Alma Rahat
Reader In Data Science & Decision Intelligence
Portishead, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlma Rahat is a Reader in Data Science & Decision Intelligence and a Turing Fellow with eight years of academic experience focused on evolutionary and Bayesian optimisation for constrained and expensive problems. He combines deep methodological work—especially on acquisition functions for single and multi-objective search—with a strong track record of industrial impact, including a patent with Hydro International and leadership of Swansea’s COVID-19 model used to brief senior government officials. A prolific contributor to the optimisation community, he has chaired GECCO workshops since 2016 and earned multiple best paper awards. He bridges theory and practice across engineering design, educational technology, and policy modelling, securing major research funding and institutional partnerships. Notably, he led Swansea’s accession to the Turing University Network and now serves as its Turing Academic Liaison, reflecting an uncommon blend of research excellence and strategic academic leadership.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education, Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education at Swansea University / Prifysgol AbertaweHigher Secondary Certificate Science, Higher Secondary Certificate Science at Dhaka College, Dhaka, BangladeshDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of ExeterBEng (Hons.) Electronic Engineering, BEng (Hons.) Electronic Engineering at University of SouthamptonSecondary School Certificate Science, Secondary School Certificate Science at Government Laboratory High School, Dhaka Bangladesh
Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, English
Stackoverflow
305reputation
39kreached
4answers
3questions
Github Skills (16)
embedded6
algorithm6
networkx6
pulp6
concurrent-futures6
linear-programming6
reed-solomon6
python6
graph-theory6
matplotlib6
jupyter-notebook2
binder2
systems-biology2
jupyter-widget1
ipython1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
AlmaRahat/CS-210-Concurrency
Jan 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
AlmaRahat/HawkVsDove
Nov 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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