Christoph Günther Busch

Christoph Günther Busch is a Professor at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His research focuses on biometric security, facial recognition systems, and digital forensics, particularly addressing vulnerabilities in face authentication technologies.

• Scientific Disciplines: Computer Technology
• Affiliation: NTNU

Research interests include:

• Face Presentation Attack Detection (anti-spoofing)
• Image Quality Assessment for biometric systems
• Analysis of demographic variability in facial recognition
• Detection of digitally manipulated faces
• Biometric sensor security

Recent publications (2023-2025) emphasize face authentication challenges, including:

• Remote Photoplethysmography for attack detection
• Transformers in biometric security
• Morphing attack detection methods
• Fairness in image quality assessment

Scientific award:

• German IT-Security Award (2nd prize) in 2022