Sharif Ullah

Sharif Ullah

AI Engineer & Researcher

I am an AI engineer and researcher with 7+ years of experience delivering production AI systems across Bangladesh, Japan, Saudi Arabia,USA, and the UK. My work spans LLM-powered chatbots and RAG systems, computer vision surveillance platforms, emotion detection engines, multi-agent CRM automations, and full-stack SaaS products. I currently serve as an Assistant Programmer at Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC), developing FinTech modules for the government's home-loan platform.

My research focuses on the intersection of multimodal deep learning and healthcare— combining pose, emotion, and audio analysis for early Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) detection, and scaling LLM silver-label distillation for multilingual sentiment analysis. Before BHBFC, I led AI development at Peek AI (London), built VML's flagship AI product RevealWhich is Released EMEA region at Wunderman Thompson, and shipped AI systems for Japan Railway at BJIT Limited.

I am collaborating with researcher from HAAIM Lab,University of New Orleans,USA— On multi-modal based autism detection system using pose, emotion and audio analysis. I particulary helped them to provide the outline system design. Currently, i am focusing on Autonoumous Vehicle Research for South asia region. I am also open to freelance AI engagements, research collaborations,

Available For

I am open to freelance AI engagements, research collaborations, and consulting on production LLM, RAG, and computer vision systems. I'm particularly interested in projects involving multi-agent architectures, healthcare AI, and multilingual NLP at scale. If you're building something in these areas and want a hands-on engineer who has shipped systems across four countries, please reach out at md.sharif.ullah.forhad@gmail.com with a brief description of the project.

News

July 2026
I just started working on my research project-Autonomous vehicle on South asisan region.
Nov 2025
Our paper "From 10K Labels to 72M Classifications: Scaling LLM Silver-Label Distillation for Multilingual Sentiment" has been accepted at HHAI-KEML 2026, co-located with the Hybrid Human Artificial Intelligence Conference.
Oct 2025
Deployed a real-time production throughput tracking system for a matzoh bakery — YOLOv11 + ByteTrack over live CCTV feeds, with per-worker calibrated anchor zones.
2024
Joined Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) as Assistant Programmer (Senior Officer). Building the government's eSheba home-loan platform with Java JEE, Spring Boot, Oracle Cloud, and Flutter.Developed FinTech modules for BHBFC's home-loan platform, including loan application processing, document verification, and automated approval workflows. .Currently developing RAG based chatbot for BHBFC's customer support, enabling users to inquire about loan status, repayment schedules, and eligibility criteria through natural language conversation. Also developing Flutter based mobile app for BHBFC's home-loan platform, providing users with a seamless experience to apply for loans, track application status, and access personalized financial insights.
2024
Served as subreviewer for the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025).
2024
Led AI CCTV surveillance development at Peek AI Ltd (London) — object detection and pose estimation optimized for CPU inference via OpenVINO.
2022
Named Top Performer (FY 2021-22) at BJIT Limited for ERP development delivered to a Japan-based client.

Selected Projects

Built & Delivered 5+ AI MVPs independently — from idea → architecture → deployment.

Reveal — Emotion-Driven Campaign Analytics

Wunderman Thompson (now VML) · 2022–2024

Built VML's flagship AI product that analyzes campaign videos by detecting viewer emotions in real time. Combines emotion detection models, LLMs, Big Data pipelines, and Google Cloud Platform.

Emotion DetectionLLMBig DataGCPFastAPIStreamlit
🚀 Product Release: Successfully launched across the EMEA region at Wunderman Thompson (now VML). This SaaS platform enables marketing teams to analyze campaign videos using AI and generate actionable audience insights.

DoctorsTools.life — AI Medical Assistant

Healthcare SaaS · Live in production

RAG-based AI platform helping doctors analyze medical reports, generate insights, and provide patient support with intelligent document understanding.

RAGLLMDocument AIPythonHealthcare

CRM Automation — Multi-Agent System

Multi-Agent AI · Live demo

Multi-agent AI system automating end-to-end CRM operations using OpenClaw LLM and orchestrated agents for lead management, workflow automation, and customer follow-up.

Multi-AgentOpenClaw LLMCRMAutomation

AI Book writer Studio APP

Uncensored AI model · Live demo

AI book writer app that can write books on any topic including dark fantasy.It can generated images and can write books in any language. It is powered by uncensored AI model and can generate content without any restrictions. This software is built for group writer from USA who want automate their writing task.

Uncensored AILLM StudioBook WritingAutomation

AI Hotel Booking Chatbot

Hospitality · Saudi Arabia · Live in production

RAG-based chatbot for the hotel industry — users book rooms, inquire about services, and manage reservations through natural language conversation.

RAGLLMChatbotHotel Booking

AI Chatbot for Government Financial Organization

FinTech · Government · Live in production

RAG-powered chatbot for a government financial organization, assisting with loan inquiries, document guidance, and customer support in Bengali and English.

