Mizanur Rahman Jewel
PhD Candidate
Missouri University of Science and Technology
mj9vc@mst.edu
About Me
I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, advised by Dr. Sanjay Madria,, and currently working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Wireless to Cloud Computing (W2C) Lab. My research focuses on multimodal AI and computer vision for safety-critical, low-visibility environments, with an emphasis on vision–language models and sensor data fusion (e.g., LiDAR, thermal, and imagery) to generate reliable, interpretable situational awareness for underground mine post-disaster response. I’m interested in building robust perception and explanation systems that remain effective under sensor degradation, domain shift, and real-world operational constraints.
Interests
- Multimodal AI
- Computer Vision
- Data Fusion
- Vision–Language Models (VLMs)
- Situational Awareness
Education
- PhD, Computer Science — Missouri University of Science and Technology (Aug 2023 – Jul 2027 expected)
- BSc, Computer Science & Engineering — Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Feb 2015 – Apr 2019)
Recent Publications
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WACV 2026 (Accepted): Explaining the Unseen: Multimodal Vision-Language Reasoning for Situational Awareness in Underground Mining Disasters.
M. R. Jewel, M. Elmahallawy, S. Madria, S. Frimpong — paper -
IEEE BigData 2024: DIS-Mine: Instance Segmentation for Disaster-Awareness in Poor-Light Condition in Underground Mines.
M. R. Jewel, M. Elmahallawy, S. Madria, S. Frimpong — paper
Recent News
- 2026: Received WACV PhD Consortium 2026 travel grant.
- 2025: Paper accepted at IEEE/CVF WACV 2026.
- 2025: Completed NSF Local I-CORPS (Great Lakes Region).
- 2025: REU: mentored 2 undergraduates (REU 2025)
- 2024: Paper accepted at IEEE BigData 2024