1. 2024, Published 'Parameter-efficient fine-tuning of large language models using semantic knowledge tuning', Authors: Nusrat Jahan Prottasha, Asif Mahmud, Md. Shohanur Islam Sobuj, Prakash Bhat, Md Kowsher, Niloofar Yousefi & Ozlem Ozmen Garibay, Published in Scientific Reports.
2. 2024, Published 'Leveraging Pre-trained CNNs for Efficient Feature Extraction in Rice Leaf Disease Classification', Authors: Md. Shohanur Islam Sobuj, Md. Imran Hossen, Md. Foysal Mahmud, and Mahbub Ul Islam Khan, Published in 2024 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Electrical, and Smart Systems (iCACCESS).
3. 2024, Published 'L-TUNING: Synchronized Label Tuning for Prompt and Prefix in LLMs', Authors: Md Kowsher, Md. Shohanur Islam Sobuj, Asif Mahmud, Nusrat Jahan Prottasha, and Prakash Bhat, Published in Tiny Papers @ ICLR 2024.
4. 2023, Published 'Contrastive Learning for Universal Zero-Shot NLI with Cross-Lingual Sentence Embeddings', Authors: Md Kowsher, Md. Shohanur Islam Sobuj, Nusrat Jahan Prottasha, Mohammad Shamsul Arefin, and Yasuhiko Morimoto, Published in EMNLP, Multilingual Representation Learning (MRL) Workshop, December 2023.
5. 2022, Published 'An Enhanced Neural Word Embedding Model for Transfer Learning', Authors: Md. Kowsher, Md. Shohanur Islam Sobuj, Md. Fahim Shahriar, Nusrat Jahan Prottasha, Mohammad Shamsul Arefin, and Pranab Kumar Dhar.
Research Experience
1. December 2024 - Present, Machine Learning Engineer at Anymate Me GmbH, Germany, Developed and deployed MLOps-driven ML solutions to streamline business processes.
2. November 2023 - October 2024, Machine Learning Engineer at Business Automation Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, Built scalable ML infrastructure and microservices for production environments, managed CDC with MySQL using Debezium, Kafka, and Zookeeper, delivered SmartRemarks for automated comment suggestions, built OCR-based TIN certificate validation system.
3. May 2022 - October 2023, Machine Learning Engineer at Anchorblock Technology LLC, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Developed large-scale distributed machine learning systems, implemented MLOps principles including CI/CD for ML, built diverse bots: Monty, Arthur, Finix, and Magic Bookkeeping, designed APIs for ML/AI model integration.
Education
Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Thesis: Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Based on CNNs Using OCT Images.
Background
Machine Learning Engineer specializing in AI, NLP, Computer Vision, and Biomedical Image Processing. Currently working as a Machine Learning Engineer at Anymate Me. Research interests include Biomedical Image Processing, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Also serves as a Research Associate with prestigious journals and conferences such as ICLR, EMNLP, MDPI, and IEEE.
Miscellany
Feel free to reach out at shohanur.ai@gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.