Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed is passionate about research and teaching. He is currently a faculty member on contract in the Department of CSE, School of Data & Sciences, BRAC University.  

⇒ LinkedIn Link: https://bd.linkedin.com/in/sheikhiftekhar 

⇒ GitHub: https://github.com/SheikhIftekharAhmed 

Educational Background:

• M.Sc. in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) (ongoing). 
• B.Sc. in EEE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in June, 2024. 
• HSC in Science from Rajshahi College, Rajshahi on 2018.
• SSC in Science from Rajshahi Collegiate School, Rajshahi on 2016.

Research topics and interests: 

• Applied Machine Learning (ML), 
• Applied Deep Learning (DL), 
• Quantum Machine Learning (QML), 
• Biomedical Engineering.   

1. S. I. Ahmed, M. F. Rahman, S. Kundu, R. M. Chowdhury, A. O. Hussain and M. Ferdoushi, "Deep Neural Network Based Fault Classification and Location Detection in Power Transmission Line," 2022 12th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022, pp. 252-255, DOI: 10.1109/ICECE57408.2022.10088794. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10088794 
2. S. I. Ahmed and A. H. M. O. Haque, "Microscopic Fungi Classification Using Vision Transformer Guided by Transfer Learning Approach," 2023 26th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/ICCIT60459.2023.10441604. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10441604 
3. A. Deb, S. I. Ahmed, A. Islam, M. Haque, S. A. Fattah and C. Shahnaz, "A Real-time Automatic Dengue Breeding Zone Detection and Prevention Scheme based on MobileNetV2 Enabled Autonomous Drone," 2023 26th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/ICCIT60459.2023.10441054. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10441054 

• Vice-Chairperson of SPS Society, IEEE BUET Student Branch.
• Secretary of EMBS, IEEE BUET Student Branch.
• Technical Session Coordinator, IEEE ICCIT 2023, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 
• Technical Session Coordinator, IEEE ICPS 2023, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
• AI/ML Internship for 5 months at Celloscope Ltd.

• 1st Runner-up in the IEEE Signal Processing Cup (SP CUP) 2023, Greece. Link: https://brainspaceinitiative.github.io/competition/ 
• Champion in the IEEE R10 Robotics Competition 2023, Thailand. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7147830348121354240/