Ashfaqur Rahman
Little Rock,AR
Summary
With nearly nine years of professional experience across diverse domains in the telecommunications industry, I am currently completing my Ph.D. in Computer & Information Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with an expected graduation date of May 16, 2026, where I serve as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant. My research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), particularly on developing advanced methodologies to improve the reliability, interpretability, and factual accuracy of large language models and multi-agent systems in real-world environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
01.2021 - Current
- IFSC 1202
- IFSC 3300
- IFSC 4365
- IFSC 2305
- IFSC 7320
- IFSC 7399
Software Developer Intern
Arkansas Public Service Comission
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
05.2022 - 11.2022
- Our goal was to develop software application for Motor Carrier System (MCAS). Also, APSC has some older applications that needed updated and had a need for new application to be developed that allow the user to enter consumer complaints and produce reports and store history data.
Project Coordinator
Taurus International Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2020
Network Operations Engineer
LM Ericsson Bangladesh Ltd
01.2013 - 12.2014
Radio Frequency Engineer(Jr.)
ONS Telecom Bangladesh Ltd.
09.2011 - 12.2012
Education
Ph.D. - Computer & Information Science
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Little Rock, AR05-2026
Master of Science - Information Science, Information Quality
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
12-2022
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Management Information Systems
University of Dhaka
01-2015
Engineer's Degree - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
American International University-Bangladesh
01-2010
Skills
- Agent-based Modeling
- Deep Neural Networks (DNN)
- Python (Programming Language)
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Trustworthy & Responsible AI
- Data Science & Information Quality
- System Design & Engineering
- Socio-technical system analysis and human-AI interaction
- Academic writing, peer-reviewed publications, and presentations
- Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers
- LangChain, vector databases (ChromaDB), RAG frameworks
Certification
- Data Visualization in Excel
- Python Programming with Data Science
- Google Data Studio for Data Visualization and Dashboards
- What is Data Science?
- Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research
Languages
Hindi (Professional Working)
English (Full Professional)
Urdu (Professional Working)
Bengali (Full Professional)
Spanish (Elementary)
Arabic (Elementary)
Timeline
Software Developer Intern
Arkansas Public Service Comission
05.2022 - 11.2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
01.2021 - Current
Project Coordinator
Taurus International Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2020
Network Operations Engineer
LM Ericsson Bangladesh Ltd
01.2013 - 12.2014
Radio Frequency Engineer(Jr.)
ONS Telecom Bangladesh Ltd.
09.2011 - 12.2012
Master of Science - Information Science, Information Quality
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Management Information Systems
University of Dhaka
Engineer's Degree - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
American International University-Bangladesh
Ph.D. - Computer & Information Science
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Honors-Awards
Wang GA Scholarship, UALR International Student Scholarship, MSIQ PhD Program Scholarship, Bailey Scholar Scholarship, EIT Continuing Success Scholarship
Publications
- Hallucination Detection and Mitigation in Chatbot: A Multi-Agent Approach with Llama2
- Fine-Tuning Llama2 for Question Answering Enhancement Using Low-Rank Adaptation