Bio

Chowdhury Mohammad Abid Rahman is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (LCSEE) at West Virginia University (WVU). He is also a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) in the Machine Intelligence Group, where his research focuses on applying artificial intelligence in computer vision and material science. Currently, he is working on developing robust deep learning models for predicting material properties and generating novel materials using generative techniques.

Before joining WVU, Abid earned his Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and a Master's degree in Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE) with a focus on signal processing from the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in Bangladesh. He served as an instructor of Electrical Engineering in the Bangladesh Army from 2014 to 2024, retiring as a Major from the Corps of Signals. Before joining the Machine Intelligence Group, he was a member and mentor in the Visual Information Processing group at MIST.

Outside of his research and academic pursuits, Abid enjoys reading non-fiction books on history, geopolitics, and theology, as well as watching comedy movies.