Awards

Noteworthy honors and awards Md Abrar Jahin received in reversed chronological order.

2024 - November

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Student Researcher of the Year Award β€” KUET Research Society

Awarded on November 16, 2024, by the Vice-Chancellor of KUET, as an alumnus and fresh graduate, for exceptional contributions to research and leadership. Recognized for publishing the highest number of...

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2024 - April

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MIT Solve β€” 2024 Global Health Equity Challenge

Founded SpecX, an XAI-powered web app for sentiment-driven disease profiling & specialist allocation. I developed the interpretable hybrid DL model architecture, integrated topic modeling, telemedicine appointment, and personalized treatment solutions...

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2024 - April

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Champion | CS50x Puzzle Day, Harvard University | Meta

Led a 5-person international team by fostering diversity & inclusion (Bangladesh, USA, Morocco, and Pakistan) and solved advanced 9/9 puzzles (including Metapuzzle).

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2023 - October

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NASA Space Apps Challenge β€” Global Nominee

Led a 5-person team and forecast geomagnetic storms using hybrid deep neural networks from satellite data. On October 7-8, 2023, history was made as we participated in the largest hackathon...

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2023 - November

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Finalist β€” HONDA Young Engineer and Scientists' (Y-E-S) Award 2022

Awarded for being among the top 15 Bangladeshi young engineering undergrad scientists. The competition recognizes outstanding talent and innovative ideas in various fields. As part of the competition, I participated...

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2023 - January

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Dean's Award 3x (2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021)

Received 3 Dean's awards in recognition of achieving annual GPAs greater than 3.75 out of 4.00 in three consecutive years of undergraduate classes at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology,...

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2022 - March

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Junior Research Fellowship | Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)

Nominated as the junior-most research fellow among the other excellent 55 undergraduate researchers for the project titled 'Disaster Damage Mitigation by Multispectral Remote Sensing Satellite Image Data Analysis: A Deep...

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2021 - December

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Qiskit Gold Level Translator β€” English to Bengali

Translated 22101 and proofread 25375 words of IBM Qiskit's first-ever textbook, collaborating with West Bengal and Bangladeshi Qiskit translator team of 36 members.

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2021 - June

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Top 6 among 385 teams β€” Entrepret Season-2: Crafting Visions | North South University, Bangladesh

Developed a feasible and sustainable business canvas model showing the proper break-even point with financial breakdown, surveyed 160+ students for our Git and Jenkins integrated freelancing startup.

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2021 - May

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Top 500 β€” Google Android App Developer Challenge 2021

Engineered a countdown timer app on Android Studio with Jetpack Compose Beta using Kotlin language. My belief in the 'What I touch becomes Gold' theory proved true as my passion...

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2021 - March

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Global Champion | Smart Roads β€” Winter Road Maintenance Hackathon | UiT-The Arctic University of Norway

Led a 2-person team and developed an ML model to forecast winter road friction and was offered a 1-month research internship at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. We...

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2020 - July

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Winner β€” ISCEA Ptak Prize Global SCM Case Competition

Led a 4-person team and achieved 70% scholarship for completing the course for the professional certification titled Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA)

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2020 - September

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Champion | CS50x Puzzle Day (Fall), Harvard University

Spearheaded a 4-person international team (Bangladesh, the UK, Pakistan, and Mexico) and solved advanced 8/8 puzzles

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2020 - July

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Gold Honor β€” Ranked top 3% β€” IAAC

After the Qualification and Pre-Final rounds, I advanced to the Final Round of the International Youth Math Challenge. The final round consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions, each to be answered...

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2020 - April

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Champion | CS50x Puzzle Day (Spring), Harvard University

Led a 3-person international 'Team Aurora' by fostering diversity & inclusion (Bangladesh, Brazil, and India) and solved advanced 8/8 puzzles

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2020 - April

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International Asteroid Search Collaboration β€” NASA

Administered a 4-person team 'Aurora' and discovered 2 main belt asteroids by analyzing Pan-STARRS images using Astrometrica software. The IASC was established to address the need for continuous monitoring and...

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2019 - December

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Gold Honor β€” Ranked top 5% β€” IYMC

My correct answers to the easy, hard, and research questions in the Pre-Final round qualified me for the Final Round. I took the final exam under the supervision of a...

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2018 - July

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Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β€” HSC Examination 2018

Awarded a 'General' scholarship worth 375 BDT per month from July 2018 to July 2022 throughout the entire time of pursuing a 4-year bachelor's degree.

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2016 - June

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Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β€” SSC Examination 2016

Awarded a 'General' scholarship worth 350 BDT per month from July 2016 to June 2018 for 2 years.

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2013 - June

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Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β€” JSC Examination 2013

Awarded a 'Talent Pool' scholarship worth 300 BDT per month from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2015 for 2 years.

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2010 - June

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Government Board Merit-based Scholarship β€” PSC Examination 2010

Placed 17th in the Rajshahi board in the Government Primary School Certificate Board Exams and was awarded a 'Talent Pool' scholarship worth 300 BDT per month from June 2011 to...