2015


  • I. Nigam, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, "Ocular Biometrics : A Survey of Modalities and Fusion Approaches", Information Fusion (Elsevier), 2015 (Accepted).
  • A. Sankaran, M. Vatsa and R. Singh, Multisensor Optical and Latent Fingerprint Database, IEEE Access, 2015 (Resources).

  • T. I. Dhamecha, P. Verma, M. Shah, M. Vatsa and R. Singh, Annotated Video Crowd Face Database, IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, 2015.
  • R. Bhardwaj, G. Goswami, R. Singh and M. Vatsa, Harnessing Social Context for Improved Face Recognition, IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, 2015.
  • P. Mittal, M. Vatsa and R. Singh, Composite Sketch Recognition via Deep Network - A Transfer Learning Approach, IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, 2015.
  • A. Jain, P. Mittal, G. Goswami, M. Vatsa and R. Singh, Person Identification at a Distance via Ocular Biometrics, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behavior Analysis, 2015.


    • 2014


  • P. Agrawal, Contributions in Computer Assisted Diagnosis: Breast Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases, M.Tech. thesis, 2014.
  • H. S. Bhatt, Emerging Covariates of Face Recognition, Ph. D. thesis, 2014. INAE Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2014 and Indian Unit of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2014

  • S. Bharadwaj, T.I. Dhamecha, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Face Anti-spoofing via Motion Magnification and Multifeature Videolet Aggregation, IIITD-TR-2014-002, June 2014. (Resources)

  • D. Yadav, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Noore, Recognizing Age-Separated Face Images: Humans and Machines, PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 12, e112234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112234, 2014.
  • H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and N. K. Ratha, Improving Cross-resolution Face Matching using Ensemble based Co-Transfer Learning, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing , Vol. 23, No. 12, pp. 5654 - 5669, 2014.
  • A. Sankaran, M. Vatsa and R. Singh, Latent Fingerprint Matching: A Survey, IEEE Access, vol.2, pp.982,1004, 2014.
  • M. Singh, S. Nagpal, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, On Recognizing Face Images with Weight and Age Variations, IEEE Access, vol.2, pp.822,830, 2014.
  • G. Goswami, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, RGB-D Face Recognition with Texture and Attribute Features, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security , Vol. 9, No. 10, pp. 1629-1640, 2014.
  • T. I. Dhamecha, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Kumar, Recognizing Disguised Faces: Human and Machine Evaluation, PLoS ONE, 9(7): e99212, 2014.
  • H. S. Bhatt, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, On Recognizing Faces in Videos using Clustering Based Re-ranking and Fusion, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol.9, No.7, pp.1056-1068, 2014.
  • S. Bharadwaj, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Biometric Quality: A Review of Fingerprint, Iris, and Face, EURASIP Journal of Image and Video Processing, 2014(1), 34.
  • B. Powell, G. Goswami, M. Vatsa, R. Singh and A. Noore, fgCAPTCHA: Genetically Optimized Face Images CAPTCHA, IEEE Access, Vol.2, pp.473-484, 2014.
  • D. Yadav, N. Kohli, J. S. Doyle, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and K. W. Bowyer, Unraveling the Effect of Textured Contact Lenses on Iris Recognition, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, , Vol.9, No.5, pp.851-862, May 2014.
  • G. Goswami, B. M. Powell, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, FR-CAPTCHA: CAPTCHA based on Recognizing Human Faces, PLoS ONE, 9(4): e91708, 2014.
  • Neslihan Kose, Jean-Luc Dugelay, Richa Singh, and Mayank Vatsa, Recognizing Face Images With Disguise Variations, In Face recognition in adverse conditions Ed. by M. De Marsico, M. Nappi, M. Tistarelli, 2014 (In Press)
  • P. Agrawal, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, Saliency based Mass Detection from Screening Mammograms, Signal Processing, Elsevier, Vol 99C, pp. 29-47, 2014.
  • G. Goswami, B.M. Powell, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, FaceDCAPTCHA: Face Detection based Color Image CAPTCHA, Future Generation Computer Systems - Special Issue on Human-Involved Computational Systems, Elsevier, Vol. 31, pp. 59-68, Feb 2014.

