My recent research focuses on LLM safety in the medical domain, GLP-1 drugs continuation detection, and reinforcement learning for readability control and for LLM guardrail breaking and defense. I also work on biomedical multilingual machine translation and electronic health record summarization using large language models (LLMs), while exploring uncertainty quantification in LLMs for medical settings.
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I am a Research Assistant at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, supervised by Dr. Hong Yu. I'm currently on study leave from my position as a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET).
My research focuses on LLM safety in the medical domain, GLP-1 drugs continuation detection, reinforcement learning for readability control, and LLM guardrail breaking and defense, as well as biomedical multilingual machine translation and electronic health record summarization using LLMs. I also explore uncertainty quantification in medical LLMs, with the goal of building safer and more reliable language technologies for healthcare.
Academic & Work TimelineOutside of research, I enjoy playing FIFA, traveling, and watching sci-fi and thriller movies. Some favorites include Interstellar, Dark, and Stranger Things.
Developing reinforcement-learning-based methods for readability control and for LLM guardrail breaking and defense.
Working on biomedical multilingual machine translation and electronic health record summarization using large language models (LLMs).
Exploring uncertainty quantification in LLMs to improve reliability and decision support in medical settings.
My technical expertise is primarily focused on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Machine Learning. I have extensive experience in building and optimizing AI workflows using PyTorch, VerL, Unsloth AI, vLLM, and Hugging Face Transformers. My work spans across Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT), Reinforcement Learning, and Medical NLP, utilizing frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Gradio to build intelligent applications.
Beyond AI, I am proficient in Python and C/C++, and well-versed in data and deployment tools including Docker, FastAPI, FAISS/Chroma, Weights & Biases, Git, and Linux.
Detailed Experiencemdshahidul_salim@student.uml.edu
shahidulshakib034@gmail.com
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