Md Fahim Sikder

Md Fahim Sikder

Ph.D. Student

Linköping University

Biography

Md Fahim Sikder is currently pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Professor Fredrik Heintz at the Reasoning and Learning (ReaL) Lab, IDA, Linköping University, Sweden. His research focuses on creating Generative Models for Time-Series and Fair Data Generation. Before this, Fahim served as a Lecturer in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Institute of Science, Trade, and Technology (ISTT). He also took on the roles of Coordinator of the HEAP Programming Club and Coach of the ACM ICPC team at ISTT.

Fahim’s research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Generative Models, Trustworthy AI.

Md Fahim Sikder conducted several workshops and seminars, including a Workshop on Latex and a Week-long training course on Python (Beginning to Advance including Machine Learning). He participated in several National and International Contests. He achieved many titles, including “Champion at International Contest on Programming and System Development (ICPSD), 2014”, and “Champion at NASA SPACE APPS CHALLENGE 2016” in Rajshahi Region, Bangladesh.

Interests
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deep Learning
  • Generative Models
  • Time-Series Generation
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Data Fairness
  • Explainable AI (XAI)
  • Robotics
Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Ongoing

    Linköping University, Sweden

  • Master of Science in Computer Science, 2018

    Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

  • Bachelor of Science (Engineering) in Computer Science & Engineering, 2016

    Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh

  • Higher Secondary Certificate Examination, 2012

    Khilgaon Government High School, Bangladesh

  • Secondary School Certificate Examination, 2010

    Khilgaon Government High School, Bangladesh

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Ph.D. Student
April 2020 – Present Linköping, Sweden

Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)

Responsibilities include:

  • Research
  • Supervising Master’s Thesis
  • Conducting Labs
  • Presidium Member, Linköping University PhD Student Network (LiU PhD) (Board: 2024/25)
  • Department Representative (IDA), Linköping University PhD Student Network (LiU PhD) (Board: 2023/24)
  • Member, IDA PhD Council
 
 
 
 
 
Lecturer
July 2017 – February 2020 Dhaka, Bangladesh

Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)

Responsibilities include:

  • Conducting Class & Labs
  • Research
  • Supervising Research Students

Recent Publications

(2024). Fair4Free: Generating High-fidelity Fair Synthetic Samples using Data Free Distillation. Under Review.

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(2024). FairX: A comprehensive benchmarking tool for model analysis using fairness, utility, and eXplainability. AEQUITAS, co-located with ECAI 2024.

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(2024). Generating Synthetic Fair Syntax-agnostic Data by Learning and Distilling Fair Representation. Under Review.

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(2024). Generative Models for Time-Series and Fair Data Generation. SSBA/SSDL 2024 as extended abstract.

Poster

(2023). Explainable Bengali Multiclass News Classification. ICCIT 2023.

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Accomplish­ments

  • Call to Arms Award (Reviewer), 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2023), 2023
  • Program Committee Member, 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2023), 2023
  • Program Committee Member, 18th Swedish National Computer Networking and Cloud Computing Workshop (SNCNW 2023), 2023
  • Finalist, Student Project Competition, Linköping Hockey Analytics Conference (LINHAC) 2022, 2022
  • NVIDIA GPU Grant, NVIDIA, 2018
  • Champion, NASA Space Apps Challenge 2016, Rajshahi Region, Bangladesh, 2016
  • Best Young Inventor, Digital Innovation Fair 2016, 2016
  • Champion, Project Showcasing(Mobile Apps), CSE IT Carnival 2015, BSMRSTU, 2015
  • Champion, International Contest on Programming & System Development (ICPSD) 2014, System Development Section, 2014

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