Md Zahid Hasan
Scholar

Md Zahid Hasan

Google Scholar ID: m9QYJ_cAAAAJ
Iowa State University, USA
Computer visionMulti-modal LearningVision-language modelsVideo action recognition
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
78
 
H-index
3
 
i10-index
2
 
Publications
12
 
Co-authors
12
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • 1. Paper: 'Vision-Language Models Can Identify Distracted Driver Behavior From Naturalistic Videos', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024.
  • 2. Paper: 'Roadway weather challenges illuminate real-world driving biomarkers of dementia risk', Alzheimer's & Dementia (2023).
  • 3. Paper: 'DriveCLIP: Z'.
Research Experience
  • 1. Research Assistant, Self-aware Complex System Lab, Iowa State University, Supervisor: Dr. Soumik Sarkar.
  • 2. Research Assistant, Real-Time Analytics of Transportation Data Lab (REACTOR Lab), Iowa State University, Supervisor: Dr. Anuj Sharma.
  • 3. Machine Learning Research Intern, RTX Corporation, Supervisors: Kunal Srivastava, Senior Manager, Raytheon Technologies, and Soumalya Sarkar, Principal Research Scientist, Raytheon Technologies.
  • 4. Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Courses: EE 526: Deep Learning: Theory and Practice, etc.
  • 5. Undergraduate Research Student, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Supervisor: Dr. Shamim Reza.
Education
  • 1. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 2021 - 2025, Iowa State University, Supervisors: Dr. Soumik Sarkar and Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian.
  • 2. M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, 2023 - 2024, Iowa State University.
  • 3. B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2014 - 2018, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Background
  • Research interests lie at the intersection of Computer Vision (CV), Foundation Models (VLM/MLLM), Multi-modal learning, Autonomous Driving (AD), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) models robustness. Currently working as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Self-aware Complex System Lab, Iowa State University, focusing on computer vision for autonomous driving and video action understanding.