Rishabh Shukla
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Jammu
Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
I am a final-year Ph.D. student at the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, advised by Dr. Harkeerat Kaur, and currently a researcher at NTNU, Norway.
My research is on privacy-preserving biometrics using generative models. I work on cancelable and proxy fingerprint templates, synthetic fingerprint generation, image inpainting, and anonymization of medical images. More recently, I have been working on fair evaluation of open-set face and iris fusion.
News
- 2026Our paper TRIOCULAR-ID on open-set face and bilateral-iris fusion is accepted at WACV 2027.
- 2026RidgeFusion accepted at IJCNN 2026, and co-authored the IJCB-AFMFR 2026 competition paper.
- 20262VA, our work on retinal image anonymization, presented at VISAPP 2026.
- Jan 2026Presented Restoring Motion at ICDCIT 2026, Bhubaneswar. [post]
- 2025Received the Doctoral Consortium Award at IJCNN 2025. [post]
- 2025Recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer at CVPR 2025.
- 2025IJCB 2025. [post]
- Feb 2025Parallel Prints presented at the WACV 2025 Workshops.
- Oct 2024Started a research visit at NTNU, Norway (Oct 2024 – Apr 2025). [post]
- Oct 2024Presented Bridging the Gap at IEEE SMC 2024. [post]
- 2024Recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer at BMVC 2024.
- 2024Presented my work at the IEEE FG 2024 Doctoral Consortium (travel grant). [post]
- Jan 2024Attended the Winter School on Biometrics; received the Outstanding Participation Award. [post]
- Jan 2024Vikriti-ID presented at WACV 2024.
Highlights
ICDCIT 2026, BhubaneswarPresented Restoring Motion: A Video Inpainting Method for Moving Instances. Read post →
IJCNN 2025, INNS Doctoral ConsortiumReceived the Doctoral Consortium Award. Read post →
IJCB 2025Biometrics research from IIT Jammu at IJCB 2025. Read post →
Research visit at NTNU, NorwayStarted my research visit at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Read post →
IEEE SMC 2024Presented Bridging the Gap at IEEE SMC 2024. Read post →
IEEE FG 2024, Doctoral ConsortiumPresented my research at FG 2024. Read post →
Winter School on Biometrics 2024Outstanding Participation Award and IEEE travel grant. Read post →
Selected Publications
TRIOCULAR-ID: Evidence-Matched and Ranking-Controlled Evaluation of Open-Set Face and Bilateral-Iris Fusion
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2027 Main Conference
A fair evaluation protocol for open-set recognition with the face and both irises, where each modality gets matched evidence and the ranking is controlled.
RidgeFusion: Frequency-Split Conditioning for Diffusion-Based Contactless Fingerprint Rendering
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2026
A diffusion model with frequency-split conditioning that keeps fine ridge detail when generating contactless fingerprints.
2VA: Vessel-Aware Retinal Image Anonymization that Preserves Diabetic Retinopathy Utility
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), 2026
Removes identity cues in the retinal vessel pattern while keeping the features needed for diabetic retinopathy grading.
Vikriti-ID: A Novel Approach for Real Looking Fingerprint Data-set Generation
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2024 Main Conference
A generative approach for producing realistic synthetic fingerprint datasets without collecting data from real people.
Bridging the Gap: Creating Authentic Biometric Templates for Secure Authentication Systems
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2024
Combines class transformation and user-specific key projection to generate realistic, revocable fingerprint templates.
Fingerprint Digital Twin for Secure and Privacy Preserving Biometric Authentication
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2023
A key-based generative approach that replaces the real fingerprint with a revocable proxy while keeping matching performance.
All publications
- TRIOCULAR-ID: Evidence-Matched and Ranking-Controlled Evaluation of Open-Set Face and Bilateral-Iris Fusion. R. Shukla, H. Kaur, K. Raja. WACV 2027.
- IJCB-AFMFR 2026: Competition on Adapting Foundation Models for Face Recognition Using Synthetic Training Data. T. Chettaoui, G. Özgür, E. Caldeira, …, R. Shukla, … IJCB 2026.
- RidgeFusion: Frequency-Split Conditioning for Diffusion-Based Contactless Fingerprint Rendering. R. Shukla et al. IJCNN 2026.
- 2VA: Vessel-Aware Retinal Image Anonymization that Preserves Diabetic Retinopathy Utility. R. Shukla, U. Pansuriya, H. Kaur. VISAPP 2026.
- Restoring Motion: A Video Inpainting Method for Moving Instances. R. Shukla, H. Kaur. ICDCIT 2026.
