Biometric Standards, Performance, and Assurance Laboratory

Department of Industrial Technology

People

The faculty and graduate researchers contributing to the lab are listed below, click on an individual for detailed information. Other personnel such as our industrial advisory board can be found under the engagement menu.

Stephen Elliott, Ph.D.

Dr. Elliott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology. He teaches IT 345, a junior course in Automatic Identification and Data Capture, IT 545 - Biometric Technology and Applications, & TECH 621 AIDC for the Enterprise. Outside of the classroom, Dr. Elliott is involved in a number of activities relating to biometrics and security. He is the past Vice Chair of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards, and has been the Head of Delegation for the WG1 Vocabulary working group within the ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC37 committee on Biometrics. He is still actively involved in biometric standards, as the current Secretary of INCITS M1 Biometrics Standards committee as well as being involved in WG5. Dr. Elliott has also given numerous lectures on biometrics technologies, see publications for more information. Dr. Elliott is also involved in educational initiatives as they relate to biometric technologies, where he is responsible for the Biometrics Standards, Performance, and Assurance Laboratory, as well as two classes related to biometric technologies. Dr. Elliott is also involved in educational initiatives for the American National Standards Institute, is a member of Purdue University's e-Enterprise, Learning, and CERIAS Centers.

Tae-Bong Lee, Ph.D.

Young-Chul Song, Ph. D.

Dr. Song received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Kwangwoon University , South Korea , in 1994, 1997, and 2001, respectively. From 2001 to 2002, he was Director-General of IT Development Research Institute in MDCOM Co,. LTD. From 2002 to 2005, he was a research professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Kyungpook National University. His current research interests include biometrics algorithms and application, and image processing for industrial applications.

Eric Kukula

Eric Kukula is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial Technology, researching biometrics. He has been involved with biometrics for over 4 years, conducting research in face, hand, and fingerprint modalities. Over the last year Eric has managed teams of 7 for three studies: 2 - two hundred person technology/scenario tests and an operational evaluation of hand geometry at the Purdue RSC that involved over 300 participants. His Ph.D. research examines the HBSI, or Human Biometric Sensor Interaction, addressing how users interact and performance differences with an ergonomically designed fingerprint device and commercially available devices. Eric is currently an NSF / Purdue Discovery Learning Center GK12 Fellow for the 2006-07 year.

Shimon Modi

Shimon Modi is a Ph.D. student in Technology with a specialization in Computational Sciences and Engineering. He has been involved in biometrics for over 3 years and has a bachelors degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, and an MS degree in Technology, with a specialization in Information Security from Purdue's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS). His research interests include statistical testing of biometric systems, distributed authentication architectures and use of biometrics in federated identity management systems.

Christy Blomeke

Christy Blomeke is a Ph.D student in the Department of Industrial Technology, and a research assistant in the Department of Youth Development and Agricultural Education. She holds a bachelors degree in genetic biology and a masters degree in Agricultural and Extension Education. Her previous research included a study of using retinal imaging for the identification and verification of 4-H Beef and Sheep animals.

Michael Petrelli

Michael Frick

Joe Schaefer

Mehran Latif

Alumni

Alumni of the lab puruse careers in a wide range of private industry, government organizations, and acedemic institutions. For more information on alumni of the lab, please click the link above.