Available for AI/ML opportunities

AI/ML Engineer + Applied Researcher

I build intelligent systems end-to-end.

Hi, this is Refat Ahmed, an EEE graduate specializing in applied AI/ML, with experience in building real-world machine learning and automation systems.

About Me

Learning, building, and researching intelligent systems.

I am currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), while building applied AI/ML systems across NLP, computer vision, healthcare prediction, and automation.

Industrial Attachment
  • Industrial Trainee at ROBI, Gulshan
  • Industrial Trainee at Bangladesh Power Development Board, Ghorashal, Narsingdi
  • Industrial Trainee at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar
2025 - Ongoing

M.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering

Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka.

2020 - 2024

B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur, Dhaka. CGPA: 3.38.

2017 - 2019

Higher Secondary Certificate

Notre Dame College, Dhaka. GPA: 5.00.

Professional Work

Experience

Applied engineering experience across NLP systems, AI agents, object detection, and academic healthcare research.

Oct 2025 - Present

Junior ML Engineer

Factoryze

  • Developed Banglish NLP chatbot systems for enterprise text processing workflows.
  • Worked on a calendar automation project from Banglish text using LangGraph, enabling structured event creation and scheduling from unstructured inputs.
  • Built and fine-tuned BERT-based text classification models and implemented deadline extraction pipelines from mixed-language (Banglish) text.
  • Designed and deployed YOLO-based computer vision pipelines for football player detection and identification tasks.
  • Implemented business automation workflows using n8n, streamlining internal operations and integrating multiple services for end-to-end process automation.
July 2024 - July 2025

Research Assistant

United International University

  • Contributed to intelligent cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profiling systems for early myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke identification.
  • Reviewed global AI/ML applications in cardiovascular disease prediction and risk stratification.
  • Authored and co-authored peer-reviewed academic research publications in applied machine learning and healthcare.
  • Developed research proposals and funding proposals for academic and applied AI/ML projects.
  • Presented research work at conferences and participated in project demonstrations showcasing applied ML systems.

Toolbox

Skills

Tools and frameworks used across production prototypes, academic experiments, and research workflows.

AI & ML

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, TorchVision, YOLO, OpenCV, SHAP

GenAI & LLMs

LangChain, LangGraph, Ollama, Hugging Face Transformers, Groq LLM

Backend & APIs

Python, FastAPI, RESTful APIs, SQL, Git, GitHub

Data & Deployment

AWS SageMaker, N8N, MATLAB, Simulink

Showcase

AI/ML Projects

A portfolio of AI agents, NLP systems, computer vision models, and machine learning experiments. For workflow automation work, visit the dedicated n8n page.

Computer Vision GitHub

Waiter Calling Detection using YOLO

Real-time hand-raise detection system for corporate office, built with a custom YOLOv11 object detection pipeline and video inference.

  • Python
  • YOLOv11
  • OpenCV
  • Ultralytics
NLP/LLM GitHub

FastAPI Customer Support Chatbot

RESTful chatbot API that produces natural, context-aware responses to product queries using a Groq-hosted large language model and external product data.

  • FastAPI
  • Groq LLM
  • REST APIs
AI Agents GitHub

Local Calendar AI Agent

Local AI assistant that interprets natural language event requests and maps them into Google Calendar actions with a two-stage Ollama and LangGraph pipeline.

  • Python
  • Ollama
  • LangGraph
  • Google Calendar API
AI Agents GitHub

Cloud-Based Calendar AI Agent

Cloud-ready calendar automation system for conversational event creation, cancellation, and rescheduling from natural language instructions.

  • Python
  • LLM Tools
  • Automation
NLP/LLM GitHub

Banglish Imperative Classification

Knowledge distillation workflow for Banglish imperative sentence classification, focused on faster inference in low-resource environments.

