Salman Rakin

PhD Student @ Queen's University

Graduate Research Assistant, QRST Lab || Teaching Assistant @ Queen's University

I am a dedicated researcher and a graduate of M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), where I worked under the supervision of Dr. Md. Mostofa Akbar. My research delves into complex AI challenges, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models, multi-hop question answering, and domain adaptation for NLP systems. During my M.Sc, I collaborated with the Research Data Science Institute at the University of Arizona, developing neural network-based solutions for large-scale data problems.

My undergraduate thesis, published in Nature Scientific Reports, proposed a novel protein tertiary structure retrieval method, which earned the “Best Thesis Paper Award” at BIOS 2014. Beyond academia, I bring over eight years of professional experience in software engineering, predictive modeling, and business intelligence. I am deeply passionate about leveraging advanced AI techniques to solve real-world problems and drive innovation in my field.

Education

M.Sc. and B.Sc. Eng. Degree in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),

Ph.D. in Computer Science (January 2026 - Present )
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Computing
Research Areas:

AI and Machine Learning: Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to automate the identification and mitigation of cyber intrusions.
Cyber-Physical System Security: Protecting the integrity and functionality of interconnected physical and computational systems against cyber threats.
Software Reliability and Security Engineering: Creating advanced defense mechanisms to safeguard connected and autonomous vehicles from cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Research Labs:

Supervisor: Dr. M. Zulkernine, Dr. Rongxing LU

Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering (April 2017- September 2024)
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Thesis: Leveraging the Domain Adaptation of Retrieval Augmented Generation Models for Question Answering and Reducing Hallucination'', accepted to ITN'G2025 (Springer Nature) and available on ArXiv for Preprint.
Supervisor: Dr. Md. Mostofa Akbar

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science and Engineering (April 2009- June 2014)
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)Department of Computer Science and Engineering Thesis: CoMOGrad and PHOG: from computer vision to fast and accurate protein tertiary structure retrieval' published in Nature Scientific Reports.
Supervisor: Dr. M. Sohel Rahman