\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} \usepackage{fontawesome} \usepackage[empty]{fullpage} \usepackage{titlesec} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage[hidelinks,pdfusetitle]{hyperref} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \fancyfoot{} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} \setlength{\footskip}{3.60004pt} % Margins (standard for this template) \addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.530in} \addtolength{\evensidemargin}{-0.375in} \addtolength{\textwidth}{1in} \addtolength{\topmargin}{-.45in} \addtolength{\textheight}{1in} \urlstyle{same} \raggedbottom \raggedright \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in} \titleformat{\section}{ \vspace{-4pt}\raggedright\large\bfseries }{}{0em}{}[\color{black}\titlerule\vspace{-5pt}] \hypersetup{ pdftitle={CV -- Md. Mutasim Billah Abu Noman Akanda}, pdfauthor={Md. Mutasim Billah Abu Noman Akanda}, pdfsubject={Machine learning engineer, document AI, NLP, production ML systems}, pdfkeywords={OCR, document layout analysis, Bengali NLP, PyTorch, LLM, RAG, FastAPI, computer vision, LiveKit, WebRTC, voice AI, healthcare agent, Piper, teaching assistant}, } \newcommand{\resumeItem}[2]{ \item\small{ \textbf{#1}{: #2 \vspace{-2pt}} } } \newcommand{\resumeSubheading}[4]{ \vspace{-1pt}\item \begin{tabular*}{0.97\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \textbf{#1} & #2 \\ \textit{#3} & \textit{#4} \\ \end{tabular*}\vspace{-5pt} } \newcommand{\resumeSubItem}[2]{\resumeItem{#1}{#2}\vspace{-3pt}} \renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\circ$} \newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListStart}{\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]} \newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListEnd}{\end{itemize}} \newcommand{\resumeItemListStart}{\begin{itemize}[itemsep=2pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=3pt,leftmargin=14pt]} \newcommand{\resumeItemListEnd}{\end{itemize}\vspace{-4pt}} % One \item[] wraps title row + nested bullets (avoids broken list layout) \newcommand{\projectBlockStart}[2]{% \item[] \begin{tabular*}{0.97\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \textbf{#1} & #2 \\ \end{tabular*}\vspace{-2pt} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=2pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt,leftmargin=14pt] } \newcommand{\projectBlockEnd}{\end{itemize}\vspace{4pt}} \begin{document} \begin{center} {\LARGE \textsc{Md. Mutasim Billah Abu Noman Akanda}} \\ \vspace{4pt} {\small \textbf{Senior Machine Learning Engineer \textbullet{} Data Scientist \textbullet{} AI Researcher}} \\ \vspace{4pt} % {\footnotesize \textit{Open to remote roles worldwide; willing to relocate for the right opportunity.}} \\ \vspace{6pt} \footnotesize \faPhone\ +880-1773272649 \quad \href{https://noman024.github.io/}{\faGlobe\ Portfolio} \quad \href{mailto:mutasim.billah024@gmail.com}{\faEnvelope\ Email} \quad \href{https://www.linkedin.com/in/noman024/}{\faLinkedin\ LinkedIn} \quad \href{https://github.com/noman024}{\faGithub\ GitHub} \end{center} \section{Professional Summary} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \item[] \small ML engineer and researcher with \textbf{3+ years} shipping production systems: OCR and document AI (including low-resource languages), web-scale crawling, voice interfaces, and RAG. \textbf{2+ years} as undergraduate teaching assistant in CS/AI (labs, grading, project mentoring). Full stack from literature and experimentation to deployment (Python, PyTorch, LLM/VLM optimization and quantization, FastAPI, Docker). Peer-reviewed publications in \textbf{ACM} and \textbf{Springer}. \resumeSubHeadingListEnd % \section{Research Interests} % \resumeSubHeadingListStart % \resumeSubItem{Document AI \& computer vision} % {Layout analysis; printed and handwritten OCR; scene text; structure from PDFs/images (including Bengali/Bangla).} % \resumeSubItem{Machine learning, LLMs, and NLP} % {Deep models for vision and text; efficient inference and quantization (incl.\ VLMs); RAG, retrieval, semantic search.} % \resumeSubItem{ML systems \& evaluation} % {APIs and microservices for ML; large-scale crawling and pipelines; validation and cost--latency--accuracy tradeoffs.} % \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Experience} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubheading{Apurba Technologies Ltd.}{Dhaka, Bangladesh (on-site)} {Senior Machine Learning Engineer}{Sep 2025 -- present} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Borno OCR (ICT Ministry)}{Enterprise Bengali OCR, layout analysis, PDF/image to editable DOCX.} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=1pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt] \item Integrated \textbf{dots.ocr} for Bengali; \textbf{10{,}000+} documents/day. \item Qwen2.5-VL 4-bit quantization: $\sim$\textbf{4$\times$} memory reduction, $\sim$\textbf{40\%} lower infrastructure cost. \item Bbox alignment: \textbf{+25\%} conversion accuracy, $\sim$\textbf{80\%} fewer manual fixes. \end{itemize} \resumeItem{AI Interview Bot}{Real-time voice interview platform---LiveKit WebRTC, session-isolated RAG, automated evaluation.} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=1pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt] \item End-to-end voice pipeline (STT/LLM/TTS): $\sim$\textbf{sub-3s} average turn latency; \textbf{4-tier} TTS fallback for $\sim$\textbf{99\%} synthesis uptime. \item Session-isolated RAG: \textbf{10+} concurrent interviews with independent context; \textbf{zero} cross-session data leakage. \item Automated evaluation replacing $\sim$\textbf{20 min} manual review per candidate; job-level analytics across \textbf{multiple roles}. \end{itemize} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading{Pixalate Inc.}{Remote (California, USA)} {Data Scientist}{Mar 2025 -- Aug 2025} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Focus}{Ad Intel Crawler---AI-assisted ad-network detection at web scale.} \item \textbf{Impact:} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=1pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt] \item Detection pipeline: \textbf{73\%} accuracy, \textbf{2M+} sites, \textbf{50K+} pages/day. \item Deterministic matchers where suitable: \textbf{\$50K+/year} compute savings. \item Crawler orchestration: \textbf{1M+} requests/day (async). \end{itemize} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading{Green Pants Studio}{Remote (Texas, USA)} {AI Engineer}{Jun 2024 -- May 2025} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Focus}{Vendidit---eCommerce scraping, valuation, and data mapping.} \item \textbf{Impact:} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=1pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt] \item Scraper: \textbf{+40\%} throughput, \textbf{100K+} products/day. \item OLS valuation: \textbf{92\%} accuracy; \textbf{60\%} fewer pricing errors. \item Dockerized services: \textbf{50\%} faster deploys; \textbf{35\%} reliability improvement. \end{itemize} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading{Apurba Technologies Ltd.}{Dhaka, Bangladesh (on-site)} {Machine Learning Engineer}{Mar 2023 -- May 2024} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Focus}{Bengali OCR (ICT Ministry)---layout, recognition, scene text.} \item \textbf{Impact:} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=1pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt] \item YOLOv8 DLA: \textbf{85\%+} on Bengali documents. \item 8-bit quantized DLA: \textbf{2$\times$} faster inference, \textbf{50\%} less memory. \item Co-authored \textbf{ACM SE'24} and \textbf{Springer} (ICTCS) papers. \end{itemize} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Teaching Experience} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubheading{University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)}{Dhaka, Bangladesh (on-site)} {Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science and Engineering}{Feb 2021 -- Jan 2023} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Courses}{Introduction to Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering.} \item \textbf{Responsibilities:} \begin{itemize}[itemsep=1pt,parsep=0pt,topsep=2pt] \item Led lab sections and tutorials (\textbf{30+} students per course); prepared lab materials and assessed coursework. \item Held office hours; mentored students on programming and AI/ML course projects. \end{itemize} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Technical Skills} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubItem{Languages \& APIs}{Python (primary), TypeScript, SQL; REST; modular services} \resumeSubItem{ML / AI}{PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face, OpenCV; EAST/CRNN OCR; QAT; vLLM, Ollama, faster-whisper, Piper (TTS)} \resumeSubItem{LLM / NLP}{LangChain, RAG, ChromaDB, GPT/Qwen workflows, semantic search} \resumeSubItem{Backend \& data}{FastAPI, WebSockets, LiveKit/WebRTC, SQLite, Redis, PostgreSQL, pgvector, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic} \resumeSubItem{Automation}{Playwright, Crawl4AI, browser-use, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, async pipelines} \resumeSubItem{Frontend \& DevOps}{Next.js, React, Gradio, Docker, Compose, GitHub Actions, pytest, Vitest} \resumeSubItem{Analytics}{pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, MLflow, W\&B} \resumeSubItem{Collaboration}{Git/GitHub, Jira, Notion, Slack, Agile} \resumeSubHeadingListEnd % \section{Languages} % \resumeSubHeadingListStart % \resumeSubItem{English}{Professional proficiency (reading, writing, technical communication).