  • A. Shankar, M. Vatsa, and P. B. Sujit, Collision Avoidance for a Low-cost Robot using SVM-based Monocular Vision, IEEE International Conference Robotics and Biomimetics, 2014.
  • G. Goswami, R. Bhardwaj, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, MDLFace: Memorability Augmented Deep Learning for Video Face Recognition, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2014.
  • A. Sankaran, P. Pandey, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, On Latent Fingerprint Minutiae Extraction using Stacked Denoising Sparse AutoEncoders, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2014, Received the Best Poster Award
  • S. Bharadwaj, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, Aiding Face Recognition with Social Context Association Rule based Re-Ranking, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2014.
  • P. Mittal, A. Jain, G. Goswami, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, Recognizing Composite Sketches with Digital Face Images via SSD Dictionary, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2014.
  • A. Sharma, S. Verma, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, On Cross Spectral Periocular Recognition, In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing, 2014.
  • I. Nigam, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, Leap Signature Recognition using HOOF and HOT features, In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing, 2014.
  • P. Gupta, S. Behera, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, On Iris Spoofing using Print Attack, In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2014.
  • T. I. Dhamecha, P. Sharma, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, On Effectiveness of Histogram of Oriented Gradient Features for VIS to NIR Face Matching, In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2014.

    • 2013


  • H. Mehrotra, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and B. Majhi, Does Iris Change Over Time?, PLoS ONE 8(11): e78333, 2013.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Plastic Surgery and Face Recognition, Encyclopedia of Biometrics, 2nd Edition (Accepted).
  • R. Singh, Recognizing Altered Appearances Due to Aging and Disguise, Signal and Image Processing for Biometrics Under Uncontrolled data Acquisition Conditions (Book Editors: Jacob Sharcanski, Hugo Proenca and Eliza Y. Du), Springer-Verlag (Accepted).
  • M. Vatsa, Quality Induced Multiclassifier Fingerprint Verification using Extended Feature Set, Signal and Image Processing for Biometrics Under Uncontrolled data Acquisition Conditions (Book Editors: Jacob Sharcanski, Hugo Proenca and Eliza Y. Du), Springer-Verlag (Accepted).
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Recognizing Surgically Altered Face Images using Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol.8, No.1, pp.89-100, Jan. 2013. Also available as Technical Report.
  • M. Tistarelli, D. Yadav, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Short- and Long-Time Aging Effects in Face Recognition, In Age Factors in Biometric Processing, Edited by Michael Fairhurst, IET Publisher, 2013.

  • P. Agrawal, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, HEp-2 Cell Image Classification: A Comparative Analysis, MICCAI Workshop - MLMI, September, 2013. (Supplementary material)
  • A. Sankaran, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, Automated Clarity and Quality Assessment for Latent Fingerprints, International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2013, Received the Best Poster Award.
  • G. Goswami, S. Bharadwaj, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, On RGB-D Face Recognition using Kinect, International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2013, Received the Best Poster Award.
  • T. Chugh, H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Matching Age Separated Composite Sketches and Digital Face Images, International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2013.
  • D. Yadav, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, M. Tistarelli, Bacteria Foraging Fusion For Face Recognition Across Age Progression, CVPR Biometrics Workshop, June, 2013.
  • S. Bharadwaj, T. I. Dhamecha, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, Computationally Efficient Face Spoofing Detection with Motion Magnification, CVPR Biometrics Workshop, June, 2013.
  • H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, Can Combining Demographics and Biometrics Improve De-duplication Performance?, CVPR Biometrics Workshop, June, 2013.
  • P. Mittal, A. Jain, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Boosting Local Descriptors for Matching Composite and Digital Face Images, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2013.
  • S. Bharadwaj, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Can Holistic Representations be used for Face Biometric Quality Assessment?, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2013.
  • H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, On Rank Aggregation for Face Recognition from Videos, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2013, Among the best reviewed papers of ICIP.
  • T. I. Dhamecha, A. Nigam, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Disguise Detection and Face Recognition in Visible and Thermal Spectrums, 6th IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, June, 2013.
  • D. Yadav, N. Kohli, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Revisiting Iris Recognition with Color Cosmetic Contact Lenses, 6th IAPR International Conference on Biometrics, June, 2013.


    • 2012


  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Memetically Optimized MCWLD for Matching Sketches with Digital Face Images, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 1522-1535, 2012. Also available as Technical Report.

