Education

• Ph.D in Computer Science, University of California San Diego (UCSD), CA, USA (2017)
• M.S. in Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), TX, USA (2012)
• B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh (2007)

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor (2019-Present)
  • Systems Engineering, University of Virginia
• Postdoctoral Associate (2017-2019)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Julie Shah

Professional Experiences

• Cognitive Robotics Intern (2016)
  • IBM Watson Lab, Austin, TX
  • Description: Devised a method for robots to detect human head gestures and to incorporate those understandings in human-robot conversational contexts.
• Senior System Engineer (2010-2011)
  • Grameenphone Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Description: Worked as a lead engineer responsible for maintaining the availability and the security of the servers containing performance, fault and configuration data of the telecommunication network of 25 million subscribers.
• System Engineer (2007-2010)
  • Grameenphone Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Description: Worked as a system administrator to keep the network database servers operational.