Parisa Farmanifard

Welcome to my webpage! My name is Parisa Farmanifard, I'm a PhD student in the Computer Science and Engineering department at "Michigan State University". I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Arun Ross in the iPRoBe Lab. I earned my bachelor's degree in IT Engineering in 2017. Before joining MSU as a direct PhD student in 2021, I worked in the industry for 4 years. Alongside my PhD, I also completed my master's degree at MSU. My research focuses on Computer Vision, Biometrics, and Pattern Recognition.

News

[2024] Parisa Farmanifard and Arun Ross: Iris-SAM: Iris Segmentation Using a Foundational Model

Research

My research primarily focuses on cross-spectral face and iris recognition and iris segmentation. These areas involve exploring how to improve identification methods across different spectral ranges and how to accurately segment the iris for recognition. This work is crucial for advancing security and identification technologies.

Poster Presentations

"Cross-Spectral Face Recognition Using a Semantic-Guided GAN" - Engineering Graduate Research Symposium 2023 (MSU)

Internship Experience

In the summer of 2023, I had an internship experience at American Electric Power (AEP), working with their emerging technology group. My role involved a project on "drone-based pole detection", collaborating closely with a computer vision and machine learning group. During my internship, I have worked with various detection methods, including Detectron2, Yolov4, Yolov8, and the Segment Anything Model (SAM), primarily focusing on drone images.