Research Experience
Visiting Student Researcher, IDEAL Research Institute, Northwestern University, May 2025–Present
Causal Bandits for Networks with Spillover Effects, May 2025–Present
Prompt-Based LLMs for Position Bias-Aware Reranking in Personalized Recommendations, January 2025–Present
Correcting for Selection Bias in Graph Collaborative Filtering, September 2024–Present
Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, UIC, May 2021–Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UIC, August 2019–Present
Lecturer, BRAC University, February 2018–July 2019
Lecturer, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, October 2016–January 2018
Lecturer, University of Asia Pacific, April 2015–April 2016
Teaching
At UIC, I have served as a teaching assistant for:
Languages and Automata
Mathematical Foundations of Computing
Data Structures
Previously, I taught courses including Algorithms, Programming Languages, Database, Assembly Language Programming, Digital Logic Design, and Software Development.
Professional Service and Activities
Reviewer
SDM 2024, WWW 2025, WWW 2026
Student Volunteer
AAAI 2025
Student Mentor
IDEAL Workshop, June 2023
Mentored undergraduate students on the research topic “Causal inference for policy evaluation in network data” during a 3-day workshop organized by the Institute of Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning (IDEAL).
Founder
Trading Options with ASF, September 2020–Present
Founded and maintain a Discord tutorial channel aimed at helping beginner options traders.
Programming Contests
Participated in various online and onsite programming, system design, and development contests. Solved numerous algorithmic problems on ACM online judges.
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, PHP
Databases
MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, NoSQL, SQLite
Tools and Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, NetworkX, CodeIgniter, Git