CV pdf

Here you will find information related to my educational background, work experience, publications, list of projects, skills, honors and awards, co-curricular activites, etc.

General Information

Full Name Md. Billal Hossain
Languages English, Bengali

Education

  • Aug, 2019 - Mar, 2022
    MSc in Computer Science & Engineering
    Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
    • 2nd among 42, CGPA: 3.92/4.00
  • Mar, 2014 - Dec, 2018
    BSc in Computer Science and Engineering
    Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
    • 2nd among 120, CGPA: 3.89/4.00

Experience

  • June, 2022 - Present
    Assistant Professor, Dept. of CSE
    Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
    • Full-time
  • July, 2019 - June, 2022
    Lecturer, Dept. of CSE
    Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
    • Full-time
  • Dec, 2018 - July, 2019
    Research Assistant, Dept. of CSE
    Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
    • Full-time
  • Nov, 2017 - Dec, 2017
    Software Engineering Intern
    Apsscode Inc
    • Full-time

Publications

Projects

  • A framework for acquisition and analysis of speeches.
    • Developed an android app that can record speeches along with the recorder’s location and then send the data to a server where the speech is converted into text using Google STT API.
  • Automatic facial expression recognition using deep convolutional neural network.
    • It is a machine learning project that can identify seven basic facial expressions (Anger , Disgust, Fear , Happiness, Sad, Surprise and Neutral) of a person from a static image. It was implemented using OpenCV, Tensorflow, TFLearn libraries in Python.
  • A simple online judge.
    • A simple online judge where one can practice problems or take part in a contest. It was implemented using PHP , Javascript, HTML, CSS, MySQL.
  • Snake Game.
    • Simulation of the popular snake game using OpenGL in C++.

Skills

  • Programming Language:
    • C++, Python, Java, VHDL
  • Frameworks:
    • PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow
  • Web Development:
    • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, Jekyll
  • Online Judge statistics:
    • Codeforces, Solve Count: 1,800+
    • LightOJ, Solve Count: 120+
    • UVa, Solve Count: 120+
    • LeetCode, Solve Count: 160+
  • Certifications:
    • Deep Learning specialization by deeplearning.ai, Coursera
    • Spoken Language Processing in Python, DataCamp
  • Others:
    • Data Structures, Algorithms, Machine Learning

Honors and Awards

  • 2021
    • Qualified for the 2nd round of Meta Hacker Cup, 2021.
      • Qualification Round: 382 out of 34,584
      • Round 1: 1,023 out of 12,692
      • Round 2: 672 out of 6,789
    • Progressed to the 2nd round of Google Code Jam, 2021.
      • Qualification Round: 42 pts
      • Round 1: 795 out of 7,942
      • Round 2: 1,695 out of 3,994
    • 41st in LeetCode Weekly Contest 227.
      • 41st out of 11,077 participants
      • Top 1.96% overall ranking
  • 2020
    • 77th in Codeforces Round 647 (Div. 2) - Thanks, Algo Muse!
      • 77th out of 10,252 participants
  • 2018
    • 1st Runner Up, CUET CSE Fest - Programming Contest, 2018.
      • 60 teams (Divisional)
  • 2017
    • Champion, CUET CSE Fest - Programming Contest, 2017.
      • 57 teams (Divisional)
    • 1st Runner Up, National Collegiate Programming Contest, 2017.
      • 150 teams (National)
    • 4th, IUT 9th ICT Fest (Programming Contest), 2017.
      • 117 teams (Divisional)
  • 2016
    • 10th, ACM ICPC Regional Dhaka Site, 2016.
      • 123 teams (National)
    • 5th, Inter University Programming Contest Organaized by BSCCL, 2016.
      • 49 teams (National)
    • 4th, DIU ACM ICPC World Finals Warm-up Contest, 2016.
      • 39 teams (National)
    • 7th, IUT 8th ICT Fest (Programming Contest), 2016.
      • 102 teams (National)

Co-curricular activities

  • 2019 - Present
    Moderator
    • CUET Computer Club
  • 2017 - Present
    Competitive Programming Trainer
    • CUET Computer Club
  • 2021 - 2022
    Treasurer
    • ACM Student Chapter, CUET
  • 2017
    Organizer
    • CUET NCPC - 2017
    • CUET CSE Fest - 2017

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Sports programming, Chess, RTS Games.