RAGLLMFinTechGovernment

AI CCTV Surveillance System

Peek AI Ltd (London) · 2024

Desktop and web surveillance platform using object detection and pose estimation, optimized for CPU inference with OpenVINO for a London-based startup.

YOLOv8OpenVINOPose EstimationOpenCVFlask

Matzoh Bakery — Real-Time Throughput Tracking

Industrial Computer Vision · 2025

Real-time production throughput tracking for a matzoh bakery. YOLOv11 detection with ByteTrack persistence tracks dough balls through the class transition to matzah sheets, assigning per-worker stats via calibrated anchor zones on live CCTV feeds.

YOLOv11ByteTrackRoboflowOpenCVSupervisionRTSP

SmartWorksheetAI — AI for ESL Teachers

EdTech SaaS · Live in production

Intelligent worksheet generation platform for ESL teachers with AI-powered question and image generation, customized for language learning.

LLMImage GenerationNLPEdTech

Falcon AI SmartWay System

Full-Stack AI · Saudi Arabia

Complete smart hotel management — web platform + two mobile apps automating end-to-end operations from booking to in-room service with AI chatbots.

Full-StackMobile AppsAI ChatbotAutomation

Virtual Trial — Fashion Brand AI

Generative AI · Fashion · Live demo

AI-powered virtual try-on system for fashion brands, enabling customers to visualize clothing using computer vision and generative models.

Computer VisionGenerative AIFashion Tech

Experience

2024 – Present
Assistant Programmer (Senior Officer)
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC)

Developing the government's home-loan platform eSheba and associated mobile applications. Building FinTech modules with Java JEE, Spring Boot, Oracle Cloud, and Flutter.

Feb 2024 – Aug 2024
Lead Developer
Peek AI Ltd, London

Led development of AI CCTV surveillance using object detection and pose estimation. Built desktop and web apps with CPU-optimized inference via OpenVINO and YOLOv8.

Sept 2022 – Feb 2024
System Developer
Wunderman Thompson (now VML), Dhaka

Developed VML's MVP AI product Reveal — emotion-aware campaign analytics. Built ETL pipelines, dashboards, and backend services on GCP. Worked on micro-expression deep-learning models.

Sept 2021 – May 2022
Senior Software Engineer
BJIT Limited

Developed a comprehensive ERP system for a Japan-based software company.

★ Top Performer (FY 2021-22)
Jan 2019 – Aug 2021
Software Engineer (AI)
BJIT Limited

Built AI applications for Japan Railway — train detection, human activity recognition, and rail-crossing surveillance. Developed pose estimation and Bengali OCR using deep learning.

Skills

Kitchen 🍳 — Most valuable skill of mine

Bengali CuisineKacchi BiryaniShorshe IlishBhunaKhichuriBhortaRoshogollaSouth Asian

Languages

PythonJavaC++JavaScriptTypeScriptDart

AI / ML / DL

PyTorchTensorFlowLLMsRAGLangChainVLMsMulti-Agent SystemsPrompt Engineering

Computer Vision

YOLOv8/v11OpenCVOpenVINOPose EstimationEmotion DetectionByteTrack

Backend & Frameworks

DjangoFlaskFastAPISpring BootNode.js

Cloud & DevOps

AWSGCPTerraformDockerCI/CDCloud Run

Mobile & Frontend

FlutterReactStreamlitHTML/CSS

Research & Publications

Accepted

From 10K Labels to 72M Classifications: Scaling LLM Silver-Label Distillation for Multilingual Sentiment

HHAI-KEML 2026 · co-located with HHAI 2026

A scalable knowledge distillation framework that transfers GPT-4o-mini silver labels to XLM-RoBERTa for cost-effective multilingual sentiment analysis across 72.3 million social media comments.

Under Review

Facial Expression Recognition as a Step Towards Multimodal Behavior Analysis of Children with ASD

Focuses on facial expression recognition for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to enable downstream multimodal behavior analysis.

HAAI
Under Review

RiskDrive: A Benchmark and Multi-Task Vision-Language Baseline for Safety-Critical Perception in Dense Unstructured Traffic

IEEE
Accepted

PWVLM: Proximity-Weighted Vision-Language Models for Autonomous Driving Perception

Service

Subreviewer — ECAI 2025

Served as subreviewer for the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) 2025, reviewing submissions in AI and machine learning.

Education

Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET)
B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering
One of the premier government engineering universities in Bangladesh.
IELTS Academic — Overall Band 6.5
7.0
WRITING
6.5
LISTENING
6.0
READING
6.0
SPEAKING

Misc

Contact

I'm always open to discussing AI projects, freelance opportunities, research collaborations, or just a good technical conversation.

📧 md.sharif.ullah.forhad@gmail.com  ·  📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh

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