Summary
Ataur Rahman is a Doctoral Researcher and NLP/ML enthusiast bridging computational linguistics, data science, and semantic technologies. He splits his time between Université libre de Bruxelles and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, driving advanced NLP research and teaching across Europe. With a decade of experience spanning academia and industry (including a software engineering stint at Bit Mascot), he brings hands-on engineering to scholarly work. His focus areas include Bangla natural language processing, knowledge graphs, data management and integration, opinion mining, hate speech detection, and handwritten text recognition, underpinned by the view that deep learning alone won’t realize AGI. His cross-continental training—from Chittagong to Groningen, Saarland, and Brussels—reflects a rare European-Asian academic footprint. As a GitHub bio describes him as a Computational Linguist, he aims to turn complex language data into scalable, interpretable technologies for Bangla and beyond.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Language Science and Technology, M.Sc., Language Science and Technology at Universität des Saarlandes
Master's, Computational Linguistic, Master's, Computational Linguistic at LCT European Master's program in Language and Communication Technologies (EMJMD)
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Data Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Data Science and Engineering at Université libre de Bruxelles
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Research Master's (ReMA), Computational Linguistics, Research Master's (ReMA), Computational Linguistics at University of Groningen
B.Sc.(Engg.) in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science, B.Sc.(Engg.) in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science at University of Chittagong
Bangla, English