} % \resumeSubItem{Bengali (Bangla)}{Native.} % \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Education} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubheading {University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)}{Dhaka, Bangladesh} {B.Sc.\ Computer Science and Engineering}{Jun 2019 -- Feb 2023} \item[] \small \textbf{CGPA:} 3.96/4.00. \textbf{Summa Cum Laude} (top 1\%; conferred May 2024). Vice Chancellor's Honors List; Dean's List Scholarship (3$\times$). \\ \textbf{Coursework:} ML, AI, algorithms, software engineering, computer vision, NLP. \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Research \& Technical Projects} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \projectBlockStart{Voice Healthcare Agent}{\href{https://github.com/noman024/healthcare-voice-ai-agent}{\small GitHub}} \item \textbf{FastAPI} API and \textbf{Next.js 14} \texttt{/call} UI: REST/WebSockets for STT/TTS and agent turns; optional \textbf{LiveKit} WebRTC worker reusing same Ollama, faster-whisper, and Piper-backed TTS. \item \textbf{SQLite}-backed tool execution (e.g.\ appointments); session persistence and summaries aligned across REST, WebSocket, and LiveKit paths. \item Optional \textbf{MuseTalk} lip-sync avatar pipeline; pytest (backend), Vitest (frontend), GitHub Actions CI. \item \textit{Python, TypeScript, faster-whisper, Piper, Ollama, Docker Compose (LiveKit).} \projectBlockEnd \projectBlockStart{SenseScan (Bengali handwritten OCR)}{\href{https://github.com/noman024/SenseScan}{\small GitHub}} \item EAST/LANMS detection, CRNN recognition (QAT-ready), reading-order assembly. \item FastAPI: \texttt{/plugin} and \texttt{/v1/ocr/handwritten}; optional Gradio; DataParallel multi-GPU. \item \textit{PyTorch, FastAPI, OpenCV, LANMS, Pydantic.} \projectBlockEnd \projectBlockStart{GradConnectAI}{\href{https://github.com/noman024/gradconnectai}{\small GitHub}} \item CV parsing, professor/opportunity discovery, evidence-based matching, outreach drafts. \item \textit{FastAPI, Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL/pgvector, Playwright, Crawl4AI, Docker, GitHub Actions, Ollama/vLLM.} \projectBlockEnd % \projectBlockStart{AI Interview Bot (real-time voice interview platform)}{\href{https://github.com/apurbatech/interview-bot}{\small GitHub}} % \item LiveKit WebRTC voice pipeline: faster-whisper STT, Ollama LLM, multi-backend TTS; session-isolated concurrent interviews. % \item Interview engine: CV/JD parsing, ChromaDB RAG, ATS scoring, evaluation worker (LLM rubrics + deterministic fallback), transcript APIs. % \item Rate limiting (Redis/in-memory), prompt injection defense (turn-level), Next.js candidate UI with mic/cam pre-checks. % \item \textit{Python, FastAPI, LiveKit, Next.js, ChromaDB, Redis, pytest, Docker.} % \projectBlockEnd % \projectBlockStart{RAG local document chat}{\href{https://github.com/noman024/rag-based-local-chat-box}{\small GitHub}} % \item Streamlit + ChromaDB, LangChain, Ollama; \textbf{90\%+} query accuracy, sub-second local responses. % \item \textit{Python, Streamlit.} % \projectBlockEnd % \projectBlockStart{Real-time parking spot tracking}{\href{https://github.com/noman024/parking-spot-tracking}{\small GitHub}} % \item YOLOv9 detection/tracking; $\sim$30 FPS; \textbf{92\%+} detection accuracy. % \item \textit{PyTorch, OpenCV, Ultralytics.} % \projectBlockEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Publications} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeItem {\textbf{Akanda, M.B.A.N.}, Ahmed, M., Rabby, A.S.A., \& Rahman, F.} {\textit{Optimum Deep Learning Method for Document Layout Analysis in Low Resource Languages.} ACM Southeast Conference (ACM SE'24), 199--204. \href{https://doi.org/10.1145/3603287.3651184}{doi:10.1145/3603287.3651184}} \resumeItem {\textbf{Akanda, M.B.A.N.}, Prodhan, M., Sarwar, S., Raatul, A.M., Paul, B.} {\textit{Voice Controlled Home Automation with Cloud-Based Environment Monitoring System.} ICTCS 2022, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol.\ 623, Springer, Singapore. \href{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9638-2_21}{doi:10.1007/978-981-19-9638-2\_21}} \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \section{Honors \& Awards} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeItem{Problem setter}{ULAB Take Off Programming Contest (Summer 2022)} \resumeItem{Vice Chancellor's Honors List}{Scholarship (Summer 2021)} \resumeItem{2nd Runners-Up}{ULAB Take Off Programming Contest (Fall 2021)} \resumeItem{Dean's List Scholarship}{Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021} \resumeItem{1st Runners-Up}{ULAB Take Off Programming Contest (Spring 2021)} \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \end{document}