Sharif Ahmed

Sharif Ahmed, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Sharif Ahmed is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Central Arkansas. His research focuses on AI for software engineering, with an emphasis on natural language processing, deep learning, and responsible AI.
He was a 2024 research intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he introduced and developed a novel heartbeat visualizations to assess software sustainability. He earned his Ph.D. from Boise State University in 2025.
His work has been published in Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) and ESEM. He is a professional member of the ACM, a reviewer for Elsevier’s Journal of Systems and Software, and has served on artifact evaluation committees for SLE@SPLASH 2024 and SLE@STAF 2025.

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Arkansas, 72035
United States

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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 AM Saadat Chowdhury