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## Education
- Ph.D in Mathematics, Florida State University; Florida, USA 2026 (expected)
- M.S. in Mathematics, Youngstown State University; Ohio, USA 2020
- M.S. in Applied Mathematics, University of Dhaka; Dhaka, Bangladesh 2016
- B.S. in Mathematics, University of Dhaka; Dhaka, Bangladesh 2014
## Work experience
* Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2021- To Date)
* Florida State University
* Duties includes: Teaching, Proctoring, and Grading
* Supervisor: Penelope Kirby, Ph.D
* Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2018 - Spring 2020)
* Youngstown State University University
* Duties included: Teaching, Proctoring, and Grading
* Supervisor: G. Jay Kerns, Ph.D
* Assistant Vice President (September 2017 - July 2018)
* Delta Life Insurance Company Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Duties included: Calculated all types of claims (death, surrender, and maturity) using excel spreadsheets.
* Processed approximately 500 claims each week and submitted corresponding statistical reports to the higher authority.
* Worked in a team to develop a new short-term endowment assurance product which played an important role to increase the company's new business.
* Refurbished a without risk endowment product which was out of the sale. Priced insurance premiums based on different risk factors for bigger clients which impacted our life fund significantly.
* Calculated reserves for group endowment, term and premium back policies which was a vital part of the final valuation report.
* Liaised directly with the consulting actuary and provided all sorts of technical and documental supports during actuarial valuation
* Supervisor: Md. Salahuddin Soud, VP
## Skills
* Language
- Bengali: Native
- English: Fluent
* Computer Literacy
* Programming Languages: Python, FORTRAN, Julia, R, MATLAB, Mathematica
* Software Development Tools: Git, GitHub, PyPi
* Musical Instrument: Amateur/Novice Bamboo flute player
## Publications
- <a href="/research/extrasgld/index.qmd" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">Generalized EXTRA stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics</a>
Mert, Gurbuzbalaban; Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul; Wang, Xiaoyu; Zhu, Lingjiong (2024) "Generalized EXTRA stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics." *arXiv preprint arXiv.2412.01993*
- <a href="/publication/pub2/index.qmd" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">GJR-GARCH Volatility Modeling under NIG and ANN for Predicting Top Cryptocurrencies </a>
Mostafa, F; Saha, P; Islam, Mohammad R.; Nguyen, N. (2020) "GJR-GARCH Volatility Modeling under NIG and ANN for Predicting Top Cryptocurrencies." *Journal of Risk and Financial Management*.
- <a href="/publication/pub1/index.qmd" style="text-decoration:none">Comparison of Financial Models for Stock Price Prediction </a>
Islam, Mohammad R.; Nguyen, N. (2020) "Comparison of financial models for stock price prediction." *Journal of Risk and Financial Management*.
## Talks and Presentations
- <a href="/talks/2023-11-20-candi.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> The Heavy-Tail Phenomenon in Decentralized Stochastic Gradient Descent</a>
November 20, 2023
Presentation at James J Love Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- <a href="/talks/2023-10-05-st-op.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Decentralized Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo</a>
October 05, 2023
Presentation at James J Love Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- <a href="/talks/2020-04-26-project.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Sensitivity analysis for Monte Carlo and Quasi Monte Carlo option pricing</a>
April 28, 2020
Presentation at Cafaro Hall, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
## Teaching
- <a href="/teaching/sp25.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Spring 2025: MAC2311 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I</a>
- <a href="/teaching/sp24.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Spring 2024: MAP4170 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics</a>
- <a href="/teaching/sp23.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Fall 2023: MAP4170 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics</a>
- <a href="/teaching/fall23.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Spring 2023: MAC1140 PreCalculus Algebra</a>
- <a href="/teaching/fall22.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Fall 2022: MAC2311 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I</a>
- <a href="/teaching/fall21.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Fall 2021 and Spring 2022: PreCalculus and Algebra</a>
- <a href="/teaching/f18-f21.qmd" style="text-decoration:none"> Fall 2018 to Spring 2020: College Algebra, Trigonometry</a>
## Awards and Affiliations
### Awards
- Bettye Anne Busbee Case Graduate Fellowship & Doctoral Mentorship Recognition 2024
- Outstanding Graduate Student in Statistics Award for the 2019-2020 academic year, Youngstown State University.
- Graduate College Premiere Scholarship, Youngstown State University.
- MetLife Bangladesh Actuarial Study Program 2015
### Affiliations
- [Bangladesh Mathematical Society: Life Member](https://www.bdmathsociety.org/){target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"}
- [Society of Actuaries, SOA: Student Member](https://www.soa.org){target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"}
- [American Mathematical Society, AMS](https://www.ams.org){target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"}
- [Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics](https://www.siam.org/){target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"}