K Ram Prabhakar

K Ram Prabhakar is an Assistant Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University, advised by Prof. Rama Chellappa. Previously, he earned his Ph.D. from the Video Analytics Lab at the Computational and Data Sciences department of the Indian Institute of Science under Prof. R. Venkatesh Babu. He also worked as a Research Scientist at TCS Research in Bangalore.

His research focuses on Computer Vision and Computational Photography, particularly in High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging, 3D vision, and image processing. His work spans applications in biometrics, remote sensing, and medical imaging.

Recent publications highlight advancements in

• distillation-guided representation learning for video authentication
• diffusion models for fairness in face generation
• gait recognition
• thermal modality integration for low-light imaging
• and SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) applications

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Scientific awards include

• IAPR Best Biometrics Student Paper Award (2024)
• Best Student Paper - Runner Up at BMVC 2021

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He has advised multiple students, including Yuxiang, Vishal, and Susmit, and contributed to projects on HDR deghosting, image fusion, and deep learning for computer vision tasks.