Md. Jumar Alam

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada · jumarlm@student.ubc.ca

Pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science and working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, contributing to academia. Previously, served as a Lab Instructor and Undergraduate Teaching Assistant and worked as a Research Intern. Linux enthusiast with strong basics, skills, logical and analytical ability, and exploration potential. Fluent in Procedural, Object-Oriented, and Declarative programming languages and dedicated to devising effective problem-solving methods in the fields of Software Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science. Proud team player and have a strong ability to blend in multi-disciplinary and vibrant environments.

Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

University of British Columbia

Department of Computer Science, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science.

Supervisor: Dr. Fatemeh Hendijani Fard

Research topics include:

  • Code Representation Learning.
  • Natural Language Processing.
  • Code Clone Detection and Bug Propagation
January 2022 - Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of British Columbia

Department of Computer Science, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science.

Supervisors: Dr. Abdallah Mohamed, Dr. Scott Fazackerley and Dr. Firas Moosvi

Courses include:

  • COSC 301 - Introduction to Data Analytics
  • COSC 211 - Machine Architecture
  • COSC 111 - Computer Programming I (Java)
January 2022 - Present

Part-Time Lab Instructor

North South University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

  • Taught Computer Architecture and Organization lab course to more than 120 students.
  • Taught Digital Logic Design lab course to more than 200 students.
  • Taught Database Management System (MySQL) lab course to more than 200 students.
  • Taught Programming Language I (C Programming) lab course to more than 80 students.
  • Conducted exam, evaluating and assessing course related term projects.
  • Counseled students during office hours.
January 2020 - December 2021

Intern

Pathao LTD.

Worked under Product Department.

  • Contributed in product listing for Pathao Shop.
  • Detected route anomalies for Map team.
  • Contributed in banner upgradation for Pathao Food.
October 2019 - January 2020

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

North South University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Assisted faculty members with Data Structure and Algorithm, Computer Architecture and Organization and Digital Logic Design courses.
  • Prepared course materials.
  • Performed invigilation in exam halls.
  • Counseled students during office hours.
January 2019 - December 2019

Education

University of British Columbia, Canada

Master of Science
Computer Science (Thesis-based Program)

Supervised by Dr. Fatemeh Hendijani Fard

January 2022 - Present

North South University

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science and Engineering

CGPA: 3.82 (With Summa Cum Laude Distinction Award)

January 2016 - December 2019

Research

Bengali Automatic Speech Recognition with RNN-Transducer

CSE499 - UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION

January 2019 - August 2019

Bengla Image Captioning with Attention and Pretrained Decoder

CSE468 - COMPUTER VISION RESEARCH PROJECT.

January 2019 - April 2019

Forecasting The Price of Crude Oil, Gas, Gold and Different Currencies in USD.

CSE498R - CO-OP RESEARCH PROJECT

May 2019 - August 2019

Automatic English Text Summarization.

CSE299 - JUNIOR DESIGN RESEARCH PROJECT

September 2018 - December 2018

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
  • Programming: Python, C, C++, R, Java, Octave.
  • Frameworks: Keras, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Pandas, Matplotlib, OpenCV, Scikit learn.
  • OS: Linux, Windows, MacOS.
  • DevOps: Git, Slack, Trello, MS Power BI, MS Office, SAS, LaTex.
  • Back-end: Django, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Amazon RDS, Redshift, MongoDB, CosmosDB, Neo4j, InfluxDB.
  • Front-end: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap.

I WANT TO WORK WITH
  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learing, Data Engineering.
  • Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision and Machine Learning Projects.
  • Django and MySQL.

Interests

Apart from my study and research work, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors. I love travelling, hanging out with friends and explore and roam around the city.

When forced indoors, I follow a number of sci-fi and thriller genre movies and television shows. I love doing analytical and problem solving task, and learn new things. I spend a large amount of my free time exploring the latest technology advancements around the world.

Awards & Certifications

  • Summa Cum Laude Distinction Award, For Academic Excellence in Undergraduate Level, 2020.
  • 4th Place - Innovation challenge-8 competition (Capstone Project Showcase), 2019
  • 9th Place - EvalAI TrackingNet Object Tracking Challenge, 2019.
  • 75% Scholarship on Tuition Fees, In Recognition of Excellent Academic Performances, 2019.
  • 50% Scholarship on Tuition Fees, In Recognition of Excellent Academic Performances, 2018.
  • 25% Scholarship on Tuition Fees, In Recognition of Excellent Academic Performances,2017.

Additional Resource

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