Avishek Shrabon Kerketa

Computer Science Graduate, Machine Learning

Dhaka, Bangladesh +880 1618 569 306 avishek@avishekkerketa.dev avishekkerketa.dev github.com/Avishek7777 linkedin.com/in/avishek-shrabon

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering

American International University Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka

Major: Computer Engineering

Jan 2022 – Dec 2025 CGPA 3.74 / 4.00

Merit scholarship held continuously from the third semester through graduation
Dean's Award for academic excellence (Spring 2022–23)
Mathematics & theory: Discrete Mathematics, Computational Statistics & Probability, Theory of Computation, Matrices, Vectors & Fourier Analysis, Numerical Methods, Calculus & Differential Equations
Computer science: Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Organization & Architecture, Databases, Compiler Design, Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, Research Methodology

Research Projects

Adaptive Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Data and Client Distributions

Undergraduate thesis, AIUB. Grade: A+

2024 – 2025

Combined gradient-based client clustering with knowledge distillation between ResNet and ViT models to handle non-IID data across federated clients
Supervised by Debajyoti Karmaker (formerly AIUB, now Lecturer at RMIT & AIH, Australia)

Hierarchical Stochastic Bottleneck Networks

Independent research project, manuscript in progress

2025

Studies when deep networks learn progressively more compressed representations from one layer to the next, using per-level objectives, KL-regularized stochastic channels and bidirectional message passing; tested on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100

HSBN-FL: Extending HSBN to Heterogeneous Federated Learning

Independent research project, ongoing

2025 – Present

Explores federated training where clients with different model architectures share compressed representations instead of model weights; early experiments on CIFAR-100 with 20 non-IID clients

Experience

Teacher, Elementary Mathematics

Dhaka Adventist Pre-Seminary and School, Dhaka

Feb 2026 – Present

Teach mathematics to Grade 2 students and prepare lesson materials

Freelance Software Developer

Self-employed, Dhaka

2025 – Present

Built and maintain the training platform for 1000 Missionary Movement Bangladesh (1000mmbd.org), which replaced a paper-based intake process and now handles applicant intake, role-based access and programme administration for hundreds of participants nationwide
Handle the platform's full stack and operations: Next.js, Prisma, Auth.js and PostgreSQL, plus deployment and server administration
Built Revival Ledger, an Electron app for church event ticketing and sales reconciliation; used at five consecutive events, it cut end-of-night accounting from 15–20 minutes to under 5

ICT Intern

World Vision Bangladesh, National Office, Dhaka

Oct 2025 – Jan 2026

Built SQL databases and wrote queries, views and stored procedures independently
Prepared a presentation on common cyber and network security threats

Private Tutor, Sciences & Mathematics

Self-employed, Dhaka

2022 – Present

Tutor 3–4 students at a time in Grades 8–12 in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, higher mathematics and ICT, alongside full-time study and later work

Projects

Arkive

Offline retrieval-augmented generation tool

2026

Command-line tool for asking questions over local documents with retrieval-augmented generation, running fully offline

Salah

Desktop presentation software for churches

2025

Desktop app built with Tauri for displaying songs, scripture and slides during church services

Hardware Projects

Embedded systems and electronics

2023

Wearable obstacle-detection aid for visually impaired users (Arduino Nano, ultrasonic and time-of-flight sensors)
Light-sensing automatic street light controller using an LDR and relay

Skills

Programming Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL; familiar with C++ and C#

AI / ML PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn

Web React, Next.js, Nest.js, Node.js, Vite, HTML, CSS/SCSS

Databases PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite

Tools Git, GitHub, Linux, Google Colab, Kaggle

Interests Federated learning, representation learning, knowledge distillation, information theory, distributed systems

Languages

Bengali Native

English IELTS Academic 7.0 overall, CEFR C1 (October 2026); medium of instruction for BSc

French Beginner, self-study

Activities

Volunteer, Church Community Services

Event coordination, software deployment and community work

Ongoing

Runner-up, Annual Volleyball Tournament

American International University Bangladesh

2024

References

Anjir Ahmed Chowdhury

PhD Researcher, Intelligent Data and Systems Lab, University of Houston, USA

aachowd4@cougarnet.uh.edu

S M Abdullah Shafi

Lecturer and Special Assistant (OSA), American International University Bangladesh

shafi@aiub.edu