Holy City of Bangladesh. Currently I am working as a Lecturer of ICT in Department of Science, Gobindaganj Abdul Haque Smrity College. I love to solve problems and automate things. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are my passions. Since childhood, I am a curious soul. I love to do experiments and learn about new technologies. I am a try-hard type of person I could not concentrate on anything unless I solve a problem completely. My career goal is to solve efficiency problems in various sectors of my beloved Bangladesh. We are a developing country but our development is seriously hurtled by lack of efficiencies which could easily be solved with modern technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. That’s why I love to invest my gathered knowledge of these Subjects to solve some real-life efficiency issues of Bangladesh.

My Research Interests:

  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deep Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Software Engineering

I completed my undergrad thesis in my native language Sylheti. It’s a Natural Language Processing task of Machine translation.

Thesis titled: “Neural Machine Translation of Sylheti-to-English using Attention Mechanism” [Submitted for Review]

Later I also explore more Deep Learning Especially Natural Language Processing brunch and did some collaborative work with one of my Faculty members from undergrad institution the highlighted part of this collaboration is:

“Bengali Sentiment Analysis from Facebook Comments” [Manuscript under preparation]

For completing these works and to gain a deeper understanding of these topics I completed several online courses on Coursera.

  1. Machine Learning (Coursera)
  2. Deep Learning Specialization (Coursera)
  3. Python for Everybody Specialization (Coursera)

I also gain these Technical Skills along the way:

Programming Languages:

Python (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Regex, Beautiful Soup, Selenium, Streamlit), JAVA, C, XML, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Flask, PHP.

Tools:

TensorFlow (Keras), PyTorch, AWS, Heroku, MATLAB, Unity3d, Microsoft Office, Android Studio, Adobe Cloud.

During my undergrad study I also Participated in various Contests and by hard and determination achieved some recognition and honors.

Achievements:

  • 1st Runners-up in Tecnovation 2018. (National Level Hackathon contest)
  • 5th in Cybernauts 2018 Senior Divison of Engineering Project Showcase.
  • 4th in bdapps INNOVATION Hackathon 2018. (Corporate Hackathon contest organized by Robi Axiata Limited)
  • 4th in IUT 10th ICT FEST 2019. (National Level Hackathon contest)
  • Participated in LICT SUST TECHFEST 2019. (National Level Hackathon contest)
  • 30th in NSU Cybernauts 2019 National Programming Contest
  • Participated in ACM ICPC Dhaka Regional Programming Contest 2016
  • Achieved 45% waiver on tuition fees from Leading University (Equivalent to 4000 USD)

I have participated in various volunteer activities in addition to my studies. I was an active member of our university computer club and responsibly completed my duties on various occasions.

  • Joint Secretary (2019 to 2020): Leading University Computer Club

Major Responsibilities: Organizing National Level Programing and Hackathon events.

  • ACM Programming and Coordinating (Lead) (2017 to 2020): Leading University Computer Club

Major Responsibilities: Conduct workshops to train sports Programmer and Developers.

Along with that, I am also involved with environmental movement. During the summer vacation, I helped my father to start our Wood Farming project by planting over 2000 trees at my ancestral home.