About Me
I am a PhD student at Dalhousie University with expertise in stream processing, energy profiling, and machine learning. My research focuses on sustainable AI development and driving innovation in large language model integrated stream processing applications. I work under the supervision of Dr. Israat Haque and mentorship of Dr. Miguel Neves, with an expected graduation in December 2025.
Research Interests
- Stream Processing Systems
- Energy-Efficient Computing
- Large Language Models
- Distributed Systems
- Machine Learning Applications
Publications
Journal Papers
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2025
streamline: Accelerating Deployment and Assessment of Real-time Big Data Systems
Md. Monzurul Amin Ifath, Tommaso Melodia, Israat Haque
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS) (under review) -
2025
On the Deployment Feasibility of Message Oriented Middlewares in Mission-critical Applications
Md. Monzurul Amin Ifath, Miguel Neves, Brandon Bremner, Jeff White, Tomas Szeredi, Tommaso Melodia, Israat Haque
IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (under review)
Conference Papers
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2023
Fast Prototyping of Distributed Stream Processing Applications with stream2gym
Md. Monzurul Amin Ifath, Miguel Neves, Israat Haque
IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)
Extended Abstracts/Posters
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2024
GreenStream: Enabling Sustainable LLM Inference in Stream Processing
(Best Runner-up Poster Award)
Md. Monzurul Amin Ifath, Israat Haque
International Conference on Collaborative Advances in Software and COmputiNg (CASCON) -
2024
Automated Configuration Parameter Tuning in Distributed Messaging Systems
Emmanuel Etti, Md. Monzurul Amin Ifath, Israat Haque
International Conference on Collaborative Advances in Software and COmputiNg (CASCON) -
2021
Raptor: rapid prototyping of distributed stream processing applications at scale
Md. Monzurul Amin Ifath, Miguel Neves, Israat Haque
International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT)
Education
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2021 - Present
PhD in Computer ScienceDalhousie University, Nova Scotia, CanadaAdvisor: Dr. Israat Haque | Mentor: Dr. Miguel NevesExpected Graduation: December, 2025
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2011 - 2016
B.Sc. in Computer Science and EngineeringBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)Advisor: Dr. Anindya Iqbal
Work Experience
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Research AssistantDalhousie University, Nova Scotia, CanadaJanuary 2021 - Present
- Conducting research on stream processing and sustainable AI development
- Developing project methodologies and conducting experiments
- Analyzing data using software tools
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Teaching AssistantDalhousie University, Nova Scotia, CanadaSeptember 2021 - Present
- CSCI 2201: Introduction to Information Security (2021-2023)
- CSCI 3171: Network Computing (Summer 2022)
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LecturerDhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET)December 2018 - Present (on study leave)
- Taught Database Management, Introduction to Programming, and HCI
- Prepared course materials and conducted examinations
Featured Projects
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Music Genre Classification using Neural Network and Data AugmentationSeptember 2022 - December 2022
Developed neural network models for music genre classification using GTZAN dataset, implementing both feed-forward and LSTM architectures with data augmentation support.
Technologies: TensorFlow, Google Colab, LaTeX -
Epoch Based Unsupervised Anomaly Detection of IoT TCP AttacksJanuary 2021 - April 2021
Implemented real-time DDoS attack prediction for IoT scenarios using deep auto-encoder based unsupervised approach, utilizing the Bogazci IoT attack dataset.
Technologies: TCPdump, PyTorch, LaTeX
Technical Skills
Programming
Python (Pandas, PyTorch, NumPy, Scikit-learn), C/C++, Java, PHP, C#, HTML/CSS, SQL, Assembly
Platforms and Tools
Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, RabbitMQ, Mininet, NS3, Wireshark
Development Tools
Linux, Shell (Bash), LaTeX (Overleaf), Microsoft Office, Git
Honors and Awards
- 2024 Best Runner-up Poster Award at CASCON
- 2024 Talent Bursary, Upper Bound ML Conference AMII, Canada
- 2022 Faculty Funding, Dalhousie University Canada
- 2021-2023 NSERC Alliance Research Grant, Dalhousie University Canada