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2022

  1. Anoop Krishnan, Brian Neas and Ajita Rattani, "Is Facial Recognition Biased at Near-Infrared Spectrum As Well?",  22nd Annual IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, October 2022. (pdf)

  2. Sreeraj Ramachandran and Ajita Rattani, "Deep Generative Views to Mitigate Gender Classification Bias Across Gender-Race Groups", ICPR Workshop on Understanding and Mitigrating Demographic Bias in Biometric Systems,  International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Montreal, Québec, 2022 (pdf)

  3. Aakash Varma Nadimpalli and Ajita Rattani, "GBDF: Gender Balanced DeepFake Dataset Towards Fair DeepFake Detection", ICPR Workshop on MultiMedia FORensics in the WILD,  International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Montreal, Québec, 2022. (pdf)
  4. S. Haridasan, A. Rattani, Z. Demissie and A. Dutta, "Multispectral Deep Learning Models for Wildfire Detection", International Workshop on Data-driven Resilience Research 2022, July 6, 2022, Leipzig, Germany. (pdf)
  5. S. Kotha, S. Haridasan, A. Rattani, A. Bowen, G. Rimmington and A. Dutta, "Multimodal Combination of Text and Image Tweets for Disaster Response Assessment", International Workshop on Data-driven Resilience Research 2022, July 6, 2022, Leipzig, Germany.(pdf)
  6. Shivang Agarwal, Ajita Rattani, and C. Ravindranath Chowdary, "A-iLearn: An adaptive incremental learning model for spoof fingerprint detection", Machine Learning with Applications, Volume 7, 2022, 100210, ISSN 2666-8270. (pdf)
  7. Aakash Varma Nadimpalli and Ajita Rattani, "On Improving Cross-dataset Generalization of Deepfake Detectors", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media and Forensics, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2022.(pdf)
  8. Hera Siddiqui, Ajita Rattani, Karl Ricanek and Twyla Hill, "An Examination of Bias of Facial Analysis based BMI Prediction Models", IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Fair and Data Efficient Computer Vision, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2022. (pdf)

2021

  1. H. Siddiqui, A. Rattani, L. Cure, N. K. Woods, R. Lewis, J. Twomey,B. Smith-Campbell, and T. Hill, "A Survey on Machine and Deep Learning Models for Childhood and Adolescent Obesity", in IEEE Access, 2021.
  2. Ali Almadan and Ajita Rattani,  “Compact CNN Models for On-device Ocular-based User Recognition in Mobile Devices”, the 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2021) in Orlando, Florida (pdf)
  3. Aakash Varma Nadimpalli, Narsi Reddy, Sreeraj Ramachandran, and Ajita Rattani,  “Harnessing Unlabeled Data to Improve Generalization of Biometric Gender and Age Classifiers”, the 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2021) in Orlando, Florida (pdf)
  4. Anoop Krishnan, Ali Almadan, and Ajita Rattani, "Investigating Fairness of Ocular Biometrics AmongYoung, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults", The IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (IEEE ICCST 2021) (pdf)
  5. Sreeraj Ramachandran, Aakash Varma Nadimpalli, and Ajita Rattani, "An Experimental Evaluation on Deepfake Detection using Deep Face Recognition", The IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (IEEE ICCST 2021) (pdf)
  6. Shreyas Dharanesh and Ajita Rattani, "Post-COVID-19 Mask-Aware Face Recognition System", the 20th IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (IEEE HST 2021) (pdf)
  7. Ali Almadan and Ajita Rattani,  “Towards On-Device Face Recognition in Body-worn Cameras”, the 9th IEEE International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IEEE IWBF 2021) (pdf)
  8. Mark Nguyen, Ajita Rattani and Reza derakhshani, "Subject independent evaluation of eyebrows as a stand‐alone biometric", IET Biometrics, 2021
  9. Shivang Agarwal, Ajita Rattani, C. Ravindranath Chowdary, "A comparative study on handcrafted features v/s deep features for open-set fingerprint liveness detection", Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 147, Pages 34-40, 2021.

