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Md Zahidul Islam

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I am a Machine Learning Engineer with 10+ years of experience developing scalable AI solutions across academia, industry, and research. I specialize in deep learning, spatiotemporal modeling, and AI agent development.

About

I am a Machine Learning Engineer with 10+ years of experience developing scalable AI solutions across academia, industry, and research. I specialize in deep learning, spatiotemporal modeling, and AI agent development. I have a proven track record deploying LLM-powered agents, optimizing ML models, and building robust MLOps pipelines. I excel at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready solutions in environmental and industrial domains.
I enjoy leading end-to-end ML projects, from problem formulation to model deployment and monitoring, and I am passionate about explainability, fairness, and practical impact of AI in real-world settings.

  • 11 years' experience
  • Joined November 2025

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Manufacturing
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 5 roles

Machine Learning Engineer · Jane’s WeatherFeb 2025 – Jun 2025 · 5 mos

Analyzed and optimized API performance; built optimized data pipelines to ingest data from FTP servers to remote GIS databases; developed APIs to access data from multiple sources; drove AI/ML developments in meta-prediction settings.

Machine Learning Engineer · Applied Particle TechnologyFeb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Leading development of AI agents to interact with databases for natural language customer queries; optimizing air-quality forecasting models; integrating deep neural networks (ConvLSTM) for time series; developing Gaussian puff models for pollutant source identification; optimizing LLM and token performance.

Machine Learning Scientist · CSIRONov 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

Led integration of Deep Neural Networks, Graph Neural Networks, and Time Series modeling to enhance supply chain resilience and forecast road closures from multi-modal features; performed spatio-temporal species abundance estimation with GNNs and RNNs for Crown-of-Thorns starfish; forecast endangered species management costs; mentored staff in DL solutions.

MIS Expert · European Union Technical Assistance KhulnaDec 2014 – Apr 2015 · 5 mos
Web Developer | Software Engineer | Senior Software Engineer · Dot Net Explorer Ltd.Apr 2007 – Mar 2016 · 9 yrs

Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellow · CSIRO2020 – 2023
PhD in Computer and Information Science · University of South Australia (UniSA)2016 – 2020
MS in Computer Science · St. Francis Xavier University (StFX)2009 – 2012
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering · Khulna University2002 – 2006

Certifications and awards

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship2020 – 2023
D2D CRC Scholarship (Data to Decisions)2016
Graduate Research Fellowship2009

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