Biometric Lab people

Researchers

Dr. Svetlana Yanushkevich

Faculty, ESE Department, SSE webpage, Link to Publications on Google Scholar, ORCID

Philip Ciunkiewicz

PhD student, Biomedical Engineering, GitHub

Noor Abid

PhD student, Software Engineering

Daria Zahorska

MSc student, Biomedical Engineering, GitHub

Olha Shaposhnyk

PhD student, Biomedical Engineering

Eva Berepiki

MSc student, Biomedical Engineering

Alumni

Trainees

Arshiya Shahin, BSc, awarded SSE 50:50, UofC, 2024

Daria Zahorska, BSc, awarded MITACS Globalink undergraduate visiting student scholarship, 2023

Mackenzie Wallich, BSc, awarded PURE undergraduate student scholarship award, UofC, 2022

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 50:50, UofC, 2021

Netra Patel, BSc, awarded SSE 50:50, UofC, 2021

Nitya Shah, BSc, awarded SSE 50:50, UofC, 2021

Divyansh Goayl, BSc, awarded SSE 50:50, UofC, 2021

Rahat Islam, BSc, awarded SSE 50:50, UofC, 2021

Sahil Bhatt, BSc, UofC, 2021

Ayesha Farooq, BSc, awarded SSE 50:50, 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 AfonsoMSc 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

Mouri Zakir, MSc 2024, thesis "Probabilistic Causal Modeling of Barriers to Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Canada"

Illia Yankovyi, MSc 2023, thesis "Technology Roadmapping for Stroke Patients Assessment: Hospitalization Phase and Home Monitoring"

Helder C. R. de Oliveira, Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2022, 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", and Postdoctoral fellow in 2022-2023, GitHub

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

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

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

An Hong Tran, MSc, 2011, thesis "Stochastic models of switching  networks", Current position: Sr. Application Engineer, Synopsys

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.