2020

  1. Ali Almadan, Anoop Krishnan, and Ajita Rattani,  “Probing Fairness of Mobile Ocular Biometrics Methods Across Gender on VISOB 2.0 Dataset”, 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) (pdf).
  2. Ali Almadan, Anoop Krishnan, and Ajita Rattani,  “BWCFace: Open-set Face Recognition using Body-worn Camera”, 19th IEEE International Conference On Machine Learning And Applications (ICMLA) (pdf).
  3. Anoop Krishnan, Ali Almadan , and Ajita Rattani,  “Understanding Fairness of Gender Classification Algorithms Across Gender-Race Groups”, 19th IEEE International Conference On Machine Learning And Applications (ICMLA) (pdf).
  4. Hera Siddiqui, Ajita Rattani, Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, and Tanner Dean, "AI-based BMI Inference from Facial Images: An Application to Weight Monitoring", 19th IEEE International Conference On Machine Learning And Applications (ICMLA) (pdf).

2019

  1. Babak Poorebrahim Gilkalaye, Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani, "Euclidean-distance based fuzzy commitment scheme for biometric template security", 7th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF) (pdf).
  2. HM Nguyen, A Rattani, R Derakhshani, "Biometrics Fusion with Applications in Passenger Re-authentication for Automated Border Control Systems".  IEEE Symposium on Technologiesfor Homeland Security (HST) (pdf).
  3. Leena Kondapi, Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani, "Cross-illumination Evaluation of Hand Crafted and Deep Features for Fusion of Selfie Face and Ocular Biometrics".   IEEE Symposium on Technologiesfor Homeland Security (HST) (pdf).
  4. N Reddy, A Rattani, R Derakhshani, "Robust Subject-invariant Feature Learning for Ocular Biometrics in Visible Spectrum", 10th IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS) (pdf).
  5. Zahid Akhtar, Kamran Siddique, Ajita Rattani, Syaheerah Lebai Lutfi, Tiago H Falk, "Why is multimedia quality of experience assessment a challenging problem?", IEEE Access, Vol. 7, 2019, Pages 117897-117915.
  6. Ahmad Saeed Mohammad, Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani, "Eyebrows and eyeglasses as soft biometrics using deep learning", IET Biometrics.

2018

  1. N Reddy, A Rattani, D Reza, "Multi-biometric convolutional neural networks for mobile user authentication", IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST) (pdf).
  2. N Reddy, A Rattani, D Reza, "Ocularnet: deep patch-based ocular biometric recognition", IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST) (pdf).
  3. Ahmad Saeed Mohammad, Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani, "Short-Term User Authentication Using Eyebrows Biometric For Smartphone Devices", IEEE Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference (CEEC)(pdf).
  4. N Reddy, A Rattani, D Reza, "Comparison of Deep Learning Models for Biometric-based Mobile User Authentication", IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory Applications and Systems (BTAS) (pdf).
  5. Ahmad Saeed Mohammad, Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshan, "Comparison of squeezed convolutional neural network models for eyeglasses detection in mobile environment", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges.
  6. Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani, "Convolutional neural networks for gender prediction from smartphone-based ocular images", IET Biometrics.
  7. Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani, "A survey of mobile face biometrics", Computers & Electrical Engineering.

2017

  1. A. Rattani and R. Derakhshani, "Online Co-training in Mobile Ocular Biometric Recognition", IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, 1-6, 2017.
  2. A. Rattani, N. Reddy and R. Derakhshani,  "Gender Prediction from Mobile Ocular Images: A Feasibility Study", IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security,1-6, 2017.
  3. A. Rattani and R. Derakhshani, "Ocular Biometrics in the Visible Spectrum: A Survey", Image and Vision Computing, Elsevier, 59, 1- 16, 2017.