  • H. Mehrotra, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and B. Majhi, Biometric match score fusion using RVM: A case study in multi-unit iris recognition, In IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), 2012, pp. 65 -70.
  • N. Kohli, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Self-Similarity Representation of Weber Faces for Kinship Classification, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2012.
  • G. Goswami, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, B. Powell and A. Noore, Face Recognition CAPTCHA, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2012.
  • S. S. Arora, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. K. Jain, On Iris Camera Interoperability, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2012, Received the Best Poster Award
  • A. Sankaran, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Hierarchical Fusion for Matching Simultaneous Latent Fingerprint, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2012. Also available as Technical Report.
  • R. Singh and M. Pundir, On Entrance Test Criteria for CS and IT UG Programs, In Proceedings of 42nd IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2012.
  • S. Srivastava and R. Singh, A quantitative study of effectiveness in group learning, In Proceedings of 42nd IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2012.
  • H. Lamba, T. I. Dhamecha, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Incremental Subclass Discriminant Analysis: A Case Study in Face Recognition, In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September 2012.Also available as Technial Report.
  • H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, M. Vatsa and N. Ratha, Matching Cross-Resolution Face Images Using Co-Transfer Learning, In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September 2012.
  • S.S. Arora, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A.K. Jain, Iris Recognition under Alcohol Influence: A Preliminary Study, In Proceedings of IAPR/IEEE International Conference on Biometrics, 2012.


    • 2011


  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and K. Morris, Simultaneous Latent Fingerprint Recognition, In Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 4260-4266, 2011, Impact Factor: 2.415.

  • H. Lamba, A. Sarkar, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Face Recognition for Look-Alikes: A Preliminary Study, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2011.
  • T.I. Dhamecha, A. Sankaran, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Is Gender Classification Across Ethnicity Feasible using Discriminant Functions?, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2011.
  • A. Sankaran, T.I. Dhamecha, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, On Matching Latent to Latent Fingerprints, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2011.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Noore, and A. Ross, On Co-training Online Biometric Classifiers, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2011, Received the Best Poster Award.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and A. Ross, Quality Driven Biometric Classifier Selection Framework for Improved Performance, In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Biometrics, 2011.
  • S. Bharadwaj, H.S. Bhatt, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Quality Assessment based Denoising to Improve Face Recognition Performance, In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Biometrics Council Workshop on Biometrics at Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, 2011.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Evolutionary Granular Computing Approach for Recognizing Face Images Altered due to Plastic Surgery, In Proceedings of International Conference on Face and Gesture Recognition, 2011.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Memetic Approach for Matching Sketches with Digital Face Images, IIITD-TR-2011-006, October 2011.

    • 2010


  • B. Powell, A.C. Day, R. Singh, M. Vatsa and A. Noore, Image-based face detection CAPTCHA for improved security, In International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 269-284, 2010.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, A. Noore and S.S. Nooreyezdan, Plastic Surgery: A New Dimension to Face Recognition, In IEEE Transaction on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 441-448, 2010, Impact Factor: 2.338.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. A. Ross, and Noore, On Dynamic Selection in Biometric Fusion Algorithms, In IEEE Transaction on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 470-479, 2010, Impact Factor: 2.338.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Ross, and A. Noore, Biometric Classifier Update using Online Learning: A Case Study in Near Infrared Face Verification, In Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 1098-1105, 2010, Impact Factor: 1.474.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh and M. Vatsa, On Matching Sketches with Digital Face Images, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2010.
  • S. Bharadwaj, H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and S.K. Singh, Face Recognition for Newborns: A Preliminary Study, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2010, Received the Best Poster Award.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S. Bharadwaj, H.S. Bhatt, and A. Noore, Matching Digital and Scanned Face Images with Age Variation, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2010.
  • S. Bharadwaj, H.S. Bhatt, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Periocular Biometrics: When Iris Recognition Fails, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2010.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Tiwari, S. Bharadwaj, and H.S. Bhatt, Analyzing Fingerprint of Indian Population using Image Quality: A UIDAI Case Study, In Proceedings of Workshop on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Hand based Biometrics, International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2010.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Ross, and A. Noore, Quality based Fusion for Multichannel Iris Fusion, In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2010.
  • C. Puri, K. Narang, A. Tiwari, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, On Analysis of Rural and Urban Indian Fingerprint Images, In Proceedings of International Conference on Ethics and Policy of Biometrics and International Data Sharing, 2010.
  • H.S. Bhatt, S. Bharadwaj, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Face Recognition and Plastic Surgery: Social, Ethical and Engineering Challenges, In Proceedings of International Conference on Ethics and Policy of Biometrics and International Data Sharing, 2010.

