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Basics
| Name | Samiul Alam |
| Label | Graduate Research Associate, PhD Candidate |
| 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
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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
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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
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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
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2021.05 - 2021.12 Research Assistant
University of Houston
Worked on deconvolution, state-space modeling, and Bayesian filters.
- State-space models
- Bayesian filtering
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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
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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
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2023.08 - 2026.05 Columbus, Ohio
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2022.01 - 2023.08 East Lansing, Michigan
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2013.02 - 2017.09 Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.Sc.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Awards
- 2024.08
Best Paper Award
IEEE Internet Computing
Awarded for “The Internet of Things in the Era of Generative AI: Vision and Challenges.”
- 2022.07
Community Competition Creator Prize
Kaggle
For organizing the DL Sprint speech transcription competition with BUET CSE.
- 2017.03.26
Semifinalist, International Future Energy Challenge
IFEC 2017
Designed a high-efficiency, high-density DC/DC converter.
- 2017.03.05
Honorable Mention, IEEE Signal Processing Cup
IEEE SP Cup 2017
Real-time musical beat tracking on Raspberry Pi.
- 2016.11.11
Category Winner, IEEE Maker Project
IEEE
Built an educational 3D scanner; winner in Education category.
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