2016

  1. A. Rattani, R. Derakhshani, S. K Saripalle, and V. Gottemukkula, "ICIP 2016 Competition on Mobile Ocular Biometric Recognition", IEEE Conference on Image Processing,  320-324, 2016.
  2. Y. Ding, A. Rattani and A. Ross, "Bayesian Belief Models for Integrating Match Scores with Liveness and Quality Measures in a Fingerprint Verification System", IEEE InternationalConference on Biometrics, 1-8, 2016.
  3. N. Reddy, A. Rattani and R. Derakhshani, "A Robust Scheme for Iris Segmentation in Mobile Environment", IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, 1-6, 2016.

2015

  1. A. Rattani, Z. Akhtar and G. Foresti, "A Preliminary Study on Identifying Fabrication Material From Fake Fingerprint Images", IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, 362-366, 2016.
  2. Ajita Rattani, Walter J Scheirer, Arun Ross, "Open set fingerprint spoof detection across novel fabrication materials", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security.
  3. A. Rattani, W. Scheirer and A. Ross, "Open Set Fingerprint Spoof Detection Across Novel Fabrication Materials", IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 10(11), 2447-2460, 2015

2014

  1. Ajita Rattani and Arun Ross,"Automatic Adaptation of Fingerprint Liveness Detector to New Spoof Materials", Proc. of International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB), (Clearwater, USA), September/October 2014. (Best Poster Award)
  2. Ajita Rattani and Arun Ross,"Minimizing the Impact of Spoof Fabrication Material on Fingerprint Liveness Detector", Proc. of 21st IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Paris, France, 2014

2013

  1. Ajita Rattani, Norman Poh and Arun Ross, "A Bayesian Approach for Modeling Sensor Influence on Quality, Liveness and Match Score Values in Fingerprint Verification," Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS), (Guangzhou, China), November 2013
  2. Ajita Rattani and Norman Poh, "Biometric System Design Under Zero and Non-zero-effort Attacks", International Conference on Biometrics (ICB), Madrid, Spain, 2013.
  3. Zahid Akhtar, Ajita Rattani, Abdenour Hadid and Massimo Tistarelli, "Face Recognition under Ageing Effect: A Comparative Analysis", 17th Int’l Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP), Naples, Italy, 2013.
  4. A. Rattani, G. L. Marcialis, F. Roli, "Biometric System Adaptation by Self-update and Graph-based techniques", Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, Elsevier,Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp 1–9, February 2013

2012

  1. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Eric Granger, Fabio Roli, "A Dual-staged Classification-Selection Approach for Automated Update of Biometric Templates", International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Japan, 2012.
  2. Ajita Rattani, Norman Poh, Arun Ross, "Analysis of User-specific Score Characteristics for Spoof Biometric Attacks", Proc. of IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Biometrics at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Conference, (Providence, USA), pp.124-129,  June 2012.
  3. N. Poh, A. Rattani and F. Roli, "Critical Analysis of Adaptive Biometric Systems", IET Biometrics, Vol. 1, Issue 4,  pp. 179 – 187, 2012.
  4. A. Rattani, G. L. Marcialis, F. Roli, "Evaluation of Adaptive Biometric systems: Dataset, Protocol and Tools", International Journal of Biometrics, 2012. 
  5. D. R. Kisku, A. Rattani, P. Gupta, J. K. Sing, C. J. Hwang, "Human Identity Verification using Multispectral Palmprint Fusion", Journal of signal and Information Processing, Scientific Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 263-273, 2012

2011

  1. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli, "Temporal Analysis of Biometric Template Update Procedures in Uncontrolled Environment", Proc. of 16th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP'11), Ravenna, Italy, 2011
  2. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli, "Self Adaptive Systems: An Experimental Analysis of the Performance Over Time", Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Biometrics and Identity Management (CIBIM'11) - A Special Session on Adaptive Biometric Systems, pp. 36 - 43, 2011.
  3. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Phalguni Gupta, Jamuna Kanta Sing, "Offline Signature Verification using Geometric and Orientation Features with Multiple Experts Fusion",Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Network and Computer Science (ICNCS / ICECT'11), Kanyakumari, India, IEEE Press, Vol. 5, pp. 269-272, 2011.
  4. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Phalguni Gupta, C. J. Hwang, Jamuna Kanta Sing, "Palmprint Identification using FRIT", Proc. of SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, SPIE 8063, 80630T, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2011.
  5. Phalguni Gupta, Ajita Rattani, Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, C. Jinshong Hwang, Jamuna Kanta Sing, "Palmprint Verification using Lagrangian Decomposition and Invariant Interest Points", Proc. of SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, Proc. SPIE 8063, 80630W, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2011.

