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General Information
| Name | Giuseppe Stragapede |
| g.stragapede0@gmail.com | |
| Company | Simprints |
| Role | Biometrics Security and Privacy Research Engineer |
| Interests | Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Biometrics, Privacy Protection |
| Resources | |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
Work
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2024-present Remote
Biometrics Security and Privacy Research Engineer
Simprints - Enhancing the performance, privacy and security of biometrics solutions used to deliver life-saving services to vulnerable people globally.
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2020-2023 Madrid,
SpainEarly-Stage Researcher (ESR) and PhD Student
Privacy Matters (PriMa) - Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the EU through the Horizon 2020 Framework. My PhD position was part of the ITN.
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2019-2020 Bari,
ItalyComputer Vision Engineer
MASMEC - Design and development of computer vision systems for quality control on automatic production lines for the automotive industry.
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2019 Tirana,
AlbaniaIntern
Teleperformance - Master thesis internship "Development and Performance Evaluation of an Automatic Document Verification System".
Education
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2024 Madrid,
SpainPhD
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - PhD in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering (with honors)
- Thesis Title: Biometric Recognition Based on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
- Affiliated Laboratory: Biometrics and Data Pattern Analytics (BiDA) Lab, advised by Prof. Rubén Vera-Rodriguez and Prof. Rubén Tolosana.
- Industrial collaboration (remote) with Orange Labs (France)
- PhD in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering (with honors)
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2019 Bari,
ItalyMSc
Politecnico di Bari - MSc (Laurea Magistrale) in Electronics Engineering (with honors)
- Erasmus+ programme semester at University of Glasgow
- Master thesis internship "Development and Performance Evaluation of an Automatic Document Verification System" at Teleperformance
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2016 Bari,
Italy
Academic Secondments
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2023 Darmstadt,
GermanyFraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD)
- Academic secondment (one month) in a research institution included in the consortium of the PriMa project
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2022 Canterbury,
UKUniversity of Kent
- Academic secondment (four months) in a research institution included in the consortium of the PriMa project
Workshop Chair Activity
- Keystroke Verification Challenge (KVC) at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2023), Dec. 15-18 2023, Sorrento (Italy)
- Workshop on Advances of Mobile and Wearable Biometrics (WAMWB) at the 2023 ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction, Sept. 26-29 2023, Athens (Greece). Proceedings available here.
Scholarships
- European Union's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions scholarship for doctoral education (awarded by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2020/23)
- Scholarship for master thesis abroad (awarded by Politecnico di Bari, 2018/19)
- Erasmus+ scholarship (awarded by Politecnico di Bari, 2017/18)
Conferences Attended
- Symposium on Cybersecurity and Data Protection in Humanitarian Action, Jan. 23-25 2024, Luxembourg (co-organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
- IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2023), Dec. 15-18 2023, Sorrento (Italy)
- IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV23), Oct. 06-09 2023, Paris (France)
- ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI 2023), Sept. 26-29 2023, Athens (Greece)
- EAB & CITeR Biometrics Workshop, Martigny, Apr. 18-19 2023, Martigny (Switzerland)
- IEEE International Conference on Face and Gesture (FG 2023), Jan. 07-08 2023, Waikoloa (HI, USA) (remote attendance)
- IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2022), Oct. 10-13 2022, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
- IEEE International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2022), Apr. 20-21 2022, Salzburg (Austria)
- EAB Research Projects Conference (EAB-RPC), Sept. 13-15 2021, (remote attendance)
Other Activities
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Demos
- BehavePass Demo, presented at the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV23), 06-09 October 2023, Paris (France)
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Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)
- IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (T-BIOM)
- IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB)
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Member of local organizing committee
- IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance (AVSS-2022), Nov. 29 - Dec. 02 2022, Madrid (Spain)
Languages
| Italian | Native |
| English | Fluent |
| Spanish | Fluent |
| French | Beginner |