Vishnu Boddeti

Vishnu Boddeti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), where he directs the Human Analysis Lab. His research focuses on trustworthy machine learning systems at the intersection of computer vision, biometrics, and machine learning. He obtained his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at CMU's Robotics Institute.

Education:

• Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
• B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2007)

Research Interests:

• Privacy-preserving AI
• Fairness in machine learning
• Homomorphic encryption for biometrics
• Structural health monitoring via deep learning
• Causal representation learning
• Generative models and diffusion models

Awards:

• IEEE Biometrics Council Best Student Paper Award (2023)
• IEEE-CCF Best Paper Award (2024)
• Best Paper Awards at ACCV, BTAS, and GECCO
• Facebook Research Grant (2021)

Labs/Teams: Director of the Human Analysis Lab, focusing on applications in biometric security, trustworthy ML systems, and interdisciplinary AI solutions.