2010

  1. Norman Poh, Ajita Rattani, Massimo Tistarelli and Josef Kittler, "Group-specific Score Normalization for Biometric Systems", In Proc. of IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Biometrics (CVPRW'10), pp. 38 - 45, 2010.
  2. D. R. Kisku, A. Rattani, P. Gupta, J. K. Sing, "Fusion of Facial Features using DS Theory for Face Recognition", International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 139 - 141, 2010. 

2009

  1. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli , "An Experimental Analysis of the Relationship between Biometric Template Update and the Doddington’s Zoo in Face Verification", In Proc. of 14th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP'09), Vietri sul Mare (Italy), 2009.
  2. Ajita Rattani, Biagio Freni, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli , "Template Update Methods in Adaptive Biometric Systems: A Critical Review", In Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Biometrics (ICB'09), vol. 5558, Alghero (Italy), pp. 847-856, 2009.
  3. Arun Ross, Ajita Rattani and Massimo Tistarelli, "Exploiting the Doddington Zoo Effect in Biometric Fusion," In Proc. of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS'09), pp. 1-7, Washington DC, USA, September 2009.
  4. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Phalguni Gupta, Jamuna Kanta Sing, "Biometrics Sensor Image Fusion for Identity Verification: A Case Study with Wavelet-based Fusion Rules and Graph Matching", In Proc. of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST'09), MA-Greater Boston, USA, IEEE Press, pp. 433--439, 2009.
  5. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Hunny Mehrotra, Ajita Rattani, Phalguni Gupta, Jamuna Kanta Sing, "Multiview Gabor Face Recognition by Fusion of PCA and Canonical Covariate through Feature Weighting", In Proc. of SPIE International Symposium on Optics and Photonics (Optics+Photonics 2009), San Diego, USA, Vol. 7443, 744308, SPIE, 2009.

2008

  1. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli , "Biometric Template Update Using the Graph Mincut: A Case Study in Face Verification", In Proc. 6th IEEE Biometric Symposium (BSYM'08), Tampa, Florida, USA, IEEE, 2008.
  2. Gian Luca Marcialis, Ajita Rattani, Fabio Roli , "Biometric Template Update: An Experimental Investigation on the Relationship Between Update Errors and Performance Degradation in Face Verification", In Proc. of Joint IAPR Int. Workshop on Structural and Syntactical Pattern Recognition and Statistical Techniques in Pattern Recognition (S+SSPR'08), Orlando (Florida, USA), Springer, 2008.
  3. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli , "Capturing Large Intra-class Variations of Biometric Data by Template Co-updating", In Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Biometrics, Int. Conference on Vision and Pattern Recognition CVPR 2008, Anchorage (Alaska, USA), IEEE, pp. 1-6, 2008.
  4. Ajita Rattani, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli , "Boosting Gallery Representativeness by Co-updating Face and Fingerprint Verification Systems", In Proc. of 5th Summer School for Advanced Studies on Biometrics for Secure Authentication, 2008. (Motorola Best Paper Award)
  5. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Massimo Tistarelli, Phalguni Gupta, "Graph Application on Face for Personal Authentication and Recognition", In Proc. of 10th IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2008), Hanoi, Vietnam, IEEE Press, pp. 1150--1155, 2008.
  6. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Jamuna Kanta Sing, Phalguni Gupta, "Offline Signature Verified with Multiple Classifiers: An Authentic Realization", In Proc. of 1st International Conference on Advances in Computing (ICAC 2008), Mumbai, India, pp. 550--553, 2008.
  7. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Jamuna Kanta Sing, Phalguni Gupta, "Graph Topology based Face Recognition with Invariant Features", In Proc. of 1st International Conference on Advances in Computing (ICAC 2008), Mumbai, India, pp. 541--545, 2008.

