I’m a PhD student at Mila - Quebec AI Institute and University of Montreal with Aishwarya Agrawal. I’m also a visiting researcher at Multimodal Foundation Models Team, ServiceNow Research with Sai Rajeswar.
Prior to Mila, I received an MSc in CS from University of Saskatchewan and BSc in CS from Noakhali Science and Technology University.
Building AI systems that truly understand the physical world is an exciting frontier. My research focuses on two core problems: (1) learning rich visual representations that capture the true structure of the world, and (2) developing controllable generative (diffusion) models that can create (or simulate) with intention. This naturally connects to alignment, as systems that understand the world must develop theory of mind to grasp human values.
See my Google Scholar for a full list of publications.
DL4C Workshop @ ICLR'25
EMNLP'24 (Oral)
I occasionally write on how-to-cs-grad, coding, ai research, and systematic failure in Bangladesh.
Please send me an email if you are interested in collaboration or need help with grad apps and how-to-cs-undergrad.
rabiul.awal @ mila dot quebec
awalrabiul6 @ gmail dot com
updated september 2024