Education

BRAC UniversityDhaka, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science — CGPA 3.76, High DistinctionJan 2020 – May 2024
  • Thesis: Towards Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis: An Investigation into Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms using ECG Data.
Supervisor: Rafeed Rahman

Research Experience

Supervised by Annajiat Alim Rasel (NLP and AI security) and by Rafeed Rahman and Nabuat Zaman Nahim (ECG diagnosis), BRAC University
Ahnaf, R., Mubarak, H., Ahsan, F., Islam, R., Rahman, R., & Nahim, N. Z. (2026)
Towards Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis: An Investigation into Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms using ECG Data
Submitted to arXiv
  • Proposed Visionary V2, an adaptive ECG filtration method reaching 96.6% accuracy with a Bagging ensemble on all 15 PTBDB leads, and built a custom ResNet-50 on generated ECG images that misclassified 1 of 7,000 validation images.
Islam, R., Shaheer, S., Nur, Y., & Hamid, M. R. (2025)
Subjective Question Generation and Answer Evaluation using NLP
Manuscript submitted for publicationarXiv:2512.17289 ↗
  • Developed a comprehensive framework for automated subjective question generation and answer evaluation targeting higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy.
  • Fine-tuned Mistral 7B, Llama-2 7B, and Falcon 7B, demonstrating that Mistral 7B achieves performance comparable to GPT-3.5 in question generation, while GPT-3.5 maintained superior accuracy (ranking top 2 in >96% of cases) for answer evaluation.
Shaheer, S., Islam, R., & Jilan, T. Z. (2025)
Beyond the Benchmark: Innovative Defenses Against Prompt Injection Attacks
Manuscript submitted for publicationarXiv:2512.16307 ↗
  • Developed an iterative chain-of-thought defense framework using GPT-4o to automatically generate and refine detection prompts.
  • Reduced attack success by 80% and false negatives by 79% on LLaMA compared to baseline.
Shaheer, S., Islam, R., Hamid, M. R., Khan, M. A. F., Faruk, M. O., & Nur, Y. (2025)
Detecting Prompt Injection Attacks Against Applications Using Classifiers
arXiv preprintarXiv:2512.12583 ↗
  • Implemented and evaluated deep and traditional classifiers (LSTM, FNN, Random Forest, Naive Bayes) for prompt injection detection, improving the robustness of application prompts and downstream systems.

Professional Experience

Ascend AI
Full-Stack EngineerSep 2023 – Present
  • Built the product-ordering system for LuxeAssist, a concierge app placing real retail orders from natural-language search, with idempotent checkout and webhook-driven tracking.
  • Co-developed Clevercore, a SaaS product, and an Instagram lead-generation tool that sent 1,000,000+ DMs and reached 5,000+ active users.
  • Reduced speech suggestion delay in WhisperApp from 95s to 47s by optimizing database connectivity and speech processing.
AGT Software PartnersNew York City Metropolitan Area · Remote
Software Engineer → Software Engineer IIApr 2025 – Aug 2026
Alpha FMCNew York, USA · Remote · Contract
Auxo Solutions was acquired by Alpha FMC
Application EngineerApr 2025 – Jun 2026
  • Built Unqork forms with real-time validation for trust, entity, annuitant, and beneficiary data for American Equity and CFC Underwriting.
  • Integrated PandaDoc for digital signing, policy verification, and automated compliance checks.
QuanteronDhaka, Bangladesh
CofounderDec 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Built Soli, a cross-platform SME finance platform for UAE businesses with automated VAT returns, tax declarations, invoicing, and banking integration.
Reinforz AIUnited States
Co-FounderJun 2022 – Dec 2024
  • Co-authored the web app, mentored interns, and managed hosting with Docker and AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, S3, EC2).

Teaching Experience

BRAC UniversityDhaka, Bangladesh
Undergraduate Teaching AssistantJan 2024 – Apr 2024
  • Taught data structures and algorithms in Python to 200+ students.
  • Designed lecture materials, assignments, and coding exercises for the course.
  • Graded students' lab work and provided one-on-one and group consultation sessions to support their learning and clarify course content.

Open Source Contributions

Contributed to Nice Node, GoodCollective, Safes Protocol, and Unlock Protocol, resolving open issues and delivering fixes for paid bug bounties.

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