Hi, I am SADIA aHMMED!

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
University of British Columbia
Product Management | Human-Computer Interaction | Machine Learning | Immersive Technology
Kelowna, BC

I’m Sadia Ahmmed, a Masters student in Department of Computer Science with a passion for building human-centered tech products that create real-world impact. My journey bridges academic research and industry innovation, ranging from publishing at workshops in ICCV, NeurIPS and conference paper in IEEE /TENCON to leading award-winning tech products like NurtureAid and IPBlockchainPro, which have also been recognized globally at the Hult Prize Summit and achieved championship at the International Blockchain Olympiad.

I am currently exploring the intersection of Artifical Intelligence, Human-Computer -Interaction and Immersive reality. With hands-on experience in product analysis, UX design, and cross-functional collaboration, I bring both technical depth and strategic thinking to every project. I will be starting my master's program at UBC, where I aim to explore human-AI interaction in immersive space.

Let’s build tech that matters!

Work experience

1. Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
University of British Columbia | Kelowna, BC [Sep 2025-Present]

Hold office hours and lead tutorials
Attend lectures and assist in content delivery
Grade assignments and provide feedback
Support labs, demos, and review sessions

2. Lecturer (Contractual)

United International University | Dhaka, Bangladesh [06/2024-10/2024]

Taught core CS concepts to students.
Took class tests and term exams to monitor students' performance and provide informative feedback.
Worked with the Dept. of CSE to audit students' marks for BAETE/IEB accreditation.
Courses conducted: Introduction to Computing Science, Discrete Mathematics

3. Business and Communication Analyst

Ascend Technology l Silicon Valley , USA [03/2021- 08/2021]

Cross-functional collaboration using Monday.com to track deliverables, align timelines, and ensure project transparency across teams.
Translated business needs into clear technical requirements for developers, enhancing delivery accuracy for 100+ client-facing projects.
Analyzed market trends and competitor strategies to inform roadmap prioritization and optimize product-market fit.
Maintained strong stakeholder relationships by facilitating feedback loops, aligning expectations, and driving retention-focused initiatives
Coordinated end-to-end execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall business goals and client success metrics.

4. Lead Generator

Home Depot (SteamDry Canada) l Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [03/2021- 08/2021]

Generated more than 300 leads for the home services offered by the company
Delivered value-focused pitches and scheduled follow-ups to boost conversion rates.
Trained and coached new team members, tracking their performance and development.
Managed CRM entries and follow-up activity logs using internal tools and software.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science (Starting from September 2025)
University of British Columbia | Kelowna, BC

Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Engineering

United International University | Dhaka, Bangladesh [2020-06/2024]

Major: Data Science
CGPA 3.95/4.00 [Major CGPA: 4.00/4.00]

I LOVE DOING COMPETITIONS & HACKATHONS BECAUSE I GET TO IDEATE AND BUILD SO MANY FUN PRODUCTS WITH MY AMAZING TEAM!

Bonus: I get to visit many beautiful places/countries and meet interesting people!

Awards

Winner, Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab Hackathon 2025 Dhaka Hub April 2025
Champions at Launchpad by UIHP@UIU with 100K funding March 2025
2nd Runners Up - Battle of Minds 2024, National Championship by British American Tobacco (BAT) December 2024
Academic Excellence Scholarship 2020 — 2024
Champion, Bhashamul: Bengali Regional Text to IPA National NLP Datathon March 2024
Champion, Hult Prize OnCampus Round March 2024
Top 15 Finalist, Hult Prize Summit in Boston, USA June 2024
Finalist, ICT Innovation Grant (for NurtureAid) December 2023
Gold Award (Champion), International Blockchain Olympiad IBCOL 2023 November 2023
Champion, Software Engineering Lab September 2023
Silver Award (1st Runner Up), Bangladesh Blockchain Olympiad BCOLBD July 2023
Study in Canada Scholarship - Global Affairs Canada for Student Exchange Program Fall 2022
Champion, Database Management Systems Lab May 2022
Champion, Advanced Object Oriented Programming Lab January 2022
1st Runner Up, English Edge Competition 2021
Outstanding Delegate, UNHRC, Notre Dame Model United Nations May 2018
Champion – Extempore Speech MCPSC Science and Business Carnival 2018
Champion, English Extempore Speech BAF Shaheen Science Festival 2017

