Face Recognition Across the Imaging Spectrum

Dr. ThirimachosBourlai is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Georgia. In addition to his academic role, he holds a Joint Appointment with the Savannah River National Labs. Dr. Bourlai serves as an adjunct faculty at West Virginia University (WVU) in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Engineering, as well as in the School of Medicine.He is the founder and director of the Multi-Spectral Imagery Lab and holds significant editorial roles. Dr. Bourlai is a Series Editor for Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications, an Associate Editor for the Elsevier Pattern Recognition Journal, and the IET Electronics Letters Journal.In the realm of organizational leadership, he is a member of the Board of Directors at the Document Security Alliance, the former VP on Education of the IEEE Biometrics Council, and a member of the Academic Research and Innovation Expert Group of the Biometrics Institute.Dr. Bourlai's substantial research contributions are evident in his authorship of four notable books with Springer, including "Face Recognition Across the Imaging Spectrum" (2016), "Surveillance in Action" (2018), "Securing Social Identity in Mobile Platforms" (2020), and "Disease Control through Social Network Surveillance" (2022). Complementing his innovative work are three patents and a prolific publication record, encompassing over 140 contributions to journals, conferences, book chapters, and magazines in the domains of computer vision, biometrics, and related fields.