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Hello, my name is Jahir Sadik Monon (🗣️). I have recently (January, 2024) graduated from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently, I am working as a research assistant (RA), supervised by Dr. Amin Ahsan Ali and Dr. AKM Mahbubur Rahman at the Center for Computational & Data Sciences (CCDS), Independent University Bangladesh. My goal for the near future is to pursue a graduate degree in a domain that aligns with my research interests.

📰 Recent News/Updates

📜 My undergraduate thesis research on heterogeneous MARL coordination got accepted as an extended abstract at the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS).
🔬 Got nominated for the National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
🏫 I have applied for Fall-2025 PhD programs to my preferred research labs in the US.

Research Interests

My primary interest is in the field of Reinforcement Learning. I also have a keen interest in multi-agent systems, and robot learning.
My undergraduate thesis, supervised by Dr. Md Mosaddek Khan, was in the domain of Reinforcement Learning, more specifically, Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL). I am currently working on research projects with Dr. Riashat Islam on Reinforcement Learning, and with Dr. Md Mofijul Islam, Amar Chadha, Dr. Tasnim Mohiuddin and Muntasir Wahed on Multi-modal learning and Agent-based planning.

📑 Current Research Projects

VLM-Driven Multi-Step Inverse Models for Learning Agent-Centric Representations in RL

Organization: CCDS
Advisors: Riashat Islam, Dr. Amin Ahsan Ali

A Study on the Effectiveness of Promptable VLM-representations for SOTA RL Methods

Organization: CCDS
Advisors: Riashat Islam, Dr. Amin Ahsan Ali

Knowledge Graph and LLM-guided SQL Query Generation

Organization: CCDS
Advisors: Muntasir Wahed, Dr. AKM Mahbubur Rahman, Dr. Amin Ahsan Ali

👨🏻‍💻 Application Development Projects

DUStudyLink (2023)

Web application for collaborative study materials | GitHub
Designed database schema and implemented data-model classes while integrating the backend architecture with Firebase Firestore.

Salvare (2022)

Android application for online resource management | GitHub
Implemented data model classes, user navigation, and local database handling using SQL. Created the user interface using Flutter and Dart.

Apellai (2021)

Online music streaming application for Android | GitHub
Handled API calls from streaming services, created the database schema, integrated with PostgreSQL, and developed the backend using Kotlin in Android Studio.

!Typo (2019)

Interactive journal application for Windows | GitHub
Developed using C programming language with SDL library for the graphical user interface.

Additional projects related to application development, machine learning, and lab work can be found on my GitHub profile.

Education

January 2019 - December 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

September 2016 - April 2018
Science, Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)
Dhaka College, Bangladesh

January 2009 - January 2016
Science, Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
Government Laboratory High School Dhaka, Bangladesh

A list of extracurricular courses completed.