SM Shaqib
SM

SM Shaqib

Natural Language Processing  |  Large Language Models  |  Computer Vision  |  Multimodal Learning

Ph.D. Student & Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boise State University
B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering, Daffodil International University

📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh

About Me

I recently graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Daffodil International University, Dhaka. During my undergraduate studies, I worked as a researcher in the DIU NLP & ML Lab, where I contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications spanning Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, transfer learning, and explainable AI — including work on insect diversity classification, skin disease classification, fraudulent transaction detection, and medical image segmentation.

My research interests center on Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Computer Vision, and multimodal learning. I am currently a Ph.D. student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Boise State University, where I continue pursuing research in these areas.

Education

Fall 2026 –

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Boise State University, USA

Pursuing doctoral studies in Computer Science.

2021 – 2025

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering

Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Graduated with a performance-based scholarship; ranked 4th in batch.

Experience

Fall 2026 –

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Boise State University, USA

Graduate Teaching Assistant, supporting undergraduate Computer Science courses alongside doctoral studies.

Oct 2025 – Jul 2026

AI Agent Developer

StudyNet

Building a RAG-based LLM system using a FAISS vector database and the Django framework. The custom agent helps students find information related to higher education.

Jun 2025 – Dec 2025

Research Assistant

DIU NLP & ML Lab

Collaborated with a professor from Deakin University, Australia, on detecting fraudulent activities in bKash online transactions using NLP-based techniques.

Sep 2024 – May 2025

Trainer, Advanced ML & DL Bootcamp

DIU NLP & ML Lab

Trained more than 30 students in the fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning, assisted with implementing deep learning concepts in code, and supported their paper publications.

Selected Publications

Enhanced U-Net Architecture with VGG16 Backbone and Attention Mechanisms for Automated Nasal Sinus Disease Segmentation

SM Shaqib, Zafar Muhammed Akram, Rafia Anjum, Md. Sadekur Rahman

In press — 8th International Conference on Recent Trends in Image Processing & Pattern Recognition (RTIP2R), 2025

Explainable AI for Skin Disease Classification Using Gradient-Weighted Class Activation Mapping and Transfer Learning in Digital Health to Identify Contours

Badhon SMSI, Khushbu SA, Shaqib SM, Ali MA, Anik AH, Hossain KSMT

DIGITAL HEALTH, 2025 (Q2). doi:10.1177/20552076251404523

A Transfer Learning Approach to Classify Insect Diversity Based on Explainable AI

Hasan, M. M., Shaqib, S. M., Akter, S., Alo, A. P., Khushbu, S. A., & Huda, M. N.

Discover Life, 55(1), 1-15, 2025 (Q2) — Link

Transfer Learning Techniques for Efficient Deep Neural Networks in Real-Time Strawberry Freshness Evaluation

Alo, A. P., Richi, R. F., Shaqib, S. M., Alam, K. R., Khushbu, S. A., & Rahman, M. S.

International Conference on Innovations in Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Springer Nature Singapore, 2025, pp. 87-101 — Link

Vehicle Speed Detection System Utilizing YOLOv8: Enhancing Road Safety and Traffic Management for Metropolitan Areas

Shaqib, S. M., Alo, A. P., Ramit, S. S., Rupak, A. U. H., Khan, S. S., & Rahman, M. S.

arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.07710, 2024 — Link

A Deep Learning Approach to Detect Complete Safety Equipment for Construction Workers Based on YOLOv7

Islam, M. S., Shaqib, S. M., Ramit, S. S., Khushbu, S. A., Sattar, A., & Noori, S. R. H.

arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.07707, 2024 — Link

Performance Analysis of LSTM and Bi-LSTM Models with Different Optimizers in Bangla Sentiment Analysis

Khan, S. S., Mondal, P. K., Shaqib, S., Ahmed, N., Prova, N. N. I., & Sattar, A.

2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), IEEE, 2024, pp. 1-7 — Link

Projects

LLM-Powered PDF Summarization Tool

Built an end-to-end NLP application using the Hugging Face API and Streamlit to automate document analysis and summarization. The tool processes large PDFs, extracts key insights, and enables semantic search with interactive Q&A — showcasing practical applications of retrieval-augmented generation and LLM-based information extraction.

Nasal Disease Segmentation

Built a web platform using a U-Net model with an attention mechanism architecture and deployed it on Hugging Face Spaces for medical use.

Honors & Awards

Skills

Programming

Python, C, C++, Java

ML Frameworks & Libraries

TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Keras

Visualization & Data

Matplotlib, Seaborn, OpenCV, PIL, Pandas, NumPy, EDA, Feature Selection

Tools & Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac, LaTeX, Microsoft Office, Google Suite