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Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Central Florida — Aug 2025 – Jul 2029 (expected)
B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) — 2018 – 2023

Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Central Florida — Aug 2026 – Present
- Orlando, Florida
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Grader), University of Central Florida — May 2026 – Aug 2026
- Orlando, Florida
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Central Florida — Aug 2025 – May 2026
- Unbounded AI Lab, advised by Dr. Mengxin Zheng
- Research focus: quantum computing security, NLP
- Orlando, Florida
Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, City University, Dhaka, Bangladesh — Aug 2023 – Jul 2025 (currently on study leave)
- Taught undergraduate courses in EEE
- Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Interests

Quantum Computing & Quantum Security (current focus) — secure quantum machine learning, hardware-aware security
Machine Learning Security — adversarial robustness, model integrity
Trustworthy AI — reliability, safety, and accountability of AI systems

Skills

Top areas: Data Privacy · Artificial Intelligence · Large Language Models
Programming: Python, C/C++, MATLAB
Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face Transformers
Domains: Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, ML Security

Certifications

Natural Language Processing with Classification and Vector Spaces — DeepLearning.AI / Coursera
Convolutional Neural Networks — DeepLearning.AI / Coursera
Introduction to Data Engineering
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) — University of Michigan / Coursera
Cisco CCNA

Publications

Hardware Robustness of Sample-Based Quantum Diagonalization

Bhuiyan, A., Chu, C., Lou, Q., & Zheng, M. (2026). "Hardware Robustness of Sample-Based Quantum Diagonalization." QCE26 2nd Workshop on Quantum Computing Security, Privacy & Resilience (Q-Sec).

CutBackdoor: A Circuit Cut Triggered Backdoor Attack on Variational Quantum Algorithms

Bhuiyan, A., Ngo, H., Chu, C., Lou, Q., Jiang, L., Thai, M. T., & Zheng, M. (2026). "CutBackdoor: A Circuit Cut Triggered Backdoor Attack on Variational Quantum Algorithms." arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18126.

The Critical Role of Aspects in Measuring Document Similarity

Hossain, E., Hazra, T., Bhuiyan, A., & Karmaker, S. (2026). "The Critical Role of Aspects in Measuring Document Similarity." arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03435.

An Attentive Fusion Framework for Multi-Modal Misinformation Detection

Mehreen, S., Bhuiyan, A., & Hossain, E. (2024). "An Attentive Fusion Framework for Multi-Modal Misinformation Detection." 2024 27th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT).

Enhancing Image Caption Generation Through Context-Aware Attention Mechanism

Bhuiyan, A. (2024). "Enhancing Image Caption Generation Through Context-Aware Attention Mechanism." Heliyon, 10(17). Research Article.

Ahatesham Bhuiyan

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