CV/Resume
Basics
| Name | Redwan Sony |
| Label | PhD Student |
| sonymd@msu.edu | |
| Phone | +1(517) 580-1034 |
| Url | https://redwankarimsony.github.io |
| Summary | A fourth year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, working in the iPRoBe Lab under the supervision of Dr. Arun Ross. Research interests include forensic biometrics, explainability and interpretability in deep learning, face recognition, and multimodal large language models. |
Work
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2022.05 - Present 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
- Multimodal Large Language Models for Biometrics
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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
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2017.03 - 2021.07 Gazipur, Bangladesh
Lecturer
Islamic University of Technology
Conducted regular undergraduate level courses and held lab sessions along with other official duties.
- Face Recognition
- Biometric Template Protection
- Deep Learning
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2017.01 - 2017.02 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer
Daffodil International University
Conducted regular classes and lab sessions.
- C++ Programming
- Database Management
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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
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2025.09 - Present East Lansing, MI
Treasurer
University Apartment Council Of Residents (UACOR), Michigan State University
The University Apartments Council of Residents at MSU serves as the official governing body, providing a forum to address community concerns and enhance the quality of life for all residents.
- Community Leadership & Engagement
- Budget & Planning
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2023.09 - 2024.08 East Lansing, MI
General Secretary
Bangladesh Student Association, Michigan State University (BSA-MSU)
A registered student community organization bound by rich Bangladeshi culture.
- Community Leadership & Engagement
- Event Planning
- Public Speaking
Education
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2021.09 - Present Michigan, USA
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2021.09 - 2023.12 Michigan, USA
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2012.09 - 2017.02 Gazipur, Bangladesh
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2010.07 - 2012.06 Pabna, Bangladesh
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2008.07 - 2010.06 Pabna, Bangladesh
Awards
- 2024.05.02
Best Poster in MSU Engineering Graduate Research Symposium-2024
College of Engineering, Michigan State University
For the poster on 'Comparative Medical Radiography using Deep Neural Networks'.
- 2012.09.01
Fully Funded OIC Scholarship for Bachelor's Degree
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Awarded based on the admission test result which covers all the cost for 4-year Bachelor of Science degree.
Publications
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2025 A Parametric Approach to Adversarial Augmentation for Cross-Domain Iris Presentation Attack Detection
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)
Proposes adversarial training samples using transformation parameters from classical augmentation to improve cross-domain iris PAD performance.
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2025 Automatic Comparative Chest Radiography Using Deep Neural Networks
IEEE Access
Leverages deep neural networks and expert domain knowledge to develop a forensic radiographic identification system based on 5,165 chest radiographs.
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2025 Benchmarking Foundation Models for Zero-Shot Biometric Tasks
arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24214
Comprehensive benchmark evaluating zero-shot and few-shot performance of 41 VLMs/MLLMs across six biometric tasks spanning face and iris modalities.
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2025 Foundation versus Domain-specific Models: Performance Comparison, Fusion, and Explainability in Face Recognition
ICCV 2025 Workshop on Foundation and Generative Models in Biometrics
Investigates the relative merits of foundation models and domain-specific models for face recognition, including fusion strategies and explainability mechanisms.
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2024 Investigating Weight-Perturbed Deep Neural Networks With Application in Iris Presentation Attack Detection
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops
Assesses the sensitivity of DNNs against weight and bias perturbations in the context of iris presentation attack detection.
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2022 Less is More: A Lightweight and Fast Deep Neural Network for Tomato Leaf Disease Classification
IEEE Access
Proposes a lightweight transfer learning-based approach using MobileNetV2 for tomato leaf disease detection, achieving 99.30% accuracy with a 9.60MB model.
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2018 Performance Comparison of Feature Descriptors in Offline Signature Verification
IUT Journal of Engineering and Technology (JET)
Comparative evaluation of histogram-based (SIFT, SURF) and binary (BRIEF, ORB, BRISK, FREAK) feature descriptors for offline handwritten signature verification.
Skills
| Programming Languages | |
| Python | |
| C++ | |
| MATLAB | |
| Bash/Shell |
| Deep Learning & ML Frameworks | |
| PyTorch | |
| TensorFlow | |
| Hugging Face Transformers | |
| scikit-learn | |
| OpenCV |
| Biometrics & Computer Vision | |
| Face Recognition | |
| Iris PAD | |
| Presentation Attack Detection | |
| Explainability & Visualization | |
| Vision-Language Models |
| Tools & DevOps | |
| Git | |
| Docker | |
| Linux | |
| LaTeX | |
| Jupyter Notebook |
Languages
| Bangla (বাংলা) | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Hindi (हिन्दी) | |
| Conversational |
Interests
| Face & Forensic Biometrics | |
| Face Recognition | |
| Iris Recognition | |
| Presentation Attack Detection | |
| Forensic Identification |
| Explainability & Interpretability in Machine Learning | |
| Saliency Maps | |
| Grad-CAM | |
| Feature Attribution | |
| Model Transparency |
| Multimodal Large Language Models | |
| Vision-Language Models | |
| Zero-Shot Learning | |
| Biometric Applications |
| Generative Models for Identity-Constrained Data | |
| Deepfake Detection | |
| Face Morphing | |
| Adversarial Augmentation |
| Photography, Traveling, Reading |
Projects
- 2022.01 - Present
Face Presentation Attack Detection GUI (Face-PAD-GUI)
A graphical user interface application for face spoof detection, providing interactive tools for evaluating face presentation attack detection algorithms.
- Face Spoof Detection
- Interactive GUI
- Biometric Security
- 2022.01 - Present
Iris Presentation Attack Detection GUI (Iris-PAD-GUI)
A GUI application for iris presentation attack detection, enabling evaluation of PAD algorithms against various attack instruments including printed iris images and textured contact lenses.
- Iris PAD
- Presentation Attack Detection
- Interactive GUI
- 2021.01 - 2022.06
Project Tomato — Tomato Leaf Disease Classification
Lightweight MobileNetV2-based transfer learning model for tomato leaf disease classification achieving 99.30% accuracy with a 9.60MB model size, suitable for low-end devices.
- Transfer Learning
- MobileNetV2
- Plant Disease Detection
- IEEE Access Publication
- 2023.01 - 2024.01
Weight Perturbation for DNN Robustness
Analysis of DNN sensitivity to weight and bias perturbations across VGG, ResNet, and DenseNet architectures, with application to iris presentation attack detection.
- DNN Robustness
- Iris PAD
- Weight Perturbation
- WACV 2024 Workshop