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59
Citations
18145
World Ranking
3366
National Ranking
1629

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member
  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to biometric authentication.
  • 2007 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to biometric authentication systems

Overview

Nalini K. Ratha is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their primary field of study is Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields, including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing, Aerospace Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas related to machine learning and biometric applications. Key topics in their work include:

  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Face recognition and analysis
  • Biometric Identification and Security
  • Face and Expression Recognition
  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Digital Media Forensic Detection

Ratha has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with recent papers reflecting ongoing work primarily in adversarial defense and image processing. These papers include:

  • "Image Transformation based Defense Against Adversarial Perturbation on Deep Learning Models," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
  • "Cognitive data augmentation for adversarial defense via pixel masking," 2021, Pattern Recognition Letters
  • "DAMAD: Database, Attack, and Model Agnostic Adversarial Perturbation Detector," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • "Exploring Robustness Connection between Artificial and Natural Adversarial Examples," 2022, 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW)
  • "Crafting Adversarial Perturbations via Transformed Image Component Swapping," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Their frequent coauthors include Mayank Vatsa, Akshay Agarwal, Richa Singh, Arjun Ramesh Kaushik, and Charanjit S. Jutla.

Ratha has published extensively in notable venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior and Identity Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, and Pattern Recognition Letters.

In addition to articles, they have authored a book titled Deep Learning-Based Face Analytics, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Ratha's professional recognition includes several honors: they were named an ACM Distinguished Member in 2015, an ACM Senior Member in 2009, a Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) in 2008 for contributions to biometric authentication, and an IEEE Fellow in 2007 for contributions to biometric authentication systems.

Best Publications

  • Enhancing security and privacy in biometrics-based authentication systems

    N. K. Ratha;J. H. Connell;R. M. Bolle

  • Generating Cancelable Fingerprint Templates

    N.K. Ratha;S. Chikkerur;J.H. Connell;R.M. Bolle

  • Guide to Biometrics

    Ruud M. Bolle;Jonathan H. Connell;Sharath Pankanti;Nalini K. Ratha

  • Adaptive flow orientation-based feature extraction in fingerprint images

    Nalini K. Ratha;Shaoyun Chen;Anil K. Jain

  • A real-time matching system for large fingerprint databases

    N.K. Ratha;K. Karu;Shaoyun Chen;A.K. Jain

  • An Analysis of Minutiae Matching Strength

    Nalini K. Ratha;Jonathan H. Connell;Ruud M. Bolle

  • Method for bio-metric-based authentication in radio communication for access control

    Rudolf Marten Bolle;Sharathchandra Pankanti;Nalini Kanta Ratha;Louise Nanzu Sharon

  • Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication

    Takeo Kanade;Anil Jain;Nalini K. Ratha

  • Biometric perils and patches

    Ruud M. Bolle;Jonathan H. Connell;Nalini K. Ratha

  • Cancelable Biometrics: A review

    Vishal M. Patel;Nalini K. Ratha;Rama Chellappa

  • Object detection using gabor filters

    Anil K. Jain;Nalini K. Ratha;Sridhar Lakshmanan

  • Secure and Robust Iris Recognition Using Random Projections and Sparse Representations

    J. K. Pillai;V. M. Patel;R. Chellappa;N. K. Ratha

  • Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems

    Nalini K. Ratha;Ruud Bolle

  • Robust fingerprint authentication using local structural similarity

    N.K. Ratha;R.M. Bolle;V.D. Pandit;V. Vaish

  • Cancelable iris biometric

    Jinyu Zuo;N.K. Ratha;J.H. Connell

  • Cancelable Biometrics: A Case Study in Fingerprints

    N. Ratha;J. Connell;R.M. Bolle;S. Chikkerur

  • To a combined fingerprint acquisition and control device

    Rudolf M. Bolle;Nalini K. Ratha;Andrew Senior

  • The relation between the ROC curve and the CMC

    R.M. Bolle;J.H. Connell;S. Pankanti;N.K. Ratha

  • Anonymous and Revocable Fingerprint Recognition

    F. Farooq;R.M. Bolle;Tsai-Yang Jea;N. Ratha

  • System and method for multi-party validation, authentication and/or authorization via biometrics

    Rudolf M. Bolle;Chitra Dorai;Sunil J. Noronha;Nalini K. Ratha

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan H. Connell
Jonathan H. Connell IBM (United States)
Ruud M. Bolle
Ruud M. Bolle IBM (United States)
Sharath Pankanti
Sharath Pankanti IBM (United States)
Richa Singh
Richa Singh Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Andrew W. Senior
Andrew W. Senior Google (United States)
Anil K. Jain
Anil K. Jain Michigan State University
Chitra Dorai
Chitra Dorai IBM (United States)
Rama Chellappa
Rama Chellappa Johns Hopkins University
Karthik Nandakumar
Karthik Nandakumar Michigan State University
Venu Govindaraju
Venu Govindaraju University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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