Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory
Laboratory
Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory
The biometric research group at NTNU focuses on various biological and behavioral biometrics including 2D- and 3D-face recognition, fingerprint recognition, fingervein recognition, ear recognition, signature recognition, gait recognition, keystroke recognition, gesture recognition and mouse dynamics.
Academic staff
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Patrick Adrianus Bours Professor
+4741265872 patrick.bours@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Christoph Busch Professor
+47-61135194 christoph.busch@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Kiran Raja Associate Professor
+47-61135374 kiran.raja@ntnu.no Department of Computer Science -
Guoqiang Li Researcher
+47-61135251 +4797927047 guoqiang.li@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Raghavendra Ramachandra Professor
+47-61135458 raghavendra.ramachandra@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Raymond Veldhuis
+31614346251 raymond.veldhuis@ntnu.no -
Bian Yang Professor
+47-61135486 bian.yang@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology
PhD candidates
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Marcel Grimmer
+47-61135164 marceg@ntnu.no -
Wassim Kabbani PhD Candidate
wassim.h.kabbani@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Hailin Li PhD Candidate
+4793847300 hailin.li@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Tabita Anggraini Meilita Lumban Tobing PhD Candidate
tabita.tobing@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Haoyu Zhang PhD Candidate
haoyu.zhang@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology
NBL News
- Best Paper Awarded at CVIP 2023
- Best Paper Awarded at NISK 2023
- Pernille Kopperud successfully defended her Master Thesis
- Eric Jensen and Morten Bjerre successfully defended their Master Thesis
- Prof. Patrick Bours wins the NTNU Innovation Award 2023
- Parisa Rezaee Borj has successfully defended her PhD thesis
- Sushma Venkatesh has successfully defended her PhD thesis
- Best Poster Awarded at BIOSIG 2022
- Face quality assessment algorithm implemented based on ISO/IEC TR 29794-5 is now publicly available
- more ...
Research projects
The Biometrics lab is interacting with industrial and academic partners in a number of national and international projects. Our current projects are:
Completed projects are:
Research topics of PhD candidates
- Marcel Grimmer -- Synthetic Face Image Generation for Biometric Recognition
- Wassim Kabbani -- Face Image Quality Measures and Assessment
- Hailin Li -- Robust algorithms for fingerprint presentation attack detection
- Raghavendra Mudgal-Gundurao -- Unsupervised Self-Verification using Facial Biometrics
- Haoyu Zhang -- Detection and Generation of Morphing Attacks
Research topics of graduated PhD
- Jag Mohan Singh -- Robust Biometric Authentication using 3D Information. Defended his thesis on 2024-05-22.
- Parisa Rezaee Borj -- Online Grooming Detection on Social Media Platforms. Defended her thesis on 2023-04-18.
- Sushma Venkatesh -- Robust Algorithms for Morph Attack Detection. Defended her thesis on 2022-10-11.
- Edlira Martiri -- Template Protection for Multi-Biometrics. Defended her thesis on 2022-01-14.
- Hareesh Mandalapu -- Robust Algorithms for Audio-Visual Biometric Authentication. Defended his thesis on 2021-12-15.
- Ali Khodabakhsh -- Automated Authentication of Audiovisual Content: A Biometric Approach. Defended his thesis on 2021-06-18.
- Pawel Drozdowski -- Efficient Privacy-preserving Identification in Large-scale Multi-biometric Systems. Defended his thesis on 2020-05-06.
- Patrick Schuch -- Deep Learning for Fingerprint Recognition Systems.
Defended his thesis on 2019-10-16. - Pankaj Wasnik -- Presentation Attack Detection for Smart Phone Based Biometrics.
Defended his thesis on 2019-05-08. - Ctirad Sousedik -- Presentation Attack Resistant Fingerprint Biometrics.
Defended his thesis on 2018-01-30. - Kiran Bylappa Raja -- Robust Biometric Verification based on the Eye Region.
Defended his thesis on 2016-11-11. - Guoqiang Li -- Innovative methods for fingerprint identification systems.
Defended his thesis on 2016-10-27. - Soumik Mondal -- Continuous Authentication and Identification.
Defended his thesis on 2016-02-24. - Martin Olsen -- Fingerprint Image Quality.
Defended his thesis on 2015-12-17. - Anika Pflug -- Ear Recognition.
Defended her thesis on 2015-06-19. - Mohammed Derawi -- Smartphones and Biometrics.
Defended his thesis on 2012-11-16. - Daniel Hartung -- Vascular Pattern Recognition.
Defended his thesis on 2012-10-18.
NBL annual workshops
- NBL Annual Workshop 2024
- NBL Annual Workshop 2023
- NBL Annual Workshop 2022
- NBL Annual Workshop 2021
- NBL Annual Workshop 2020
- NBL Annual Workshop 2019
- NBL Annual Workshop 2018
- NBL Annual Workshop 2017
- NBL Annual Workshop 2016
- NBL Annual Workshop 2015
- NBL Annual Workshop 2014
- NBL Annual Workshop 2013
- NBL Annual Workshop 2012
- NBL Annual Workshop 2011
Open thesis proposals
- Master thesis -- Face Image Eye-Whiteness Quality Assessment
- Master thesis -- Face Image Eyes Visibility Quality Assessment
- Master thesis -- Face Image Radial Distortion Quality Assessment
- Master thesis -- Face Image Forntalization with Deep Learning
- Master thesis -- Editing Face Images with Deep Learning
- Master thesis -- Face Ageing with Latent Diffusion Models
- Master thesis -- Efficient Quality Assessment for Expression Neutrality
- Master thesis -- Print-scan Effect Simulation of 2-D Face Images for Morphing Attack Detection
- Master thesis -- Face Morphing Attack Detection based on segmentation
- Master thesis -- Face age progression with Generative Models
