Presented our current research (in collaboration with UNC Chapel Hill) on linking students’ pair programming behaviors with their course performance using multimodal data in 2026 Engineering Education Symposium at NC State.
Selected as a student volunteer at SIGCSE 2026 with full registration support.
Holding a hands-on workshop on “AI is helpful, but your brain is still essential to learn coding better!” for undergraduate students at NC State in February 2026.
Delivered a guest lecture in Technology for Social Good course at Western Washington University on federated learning in education. Interacted with senior undergrad and masters students. Hosted by: Dr. Shameem Ahmed Video recording
Received EDM Society Travel Scholarship & Professor Ramkumar Memorial Scholarship ($2125) for attending the Educational Data Mining 2025 and the Learning at Scale 2025 conferences in Palermo, Italy, and presenting research papers.
Represented CS department at the Graduate Student Association at NCSU (CSCGSA) from 2023-2025. Responsibilities included: meet with faculty and administration to voice students’ concerns once a month and act as a liaison between CS graduate students and university authority.
Received NC State College of Engineering (CoE) Conference Travel Funding in 2021, 2023-25.
Earned a Teaching Certificate, a digital badge on Course Design Essentials for Teaching and a Communication Skills Certificate from NC State Graduate School.
Attended 2024 LearnLab Summer School at Carnegie Mellon University in Computing Education Research track with NSF SPLICE program funding, collaborated with peers for a week and presented research.
Attended 2024 Computing Research Education - Widening Participation (CRA-WP) Grad Cohort for Women with a full scholarship by CRA and Dept of CS, NC State.
Served on the Internal University Committee "University Courses & Curricula Committee" to discuss and approve modifications to undergraduate and graduate courses at NC State.
Communicated with external organizations e.g., NetApp, SAS, Direct Supply, Fidelity Investments, RedHat, LexisNexis and Labcorp and successfully organized five workshops in collaboration for undergrad and graduate students as the Workshop Committee lead of the ACM-W Chapter (Women in CS - WiCS) at NC State.
Received National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT) travel grant to attend RESPECT 2024.
Selected as an ambassador of Friends of the Libraries at NC State.
Served as a judge in 2024 NC State Make-A-Thon.
Received Student Certificate for Developing Cultural Competence under NC State Global Training Initiative.
Was accepted into Google CS Research Mentorship Program 2023 - a three month one-to-one program that matches students with Google mentors and peers to support their pursuit of CS research pathways. Mentor: Chin-Yi Cheng Goal: Boost networking and research capabilities.
Served as the Chair of Research and Recognition Committee at NC State, responsible for evaluating travel grant applications and determining winners for attending conferences with university funding.
Served on the Internal University Committee at NC State "Speakers and Lectures Committee" to pick and invite speakers to university events.
Volunteered as a judge in 2023 North Carolina Student Academy of Science (NCSAS) State Competition at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM). Evaluated middle and high school going students' science projects.
Attended Grace Hopper Celebration 2023 with university scholarship.
Received SIGCHI Gary Marsden Travel Awards 2022 for attending IUI 2023.
Participated in 2023 NC State Make-A-Thon.
Spoke as a panelist at University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh as part of Ada Lovelace Celebration 2022 on Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Computing, and interacted with high school and college students about studying CS.
Selected as a recipient of 2021 GHC Scholarship.
Worked as a committee member of the HCI track at GHC 2021 with Dr. Moushumi Sharmin.
Conducted a workshop on qualitative coding with Atlas.ti tool in 2020 for Srishti SIGCHI chapter. Video recording
Worked as a reviewer for CHI 2020, ICDM 2020, CHILBW 2021, CSCW 2021, GHC 2020-2021, COMPSAC 2021-22, EAAI 2024-2025, TRR 2025.
Served as the President of Bangladesh Women in Computer Science and Engineering (BWCSE) in academic year 2017. Subsequently mentored a female undergraduate student in 2019 who is a PhD student herself in the USA.