2007

  1. Ajita Rattani, Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Mamuele Bicego, Massimo Tistarelli, "Feature Level Fusion of Face and Fingerprint Biometrics", In Proc. of 1st IEEE International Conference on Biometrics, Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS 2007), Washington DC, USA, IEEE Press, pp. 1--6, 2007.
  2. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Enrico Grosso, Massimo Tistarelli, "Face Identification by SIFT-based Complete Graph Topology", In Proc. of 5th IEEE International Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies (AUTOID 2007), Alghero, Italy, IEEE Press, pp. 63--68, 2007.
  3. Ajita Rattani, Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Andrea Lagorio, Massimo Tistarelli, "Facial Template Synthesis based on SIFT Features", In Proc. of 5th IEEE International Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies (AUTOID 2007), Alghero, Italy, IEEE Press, pp. 69--73, 2007.
  4. Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Ajita Rattani, Phalguni Gupta, "A Novel Approach to Offline Signature Verification using Gaussian Empirical Rule", In Proc. of 6th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW 2007), Swindon, U.K., pp. 139--150, 2007.

2006

  1. Ajita Rattani, Dakshina Ranjan Kisku, Mamuele Bicego, Massimo Tistarelli, "Robust Feature Level Multibiometrics Classification", In Proc. of IEEE Biometric Symposium (BSYM 2006), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, IEEE Press, pp. 1--6, 2006.
  2. Ajita Rattani, Nitin Agarwal, Hunny Mehrotra & P. Gupta, "An Efficient Fusion based Classifier", In Proc. of Workshop on Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing (WCVGIP 2006), Hyderabad, India, 2006.
  3. Phalguni Gupta, Ajita Rattani, Hunny Mehrotra & Anil Kumar Kaushik, "Multimodal Biometrics System for Efficient Human Recognition", In Proc. of SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing (SPIE DSS 2006), Florida, USA, 2006.
  4. Phalguni Gupta, Hunny Mehrotra, Ajita Rattani, A. Chatterjee & A.K. Kaushik, "Iris Recognition using Corner Detection", In Proc. of 23rd International Biometric Conference (IBC 2006), Montreal, Canada, 2006.
  5. Nikunj Kela, Ajita Rattani & P. Gupta, "An Illumination Invariant Face Recognition System", In Proc. of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2006), New York, USA, 2006.
  6. Hunny Mehrotra, Ajita Rattani & Phalguni Gupta, "Fusion of Iris and Fingerprint Biometric For Recognition", In Proc. of International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP 2006), Karnataka, India, 2006.

Books

 

  1. H. Siddiqui, A. Rattani, L. Cure, N. K. Woods, R. Lewis, J. Twomey,B. Smith-Campbell, and T. Hill, "Towards on-device weight monitoring from selfie face images using smartphones", Integrating Artificial Intelligence and IoT for Advanced Health Informatics, Springer 2022.
  2. (Book Chapter) Hera Siddiqui, Ajita Rattani, Laila Cure, Nikki Keene Woods, Rhonda Lewis, JanetTwomey, Betty Smith-Campbell, and Twyla Hill, "Towards On-device Weight Monitoring fromSelfie Face Images Using Smartphones", “Integrating Artificial Intelligence and IoT for advanced health informatics” in Book “Internet of Things: Technology, Computations and Computing”, Springer, 2021.
  3. A. Rattani, R. Derakhshani, A. Ross (Editors), "Selfie Biometrics", Springer Publishers, 2019. ISBN: 978-3-030-26971-5.
  4. A. Rattani, F. Roli, E. Granger (Editors), "Adaptive Biometric Systems  Recent Advances and Challenges", Springer Publiushers, 2015. ISBN:978-3-319-24865-3