- Analyzing Face Image Inpainting with Attribute-Driven Generative Network. R. Shukla, H. Kaur, I. Echizen. IJCNN 2025.
- Parallel Prints: Generating Realistic Cancelable Fingerprint Templates. R. Shukla, H. Kaur, I. Echizen. WACV Workshops 2025.
- Ship Classification Using Optical Camera and Deep Learning for Coastal Surveillance. A. K. Yadav, R. Shukla, H. Kaur. ICMVA 2025.
- Bridging the Gap: Creating Authentic Biometric Templates for Secure Authentication Systems. R. Shukla, H. Kaur, I. Echizen. IEEE SMC 2024.
- Vikriti-ID: A Novel Approach for Real Looking Fingerprint Data-set Generation. R. Shukla, A. Sinha, V. Singh, H. Kaur. WACV 2024.
- Secure and Privacy Preserving Proxy Biometric Identities. H. Kaur, R. Shukla, I. Echizen, P. Khanna. AINA 2023.
- Fingerprint Digital Twin for Secure and Privacy Preserving Biometric Authentication. R. Shukla, H. Kaur, I. Echizen, P. Khanna. IEEE SMC 2023.
- Deep Learning Based Cancelable Biometric System. R. Shukla, H. Kaur. ICCCNT 2023.
- An Experimental Study on Random Projection Based Biometric Security. R. Shukla, H. Kaur. IEEE BigData 2023.
- Optical Coherence Tomography Classification Through Deep Learning. R. Shukla, H. Kaur. IEEE GlobConPT 2022.
- Rural Electrification Using Computer Vision and Wireless Sensor Networks. R. Shukla, H. Kaur. CONIT 2022.
Research Projects
Open-Set Face and Bilateral-Iris FusionEvidence-matched and ranking-controlled evaluation of open-set face and bilateral-iris fusion.
RidgeFusion: Contactless Fingerprint RenderingDiffusion-based contactless fingerprint generation with frequency-split conditioning.
2VA: Retinal Image AnonymizationVessel-aware anonymization that preserves diabetic retinopathy utility.
Proxy Fingerprint for Metaverse ApplicationsProxy fingerprints combined with user-specific keys for revocability and cancelability.
Synthetic Biometric GenerationCustom generative model architecture to generate biometric data with controllable variation.
Image InpaintingConvolutional network for deformed fingerprint restoration via image inpainting.
Fingerprint Digital Twin for Secure AuthenticationKey-based generative approach to create revocable, non-invertible proxy fingerprint templates that preserve matching utility.
Authentic Biometric Templates (Class-Transform GAN)Class transformation and user-specific key projection to generate realistic, revocable fingerprint templates; evaluated with the MCC matcher.
Restoring MotionA multi-stage video inpainting framework that first builds lower-resolution feature representations from corrupted frames using a context encoder.
Experience
- Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NorwayOpen-set multimodal (face and iris) recognition, privacy-preserving biometricsAug 2026
- Visiting Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NorwayPrivacy-preserving biometrics and generative methodsOct 2024 – Apr 2025
- Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology KanpurDec 2021 – Jan 2022
Education
- Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu2022 – present
- M.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry2019 – 2021
- B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow2015 – 2019
Awards and Grants
- Doctoral Consortium Award, IJCNN 2025
- Outstanding Reviewer, CVPR 2025 and BMVC 2024
- Doctoral Consortium Travel Grant, IEEE FG 2024
- Outstanding Participation Award and IEEE Travel Grant, Winter School on Biometrics 2024
- Travel Grant, IEEE SMC 2023
- Institute Fellowship, IIT Jammu
Service
Reviewer for CVPR 2025 (Outstanding Reviewer), BMVC 2024 (Outstanding Reviewer), WACV 2025, ICPR 2024, IEEE SMC 2024 and CVIP 2023.
Skills and Interests
Research areas
Computer Vision, Biometrics, Image Processing, Generative Models (GANs, diffusion), Privacy-preserving AI
Computer Vision, Biometrics, Image Processing, Generative Models (GANs, diffusion), Privacy-preserving AI
Technical
Python, C, PHP, HTML5, CSS3 · MySQL, SQLite · Windows, Ubuntu
Python, C, PHP, HTML5, CSS3 · MySQL, SQLite · Windows, Ubuntu
Contact
For collaborations or research discussions, please email me or use the form.
rishabh.shukla@iitjammu.ac.in
linkedin.com/in/rishabh-shukla-5879b0172
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