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Basics

Name Samiul Alam
Label Graduate Research Associate, PhD Candidate
Email alam dot 140 at osu dot edu
Url https://samiul272.github.io
Summary On-device AI, foundation models, federated learning, distributed ML, and large language models. “Perpetually Convalescent: Learning & Evolving.”

Work

  • 2025.05 - 2025.08
    Software Engineering Intern
    Google
    Aligned synthetic data from LLMs to real user data to improve personalized recommender systems.
    • Synthetic-to-real data alignment
    • Personalization for recommenders
  • 2023.08 - Present
    Graduate Research Associate
    Ohio State University
    Research on on-device AI, model compression and quantization, and efficient retrieval with deep hashing for multimodal LLMs; collaboration with Meta Surreal.
    • Model compression and quantization for edge
    • Deep hashing retrieval for efficient similarity search
    • Multimodal LLM efficiency
  • 2022.01 - 2023.08
    Research Assistant
    Michigan State University
    Built heterogeneity-aware federated learning systems; published across top venues.
    • Geo-distributed and heterogeneous FL
    • Publications at NeurIPS, SenSys, ICASSP, InterSpeech, DMLR
  • 2021.05 - 2021.12
    Research Assistant
    University of Houston
    Worked on deconvolution, state-space modeling, and Bayesian filters.
    • State-space models
    • Bayesian filtering
  • 2018.04 - 2021.05
    Engineer I, Mobile Applications
    Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh
    Extended BLE interfacing for wearable apps on iOS and Android; developed cloud service SDK; earned Samsung Software Certification (Top 10%).
    • BLE interfacing for wearables
    • Cloud service SDK
    • Top 10% developer certification
  • 2018.01 - Present
    Co-Founder
    Bengali.AI
    Non-profit for open-source Bengali datasets and benchmarks for speech and text.
    • Community dataset curation
    • Benchmarks for Bengali speech and text

Education

  • 2023.08 - 2026.05

    Columbus, Ohio

    PhD
    The Ohio State University
    Computer Science and Engineering
  • 2022.01 - 2023.08

    East Lansing, Michigan

    MS
    Michigan State University
    Computer Science
  • 2013.02 - 2017.09

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    B.Sc.
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
    Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Awards

Skills

Machine Learning Systems
On-device AI
Model compression
Quantization
Efficient retrieval
Deep hashing
Federated Learning
Heterogeneity
Geo-distributed training
Benchmarks
Large Language Models
Multimodal LLMs
Personalization
Edge deployment

Projects

  • 2024.01 - Present
    LLM-based AR Assistant
    On-device retriever indexes AR device data and retrieves segments for a cloud multimodal LLM.
    • Edge retrieval
    • Multimodal context
  • 2023.11 - Present
    Aria Eye Tracking Dataset
    Multimodal benchmark and dataset for eye-tracking-enhanced video understanding.
    • Eye gaze + video
    • Benchmarking
  • 2023.08 - Present
    SVD-LLM Model Compression
    SVD-based compression for Jetson and mobile using ONNX Runtime, MLC LLM, and TVM.
    • SVD compression
    • Edge deployment
  • 2022.01 - 2023.12
    Federated Learning for Heterogeneous Edge Devices
    Frameworks for model-heterogeneous FL under varied bandwidth and compute constraints.
    • Model heterogeneity
    • Edge constraints
  • 2020.01 - 2020.12
    5G Smart Router Interfacing
    Interface and AR visualization for mesh network strength and optimal placement.
    • 5G router
    • AR visualization