Publication

Conference Papers

Sadia Ahmmed, Taimur Rahman, S M Jishanul Islam, Al-Momen Reyad, Sonjoy Dey, James Anthony Purification, and Md. Dewan Farid. 2024. E-MedViTR - Enhanced Vision Transformers with Registers for Biomedical Image Classification. 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology (ICEEICT 2024) [Scopus Indexed]. DOI: 10.1109/ICEEICT62016.2024.10534573

Workshop Papers

Sahid Hossain Mustakim, S M Jishanul Islam, Ummay Maria Muna, Montasir Chowdhury, Mohammed Jawwadul Islam, Sadia Ahmmed, Tashfia Sikder, Syed Tasdid Azam Dhrubo, and Swakkhar Shatabda. 2025. Watch, Listen, Understand, Mislead: Tri-modal Adversarial Attacks on Short Videos for Content Appropriateness Evaluation. Long Paper (Proceedings) at the SVU Workshop at ICCV 2025. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.11968

S M Jishanul Islam, Sahid Hossain Mustakim, Sadia Ahmmed, Md. Faiyaz Abdullah Sayeedi, Swapnil Khandoker, Syed Tasdid Azam Dhrubo, and Nahid Hossain. 2024. MIMIC: Multimodal Islamophobic Meme Identification and Classification. 3rd Muslims in ML Workshop - Neural Information Processing Systems 2024 (NeurIPS 2024). DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.00681

Projects

NurtureAid

Developed a real-time AI-based cross-platform mobile application that simplifies care through caretakers. Led the app's backend and frontend development as a full-stack engineer.

Tech Stack: React Native, Node.js, Flask, MongoDB, Firebase, LLaMA-Index, PyTorch.

Acknowledgements: Champion of the UIU CSE Project Show, Software Engineering Laboratory; Champion of the Hult Prize OnCampus round in UIU; Selected for the Hult Prize Summit in Boston.

IPBlockchainPro

This project is a Web3 dApp that uses sophisticated hybrid blockchain to protect the ownership of IPs as NFTs and includes an open decentralized marketplace. Besides AI chatbots are integrated to aid user experience.

Tech Stack: React.js, Node.js, Flask, MongoDB, Firebase, Langchain, Solidity, and Hyperledger Besu.[Prototype]

Acknowledgements: Gold Award, International Blockchain Olympiad 2023 and 2nd, Bangladesh Blockchain Olympiad

Co-curricular activities

These are the activities I do for love and fun!!

Vice President
UIU Computer Club (2022-2024)

Scaled the club, from 100 students to 3000 students, through visionary leadership, strategic decision making and inclusive initiatives
Ideated and organized more than 10 inter and intra-university competitions i.e. contests, hackathons, and olympiads
Organized more than 10 National and Intra events including Seminar, Workshops and Competitions with companies like Therap, Robi, GrameenPhone, MSI, bdapps and many more
Managed a team of 50+ executives and volunteers, ensuring smooth coordination, effective communication, and successful event execution.
Innovated strategies to enhance member engagement, leveraging marketing, public speaking, and organizational skills to position the club as a hub for talent and innovation.
Communicated effectively with internal and external stakeholders for the execution of our plans.

General Secretary
UIU Entrepreneur's Development Forum (2020-2022)

Ideated and launched 15+ successful entrepreneurship development programs among UIU students that involved more than 2000+ attendees.
Organized and Anchored seminars & workshops that hosted Ministers of the State, CEO sand notable public figure
Owned end-to-end planning of 10+ strategic events, managing a 50-member internal team, speaker outreach, schedule coordination, and stakeholder communication with ministers and C-level executives from top organizations.

Facilitator

Innokids

Teaching entrepreneurship to 30+ children under Dr. Rafiuddin
Managed student progress tracking individually
Provided counseling to mentally or academically struggling students and reported to the associated stakeholders.

Anchoring/Presenter/Voiceover

Multiple organizations

One of the Main anchors for all major inter- and National programs of UIU
Hosted over 50 online and offline events effortlessly with maximum engagement reaching over 100K views
Facilitated events featuring high-profile guests, including the Managing Director of Therap and various government officials, such as the Education Minister, ICT Minister, Post and Telecommunication Minister of Bangladesh, Officials from US Embassy and CEOs of many esteemed companies
Anchored 50+ national & international programs online and offline in English and Bangla including Google I/O Extended 2022, Mental Health Matters at the University of Malaya

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