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Md. Fahim Sultan
PhD Student | Researcher — AI & Security
AI-security • LLMs • Machine Learning • Bioinformatics • Health Informatics
About
Md. Fahim Sultan is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at Oakland University, where he specializes in optimizing large pretrained language models (LLMs) for security-critical and low-resource environments. His research centers on advanced parameter-reduction techniques, adaptive fine-tuning strategies for domain-specific LLMs, and the development of secure, reliable AI frameworks for software engineering and cybersecurity applications. He has successfully completed a NASA MSGC–funded project on AI- driven vulnerability detection in aerospace systems, contributing novel methods for building robust, interpretable, and domain-adaptable AI solutions. In addition to his primary research focus, Fahim has expanded his methodological contributions to the healthcare domain, where he has explored innovative approaches for developing efficient, context-aware medical AI models. His work emphasizes improving model generalizability, data-efficiency, and clinical reliability in low-resource healthcare settings, highlighting his versatility as an AI researcher. Driven by continuous learning and a passion for methodological innovation, he aims to advance scalable, trustworthy, and high-impact AI systems that address real-world challenges across security, aerospace, and healthcare domains. “My last name ‘Sultan,’ meaning leadership in Arabic, reminds me to lead with purpose, humility, and continuous learning.”
Research Interests
AI Security
Adversarial robustness, secure model optimization, and safety-aligned LLM inference.
Large Language Models
PEFT, domain adaptation, and structure-aware optimization for code and reasoning tasks.
Software Intelligence
LLM-based vulnerability analysis, program reasoning, and neuro-symbolic modeling.
Biomedical Informatics
Clinical NLP, sequence modeling, and AI model deplyment for health systems.
Graph Learning
Graph-structured representations for biological sequences and security analysis.
LLM Quantization
Efficient compression and deployment of large language models through precision reduction, calibration, and hardware-aware optimization.
Embedding Architectures
Design and analysis of domain-specialized representation learning methods, including contrastive, graph-based, and transformer-driven embedding models.
Skills
Grant Writing: NIH (R01) Grants, NSF Grants, NASA MSGC Funded Projects
Programming & Frameworks: Python, C, R, PHP, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, NumPy, Pandas
AI/ML Expertise: LLM, DL, ML, NLP, GNNs, Meta-learning, Ensemble Modeling
Data Science & Analytics: Exploratory/Statistical Analysis, Bioinformatics, Sequence Modeling, Gene Expression Analysis; Weka, HPC, iLearnPlus, iFeatureOmega
Security & Deployment: Docker, AWS, Joern; HTML/CSS, MySQL
Visualization & Reporting: Matplotlib/Plotly, Seaborn, Canva, Lucidchart/Draw.io
Research & Documentation: LaTeX, MS Office, EndNote, Scientific Writing & Experimentation
Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Security & AI Research Lab Jan 2025 – Present
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Computers and Programming with Excel, Dept. of CSE | Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Research Assistant
Health Informatics & Research Lab (HIRL) | Jan 2023 – Feb 2024
News & Updates
- Dec 2025 – Presented work on BigData Conference, Macau, China. [Online]
- Nov 2025 – Paper accepted on CodeVul+: A Structure-Aware Framewor...
- Nov 2025 – Paper accepted on P³R: Parallel Plugin-based PEFT...
- Oct 2025 – Completed NASA-Space Grant Project.
- Oct 2025 – Presented work on MSGC/NASA at Mount Pleasant, MI, USA. [In Person]
- Sep 2025 – Paper accepted on ReVGG-R2Net...
- Sep 2025 – Serving TA for Intro Computer and Programming at Oakland University.
- Aug 2025 – Paper accepted on BitterEN...
- Aug 2025 – Paper accepted on K-SNOpred...
- Aug 2025 – Paper accepted on Neuro-Symbolic Methods in Natural Language Processing: A Review Paper
- Aug 2025 – Paper accepted on DHUpredET...
- June 2025– Paper accepted on NULLDect...
- Dec 2024 – Paper accepted on NeuroBooster...
- Dec 2024 – Paper accepted on Advanced Liver Disease Detection Tool...
- July 2024 – Interviewed and accepted into PhD program at Oakland University .
Certificates
Graduate Student Teacher Training — Oakland University, USA.
Conference Speaker — 14th International Conference DATA 2025, Bilbao, Spain.
Participation in AI Celebration Project Showcase — Daffodil International University, Bangladesh.
Participation in 3rd ELC Economical Project Contest — Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Indonesia.
Advances in Computational Intelligence in Algorithms & Computing — IJCACI
Academic Excellence Award — Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Bangladesh.
Advance Certificate Course in Computer Application — NIT, Bangladesh.
Services (Reviewer)
- Journal name: Journal of Cheminformatics, Springer Nature, Article Type: Full length article, Review on: 13 Dec. 2025.
- Journal name: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, Springer Nature, Article Type: Full length, Review on: 08 Nov. 2025.
- Conference name: IEEE BigData 2025, Article Type: Short length article, Review on: 29 Oct. 2025.
- Conference name: IEEE BigData 2025, Article Type: Short length article, Review on: 17 Oct. 2025.
- Journal name: Scientific Reports, Article Type: Original Research, Review on: 27 Aug 2025.
- Journal name: Molecular Diversity, Article Type: Original Research, Review on: 21 Aug. 2025.