Meet our researchers
Meet our Faculty, Researchers and Students
Faculty
Biometric Technologies Lab is governed by the collaborating faculties from the Schulich School of Engineering and the Faculty of Science.
Dr. Svetlana Yanushkevich
S. Yanushkevich is a Full Professor in the ESE Department, Schulich School of Engineering.
Link to Publications on Google Scholar
Dr. Marina Gavrilova
Prof. Gavrilova holds Full Professor with Tenure appointment at the Department of Computer Science.
View Faculty of Sciences webpage
Link to publication on Google Scholar
Postdoctoral Fellows and Researchers
Students
Alumni
Trainees
Pantelis Stefanikis, BSc, awarded PURE undergraduate student scholarship award, UofC, 2021
Celia Zhang, BSc, awarded NSERC USRA, UofC, 2021
William Brooke, BSc, awarded NSERC USRA, UofC, 2021
Madison Rogers, BSc, awarded SSE PURE, UofC, 2021
Netra Patel, BSc, awarded SSE PURE, UofC, 2021
Nitya Shah, BSc, awarded SSE PURE, UofC, 2021
Divyansh Goayl, BSc, awarded SSE PURE, UofC, 2021
Rahat Islam, BSc, awarded SSE PURE, UofC, 2021
Sahil Bhatt, BSc, UofC, 2021
Ayesha Farooq, BSc, awarded SSE PURE undergraduate student scholarship award, UofC, 2020
Ryan Ittyipe, BSc, awarded NSERC USRA, UofC, 2020
Dhyey Lalseta, BSc, awarded NSERC USRA, UofC, 2020
Fabiola Marin Rivera, BSc Diploma student from Costa Rica U of Technology, NSERC WeTrac trainee, UofC, 2020
Brian Pho, BSc, awarded University of Calgary PURE undergraduate student scholarship award, UofC, 2019
Shivaank Agarwal, BSc, awarded MITACS Globalink undergraduate visiting student scholarship, India, 2019
Xinyuan Tu, BSc, awarded MITACS Globalink undergraduate visiting student scholarship, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2018
Carolina Acosta Tovany, BSc, awarded MITACS Globalink undergraduate visiting student scholarship, Universidad de las Américas Puebla , Mexico, 2015 (project " Gesture-controlled interfaces and precision of time-of-flight sensors ")
Alexandre Burry, BSc, Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’Architectes de Fribourg, Switzerland, 2014 (project ""Contactless sensor LeapMotion")
Gustavo Leão Mourão, BSc, awarded MITACS Globalink undergraduate visiting student scholarship, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, 2014 (project ""Contactless Interfaces")
Mario Coutino Minquez, BSc, awarded MITACS Globalink undergraduate visiting student scholarship, University of Guadalahara, summer 2013 (project "Eulerian magni
cation in video and applications to Biomedical Analysis")
Gaetan Collaud, BSc, Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’Architectes de Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013 (project ""Gesture Interface using depth sensor")
Vincent Grivel, BSc, Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’Architectes de Fribourg, Switzerland, 2012 (project ""Depth data for Human Image Analysis using Kinect" )
Vincent Pasquier, BSc, Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’Architectes de Fribourg, Switzerland, 2012 (project ""A Framework for Dynamic face tracking and detection using wearable sensors")
Luis Claudio Sugi Afonso, MSc in Computer Science, UNESP/Brazil, awarded Emerging Leaders of Americas Programme (ELAP) Scholarship, Government of Canada, 2011-2012
David Dutch, BSc, Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’Architectes de Fribourg, Switzerland, 2011 (project "Infrared Facial Image Analysis")
Vincent Ischi, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland, 2011 (project "Dynamic face registration")
Pierre Peixoto, BSc, Clermont-Université, France 2010 (project "Neural Network Implementation on FPGA"; currently in industry)
Thomas Chillet, BSc, Clermont-Université, France 2010 (project "Neural Network Implementation on FPGA"; currently in industry)
Simone Polli, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland, 2009 (project "Voice filtering and feature extraction on FPGA for emotion Analysis"; currently in industry)
Fabio Filipe Da Silva Cunha, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland, 2009 (project "Voice filtering and feature extraction on FPGA for emotion Analysis"; currently MSc at EPFL, Lausanne)
Matthias Spicher, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland, 2008 (project "Active appearance model for facial expression analysis", currently MSc at HEFR)
Sophie Chague, BSc, ESEIRB, France 2007 (project "Analysis of hemoglobin and melanin in video images of faces", currently with THALES, France)
Benjamin Droit, BSc, ESEIRB, France 2007 (project "Fusion of visual and thermal facial images", currently in industry, France)
Phil Serchuk, BSc, CS/PH, 2006 (project "Modeling of facial expression in robots", currently PhD student at University of Toronto)
Olivier Fournier, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland, 2005 (project "3D modeling of face", currently in industry)
Lionel Seydoux, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland, 2005 (project "3D modeling of face", currently in industry)
