Sharif Ahmed

Sharif Ahmed, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Sharif Ahmed is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the dept. of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Central Arkansas.
His current research interests include Modern Code Review, Software Quality, and Software Engineering, with a focus on leveraging Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Explainable AI. In 2024, he accomplished his internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His work has been published in reputed Software Engieering journal and conferences. Additionally, he has served as an artifact evaluation program committee member for SLE@SPLASH’24 and SLE@STAF'25.

201 Donaghey Ave. Conway
Arkansas, 72035
United States

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1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge
Tennessee, 37830
United States

Bateshwar, Sylhet 3103
Bangladesh

Led and built native iOS applications from whiteboard to production. Developed MVP and production level POS, CRM, IVR software (e.g., call center, drip campaign, IVR SaaS)

Dhaka
Bangladesh

Developed Multilingual Mobile Application (Korean & English) for Video Vending Machine in Korea.

Korea (Remote)

Doctoral Dissertation: 🎭 Art of Code Review: Examining the Usefulness of Code Review Comments in Commercial, Open-Source, and Scientific Software
Advisor: Dr. Nasir Eisty; PC: Dr. Elena Sherman and Dr. Francessca Spezzano

Thesis: A New Technique for Speckle Noise Reduction in Low Contrast Image (Co-authored with Arif Ahmed)
Supervisor: Dr. Jahirul Islam, then Mr. AM Saadat Chowdhury