I am a third-year (2022-now) Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and have the fortune to be advised by Prof. Li Chen. Before that, I received my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology in 2017. I have more than four years of working experience in different companies.

My primary research interest lies in Federated Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI. I am particularly interested in developing communication-efficient federated learning algorithms to solve heterogeneous problems in real-world applications.

I will be on the job market for full-time academic and industry positions starting Fall 2026. Please feel free to reach out if you have potential job opportunities. Please kindly find my resume.

What’s New!

• 05/2025: Awarded MS in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
• 04/2025: Officially recognized as a PhD Candidate.
• 02/2025: Awarded the Dissertation Completion Fellowship from ULL for the 2025-2026 academic year.
• 02/2025: Invited as Reviewer of ICCV 2025 and NeurIPS 2025.
• 12/2024: Our paper gets accepted to IPDPS 2025.
• 12/2024: Invited as Reviewer of ICML 2025.
• 11/2024: Invited as Reviewer of CVPR 2025.
• 10/2024: Presented our research group demo on Federated Learning at Science Day 2024.
• 08/2024: Received ULL SGA International Friendship Non-Endowed Scholarship.
• 06/2024: Our paper gets accepted to ICPP 2024.
• 04/2024: Received NSF student travel grant to attend IPDPS 2024.
• 03/2024: Received Doctoral Research and Travel Grant from ULL to attend IPDPS 2024.
• 02/2024: Received travel grant from Bangladesh Sweden Trust Fund.
• 01/2024: Our paper gets accepted to IEEE ICC 2024.
• 12/2023: Our paper gets accepted to IEEE IPDPS 2024.

Contact

• Email: md-sirajul.islam1@louisiana.edu
• Office: James R. Oliver, Room 232
• Location: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, 70504