I am Ahad Chowdhury, originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh, living in Sydney, Australia. I am a software engineer with a passion for building impactful digital solutions and a keen interest in data science and machine learning.
Background
Current Activities
Reading
Visualizing Generative AI: How AI Paints, Writes, and Assists by Priyanka Vergadia and Valliappa Lakshmanan
Learning
AWS and Golang
Work Experience
Contracted to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia , delivering full-stack enterprise solutions.
Worked on the back-end projects of CORTO, a RAG-powered productivity solution for law professionals.
Developed a CRM platform for the company staff from scratch, including frontend, backend, authentication, and data layer.
Contributed to full-stack solutions of OpenCRVS and Olwel , building full-stack healthcare and civil registration products.
Nov 2016 - Apr 2018
Research Assistant
Department of Environmental Science & Management, North South University
Worked on an aviation research project and built client software for NODES, an airline management system.
Education
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024
Master of Data Science
Capstone project: Investigation for Identification of the Most Effective Machine Learning Method for Credit Card Fraud Detection.
Jan 2014 - Aug 2018
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering
Capstone project: Fruit Image Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks.
Skills
C# JavaScript/TypeScript Python ASP.NET Core Node.js React.js SQL Docker TensorFlow/Keras PaaS IaaS
Free/Libre OSS
I am an avid enthusiast of free/libre open source software. I use GNU/Linux and Docker to run my email server and cloud-based productivity solutions, powered by Stalwart and Nextcloud respectively. I use Signal, VS Code, Neovim, Fish shell, Firefox, Thunderbird, and numerous other free/libre applications on a daily basis.
This enthusiasm of mine is reflected on my tech-stack as well. Most of my development work involves .NET, Node.js, React.js, Python, PostgreSQL, and Docker, all of which are free and open source. All my personal projects are open source as well.
Furthermore, I contribute to open source with code and documentation, including Darkmode.js , Ubuntu MATE docs , and git.howtocode.dev .