    2009


  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and S.K. Singh, Combining Pores and Ridge Features for Improved Fingerprint Verification, In Signal Processing, Vol. 89, No. 12, pp. 2676-2685, 2009.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Unification of Evidence Theoretic Fusion Algorithms: A Case Study in Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Features, In IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - A , Vol 29, No. 1, 2009.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and M. Houck, Quality-Augmented Fusion of Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Information using DSm Theory, In International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2009.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Feature based RDWT Watermarking for Multimodal Biometric System, In Image and Vision Computing - Special Issue on Multimodal Biometrics, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2009.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Face Recognition with Disguise and Single Gallery Images, In Image and Vision Computing - Special Issue on Multimodal Biometrics, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2009.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, S.K. Singh, and S. Upadhaya, Integrating SVM Classification with SVD Watermarking for Intelligent Video Authentication, In Telecommunication Systems Journal - Special Issue on Computational Intelligence in Multimedia Computing, Springer, Vol. 40, No. 1-2, 2009.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Matching Digital and Scanned Face Images with Age Variation, In Computational Forensics, Series in Studies in Computational Intelligence, K. Franke, S. Petrovic, and A. Abraham (Editors), Springer, 2009, In Press.
  • A. Noore, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Sensor Level Fusion, In Encyclopedia of Biometric Recognition, S.Z. Li (Editor), Springer, 2009.

  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Context Switching Algorithm for Selective Multibiometric Fusion, In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, pp. 452-457, 2009.
  • H.S. Bhatt, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Matching Sketches with Digital Face Images, I-CARE Workshop, IBM IRL, 2009.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and K. Morris, Simultaneous Latent Fingerprint Recognition: A Preliminary Study, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2009, Among the Best Reviewed Papers.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Ross, and A. Noore, Online Learning in Biometrics: A Case Study in Face Classifier Update, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2009, Received the Best Poster Award.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Effect of Plastic Surgery on Face Recognition: A Preliminary Study, In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Biometrics at Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, pp. 72-77, 2009.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Fingerprint Indexing using Minutiae and Pore Features, In Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, pp. 870-875, 2009.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Denoising and Segmentation of 3D Brain Images, In Proceedings of Image Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, pp. 561-567, 2009.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and S.K. Singh, Belief Function Theory based Biometric Match Score Fusion: Case Studies in Multi-Instance and Multi-Unit Iris Verification, In Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition, pp. 433-436, 2009.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Multimodal Medical Image Fusion using Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform, In Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition, pp. 232-235, 2009.


    • 2004 - 2008


  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Improving Iris Recognition Performance using Segmentation, Quality Enhancement, Match Score Fusion and Indexing, In IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - B, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2008.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Integrated Multilevel Image Fusion and Match Score Fusion of Visible and Infrared Face Images for Robust Face Recognition, In Pattern Recognition - Special Issue on Multimodal Biometrics, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 880-893, 2008.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Hierarchical fusion of Multi-Spectral Face Images for Improved Recognition Performance, In Information Fusion (Elsevier), Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 200-210, 2008.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Improving Verification Accuracy by Synthesis of Locally Enhanced Biometric Images and Deformable Model, In Signal Processing, Vol. 87, No. 11, pp. 2746-2764, 2007.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Integrating Image Quality in 2n-SVM Biometric Match Score Fusion, In International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 343-351, 2007.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Ross and A. Noore, A Mosaicing Scheme for Pose Invariant Face Recognition, In IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - B, Special Issue on Biometrics, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 1212-1225, 2007.
  • A. Noore, R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and M.M. Houck, Enhancing Security of Fingerprints through Contextual Biometric Watermarking, In Forensic Science International (Elsevier), Vol. 169, Issues 2-3, pp. 188-194, 2007.
  • A. Noore, R. Singh, and M. Vatsa, Robust Memory Efficient Data Level Information Fusion of Multimodal Biometric Images, In Information Fusion (Elsevier), Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 337-346, 2007.
  • A. Noore, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, K. Morris, and M. Houck, Multiple Watermarking Enhances Security of Fingerprint Images, In Journal of Document and Identity, Vol. 22, pp. 3-6, 2007.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Noore and S. K. Singh, DS Theory Classifier Fusion with Update Rule to Minimize Training Time, In IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 3, No. 20, pp. 429-435, 2006.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, M. Houck, and K. Morris, Robust Biometric Image Watermarking for Fingerprint and Face Template Protection, In IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 23-28, 2006.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Improving Biometric Recognition Accuracy and Robustness using DWT and SVM Watermarking, In IEICE Electronics Express, Vol. 2, No. 12, pp. 362-367, 2005.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Reducing the False Rejection Rate of Iris Recognition using Textural and Topological Features, In International Journal of Signal Processing, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 66-72, 2005.
  • R. Singh., M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Textural Feature based Face Recognition for Single Training Images, In IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 41, Issue 11, pp. 23-24, 2005.

