Srirangaraj Setlur

Srirangaraj (Ranga) Setlur is a Principal Research Scientist and Co-Director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) at the University at Buffalo. He also serves as the Associate Director of Community Engagement at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. His research focuses on AI, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, and Information Retrieval with applications in biometrics, document analysis, and healthcare.

Education:

• MS in Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo (1995)

Research Interests:

• Development of AI-driven systems for biometric authentication (e.g., fingerprint, facial recognition)
• Design of datasets for chart analysis (CHART-Info), gait recognition (DIOR), and cross-domain fingerprint analysis
• Applications in healthcare diagnostics (e.g., dyslexia screening via handwriting analysis)
• Advancements in multimodal fusion (e.g., audio-visual, physiological signals)

Recent Research Trends: His recent work emphasizes cross-domain learning (e.g., Ridgeformer), sparse feature aggregation (Proxyfusion), and AI applications in social robotics (AutoMisty). He consistently addresses challenges in unconstrained environments and under-represented data scenarios.

Awards:

• Senior Member, IEEE
• 2019 ICDAR Best Student Paper Award (F. Xu)
• 2010 IBM Best Student Paper Award (X. Peng)
• UB Visionary Innovator Award

Labs/Teams: Leads research teams in CUBS and the Institute for AI & Data Science, focusing on biometric systems, surveillance optimization, and multimodal AI applications.