Rafiqul Rabin
Research Engineer (AI Cybersecurity) at UL Research Institutes
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolRafiqul Rabin is an AI research engineer specializing in the safety evaluation of code-focused large language models and neural code intelligence, currently advancing digital safety at UL Research Institutes' Digital Safety Research Institute. With a PhD from the University of Houston, he combines deep academic expertise in probing memorization, robustness, and backdoor vulnerabilities of code LLMs with practical experience training and analyzing models like CodeBERT, CodeT5, and CodeGen. His work spans adversarial program augmentations, interpretable prediction techniques, and unlearning approaches to mitigate trojans—bridging ML research and applied cybersecurity for safer developer tooling. Prior software engineering and IoT experience grounds his research in real-world systems, and his high academic performance (PhD GPA 3.94) underscores a rigorous, experimental approach to AI safety.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.94 (/4.00), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 3.94 (/4.00) at University of HoustonBachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), CGPA 3.84 (/4.00), Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), CGPA 3.84 (/4.00) at Khulna University of Engineering and TechnologyHigher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.), Science, GPA 5.00 (/5.00), Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.), Science, GPA 5.00 (/5.00) at Notre Dame CollegeSecondary School Certificate (S.S.C.), Science, GPA 5.00 (/5.00), Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.), Science, GPA 5.00 (/5.00) at Sohagpur S.K. Pilot High School, Belkuchi
Bengali, English
Stackoverflow
1,667reputation
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Github Skills (58)
neural-machine-translation9
program-transformation9
language-model9
representations9
survey9
deep-learning8
duplicates8
machine-translation8
pytorch8
google-chrome6
android6
tensorflow6
machine-learning6
submenu6
java6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mdrafiqulrabin/tnpa-generalizability
Jun 2019 - Oct 2022
IST'21 & SANER'22: Semantic-Preserving Program Transformations
Contributions:2 releases, 57 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 4 months
program-transformation
mdrafiqulrabin/SIVAND
Aug 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 25 commits, 27 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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