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Contact Information
| Name | Showkot Hossain |
| Professional Title | PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering |
| shossain@nd.edu |
Professional Summary
PhD student at the University of Notre Dame researching distributed systems, security, and confidential computing. Previously a software engineer with 3.5+ years of industry experience.
Experience
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2024 - present Notre Dame, IN, USA
Graduate Research Assistant
Data Security and Privacy Lab (DSP-Lab), University of Notre Dame
Research on distributed systems, security, and confidential computing under Prof. Taeho Jung.
- Designed and built MtDB, a decentralized multi-tenant database for secure data sharing (IEEE Blockchain 2025)
- Co-authored SecLog, an atomic-swap based secure logging protocol (METAVERSE 2025)
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2025 - 2026 Reviewer
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)
Reviewer for ICBC 2025 and ICBC 2026.
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2025 - 2025 Notre Dame, IN, USA
Teaching Assistant — CSE-20110 Discrete Mathematics
University of Notre Dame
Instructor — Prof. Taeho Jung
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2023 - 2024 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Software Engineer, Level 3
Itransition Software Bangladesh Limited
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2023 - 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Software Engineer, Level 2
Kona Software Lab Limited
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2020 - 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Software Engineer, Level 1
Dohatec New Media
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2020 - 2020 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Assistant
Cyber Security Lab, University of Dhaka
Blockchain-based network log management research under Dr. Mosarrat Jahan and Dr. Upama Kabir.
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2020 - 2020 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Blockchain Developer (Intern)
Technohaven Company Limited
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2019 - 2019 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Student Volunteer
International Conference on Innovation and Engineering (ICIET 2019)
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2019 - 2019 Bangladesh
Mentor
SCB-PA Inter School and College Programming Contest
Education
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2024 - present Notre Dame, IN, USA
PhD
University of Notre Dame
Computer Science and Engineering
- Graduate Research Assistant, Data Security and Privacy Lab (DSP-Lab)
- Advisor — Prof. Taeho Jung
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2016 - 2020 Dhaka, Bangladesh
BSc
University of Dhaka
Computer Science and Engineering
- Undergraduate thesis on security and blockchain, supervised by Dr. Mosarrat Jahan and Dr. Upama Kabir
Awards
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2020 Award of Merit — International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL 2020)
International Blockchain Olympiad
As part of team “DU_Hyperledger”.
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2020 9th Place — Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh (BCOLBD 2020)
Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh
As part of team “DU_Hyperledger”.
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Government Scholarships (Primary through Higher Secondary)
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Full tuition waiver for top-1% results (GPA 5.0/5.0, above 80% in every subject) in 5th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grade board examinations.
Skills
Programming: Python, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, Solidity
Web & Backend: Spring Boot, React, Node.js, FastAPI, JPA, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, Kafka, ELK Stack, JUnit, Mockito
Databases: PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis
ML & Blockchain: Pandas, NumPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Smart Contracts, Hyperledger Fabric
Misc: TEE, Docker, Jenkins, Postman, Swagger, JMeter, Jira, Git
Interests
Beyond Research: Family and friends, movies, travelling