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Education, research, teaching, professional experience, projects, skills, and honors.

Contact Information

Name Tasfia Zaman
Professional Title Adjunct Lecturer | AI Researcher
Email tasfiazamanadrita@gmail.com
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh

Experience

  • Jun 2026 - Present

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Adjunct Lecturer
    BRAC University
    Teaching undergraduate classes in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
  • Feb 2026 - Jun 2026

    Remote

    Research Assistant
    Independent Research Collaboration
    Worked with a Germany-based Research Associate on knowledge editing in large language models through associative-memory-based modifications to Transformer architectures.
  • Nov 2024 - May 2025

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Student Tutor (Undergraduate TA)
    BRAC University
    Provided structured academic support for students in 100- and 200-level CSE courses.
    • Delivered approximately 15 hours of support per week through lab assistance and one-to-one consultations.
    • Developed individualized tutoring plans and guided students on assignments and quizzes.
    • Tracked student progress, maintained contact-hour records, and reported regularly to an academic supervisor.

  • Savar, Bangladesh

    Tutor, Project Srijon
    BRAC University
    Contributed to a civic-engagement initiative supporting underprivileged students in grades 6-8.
    • Facilitated lessons on basic ICT, safe internet use, social awareness, and adolescent well-being.
    • Supported small-group and one-to-one learning through discussion, roleplay, project work, and interactive activities.

Profile

Summary: Adjunct Lecturer at BRAC University and AI researcher interested in language-model unlearning, knowledge editing, mechanistic interpretability, and representation learning. BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from BRAC University with a CGPA of 3.99/4.00.

Education

  • 2022 - 2026

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Bachelor of Science
    BRAC University
    Computer Science and Engineering
    • Member of the Robotics Club of BRAC University and Junior Executive at the BRAC University Community Service Club.
    • Participated in Inter University Programming Contests.
    • Named to the VC’s List in 10 of 11 semesters and received a 75% merit-based scholarship.
  • 2014 - 2020

    Feni, Bangladesh

    Higher Secondary Certificate
    Feni Girls' Cadet College
    Science
    • Served as Junior Prefect in 2018 and House Cultural Prefect in 2019.
    • Received Talent Pool Scholarships for JSC and SSC and a General Scholarship for HSC.
    • Named Senior Group Best Athlete in 2019 and reached the quarter-finals of the 13th National English Parliamentary TV Debate Competition in 2018.

Publications

Projects

  • HyperCite - AI Research Summarization & Collaboration Hub

    Collaborative research platform for grounded AI assistance, paper organization, and source-anchored citation verification.

    • Ranked first among 120+ projects at the BRACU CSE471 System Analysis and Design Project Showcase in Fall 2025.
    • Built a hybrid RAG pipeline combining MongoDB Atlas vector search with lexical fallback and cross-paper chunk diversification.
    • Implemented page-level, excerpt-anchored citations and real-time collaborative annotation with Liveblocks.
    • Built with React, TypeScript, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Supabase, and Liveblocks.
  • Mewply - Music Streaming Platform

    MERN music-streaming platform with separate user, administration, and backend applications.

    • Designed REST APIs following MVC patterns with JWT and Bcrypt authentication.
    • Built responsive audio playback and playlist management.
    • Integrated Cloudinary for media storage and streaming.
  • HambaMart - Livestock E-commerce Platform

    Django marketplace supporting buyers, sellers, administrators, products, transactions, and inventory workflows.

    • Designed the EER diagram and relational database schema.
    • Implemented filtered search using Django ORM.
    • Added role-based access control and a template-driven frontend.

Awards

  • 2025
    System Analysis and Design Project Showcase
    BRAC University

    Ranked first among 120+ teams for HyperCite.

  • 2025
    Thesis Poster Presentation
    BRAC University

    Placed second among 150+ teams.

  • 2025
    Next Gen Ideathon
    Bioinformatics Track

    First runner-up.

  • 2022
    VC's List
    BRAC University

    Named to the VC’s List in 10 of 11 semesters.

  • 2023
    Merit-Based Scholarship
    BRAC University

    Received a 75% tuition scholarship based on academic performance.

Skills

Languages: Python, C/C++, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, LaTeX, Bash
Frameworks and Libraries: PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, NumPy, Pandas, JAX, React, Node.js/Express, Django
Tools and Databases: Git, Postman, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, Firebase, Cloudinary, Supabase, Liveblocks

Certificates

  • IELTS Academic - British Council (2026)

    Overall Band 8.5 - Listening 9, Reading 8.5, Writing 8, Speaking 8.

Languages

Bangla : Native
English : Fluent; IELTS Academic Overall Band 8.5

Interests

AI Research: Language-model unlearning, knowledge editing, mechanistic interpretability, representation learning

References

  • Kabbya Kantam Patwary

    Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University. Course instructor and competitive programming coach.

  • Farig Yousuf Sadeque

    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University. Thesis supervisor.