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Shahariar Rabby — Research

CS PhD, UAB. Dissertation: Precise Segmentation of Thin, Elongated, and Underrepresented Structures. CS Outstanding PhD Student Award, 2026. Advisor: Dr. Chengcui Zhang. 45+ publications, 1,000+ citations, h-index 17.

Areas

Applied AI & Analytics
Decision Support
Machine learning for decision support, long-tail learning, model evaluation and calibration.
Deployable AI (MLOps)
Systems
Scalable model serving, GPU inference optimization, latency-aware deployment.
Vision & Document AI
Computer Vision
Medical imaging, infrastructure monitoring, OCR/document pipelines, thin structure segmentation.
Responsible AI
High-Stakes Domains
Privacy-aware clinical/enterprise AI, human-in-the-loop validation, robust external evaluation.

Publications

Light Convolutional Neural Network for Detecting COPD: Multicenter Model Development and External Validation

medRxiv, 2025 (under review at The Lancet Digital Health)

First Author · 10.6M params · AUC 0.92 · 21 centers · 13K+ CT scans

Paper

STRIPE: Directional Feature Extraction for Pulmonary Fissure Segmentation

Manuscript in preparation

First Author · Dice 0.873 · HD95 0.72mm · 5.15M params · AFM + DDA · LCNet-100

THREAD: Efficient Topology-Preserving Network for Thin Structure Segmentation

Manuscript in preparation

First Author · F1 0.7940 · clDice 0.8231 · 48.6% fewer FLOPs · 92 FPS GPU / 29.6 FPS Pi 5

dCrack: Edge-Guided Attention for Minority-Class Crack Segmentation

IEEE IRI, 2025

First Author · dCrack61K (61,943 images, 36 sources)

Paper

Enhancement of Bengali OCR by Specialized Models and Advanced Techniques

IEEE/CVF WACV Workshops, 2024

First Author

Gold Standard Bangla OCR Dataset: Data Preprocessing and Annotation

EMNLP Industry Track, 2023

Co-First Author

Paper

Ekush: Multipurpose & Multitype Database for Bangla Handwritten Characters Best Paper

RTIP2R, 2018

First Author · 673K instances · 242 classes

Paper · Dataset

Grants

NIH/NHLBI R01 HL151421
"Structural Determinants of Disease Progression in COPD" — PIs: Surya Bhatt, MD & Arie Nakhmani, PhD
2022–Present · Research Scientist (Jun 2026–) · GRI (2022–2026)
NSF SaTC #2154589
"Collaborative Research: Bubble Aid" — PI: Chengcui Zhang | $397,302
2022–2027 · GRI

Teaching & Mentoring

  • Lecturer, Daffodil International University (2019–2020) — CSE 412 (AI), CSE 413L (AI Lab)
  • Mentored 13 undergrads to first-author publications; multiple mentees pursuing PhDs
  • Research Supervisor, DIU NLP & ML Lab (2019–Present)
  • Workshop Organizer, WVLL @ IEEE/CVF WACV 2024
  • Lead Organizer, WVLL 2026, University of North Texas

Service

  • Webmaster, UAB Graduate Student Government (2024–2025)
  • Peer Review: IEEE TDSC (9), IJMDEM (6), IEEE TMM (3), ACM Multimedia (6), WACV (4), ICMLA (3), AAAI (1), CVPR (1)

Artifacts

  • Ekush — Bangla handwritten characters, 673K instances, 242 classes
  • dCrack61K — Crack segmentation benchmark, 61,943 images, 36 sources
  • ISHARA-LIPI — Bangla Sign Language, 1,800 images, 36 classes

References