  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Recognizing Face Images with Disguise Variations, In Face Recognition, M.S. Bartlett, K. Delac, and M. Grgic (Editors), ITECH Publishing, Chapter 11, pp. 149-160, 2008 (Invited Chapter).
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and S. Upadhyay, Relative Correlation Information based Robust Video Authentication, In Computational Intelligence in Multimedia Processing: Recent Advances, A.E. Hassanien, J. Kacprzyk, and A. Abraham (Editors), Springer Verlag, Chapter 19, 2008.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, SVM based Adaptive Biometric Image Enhancement using Quality Assessment, In Speech, Audio, Image and Biomedical Signal Processing using Neural Networks, B. Prasad and S.R.M. Prasanna (Editors), Springer Verlag, Chapter 16, pp. 351-372, 2008.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Belief Model Fusion in Multimodal Biometrics, In Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion - Vol. III, F. Smarandache and J. Dezert (Editors), American Research Press, Chapter 17, pp. 455-469, 2008 (Invited Chapter).
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and P. Gupta, Biometrics, In Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking 2nd Edition, M. Pagani (Editor), Idea Group Publishing, 2007.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Intelligent Biometric Information Fusion using Support Vector Machine, In Soft Computing in Image Processing: Recent Advances, M. Nachtegael, D. Van der Weken, E.E. Kerre, and W. Philips (Editors), Springer, Chapter 12, pp. 327-350, 2006.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Video Biometrics, In Video Data Management and Information Retrieval, S. Deb (Editor), Idea Group Publishing, Chapter 6, 2005.
  • I. Chakravarty, N. Mishra, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Online Signature Recognition, In Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining, J. Wang (Editor), Idea Group Publishing, 2005.
  • I. Chakravarty, N. Mishra, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Offline Signature Recognition, In Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining, J. Wang (Editor), Idea Group Publishing, 2005.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, P. Gupta, and A. Kaushik, Overview of Biometric Technologies, In Encyclopedia of Multimedia, Technology and Networking, M. Pagani (Editor), Idea Group Publishing, 2005.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, P. Gupta, and A. Kaushik, Image Database for Multimodal Biometric Systems, In Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications, L. Rivero, J. Doorn, and V. Ferraggine (Editors), Idea Group Publishing, 2005.

