Kevin Ho Man Cheng | University of Oulu

Kevin Ho Man CHENG

PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biography

Kevin Ho Man Cheng is currently a postdoctoral researcher, under the supervision of Prof. Guoying Zhao, with the Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis, University of Oulu, Finland. He received the Ph.D. degree, under the supervision of Prof. Ajay Kumar, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research work has been published in top tier journals, including IEEE TPAMI and IEEE TIP. He has also reviewed 60+ manuscripts for journals and conferences such as TPAMI, CVPR, and ICCV. His research interests include biometrics, computer vision, image processing, and deep learning.

Research interests

§ Biometrics

§ Computer Vision

§ Image Processing

§ Deep Learning

Education

§ Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2021.

(Thesis: Contactless 3D Finger Knuckle Identification) [PDF | Code]

(External Examiners: Prof. Sam T.W. Kwong, City University of Hong Kong ; Prof. Bhagavatula Vijaya Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University)

§ Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, 2014.

§ Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Computer Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2013.

Journal publications
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Contactless Biometric Identification using 3D Finger Knuckle Patterns IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence *(T-PAMI)*, 42(8), pp.1868-1883, 2020. (IF: 16.4) [PDF \| Code]
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Efficient and Accurate 3D Finger Knuckle Matching Using Surface Key Points IEEE Transactions on Image Processing *(T-IP)*, 29, pp.8903-8915, 2020. (IF: 10.9) [PDF \| Code]
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Revisiting Outlier Rejection Approach for Non-Lambertian Photometric Stereo IEEE Transactions on Image Processing *(T-IP)*, 28(3), pp.1544-1555, 2019. (IF: 10.9) [PDF \| Code]
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Deep Feature Collaboration for Challenging 3D Finger Knuckle Identification IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security *(T-IFS)*, 16, pp.1158-1173, 2021. (IF: 7.2) [PDF \| Code]
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Accurate 3D Finger Knuckle Recognition Using Auto-Generated Similarity Functions IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science *(T-BIOM)*, 3(2), pp.203-213, 2021. [PDF \| Code]

Conference publications
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Zitong Yu, Haoyu Chen, Guoying Zhao Benchmarking 3D Face De-identification with Preserving Facial Attributes IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2022, Bordeaux, France, October 2022. [PDF \| Code]
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Distinctive Feature Representation for Contactless 3D Hand Biometrics using Surface Normal Directions IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics, IJCB 2020, Houston, USA, September 2020. (Oral, Acceptance Rate: 10.6%) [PDF \| Code]
	Kevin H. M. Cheng, Ajay Kumar Advancing Surface Feature Encoding and Matching for More Accurate 3D Biometric Recognition IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2018, Beijing, China, August 2018. [PDF]
	N.K. Kong, Cynthia Y. H. Chan, Kevin H. M. Cheng, Chia-huei Tseng Experience-Driven Perceptual Bias in Face Processing for 8-11 Month-Old Infants Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, APCV 2014, Takamatsu, Japan, July 2014. [PDF]

Professional and community activities
-	Session Chair, Biometrics Workshop jointly with the Workshop on Analysis and Modeling of Faces and Gestures, CVPR21.
-	Outstanding Reviewer, CVPR21.
-	Journal Reviewer: IEEE T-PAMI (21-22), IEEE T-MM (22), Elsevier PR (21), IEEE T-CSVT (20-21), IEEE T-BIOM (19-20).
-	Conference Reviewer: IEEE CVPR (20-23), IEEE ECCV (22), IEEE ICCV (21), ACMMM (20-21), IEEE WACV (21), ACM ICMI (21), IEEE IJCB (20).
-	Organizer, IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behavior Analysis (ISBA15).