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Fordham University · MS Computer Science

Muhammad
Zawad Mahmud

Researcher at the intersection of Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Applied AI — building systems that are technically rigorous and ethically grounded.

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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 privacy-preserving machine learning, federated systems, novel view synthesis, and visual place recognition.

Currently I am working on membership inference attacks against federated learning models with differential privacy defenses (DP-SGD / Opacus), and on novel view synthesis for Visual Place Recognition using GenWarp and diffusion-based inpainting, submitted to IEEE TCE.

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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Privacy & Security in ML

Studying membership inference attacks, shadow model training, and differential privacy (DP-SGD / Opacus) as defenses in federated learning settings.

Federated Learning MIA DP-SGD Opacus
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Computer Vision

Novel view synthesis for Visual Place Recognition — analyzing how hallucinated pixels from diffusion inpainting affect recognition performance across real-world datasets.

GenWarp NeRF VPR Diffusion
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Applied ML for Security

Applying machine learning to real-world security challenges — including IoT intrusion detection, SDN-based threat detection, and resource-efficient multi-class threat classification in constrained environments.

IoT Security SDN Intrusion Detection XAI
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Publications

2026

HAGVA: Hallucination-Aware Generative View Augmentation for Visual Place Recognition

Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2027)
Submitted
2026

Synthetic Novel-View Augmentation for Visual Place Recognition in Consumer Navigation Systems

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
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
2026

Privacy Leakage in Federated Learning: A Membership Inference Attack Analysis with Differential Privacy Defenses

Targeting IEEE TIFS / IEEE TDSC
Ongoing

→ Full list on Google Scholar · Download CV ↓

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Experience

2025 — Present
Graduate Assistant
Dept. of Computer and Information Science (RH), Fordham University
Conducting research in generative AI and visual place recognition under 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.