+Bangladesh has emerged as a strong and reliable source of high-caliber graduate students in software engineering, with several universities producing candidates well prepared for advanced research in North America. This talk highlights the University of Saskatchewan’s experience recruiting and mentoring students from institutions such as Khulna University, Brac University, KUET, IUT, EWU, and CUET. Students from these institutes have excelled in areas including software clone detection, empirical studies, scientific workflows, diversity in software engineering, and data-driven development. Their contributions span automated clone benchmarking, large-scale analytics, tool explainability, and open-science replication studies that enhance research rigour and accessibility. The talk also examines the growing role of large language models (LLMs) in software engineering research and how Bangladeshi graduate students have integrated LLM-based techniques into work on bug localization, code summarization, clone detection, and peer code review support. Examples of publications and collaborations illustrate how LLMs are being used not only for automation but also for deeper insight, interpretability, and robust benchmarking. Broadening the view, the talk highlights the strong potential across many Bangladeshi universities and offers practical guidance on identifying promising applicants, building sustainable research pipelines, and fostering cross-border collaborations grounded in open science and methodological transparency. By synthesizing lessons learned and emerging opportunities, the talk encourages deeper engagement with Bangladeshi institutions and shows how expanded recruitment can enrich research programs, diversify perspectives, and strengthen the global software engineering community.
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