Salim Sazzed

I am currently a tenure-track assistant professor at Georgia Southern University. Previously, I was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Memphis from Fall 2023 to Summer 2024. I completed my PhD in computer science at Old Dominion University in December 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Jing He and Dr. Willy Wriggers. Prior to that, I worked for six years in the software industry as a Software Engineer, specializing in iOS SDK and Game Development. I completed his BS and MS degrees in computer science and engineering at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2009 and 2011, respectively.

My research encompasses various sub-areas of artificial intelligence (AI), including natural language processing, computer vision, and machine learning to the fields of bioinformatics, health informatics and social computing.

My recent works (since 2022 ) involve-

Biological Structure Determination from Cryo-(EM/ET) Images
Mental Health Research by Analyzing Social Media Health Texts
Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Discourse Analysis through Social Media Texts

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science

Georgia Southern University

Email: ssazzed@georgiasouthern.edu

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News:

August 2025: I am the program co-chair of the Computational Structural Bioinformatics Workshop 2025 (CSBW 2025), which will be co-located with the leading bioinformatics conference, ACM BCB (ACM SIGBio), in Philadelphia, PA, from October 11–15, 2025.

August 2025: 2 PhD students will be recruited for Spring-26 (requirements). Thank you to everyone who has reached out for Fall 2025 opportunities. If I find a strong match between your background and the requirements, I will get back to you. The interview process will begin in August or September.

June 2025: NSF CRII Grant Awarded: My NSF CRII grant proposal, “AI-Driven Modeling of Protein Secondary Structures in Medium-Resolution Cryo-EM Map Combining Structure Fitting Scores with Curriculum Learning,” has been funded. Thank you, NSF. Link

*2025: Invited to Serve as a Panel Reviewer for Multiple NSF Funding Panels: I am honored to be invited to serve as a panel reviewer for multiple NSF funding panels (CISE IIS, S & CC). Thank you, NSF, for this honor.

Jun 2025: Update on PhD recruitment: Thank you to everyone who has reached out. I will get back to you if I find a good match between your background and the requirements. As Fall 2025 is very close, it is possible that enrollment will be deferred to Spring 2026 (Deferred to Spring-26).

May 2025: I have an opening for a PhD position starting in Fall 2025. If you're interested, please review the requirements. If you find a good alignment with your background and interests, feel free to get back to me.

Mar 2025: I will be reviewing for ACL Rolling Review (ARR)/ ACL- 2025 submissions.

Feb 2025: I am seeking several hardworking and motivated Master's students to join my research team in Summer/Fall 2025. Successful MS candidates will receive a full tuition waiver and a stipend of ~$16,000 per year with the potential to transition to the PhD program later, along with a significantly higher stipend, depending on performance. Statesboro, one of the most affordable cities in the USA, offers an excellent living environment as a college town. Please first first review the requirements and check my recent works to see how they align with your experience and interests. If you find a good match, feel free to email me with the necessary documents. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I may not be able to reply to everyone. However, if your research skills align with the requirements, I will get back to you. (CLOSED/HIRED)

Jan 2025: Two papers related to social computing have been accepted to IEEE BigData 2024 and are now available on IEEE Xplore (Paper 1, Paper 2).

Jan 2025: My BIBM 2024 paper- 'Unraveling Affective Responses and Core Determinants in Health and Trauma-Driven Suicidal Narratives' available in IEEE Xplore.

August 2024: I am excited to announce that I will be joining Georgia Southern University (GSU) as a tenure-track assistant professor. GSU is a public research university in the process of transitioning to an R1 institution within the next few years. It is currently ranked #352 in National Universities and #1551 in Best Global Universities by US News, and 1201–1500th by Times Higher Education (THE), with over 27,000 students. The Computer Science department is ranked 601-800 globally by THE ranking.

July 2024: One paper accepted in the 17th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS).

July 2024: I will be reviewing for ACL Rolling Review (ARR), Jun / EMNLP 2024 submissions.

Jun 2024: I will serve on the program committee of the 17th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS).

May 2024: I will be on the program committee of the 14th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment & Social Media Analysis (WASSA) at ACL-2024.

May 2024: One paper accepted in a American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal, ACS Omega (IF: 4.1). Link

Feb 2024: I have been invited to review ACL-2024 submissions.

Feb 2024: I have been invited to serve in the program commitee of 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) at NAACL- 2024.

Dec 2023: Officially received my PhD.

Oct 2023: Successfully defended my PhD defense.

Sep 2023: Three papers have been accepted to ICMLA-2023.

Aug 2023: Joined University of Memphis as a Visiting Assistant Professor.