School of Computing, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1230 Lincoln Dr, MC4511, EGRA 405

Carbondale, IL 62901

Email: belayat@cs.siu.edu

Phone: 618-453-6081

Homepage, https://soc.siu.edu

Position

• Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Computing, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (8/2024 – present)

• Adjunct Teaching Faculty of Computer and Information Systems, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA (8/2023 – 8/2024)

• Visiting Researcher and JSPS Fellow, Electronics and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Japan (11/2018 – 11/2020)

• Research Assistant, Electronics and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Japan (10/2015 – 9/2018)

Education & Training

• Postdoc., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (11/2020 - 8/2024)

• Ph.D., Electronics and Computer Science, University of Hyogo,  Japan, 2018

• MS. University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011

• BS. University of Dhaka,  Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009

Research Interests

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Multi-modal AI, VLLMs/LLMs, Computer Vision, AI in Medicine, and Medical Image Processing

Webpage

Google Scholar:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=jWEmCeIAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate

SIUC Page, https://cs.siu.edu/faculty-staff/index.php

Research Grant:

• AAPM Research Seed Grant ($25K):  8/31/2022/ ~ 8/31/2024, Role: PI; American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), USA

• KAKEN- JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (~$20K): 11/9/2018 ~ 3/31/2021, Role: Guest PI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellow grant no, 18F18377

Courses Taught:

Southern Illinois University, IL (Aug. 2024 - Present)

Robert Morris University, PA (Aug. 2023 -  Aug. 2024)

Service: 

Academic Service Committee (SIUC )

• • Developed four courses for undergraduate program: Natural Language Processing, AI Tools,  Advanced AI Tools,  and Computer Vision

  • Graduate Committee Member

Dissertation/Thesis/Project Committee (SIUC )

• • Served as a graduate dissertation (PhD) committee member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Dr. Mohammad Sakib (Graduated in Summer 2025)

  • Served as a graduate rhesis (MS) committee member, Dept. of Computer Science of Yuxuan Wang (Graduated with CS MS, Summer 2025)

Editorial, Reviewer and Program Committee member 

Journals Reviewer

• • Transaction in Medical Imaging, IEEE

  • Transaction in Biomedical Engineering, IEEE

  • Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier

  • Journal of Medical Imaging, Journal of Electronic Imaging, SPIE

  • Int. J. Computer Vision, Springer

  • The Journal of Arthroplasty, Elsevier

  • IEEE Access, IEEE

  • IET image processing, IET Electronics Letters, IET computer vision, IET

  • Frontiers in ICT, Frontier

  • Journal of Orthopaedics Research , ORS

Journal Editor

• • Guest editor, special issue, "Multisensor-Based Activity Recognition in Healthcare Systems", J Healthcare engineering

Associate Editor

• • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Vienna, Austria, October 5-8, 2025, Regular track (Cybernetics) 

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Prague, Czech Republic, October 9-12, 2022, Regular track (Cybernetics) 

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Toronto, Canada, October 11-14, Regular track (Cybernetics) 

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Toronto, Canada, October 11-14, Regular track (Cybernetics) 

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), SS 'Cyber Modern Technology On Medicine, Health Care And Human Assist' 

Session Chair

• • 24th IEEE Int. Conf. Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2025, ("Multi-modal Machine Learning in Practice: Algorithms and Applications")

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Toronto, Canada, October 11-14, Regular track (Cybernetics) -  'Machine learning 3'  (Oct 12)

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Toronto, Canada, October 11-14, Regular track (Cybernetics) -  'Image Processing/Pattern Recognition  3' (Oct 13)

  • 6th Int. Workshop on Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (IWACIII), UESTC, Chengdu, China, Nov 1-15, 2019, OS "Advances in Deep learning for computer-aided diagnosis system" 

  • 19th, Int. Conf. on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC) , Kobe, Japan, 7-10 July 2019,  SS 'Medical and Healthcare Applications' 

Conference Organizing Committee Member

• • Publication Chair, IEEE Int. Conf.  Informatics, Electronics & Vision (IEEE ICIEV), 2025

  • Publication Chair, IEEE Int. Conf.  Informatics, Electronics & Vision (IEEE ICIEV), 2023

  • Publication Chair, IEEE Int. Conf.  Informatics, Electronics & Vision (IEEE ICIEV), 2021

  • Secretary, IEEE Int. Conf. on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 2017,  2018

Technical Program Committee Member

• • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2025

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2023

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2022

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2021

  • IEEE Int. Conf.  Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 2021

  • IEEE Int. Conf.  Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 2019

  • 23rd, Int. Conf. on Medical Image Computing and Computer assisted intervention (MICCAI 2021), 

  • 23rd Intl. Conf. Computer & Information Technology (ICCIT), Dhaka, 2020

  • 23rd, Int. Conf. on Medical Image Computing and Computer assisted intervention (MICCAI 2020), 

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC  2020),  Regular Papers - Cybernetics - 

  •  IVPR series- 2019,  2020, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2020

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2019),  reviewer, Cyber Modern Technology On Medicine, Health Care And Human Assist session.

  • 25-th Annual Meeting , Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHB M 2019), Rome, June 9-13, 2019,

  • IEEE Int. Conf. on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 2019 - 2021 

  • 19th Int. Conf. on Medical Image Computing and Computer assisted intervention (MICCAI), 2016

Membership

• Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Member,  International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

• Member, America Chemical Society (ACS)

• Junior Member (2020 - 2024),  The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)