  • PyTorch
  • Transformers
  • Scikit-learn
NLP GitHub

Deadline Token Classifier

Hybrid NLP classifier for identifying deadline-related expressions from Banglish text, supporting task extraction and office automation workflows.

  • Jupyter
  • Text Classification
  • Banglish NLP
NLP/LLM GitHub

Open Source Hugging Face Chatbot

Chatbot exploration using open-source Hugging Face models for conversational response generation and LLM experimentation.

  • Python
  • Hugging Face
  • LLMs
Computer Vision GitHub

Sign Language Detection using OpenCV

Vision project for detecting sign-language gestures with image processing and machine-learning techniques.

  • Python
  • OpenCV
  • Gesture Detection
Signal Processing using ML Systems GitHub

Arrhythmia Detection on MIT-BIH

Comparative deep-learning study using CNN, DNN, and LSTM models on graphical ECG signal representations for arrhythmia detection.

  • CNN
  • LSTM
  • ECG
  • MIT-BIH
Computer Vision GitHub

Video to Panorama Transformer

Computer vision project that extracts, aligns, and blends video frames into panoramic images for footage analysis and wide-view generation.

  • Jupyter
  • OpenCV
  • Image Stitching
Fintech GitHub

Customer Retain Prediction

Machine-learning project for predicting customer retention risk and identifying business signals that can support proactive fintech customer engagement.

  • Jupyter
  • Classification
  • Fintech
Fintech GitHub

Fintech Data Analysis Project

Exploratory analysis project focused on extracting business and product insights from fintech data using notebook-driven analytics.

  • Pandas
  • EDA
  • Jupyter

Research Experience

Research Experience

Research focus in biomedical engineering and applied machine learning, with emphasis on developing and translating models for industrial and healthcare applications

Thesis

Optimizing Stroke Risk Prediction with Machine Learning Models

Thesis focused on comparative evaluation of models, feature analysis, and implementation of practical stroke risk prediction workflows with a Streamlit-based interface, using real-world clinical data collected from Faridpur.

July 2024 - July 2025

Research Engineer, United International University

Worked on the “iCRP: An Intelligent CVD Risk Profiling for early identification of MI and Stroke in Bangladesh” project, contributing to exploratory data analysis, initial literature review drafting.

Academic Output

Publications

Research outputs include 1 Q1 journal publication, 1 international conference presentation in India, and 2 conference abstracts

01

Journal

02

Conference

03

Abstracts

Conference Abstract

Digital General Practitioner Model for Strengthening Urban Primary Health Care: Insights from a pilot in Bangladesh

Bhuiyan, R.A., Hamid, S.A., Hassan, M.I., et al.
2025 Global Public Health Systems Conference (GPHS), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Conference Abstract

Digital General Practitioners in Urban Bangladesh: A Scalable Model for Equitable Primary Healthcare

Bhuiyan, R.A., Hamid, S.A., Hassan, M.I., et al.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oct 2025

Recognition

Achievements

Awards, competitions, and conference milestones from applied AI, healthcare innovation, and research presentation work.

Harvard HSIL Hackathon certificate Winner

Harvard HSIL Hackathon - Dhaka Hub

Developed and presented a prototype for AI-based early detection of endometriosis.

National Telco Warfare certificate Finalist

National Telco Warfare - East West University

Advanced through EDA, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and deep learning stages.

Conference paper presentation in Kerala Conference Presentation

Conference Paper Presented in Kerala, India

Presented research findings and technical contributions at an academic conference in Kerala, India.

Workflow Automation

n8n Portfolio

n8n automation systems, workflow screenshots, trigger logic, connected apps, and production-ready automation case studies.

n8n automation portfolio preview Automation Portfolio

Explore n8n Workflow Projects

Explore the n8n portfolio featuring workflow visuals, node architecture, integrations, automation outcomes, project documentation, and client implementations.

Get in Touch

Let us build something useful with data.

Open to AI/ML engineering roles, research collaborations, applied Machine Learning projects, and agentic AI prototypes.