Sakib Sourav

Md Sakib Ullah Sourav

Sakib Sourav — three-photo portrait collage

Hi all, this is Md Sakib, Ullah Sourav. If I had to introduce myself in just three sentences, it would be like below,
I make music to please my soul.
I produce write-ups and videos for the youth to make them keen on the STEM revolution.
I perform research intending to create value for all humankind.

I am currently pursuing a PhD in Information Systems Engineering in Canada. Previously, I completed a Master's in Management Science and Engineering in China and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in Bangladesh.

During my bachelor's, I worked with Dr. Fakir Mashuque Alamgir; during my master's, I worked with Dr. Huidong Wang of SDUFE, China, and Dr. Ibrahim Yeter from NTU, Singapore. During my PhD, my advisors are Dr. Yong Zeng and Dr. Hua Ge.

Should you have any queries/concerns/requests/urgency, feel free to reach out at sakibsourav@outlook.com

Short Bio (work experience)

  • Peer Mentor (2023- Present) - Campus Experiential Learning, Concordia University
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, (September 2026 - Present) - Concordia University, Canada
  • Course Designer and Developer (September 2025 - Present) - Concordia University, Canada
  • Student Affiliate (2026 - Present) - Center for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP), Concordia University
  • Graduate Research Assistant (September 2023 - Present) - Concordia University, Canada
  • Graduate Research Assistant (September 2020 - June 2023) - Shandong University of Finance and Economics, China
  • Independent Researcher and Founder (2018 - Present) - STEM in Bangla
  • Research Collaborator ( Aug 2022 - Present) - STEMresearch.AI, United Kingdom
  • Research Assistant ( Aug 2022 - December 2022 ) - National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore
  • Foreign Faculty - Music & Science (2018) - Delhi Public School, Sonepat, India
  • Assistant Engineer (2018-2019) - Shakti Engineering Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Product Designer/Undergrad Researcher (2016-2017) - East West University, Dhaka.
  • Compliance Officer (2015-2015) - Aarong Bangladesh.
  • Freelance Musician and Instructor, Sakib's Guitar School, Self-employed (2006 – Present) - Playing guitars, ukulele; singing selected songs and composing music

See my detailed research profile here!

Volunteering:

  • Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Concordia University (2025-2026)
  • Reviewer, Various scientific journals and conferences (From Nov 2022 - Present)
  • Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE - International Section) (2022-present)
  • Feature Writer and Executive Member (For 2022-23), Bangladesh-China Youth Student Association (BCYSA) (2021-2023)
  • Associate member (A-20045) of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (2018-2021)
  • Member and organizer, Youth Voice of Bangladesh (2016-2019)
  • Member, East West University Electronic Club (2016-2018)
  • Campus co-ordinator, Basis Student Forum, East West University. (2016)

Connect with Sakib on platforms:

My webpage @ Bangladesh-China Youth Student Association (BCYSA) Website-  https://bcysa.org/member-details/1274

My profile @ stemresearch.ai group - https://stemresearch.ai/sakib-ullah-sourav/

My initiative called STEM in Bangla, check below its YouTube content!
The Most Vital Factor in Getting Fully Funded PhDs in North America (Discussed in Bangla)

Have a look at my Shakti Engineering days in the video below-

Take a break enjoying one of my performances below-

If you are free enough, have a look at some of my blogs below-

Learn Vocabulary with a story

Sakib's writeup on the BCYSA website about the urgency of quality education- মানসম্মত শিক্ষার প্রয়োজনীয়তা


Recent Activity Timeline

2026

March 2026 – Passed PhD Proposal Exam
February 2026 – Became one of the directors of Calgary-based non-profit Creative Mind Community Foundation (CMCF)
January 2026 – Appointed as Undergraduate Mentor via Concordia Connect Mentorship Program for the third time, mentoring Manlu Xu, a Psychology (BA) student

2025

December 2025- Worked with Exploration Learning (Montreal) in their Winter Camp as an Engineering and Robotics instructor for kids aged 6-8 years.
November 2025 – Appointed as Graduate Student Representative at the Graduate Curriculum Committee, Concordia University for the year 2025-26
September 2025- Appointed as Undergraduate Mentor via Concordia Connect Mentorship Program for the Second time, mentoring Salima Hassanyar, a Marketing (BCom.) student
June 2025- Published my first PhD conference paper at ASEE 2025 in Montreal
April 2025- Passed PhD Comprehensive (Candidacy) Exam

2024

October 2024– Started working as a Research Assistant for CREO Solutions
May 2024- Appointed as Undergraduate Mentor via Concordia Connect Mentorship Program for the First time, mentoring Garvit Bibra, a Computer Science (BS) student

2023

December 2023 – Completed the first semester of the PhD with two coursework courses under the Computer Science faculty: Applied AI and Natural Language Analysis
September 2023 – Started PhD at Concordia University on September 5th
August 2023 – Moved to Canada to attend my PhD
June 2023 – Completed my post-graduation in management science and engineering from SDUFE, China
May 2023 – Appeared for my master's thesis defense @ SDUFE and passed it
April 2023 – Accepted to present my second paper (as a poster presentation) as first author on engineering education @ASEE 2023 held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
February 2023 – STEM in Bangla‘s research student ATM Mustafa Masud Chowdhury presented his research paper @ ECCE 2023 CUET, where I was one of the co-authors

2022

December 2022 – Presented my first paper on engineering education as first author @ IEEE TALE 2022 held in Hong Kong
November 2022 – Awarded IFSPD Presidential Fellowship (Class of 2022) in recognition of research outputs in science and engineering
November 2022 – Became a member (International section, #140878) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
September 2022 – Paper accepted in IEEE TALE2022 (first author) and ICCVBIC2022.
September 2022 – Elected as an Executive Board Member at Bangladesh – China Youth Students’ Association (BCYSA) for 2022-23
August 2022 – Joined STEM Research Group (UK), a group of young Bangladeshi researchers studying in different countries. Submitted first work with this group in ICCVBIC2022.
August 2022 – Submitted a manuscript to IEEE TALE 2022 in collaboration with researchers from Singapore, Hong Kong, the USA, and Switzerland.
August 2022 – Published an SCIE journal paper as the first author in Neural Processing Letters (Springer Nature)
July 2022 – Entered into the Kaggle competition ‘DL Sprint’ to solve Bangla ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), final position 21/60 with the best position 7th/60
July 2022 – Submitted a paper at ICISCT2022 in joint collaboration with researchers from China and Uzbekistan as the first author
June 2022 – Got a collaboration opportunity to work with the Tashkent University of Information Technologies, Uzbekistan, Shenzhen University, China, and my organization STEM in Bangla.
April 2022 – 21st of April, acted as co-chair @ international mock conference arranged for first-year master’s students from different Chinese universities, organized by Dept. of Management Science & Engineering, SDUFE, China
Mar 2022 – took Duolingo English Test (DET), scored 125/160 (Equiv. to IELTS 7.5), check score

2021

Dec 2021– published an international conference paper as the first author @ ICICIP21
Dec 2021– won first prize in the 5th Kunpeng Cup Shandong New Kinetic Energy Software Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Mar 2021 – attended the Artificial Intelligence Symposium, by the University of South Dakota, USA

2020

Dec 2020 – BDML 2020, participated as a team and presented a paper on a clustering algorithm on behalf of my team