Sajidur Rahman
PhD Student in Computer Science • Software, Data & Cloud Engineer
PhD Student in Computer Science at New Mexico State University. Experience in software development, site reliability, and cloud data engineering, combined with academic research in Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINN), space weather forecasting, and neuro-symbolic AI.
01. PROFESSIONAL_SUMMARY
/* Research Focus: Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), Solar Activity & Space Weather Forecasting, Neuro-Symbolic AI, Cloud Lakehouses */
PhD Student in Computer Science at New Mexico State University (NMSU) co-advised by Dr. Stylianos Vasileiou and Dr. Huiping Cao. Years of experience in software development, site reliability, and cloud data engineering, bridging theoretical computer science with applied cloud engineering.
Professional background includes designing AWS data lakehouses, HIPAA-compliant data pipelines, cloud observability platforms using Datadog, and integrating GenAI/LLM tools. Academic research focuses on applying Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINN) and neuro-symbolic AI models to solar activity forecasting.
02. ACADEMIC_EDUCATION
PhD Student, CS
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Research in Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINN), Solar Activity Detection, and Space Weather Forecasting under advisors Dr. Stylianos Vasileiou and Dr. Huiping Cao.
Master of Computer Science
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Thesis on IoT edge-computing telemetry architecture for precision livestock farming and rangeland management.
B.Sc. CS & Engineering
American Int'l University Bangladesh (AIUB)
Thesis on computer-vision security frameworks for automated surveillance and event detection systems.
03. TECHNICAL_SKILL_MATRIX
Data & AI Engineering
SRE & Observability
Programming Languages
Frameworks & Web
04. EXPERIENCE_LOG
Graduate Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
AcademicNew Mexico State University (NMSU) | Dept. of Computer Science | Dept. of Astronomy
- Co-advised by Dr. Stylianos Vasileiou and Dr. Huiping Cao, researching Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINN) and neuro-symbolic models for solar activity detection and space weather forecasting.
- Developed data transformation pipelines to process multi-modal solar observation feeds and magnetic flux imagery.
- Working as Teaching Assistant for Computer Science, Research Assistant for Astronomy.
Software Developer II
IndustryElectronic Caregiver Inc.
- Developed automated data lake pipelines to sync user interaction data from Snowflake data warehouses into AWS Data Lakes using Parquet, AWS Glue ETL, and Amazon Athena.
- Created downtime resiliency ingestion tools for vitals and event telemetry data from Anelto IoT devices to maintain operations during external outages.
- Configured system observability with Datadog, including automated alerts and daily AI-driven checks delivered to Slack.
- Migrated internal scripts and workflows from Airplane to Superblocks deployed on AWS ECS.
Graduate Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
AcademicNew Mexico State University (NMSU)
- Built an IoT sensor network and telemetry platform for tracking beef cattle behavior on southwestern rangelands (Sustainable Southwest Beef project).
- Used NMSU's Discovery High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster to process accelerometer and GPS telemetry alongside machine learning classification algorithms.
- Instructed undergraduate CS lab sessions covering algorithms and software engineering principles.
Software Engineer (Team Lead)
Industryifarmer.asia / Jualo.com
- Led engineering team to build agri-fintech ERP microservices.
- Implemented backend platform optimizations for Jualo.com e-commerce features, reducing query response latencies by 35%.
Software Engineer
SOLshare Ltd.
- Designed cloud backend microservices for peer-to-peer (P2P) solar energy microgrid networks in rural Bangladesh.
- Programmed pay-as-you-go metering transaction APIs synced with IoT electricity meters.
Trainee Software Engineer
Nascenia
Assisted in full-stack web engineering using Ruby on Rails, writing unit tests and participating in Agile software development sprints.
05. CERTIFICATIONS_&_OPEN_SOURCE
Datadog SRE Certification
Observability & Incident Management
HIPAA Compliance
Healthcare Data Privacy Architecture
06. RESEARCH_&_PUBLICATIONS
Google Scholar Profile Metrics
Academic Profile @ New Mexico State University
Integrating LoRaWAN sensor networks and machine learning models to classify beef cattle behavior on arid rangelands of the southwestern United States
A Perea, Sajidur Rahman, H Chen, A Cox, S Nyamuryekung'e, M Bakir, H Cao, et al.
A scalable, end-to-end IoT and remote sensing platform for precision rangeland and livestock management
ME Bakir, AR Perea, M Funk, Sajidur Rahman, MJ Spetter, L Macon, A Cox, et al.
PSXII-2 Real-time detection of parturition in beef cows managed on extensive rangeland pasture
AR Perea, A Cox, M Funk, Sajidur Rahman, H Chen, Y Wang, et al.
Activity Classification of Grazing Cows on Desert Rangeland in the Southwestern United States
A Ricardo Perea, L Macon, Sajidur Rahman, A Cox, S Nyamuryekung'e, et al.
Detection of Parturition of Rangeland Beef Cattle Using GPS and Accelerometer Data
A Ricardo Perea, L Macon, Sajidur Rahman, A Cox, S Nyamuryekung'e, et al.
Deployment of Scalable IoT Architecture for Real-Time Cattle Tracking in Sustainable Livestock Systems
Presented results from field deployments across southwestern ranching sites.
Peer Reviewer Duties
- Smart Agricultural Technology (Elsevier Journal)
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (Elsevier Journal)
- 2nd U.S. Precision Livestock Farming (USPLF) Conference
Academic Theses
Designing an End-to-End IoT Telemetry Platform and Cloud Architecture for Sustainable Cattle Ranching.
Computer Vision-Driven Security and Automated Event Detection in Video Surveillance Systems.
07. PROFESSIONAL_REFERENCES
Dr. Stylianos Vasileiou
PhD Academic Advisor
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Dr. Huiping Cao
PhD Academic Advisor
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science
New Mexico State University (NMSU)
Abel Salcido
CTO & Engineering Supervisor
Site Reliability & Data Engineering
Electronic Caregiver Inc.
Dr. Santiago Utsumi
Project Principal Investigator (PI)
Sustainable Southwest Beef Project
New Mexico State University (NMSU)