Hatef OTROSHI SHAHREZA

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Hatef is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Biometrics Security and Privacy Group, Idiap Research Institute, Switzerland. He received his Ph.D. from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 2024, and was a Research Assistant during his PhD at Idiap Research Institute, where he received H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (TReSPAsS-ETN) for his doctoral program. Prior to his PhD, he received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Iran, in 2018, and the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Kashan, Iran, in 2016. During his Ph.D., Hatef also spent 6 months as a visiting scholar with the Biometrics and Internet Security Research Group at Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany. He was the recipient of the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) Research Award 2023 and the IEEE Biometrics Council Best Doctoral Dissertation Award 2025. His research interests include but are not limited to machine learning, computer vision, generative models, foundation models, biometrics, AI safety, and data privacy. He is an IEEE Senior Member and also an ELLIS Member. 


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