Nuno Gonçalves

Nuno Gonçalves is a Tenured Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR) - Coimbra, University of Coimbra. He also serves as Innovation Manager at the Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office (INCM) since 2018, focusing on technology transfer and product development. His roles include coordinating the AI group of APDSI and leading research in biometrics, facial recognition, and steganography.

• PhD in Computer Vision (University of Coimbra, 2008)

His research spans computer vision, biometrics, and visual information security, with specific focus on facial recognition, morphing attack detection, presentation attack detection, graphical security, security coding, printer-proof steganography, and robotics. Recent work emphasizes deepfake detection, neural implicit representations, and robust biometric solutions.

Article trends reveal expertise in 3D face reconstruction, multimodal deep learning for medical applications, and security-enhancing steganography. He leads projects integrating geometric modeling with neural networks for signed distance functions and develops benchmarks for morphing attack robustness in facial recognition systems.

• Member, IEEE

He has coordinated grants from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and private industry partners, including projects like BLOCKDFAKE (2025-2026) for deepfake detection in public administration and VISUAL-ID (2022-2024) for unique visual identities. His lab at ISR-Coimbra collaborates with INCM on security document validation and printer-proof steganography, with patents granted by EUIPO and USPTO.