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Shimon K Modi Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Campus: West Lafayette
Contact
Department: Industrial Technology
Office: 378
Phone: 765.494.2311
Fax:7654962700

Biography:

Shimon Modi is the Director of Research of the Biometric Standards, Performance and Assurance Laboratory in the Department of Industrial Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Technology from Purdue University. Dr. Modi’s Ph.D. dissertation was related to statistical testing and performance analysis of fingerprint sensor interoperability. He has a Master’s degree in Technology with specialization in Information Security from the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.

Dr. Modi’s research interests reside in application of biometric systems in e-authentication, statistical analysis of performance of biometric systems, interoperability of biometric systems, enterprise level information security, and standards development. Dr. Modi conducted his Master’s thesis in feasibility testing of using keystroke dynamics for spontaneous password verification. Dr. Modi has co-written and contributed to 3 published books, published 9 conference proceedings, and been involved in developing a graduate level course targeted at security professionals.  

Dr. Modi is actively involved in biometric standards, both at the national and international level. Dr. Modi represents Purdue University as a voting member on INCITS M1 Biometrics standards committee. He also serves as a technical expert on the US national body for the WG3 Data Interchange Formats working group within the ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC37 committee on Biometrics.

Dr. Modi was a recipient of the Ross Fellowship (2005-2006) which is awarded with the intention of recruiting outstanding doctoral seeking students at Purdue University.

Publications

Journals

Kukula, E.P., Blomeke, C.R., Modi, S.K. and Elliott, S.J. (2009). Effect of human-biometric sensor interaction on fingerprint matching performance, image quality and minutiae count. Int. J. Computer Applications in Technology. Vol. 34. No. 4. pp.270–277. ISSN: 0952-8091.

Bhargav-Spantzel, A., Modi, S., Bertino, E., Elliott, S. J., Young, M., & Squicciarini, A. C. (2007). Privacy Preserving Multi-Factor Authentication with Biometrics. Journal of Computer Science

Non-refereed Conference Proceedings

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Modi, S. K., Kim, H., & Elliott, S. J. (2009). Statistical Analysis of Fingerprint Sensor Interoperability Performance. Paper presented at the BTAS 2009, Washington DC, USA.

Modi, S. K., & Elliott, S. J. (2009). Application of Biometric Technologies: Integrating Applied Research into a Graduate Level Course. Paper presented at the International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Modi, S. K., Elliott, S. J., Kim, H., & Kukula, E. P. (2008). Statistical Analysis Framework for Biometric System Interoperability Testing. Paper presented at the ICITA 2008, Cairns, Australia.

Blomeke, C.R., Modi, S.K., & Elliott, S. J.  (2008). Investigating the relationship between fingerprint image quality and skin characteristics. In Proceedings of the 42^nd Annual IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (Vol. 42, pp. 158-161).  Prague, Czech Republic.

Kukula, E. P., Blomeke, C. R., Modi, S. K., & Elliott, S. J.(2008). Effect of Human Interaction on Fingerprint Matching Performance, Image Quality, and Minutiae Count. Paper presented at the ICITA 2008, Cairns, Australia.

Modi, S. K., Elliott, S. J., & Kim, H. (2007 ). Performance Analysis for Multi Sensor Fingerprint Recognition System. Paper presented at the ICISS 2007, New Delhi, India

Modi, S., Elliott, S. J., Kim, H., & Whetstone, J. (2007). Impact of Age Groups on Fingerprint Recognition Performance. Paper presented at the AutoID 2007, IEEE Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, Alghero, Italy.

Modi, S. K., & Elliott, S. J. (2006). Impact of Image Quality on Performance: Comparison of Young and Elderly Fingerprints. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing (RASC), Canterbury, UK.

Modi, S. K., & Elliott, S. J. (2006). Graduate Course Development focusing on Security Issues for Professionals Working in the Manufacturing Industry. Paper presented at the World Congress on Computer Science, Engineering and Technology Education, Santos, Brazil.

Modi, S. K., & Elliott, S. J. (2006). Keystroke Dynamics Verification Using Spontaneously Generated Password. Paper presented at the 40th IEEE International Carnahan Conferences Security Technology, Lexington, Kentucky.

Modi, S. K., & Elliott, S.J. (2005).  Securing the Manufacturing Environment using Biometrics.  Paper presented at the 39^th Annual International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (ICCST), Las Palmas de G. C., Spain

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