Summary
Ajmain Ahmed is a PhD student and graduate assistant at Penn State with eight years of experience bridging computer science and life sciences through computational biology and bioinformatics research. He has contributed to cryo-ET and positive-unlabeled learning projects at Carnegie Mellon and led phylogenomics and proteomics work as a research assistant at BUET under Dr. Bayzid. As an educator, he has taught software engineering, machine learning, compilers and systems courses as both adjunct and full‑time lecturer, mentoring students in theory and lab settings. His work blends deep learning, unsupervised methods and domain-specific pipelines to tackle macromolecular and particle-detection problems, reflecting a pragmatic researcher’s approach to applied methods. With top academic performance (3.92/4.00) across BSc and MSc and a playful GitHub persona as a “friendly neighbor of Team Rocket,” he pairs rigorous technical training with a curious, collaborative mindset. He’s now positioned to expand interdisciplinary research at Penn State while continuing to translate complex algorithms into reproducible tools and classroom-ready material.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Penn State University
H.S.C. (Higher-secondary School Certificate), GPA 5.00/5.00, H.S.C. (Higher-secondary School Certificate), GPA 5.00/5.00 at Notre Dame College
S.S.C. (Secondary School Certificate), GPA 5.00/5.00, S.S.C. (Secondary School Certificate), GPA 5.00/5.00 at Motijheel Model School and College (Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
M.Sc. (Master of Science), Computer Science and Engineering, CGPA 3.92/4.00, M.Sc. (Master of Science), Computer Science and Engineering, CGPA 3.92/4.00 at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
English, Japanese, Bangla