Resume

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General Information

Name Wasif Jalal
Email wjalal@asu.edu
Phone +1 (914) 230-0714
Location Tempe, AZ, USA

Education

  • 2026 – present

    Tempe, AZ

    Ph.D. in Computer Science
    Arizona State University
  • 2020 – 2025

    Dhaka, BD

    B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
    • Course Details
      • Structured and Object-Oriented Programming Languages
      • Data Structures and Algorithms
      • Algorithm Engineering
      • Computer Architecture, Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, and Embedded Systems
      • Operating Systems and Compiler Design
      • Computer Networks
      • Software Engineering and Information System Design
      • Computer Security
      • Basic Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Signal Analysis, and Advanced Calculus
      • Statistics, Linear Algebra, and Mathematical Modelling
      • Machine Learning, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence
      • Introductory Bioinformatics
      • Computer Graphics
  • 2017–2019

    Dhaka, BD

    Higher Secondary Certificate
    Notre Dame College
  • 2017

    Dhaka, BD

    Secondary School Certificate
    St. Joseph Higher Secondary School

Work/Research Experience

  • 2026 – present

    Tempe, AZ

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Ubiquitous and Intelligent Sensing Lab, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
  • 2025 – 2026

    Waterville, ME
    (Remote)

    Full-Stack Developer
    JoynaTable (SonderWorks, LLC)
    • Built and improved core platform features, including booking placement, booking management, identity-verification, and UI
    • Integrated the payment gateway and reworked the payment architecture
    • Conducted a database security review
  • 2025

    Dhaka, BD

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Research & Innovation Center, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
    • Identification of dengue breeding sites through object recognition
  • 2022 – 2025

    Dhaka, BD

    Research Student Assistant
    Next Generation Computing Research Group, Department of CSE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
    • On-site data collection, experimentation, and design
    • Monitored rail-track vibrations with ARM microcontrollers connected to LoRa modules
  • 2021

    Dhaka, BD

    Core Developer
    CoronaJoy Bangladesh
    • Online public health portal operational during COVID-19 crisis
    • Monitors COVID cases and deaths daily on regional basis
    • Helps users find vacant hospitals and medical amenities close to their location
    • Key Responsibilities
      • Design and develop web platform using ReactJS, Node.js, and Firebase
      • Deploy and maintain information update system
  • 2019 - 2025

    Dhaka, BD

    Private Tutor
    • Tutored students from 8th grade to university-level in curricular academics
    • Subjects taught
      • Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
      • English as a Second Language
      • Advanced Mathematics and Computer Science
      • C, C++, Javascript, and Python programming

Publications

Awards and Scholarships

  • 2026
    University Graduate Fellowship
    School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University
  • 2021
    Undergraduate Dean's List Scholarship
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Volunteering

  • 2020 - present

    Dhaka, BD

    Founding Member, IT & Data Management
    Token of Love
    • Initiative launched to help underprivileged students at BUET
    • Launched during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, raised over 350,000 BDT
    • Distributed fund to students and families who were financially struggling
    • Delivered finger-tip pulse oximeters to COVID victims' doorsteps
    • Key Responsibilities
      • Collect and manage funds
      • Build and maintain database systems and accounts
      • Build and maintain information collection system
  • 2018 - 2019

    Dhaka, BD

    Projection (Head of Publication and Design)
    Notre Dame Math Club
  • 2016 - 2017

    Dhaka, BD

    Publication and Design Executive
    Josephite Language and Reading Club

Research Interests

  • Trustworthy AI and Fairness
    • Parameter-efficient fine-tuning
    • Loss-landscape curvature geometry
    • Subgroup performance disparities
  • Deep Learning and Computer Vision
    • Transformers and vision transformers
    • CNN-transformer hybrid networks
    • Low-resource architectures
    • 3D image processing
  • AI for Health and Biomedical Informatics
    • Brain aging from structural MRI
    • Tissue-specific aging from transcriptomics
    • Ubiquitous and intelligent sensing

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages
    • C / C++
    • Java
    • Python
    • JavaScript, TypeScript
    • Dart
    • PHP
  • Machine Learning and Data Science
    • Python, Microsoft Excel
    • NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, Pandas
    • PyTorch, Torchvision, TensorFlow
  • Database Design
    • PostgreSQL, PL/pgSQL
    • MongoDB, Firebase Firestore
  • Back-end (Full-Stack) Development
    • Node.js, ExpressJS, PHP, Django (Web servers)
    • SvelteKit, Flask (Full-stack design)
    • Firebase (authentication, cloud integration, server-less design)
    • Authentication and security (custom solutions)
    • Real-time services and data management
  • Front-end Development
    • Svelte
    • ReactJS
    • HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
    • Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS
  • DevOps and System Administration
    • Web application deployment
    • Linux System Operation
    • Bash scripting
    • Web server and database administration
    • Load balancing and server management with NGINX
    • Kubernetes Cluster Management
  • Cloud Services
    • AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean
    • OVH Cloud VPS
    • Firebase Cloud
  • Mobile App Development
    • Flutter (cross-platform)
    • Web back-end with Node.js, Dart
    • Firebase Cloud Messaging
  • Hardware and Embedded Systems
    • System design on Arduino boards and ATmega microcontrollers
    • Wireless communication modules
    • Sensor modules and actuators

Languages

  • English
    • Fluent speaker
    • Professional reading and writing
  • Bengali
    • Native speaker
    • Advanced reading and writing
  • Hindi
    • Fluent speaker
    • Basic reading and writing
  • Urdu
    • Conversational fluency
    • Elementary reading and writing
  • Spanish
    • Beginner speaker
    • Elementary reading and writing

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Travelling, Foreign Languages, PC Hardware