CV/Resume

Basics

Name Redwan Sony
Label PhD Student
Email sonymd@msu.edu
Phone +1(517) 580-1034
Url https://redwankarimsony.github.io
Summary A third year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University.
Research interests Forensic Biometrics, Explainability, Interpretability, Face Recognition

Work

  • 2022.05 - 2024.12

    Michigan, USA

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Michigan State University
    Working in iPRoBe Lab under the supervision of Dr. Arun Ross.
    • Explainability in Face Recognition
    • Visualization Applications
    • Forensic Biometrics
  • 2021.08 - 2022.04

    Michigan, USA

    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Michigan State University
    Conducted lab sessions of CSE-102 Algorithmic Thinking and Programming in Fall-2021 and Spring-2022 semester.
    • Algorithm Development
    • Python Programming
  • 2017.03 - 2021.07

    Gazipur, Bangladesh

    Lecturer
    Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh
    Conducted regular undergraduate level courses and held lab sessions along with other official duties.
    • Face Recognition
    • Biometric Template Protection
    • Deep Learning
  • 2017.01 - 2017.02

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Lecturer
    Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Conducted regular classes and lab sessions.
    • C++ programming
    • Database Management
  • 2015.11 - 2015.12

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Intern
    XeonBD Limited
    Acquired skills in working with web technologies, including hosting and maintaining websites through cPanel
    • Web Hosting
    • cPanel

Volunteer

  • 2023.09 - 2024.08

    East Lansing, MI

    General Secretary
    Bangladesh Student Association, Michigan State University
    A community bound by rich Bangladeshi culture.
    • Community leadership & Engagement
    • Event Planning
    • Public Speaking

Education

Awards

Certificates

Quantum Teleportation
Stanford University 2018-01-01
Quantum Communication
Stanford University 2018-01-01
Quantum Cryptography
Stanford University 2018-01-01
Quantum Information
Stanford University 2018-01-01
Quantum Computing
Stanford University 2018-01-01
Machine Learning
Stanford University 2018-01-01

Publications

  • 2024.06.30
    A Parametric Approach to Adversarial Augmentation for Cross-Domain Iris Presentation Attack Detection
    WACV-2025
    This study introduces ADV-GEN, a convolutional autoencoder that generates adversarial samples by applying geometric and photometric transformations to both genuine and PA irides. Using these samples, the proposed approach enhances the cross-domain performance of presentation attack detection (PAD) classifiers, as demonstrated on the LivDet-Iris 2017 database.
  • 2023.08.18
    Investigating Weight-Perturbed Deep Neural Networks With Application in Iris Presentation Attack Detection
    WAACV-2024
    This study analyzes the sensitivity of three DNN architectures (VGG, ResNet, DenseNet) to parameter perturbations, using techniques like Gaussian noise, weight zeroing, and weight scaling on the LivDet-Iris-2017 and LivDet-Iris-2020 datasets. The proposed approach combines perturbed models at score and parameter levels, achieving average performance improvements of 43.58% and 9.25% on the respective datasets.
  • 2022.03.20
    Less is More: Lighter and Faster Deep Neural Architecture for Tomato Leaf Disease Classification
    IEEE Access
    This study presents a lightweight, transfer learning-based model using MobileNetV2 for disease detection on tomato leaves, enhanced by illumination correction and runtime data augmentation to prevent leakage and address class imbalance. Tested on the PlantVillage dataset, the model achieves 99.30% accuracy with only 9.60MB size and 4.87M operations, making it highly suitable for low-end devices.

Skills

Programming Frameworks
Python
PyTorch
OpenCV

Languages

Bangla (বাংলা)
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Hindi (हिन्दी)
Conversational

Interests

Face & Forensic Biometrics, Face Recognition
Explainability and Interpretability in Machine Learning
Generative Models for Identity Constrained Data
Photography, Traveling, Reading

Projects

  • 2021.09 - Present
    Projects Page
    This will direct to the projects page of my personal website.