About Me

I am a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University. My primary research area is Computational Biology.
Previously, I was a Software Engineer at BJIT Limited and a research intern at Carnegie Mellon University. I received my B.Sc.Engg. in Computer Science and Engineering from East West University, Bangladesh. During my undergrad, I worked with Mozammel H A Khan on algorithm development.


Experience

Purude University

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Department of Computer Science
January 2024 - Present
Supervisor: Dr. Jeffrey A. Turkstra
Course: CS 240 (Programming in C)

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Research Intern at Xu Lab, Department of Computational Biology
April 2021 - August 2023
Supervisor: Dr. Min Xu and Mostofa Rafid Uddin

BJIT Limited, Dhaka

Software Engineer
August 2021 - Decemebr 2023t
Manager: Md. Syedur Rahaman Khan

East West University, Dhaka

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA)
May 2019 - May 2021
Supervisor: Rashedul Amin Tuhin

Publications

Practical Analysis of Macromolecule Identity from Cryo-electron Tomography Images using Deep Learning
Mostofa Rafid Uddin, Ajmain Yasar Ahmed, Md. Kafi Khan, Md Shahrar Fatemi, Xiangrui Zeng, Min Xu
2021 IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR)

Focusing on the Unfocused: Understanding the Impact of Online Interactions with Small Scale Non-Profit Organizations Working for Benefit of Street Children in Bangladesh
Alvi Md. Ishmam, Rudaiba Adnin, Ishita Haque, Sadia Afroz, Sakil Sarker, Md. Kafi Khan, Afsana Mimi, Sriram Chellappan, A. B. M. Alim Al Islam
ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies 2023

K-Cosine-Medoids Clustering Algorithm
Md. Kafi Khan, Syed Mahmud Ahmed, Sakil Sarker, and Mozammel Khan
2021 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technology (EICT)

K-Cosine-Means Clustering Algorithm
Md. Kafi Khan, Sakil Sarker, Syed Mahmud Ahmed, and Mozammel Khan
2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ICECIT)


Education

Purude University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Pursuing Ph.D. in Computer Science
Supervisor: Dr. Daisuke Kihara
January 2024 - Present

East West University, Bangladesh

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
May 2017 - July 2021
Distinction: Summa Cum Laude

Awards and Honors

Best Performing Engineer of the Year

BJIT Limited
FY 2022-2023

Summa Cum Laude

East West University
2021

Merit Scholarship Award (x3)

East West University
2020, 2019, 2018

Contact

Personal Email: kafikewu@gmail.com
Work Email: khan555@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-553-1897