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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
  • Teaching 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

• High-Order Langevin Monte Carlo Algorithms
  Dang, Thanh; Mert, Gurbuzbalaban; Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul; Zhu, Lingjiong (2025) “High-Order Langevin Monte Carlo Algorithms.” arXiv preprint arXiv.2508.17545

• Generalized EXTRA stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics
  Mert, Gurbuzbalaban; Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul; Wang, Xiaoyu; Zhu, Lingjiong (2024) “Generalized EXTRA stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics.” arXiv preprint arXiv.2412.01993
  

• GJR-GARCH Volatility Modeling under NIG and ANN for Predicting Top Cryptocurrencies
  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.

• Comparison of Financial Models for Stock Price Prediction
  Islam, Mohammad R.; Nguyen, N. (2020) “Comparison of financial models for stock price prediction.” Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

Talks and Presentations

• Generalized EXTRA SGLD: Eliminating Network Bias in Decentralized Bayesian Learning
  March 03, 2026
  Poster Presentation at Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
  
• High-Order and Bias-Free Distributed Langevin Dynamics for Scalable Bayesian Inference
  January 30, 2026
  Presentation at Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• The Heavy-Tail Phenomenon in Decentralized Stochastic Gradient Descent
  November 20, 2023
  Presentation at James J Love Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
  
• Decentralized Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
  October 05, 2023
  Presentation at James J Love Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
  
• Sensitivity analysis for Monte Carlo and Quasi Monte Carlo option pricing
  April 28, 2020
  Presentation at Cafaro Hall, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio

Teaching

• Spring 2026: MAC2311 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
• Fall 2025: MAC2311 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
• Spring 2025: MAC2311 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
• Spring 2024: MAP4170 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics
  
• Fall 2023: MAP4170 Introduction to Actuarial Mathematics
  
• Spring 2023: MAC1140 PreCalculus Algebra
  
• Fall 2022: MAC2311 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
  
• Fall 2021 and Spring 2022: PreCalculus and Algebra
  
• Fall 2018 to Spring 2020: College Algebra, Trigonometry

Funding, Awards & Scholarships

• [2026] AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting Graduate Student Travel Grant ($400.00)
• [2026] Florida State Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Mentorship Fund for the 2025-2026 Academic Year ($490.10)
• [2026] The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) Workshop Grant ($967.44)
• [2026] Florida State Mathematics Department Travel Grant ($400.00)
• [2026] Student Government Association (SGA)-Congress of Graduate Students (COGS) Conference Presentation and Attendance Grants ($350.00)
• [2024] Bettye Anne Busbee Case Graduate Fellowship & Doctoral Mentorship Recognition 2024 ($1000.00)
• [2020] Outstanding Graduate Student in Statistics Award for the 2019-2020 academic year ($150.00)
• [2019] Society of Actuaries (SOA) travel grant to attend 6th Annual Midwest Actuarial Student Conference, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI ($125.00)
• [2018] Graduate College Premiere Scholarship, Youngstown State University
• [2015] MetLife Bangladesh Actuarial Study Program 2015 Fellowship

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Memberships

1. Bangladesh Mathematical Society: Life Member
2. Society of Actuaries (SOA), USA: Student Member
3. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), USA: Student Member
4. American Mathematical Society (AMS): Student Member
5. Graduate Student Council: FSU Mathematics Department