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 Dr. Eliza Y. Du

 

Director, Biometrics and Pattern Recognition Laboratory

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor (courtesy appointment), Department of Computer Science

 

 

Member of the Transportation Active Safety Institute

Member of the Android Science Center

 

Contact:    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                  Purdue School of Engineering and Technology

                  Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

                  723 W. Michigan Street, SL 160

                  Indianapolis, IN 46202

                  Phone: +1-317-278-2276

                  Fax: +1-317-274-4493

               

                 Sectary Phone: (317) 274-9726

Research Areas:

  • Biometrics

  • Digital Image Processing (Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, video image processing, medical image processing, image understanding, and data mining in images)

  • Pattern Recognition

  Research Applications:

  • Homeland Security

  • Surveillance

  • Remote Sensing

  • Biomedical imaging

  • Intelligent Transportation System

  • Target detection and recognition

Research Sponsors:

  • Office of Naval Research (ONR)

  • National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Department of Defense (DOD)

  • Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)

  • Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

  • Several companies

  • Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Research Facility

Biometrics and Pattern Recognition Laboratory (Location: 723 W. Michigan St., SL 173, Indianapolis, IN 46202)

 Awards & Honors

  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Biometrics: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, 2009

  • Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award, 2009

  • IUPUI Supervisor of the Year Recognition Award, 2009

  • IUPUI Prestigious External Award Recognition, 2008

  • ONR Young Investigator Award, 2007

  • Member, Phi Kappa Phi (All Academic Disciplines Honor Society)

  • Member, Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) 

Media Interviews and Reports

 

In 2012, Dr. Du is nominated to appear in the 2012 SPIE Monthly Planner. You can request a free copy of the planner here.

 

In June 2010, Dr. Du, her collaberator, and her students' seven patents have been licensed for commercialization. Full article can be accessed here.

 

In March 2009, Dr. Du was interviewed by Science Magazine for her opinion about iris recognition in the presents of disease. The full article can be accessed here.

 

In August 2007, Dr. Du was interviewed by the National Public Radio (NPR) about her view of iris recognition. Full record can be accessed here.

 

In July 2007, Dr. Du was interviewed by ONR News Editor about her project of non-cooperative iris recognition. Full article can be accessed here.

 

In June 2007, Dr. Du was interviewed for her ONR grant. Full article can be accessed here.

 

Some Recent Professional Services

  • NSF Review Panel, 2009~2012

  • Proposal Reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) , 2008

  • Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPP), 2007 & 2008

  • Review panel for the Department of Homeland Security, 2009~2011

  • Co-Chair, SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, mobile security, 2011~2012.

  • Guest Editor of the special issue,  Neurocomputing Special Issue on “Behaviors in Video,” 2011.

  • Guest Editor of the special issue, Signal, Image, and Video Processing Journal Special Issue on “Unconstrained Biometrics: Advances and Trends,” 2011.

  • Lead Guest Editor of  the special issue Advanced Image Processing for Defense and Security Applications for the EURASIP Journal on Adcances in Signal Processing.