  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Multiclass mn-Granular Soft Support Vector Machine: A Case Study in Dynamic Classifier Selection for Multispectral Face Recognition, In Proceedings of International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2008.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and S.K. Singh Quality Induced Fingerprint Identification using Extended Feature Set, In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2008.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Ross, and A. Noore, Likelihood Ratio in a SVM Framework: Fusing Linear and Non-Linear Face Classifiers, In Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Biometrics at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, 2008.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Noore and S. K. Singh, Age Transformation for Improving Face Recognition Performance, In Proceedings of Second International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, LNCS Vol. 4815, pp. 576-583, 2007.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Unification of Evidence Theoretic Fusion Algorithms: A Case Study in Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Features, In Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2007, Received the Honeywell Best Student Paper Award.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Noore and S. K. Singh, Dempster Shafer Theory based Classifier Fusion for Improved Fingerprint Verification Performance, In Proceedings of Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, LNCS Vol. 4338, pp. 941-949, 2006.
  • R. Singh, M. Vatsa, A. Ross, and A. Noore, Performance Enhancement of 2D Face Recognition via Mosaicing, In Proceedings of Fourth IEEE Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, pp. 63-68, 2005, Received the Best Student Paper Award (First Prize).
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, Enhancing Accuracy and Security of Multi-biometric Template using RDWT Watermarking, In Proceedings of Summer School on Biometric Authentication: Multimodality and System Integration, 2005, Received the Best Paper Award.
  • R. Singh., M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Recognition of Faces with Variations in Disguise, In Proceedings of Summer School on Biometric Authentication: Multimodality and System Integration, 2005, Received the Best Paper Award.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Multi Biometric System with Minimum Training Data, In Proceedings of Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, 2004.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, P. Mitra, and A. Noore, Digital Watermarking based Secure Multimodal Biometric System, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC' 04), Vol. 3, pp. 2983-2987, 2004.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Face Recognition using Multiple Recognizers, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 3, pp. 2186-2190, 2004.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, P. Mitra, and A. Noore, Signature Verification using Static and Dynamic Features, In Proceedings of International Conference on Neural and Information Processing, LNCS Vol. 3316, pp. 350-355, 2004.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, P. Mitra, and A. Noore, Comparing Robustness of Watermarking Algorithms on Biometrics Data, In Proceedings of Workshop on Biometric Challenges from Theory to Practice (ICPR Workshop), 2004.
  • B. R. Meena, M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Iris based Human Verification Algorithms, In Proceedings of International Conference on Biometric Authentication, LNCS Vol. 3072, pp. 458-466, 2004.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Automatic Facial Feature Extraction for Face Recognition, In Proceedings of IAPR Second Workshop on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, 2004.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Comparison of Iris Recognition Algorithms, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing, pp. 354-358, 2004.

    • 2001-2003


  • S.K. Singh, D.S. Chauhan, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, A Robust Skin Color Based Face Detection Algorithm, In International Tamkang Journal of Science Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 227-234, 2003.
  • S.K. Singh, D.S. Chauhan, M. Vatsa, and R. Singh, Hybrid FEB Face Recognition Algorithm, In World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Transactions on Computers, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 373-378, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and D.S. Chauhan, Design of Face Recognition system, In ElectronicsLetters, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and D.S. Chauhan, Comparison of Two Approaches of Face Detection Algorithm in Controlled Background, In ElectronicsLetters, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, K.K. Shukla, and R.B. Lokesh, Face Recognition Technology: A Biometric Solution to Security Problems, In Multimedia Systems and Content-based Image Retrieval, S. Deb (Editor), Idea Group Publishing, Chapter 4, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, A New Skin Color Based Face Detection Algorithm, In Proceedings of IAPR Fifth International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition, pp. PR-140-143, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and P. Gupta, Face Detection using Gradient Vector Flow, In Proceedings of Second IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, Vol. 5, pp. 3259-3263, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Srivastava, and P. Gupta, Image Database for Biometrics Personal Authentication System, In Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and K.K. Shukla, A Comparative Study of Various Face Recognition Algorithms, In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception, 2003.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and D.S. Chauhan, Comparison of Face Recognition Technology: Neural Network Line Based Approach, In Proceedings of International Conference on IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 6, pp. WA2H3:1-6, 2002.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and D.S. Chauhan, Automatic Face Recognition: A Survey Report, In Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia and Design, pp. 91-98, 2002.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and S.K. Singh, Design and Implementation of Face Recognition System, In Proceedings of 12th IAPR Portuguese Conference on Pattern Recognition, pp. P07-P12, 2002.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and D.S. Chauhan, A Comparison of Face Recognition Algorithms (Feature Based, Eigen Based, Neural Network Based Approaches), In Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Systems, 2002.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, S.K. Singh, and R.B. Lokesh, Image Database for Automatic Face Recognition, In Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, pp. 704-707, 2002.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and S.K. Singh, Neural Network Approach for Selection of Geo Friendly Instruments and its Analysis, In Proceedings of International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Control, pp. 88-95, 2001.
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and S.K. Singh, Face Recognizing Robot, In Proceedings of International Conference on Generative Arts, 2001 (electronic proceedings).
  • M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and S.K. Singh, Face Recognition Technology: Comparison between Feature Based Method and Neural Network Based Method, In Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, 2001.