Antoine Widmer, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland 2004 (project "Iris pattern modeling", MSc in 2007 and PhD in 2010 from UofC)
Olivier Mulhauser, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland 2004 (project "Iris pattern modeling", currently in industry)
Saverio Akbas, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland 2003 (project "Analysis and synthesis of handwritten signature", currently in industry)
V.-A. Giurleo, BSc, HEFR, Switzerland 2003 (project "Analysis and synthesis of handwritten signature", currently in industry)
Graduates
Dr. Helder C. R. de Oliveira, PDF, GitHub
Anita Garland, MSc 2022, thesis "Automated detection of differences in treated and untreated breast tissue through analysis of microwave imaging data"
Xingdong Cao, MSc 2022, thesis "Image-to-Image Translation with Application to Biometrics"
Leonardo Queiroz, MSc 2022, thesis "Multimodal Video-Based Breathing Rate Analysis and Applications"
Thomas Truong, PhD 2021, thesis "Object-Subject Relationship Detection using Deep Learning and Decision Support Systems for Safety and Security Applications"
Kenneth Lai, PhD 2021, thesis "Biometric-Enabled Decision Support Platform with Risk Assessment"
Aakash Bhatt, MSc 2021, thesis "Analysis of Stroke Induced Motor Function Weakness in Post-Stroke Patients using Machine Learning"
Shawn Eastwood, PhD 2019, thesis "Uncertainty Models in the Context of Biometric Authentication Systems", current position: Faculty member, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
Sudarsini Tekkam Gnanasekar, MSc 2019, Electr. Eng, thesis "Facial Attribute Recognition and its Application in Drug Abuse Detection", current position: PhD student, UofC
Oluchukwu Roseline Obi-Alago, MSc 2019, Electr .Eng, thesis "Detecting Abnormalities in Thermal Pattern of Faces for Healthcare Applications"
Noor Abid, MSc 2019, Software Eng, thesis "RGB-Depth Based Gait Data Analysis for Asymmetry Detection", current position: PhD student, UofC
Madeena Sultana, PhD 2018 (Co-supervised, Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), Vanier Scholar, Computer Science, thesis "Multimodal Person Recognition using Social Behavioral Biometric", current Position: Defence Scientist, Department of National Defence
Patrick Kozlow, MSc 2018, Electr. Eng, thesis "Automated Gait Trait Analysis and Applications", current position: Electrical Engineer at Nureva Inc., Calgary
Warren Adam Shier, MSc 2017, thesis "Automated Pain Recognition Using Analysis of Facial Expressions", Electr. and Comp.Eng,
Steven Samoil, MSc 2016, thesis "Hand Biometrics for Contactless Interfaces", Electr. and Comp.Eng, Current position: PhD student at SSE, UofC.
Kok Ye (Roger) Lu, MSc 2016, Electr. Eng, thesis "Design and Implementation of a Wearable Device for Prosopagnosia Rehabilitation", Current position: Engineer, Tartan Energy Inc
Kushan Ahmadian, PhD 2016 (Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), Computer Science
Padma Polash Paul, PhD 2015 (Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), Computer Science, previous position: PDF, Oxford, UK. Current position: CEO, Braintoy Inc.,braintoy.ai.
Kenneth Lai, MSc 2015, thesis "RGB-Depth based facial recognition", Electr. and Comp.Eng, Current position: PhD student at SSE, UofC.
Ahmad Poursaberi , PhD 2014, thesis "Wavelet-based Facial Expression Recognition", Electr. and Comp.Eng, Current position: VP - US Power Trading, Goldman Sachs
Tamer Mohamad, PhD 2014, thesis "Noise resilient stochastic computing", Electr. and Comp.Eng
Maruf Monwar, PhD 2014, Computer Science, Vanier Scholar, postdoc at CMU
Golam Tangim, MSc 2012, Electr. and Comp.Eng, current position: iOS Developer, Canadian Pacific Railway
Ali Abbasinasab, MSc 2012, Electr. and Comp.Eng, previous position: PhD at UC Santa Barbara, current position: ML and Data Scientist at Apple
Kulwinder Singh, PDF (Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), 2010-2011, Computer Science
An Hong Tran, MSc, 2011, thesis "Stochastic models of switching networks", Current position: Sr. Application Engineer, Synopsys
Luo Yuan, MSc, 2009 (Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), thesis " Facial Model Metamorphosis using Geometrical Methods"
Lakin Wecker, MSc, 2008 (Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), thesis " Synthesizing Techniques Based on Multiresolution"
Chengfeng Wang, MSc, 2007 (Supervisor Dr. Gavrilova), thesis "Computational Geometry Methods in Fingerprint Identification".
Yan Xie, MSc, 2003, thesis "EDNA: Event-Driven Network Analysis", current position: Software developer, HP autonomy
Xin Liu, MSc, 2006, thesis "High-Quality Visual Hull Reconstruction based on Surface Sampling and Delaunay Triangulation"
Penglong Wang, MSc, 2004, thesis "Synthetic fingerprint generator", current position: Intermediate Software Engineer at Fortinet, Burnaby, BC
Dingchen Lu, MSc, 2004, thesis "Word-Level data structures for logic network design"; PhD in Geomatics engineering, 2008.