Education
I consider myself extremely fortunate to get the chance to study at some of the most prestigious institutions in Bangladesh at every level.
- Bachelor of Science: University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2022) *Delayed due to Covid-19
Major: Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Lafifa Jamal - HSC (Grade 11-12): Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (2014-2016)
- SSC (Grade 3-10): St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (2006-2014)
Publications (Undergraduate)
- STPT: Spatio-Temporal Polychromatic Trajectory Based Elderly Exercise Evaluation System (IEEE Access)
Riad Ahmed, Raiyaan Abdullah, Lafifa Jamal - A Novel IOT-Based Medicine Consumption System for Elders (SN Computer Science)
Raiyaan Abdullah, Riad Ahmed, Lafifa Jamal - Pathfinder: A Fog Assisted Vision-Based System for Optimal Path Selection of Service Robots (ICIEV and icIVPR ‘20)
Niloy Irtisam, Riad Ahmed, Mohammad Moniruzzaman Akash, Raiyaan Abdullah, Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman, Lafifa Jamal
Experience
- Co-Founder and Project Manager (Dev Team), BiTechX (2010-2023)
What started as a fun project in high school evolved into a full-fledged tech company. We focused on Web Development, Graphic Design, and Video Editing/Animations, working with 100+ clients in the US, Canada, and around the world. - Research Assistant, UAV-Cop (under Dr. Sejuti Rahman) (2022-2023)
Investigated the application of few-shot learning in detecting Bangladesh-specific vehicles such as rickshaw, CNG, leguna, manual van from drone footage and oversee traffic accidents in various metropolitans of Bangladesh. - Mentor, International Robot Olympiad - Bangladesh Team (2019, 2021)
IRO is a prestigious olympiad in robotics participated by children aged 6-18 years worldwide. I had the opportunity to mentor the young talents from my country who went on to win various gold, silver, bronze accolades.
Scholarships and Grants
- Special Grant in Research (2020-2021)
Our undergraduate thesis project idea was granted a generous amount of fund by ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh. - IFIC Bank Trust Fund Research Grant (2019-2020)
Granted to students of selected departments who excelled in academics and other qualities. - Luna Shamsuddoha, Chairman, Janata Bank Limited Scholarship (2018-2020)
Awarded to top three students of each batch, enrolled in selected departments of University of Dhaka. - University Undergraduate Scholarship (2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020)
Awarded to top two students of each batch in every department, enrolled in University of Dhaka. - General Scholarship (2016)
Awarded for outstanding results in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam.
Awards
Line Follower Robot competitions
- 2nd - AUST Mindsparks: Line Follower Robot competition (Jan 2019)
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology - 3rd - BUET EEE Day Robofiesta: Line Follower Robot competition (July 2018)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology - Champion - IntraDU Robofest: Inter-department Line Follower Robot competition (October 2017)
University of Dhaka - 3rd - DUET Techfest: Line Follower Robot competition (July 2017)
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology
Web Development competition
- 2nd - AUST Developer Hunt: University website redesign competition (June 2018)
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology