My name is Shameem Ahmed. I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. Professor Kate Williams advises me. I am currently working in Community Informatics Research Lab.

I completed my BSc (2003) in Computer Science and Engineering department from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), where I spent almost one year working as a lecturer. I did my MS (2006) in Math, Stat, and Computer Science department from Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA. I also completed my 2nd MS (2011) from Computer Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.