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Fordham University · MS Computer Science

Muhammad
Zawad Mahmud

Researcher at the intersection of Visual Place Recognition, Novel View Synthesis, Generative Models for Vision, and Machine Learning Security.

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Graduate GPA MS Computer Science, Fordham University
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Publications Journals · IEEE Conferences · Preprints
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Years Teaching Experience North South University · Green University
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About

Position MS Computer Science, Fordham University
Lab Fordham Robotics & Computer Vision Lab (FRCVLab)
Seeking PhD positions in Computer Science
Email mmahmud9@fordham.edu
Background

I am a MS student in Computer Science at Fordham University and a Graduate Assistant at Dept. of Computer and Information Science. My research sits at the intersection of visual place recognition, novel view synthesis, generative models for vision, and machine learning security.

Currently I am working on hallucination-aware multi-view fusion for Visual Place Recognition (under review at Information Fusion), synthetic novel-view augmentation for VPR (under review at Pattern Recognition Letters), and membership privacy auditing in federated learning via membership inference attacks with DP-SGD defenses (under review at ACM TAISAP).

Before Fordham, I was a Lab Instructor and Adjunct Lecturer at North South University and Green University of Bangladesh, where I taught and designed courses across Data Structures, DBMS, and Software Engineering.

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Research Interests

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Visual Place Recognition

Developing hallucination-aware view augmentation pipelines and evaluating how synthetic novel views affect VPR retrieval under viewpoint and appearance shift.

VPR GenWarp Novel View Synthesis Diffusion
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Generative Models for Vision

Applying foundation models and diffusion-based inpainting to 3D scene understanding — with a focus on detecting and filtering hallucinated regions in synthesized views.

Foundation Models NeRF Gaussian Splatting Inpainting
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Machine Learning Security

Auditing privacy leakage in federated learning via membership inference attacks and differential privacy defenses (DP-SGD / Opacus) across medical datasets.

Federated Learning MIA DP-SGD Privacy Auditing
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Publications

2026

Hallucination-Aware Multi-View Fusion with Foundation Models: Robust Learning from Low-Quality Synthetic Views

Information Fusion
Under Review
2026

Understanding the Impact of Synthetic Novel-View Augmentation on Visual Place Recognition

Pattern Recognition Letters
Under Review
2026

Membership Privacy Auditing for Machine Learning: Selection-Aware Multi-Attack Evaluation and DP-SGD Analysis

ACM Transactions on AI Security and Privacy
Under Review
2026

FairRate: A Practical and Fair Reputation Update Pipeline for Ride-Hailing Platforms

IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine (Q1, IF: 5.0)
Under Review
2026

Interpretable Dengue Detection Using XAI-Integrated Ensemble and Large Language Models on a Reduced-Feature Clinical Dataset

Array, vol. 31, pp. 101120 · DOI ↗
Published
2024

Advanced Vision Transformers and Open-Set Learning for Robust Mosquito Classification: A Novel Approach to Entomological Studies

PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 20, no. 12 · DOI ↗
Published
2024

Advance Transfer Learning Approach for Identification of Multiclass Skin Disease with LIME Explainable AI Technique

27th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2024) · DOI ↗
Published
2024

Enhancing Multi-Class Disease Classification: Neoplasms, Cardiovascular, Nervous System, and Digestive Disorders Using Advanced LLMs

27th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2024) · DOI ↗
Published

→ Full list on Google Scholar · Download CV ↓

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Experience

2026 — Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Fordham University
Supporting undergraduate instruction in the department alongside ongoing research duties.
2025 — Present
Graduate Research Assistant
Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Fordham University
First-author research on hallucination-aware view augmentation for Visual Place Recognition and privacy auditing in federated learning. Advisors: Dr. Mohamed Rahouti, Dr. Damian Lyons.
2024 — 2025
Lab Instructor · Adjunct Lecturer
North South University · Green University of Bangladesh
Designed and delivered theory and lab courses including Data Structures, DBMS, Software Engineering, and Structured Programming for undergraduate students.
2022 — 2024
Undergraduate & Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Mathematics & Physics, North South University
Assisted nine faculty members in pre-calculus, linear algebra, and calculus courses.
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Get in Touch

I am open to research collaborations, PhD opportunities, and conversations about ML, privacy, and computer vision. Feel free to reach out.