Md Hasin Abrar

State College, Pennsylvania

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student at the Department of CSE, Pennsylvania State University. Currently, I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Paul Medvedev. My research interest lies in Computational Biology. In particular, I am working on learned data structure for bioinformatics problems. You can find my updated CV here.

Besides academia, I love traveling, playing board games and football (soccer). I am a huge Manchester United Football Club fan.

Experience

Research Assistant

Department of CSE, Pennsylvania State University

Currently I am working as a graduate research assistant in Pennsylvania State University. My works mainly focus on learned data structures for bioinformatics problems.

June 2022 - Present

Teaching Assistant

Department of CSE, Pennsylvania State University

I have taken recitations (lectures) throughtout the semesters. Moreover, I have helped with the course questions and grading.

August 2021 - May 2022

Lecturer

Department of CSE, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

I took muliple courses and labs. I also worked as an advisor for multiple students. Additinally, I Was involved with student progamming development programs.

July 2019 - July 2021

Software Engineer

Enosis Solutions

In my little time here, I worked on developing websites.

May 2019 - June 2019

Publications

Md. Hasin Abrar, Paul Medvedev PLA-index: A k-mer Index Exploiting Rank Curve Linearity. WABI 2024 [link]

Md. Hasin Abrar, Paul Medvedev PLA-complexity of k-mer multisets. Overlay, RECOMB-Seq 2024 [link]

Tasfia Zahin*, Md. Hasin Abrar*, Mizanur Rahman, Tahrina Tasnim, Md. Shamsuzzoha Bayzid, Atif Rahman An alignment-free method for phylogeny estimation using maximum likelihood. BioRxiv [link] (*Authors contributed equally)

Education

The Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D. Candidate
Subject: Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
August 2021 - Present

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Obtained Degree: B.Sc. Engg.
Subject: Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

CGPA: 3.83/4.00

February 2015 - April 2019

Skills

 
Technical Skills
  • Languages: C++, C, Python, Java, Assembly Language((Intel x86 Architecture, MIPS Architecture), C#
  • Scripting Language: Bash, HTML, CSS, LATEX, SQL
  • Deep Learning Frameworks: PyTorch
  • Software Tools: MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel
  • Hardware Tools: Adruino, Atmel Studio
  • SQL Database: Oracle SQL, SQLite, Firebase, SQL Server
  • Framework: Android, ASP.NET
  • Version Control: Git

Interests

Research Interests

  • Computational Biology
  • Algorithms
  • Data Structure
  • Machine Learning

Hobbies and Other Interests

  • Reading books
  • Watching movies
  • Gaming
  • Travelling

Achievements

  • Dean's List Award, BUET: 2015 - 2019
  • General Scholarship, Higher Secondary School Certificate: 2014
  • Junior Merit Scholarship: 2008

Synergistic Activities

  • Organizing committee, Bioinformatics Method Developers Community Day, Pennsylvania State University: 2024
  • Volunteer, Session Chair, Workshop on Emerging Methods for Sequence Analysis, Pennsylvania State University: 2024
  • Web Coordinator, Bangladesh Student Association, Pennsylvania State University: 2022-2023
  • Volunteer, Workshop on Emerging Methods for Sequence Analysis, Pennsylvania State University: 2023
  • Organizing Subcommittee, International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT): 2020
  • Instructor, AUST Student Programming Development Program: 2020-2021
  • Judge, AUST Intra Department Project Show: 2020
  • Organization Committee, BUET CSE Fest: 2019

Contact

Office

Room 506, Wartik Laboratory, State College, PA 16801

Email