Research Projects

Main applicant of projects (projects + scholarships) for a total of 1.57 M€ (items indicated with * in title)ee

AI-Powered Crime Scene Analysis (*)

• Agency: Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova)

• Type: Research Project on Advanced and innovative AI

• Granted 5 of 71 projects in the entire Sweden

• Participants: Halmstad University (lead), Polisen

• Duration: 2022-10-31 - 2025-10-30

• Award: total 2.6MSEK (~240k€)

• Web: https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/ai-powered-crime-scene-analysis 

BigFun: Big Data-Powered End User Function Development

• Agency: Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova)

• Type: Associated project (Electronics, Software and Communication – FFI program)

• Participants: Halmstad University (lead), Volvo Trucks

• Duration: 2022-06-01 - 2024-05-31

• Award: total 3.13MSEK (~300k€)

• Web: https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/big-data-powered-end-user-function-development-big-fun 

DIFFUSE: Disentanglement of Features For Utilization in Systematic Evaluation

• Agency: Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova)

• Type: Associated project (Electronics, Software and Communication – FFI program)

• Participants: RISE Viktoria (lead), Halmstad University, Smart Eye AB

• Duration: 2022-04-01 - 2024-03-31

• Award: total 3.66MSEK (~350k€)

• Web: https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/diffuse--disentanglement-of-features-for-utilization-in-systematic-evaluation 

Facial Analysis in the Era of Mobile Devices and Face Masks (*)

• • Agency: Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Project Research Grant

  • Participants: Halmstad University

  • Duration: 2022-01-01 - 2025-12-31

  • Award: 3.6 MSEK (~ 390k€)

  • Web:

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

Mobile Devices for Identity and Emotion (*)

• • Agency: University of the Balearic Islands (UIB, Spain)

  • Type: bursary of the UIB to fund short visits of foreign professors

  • Participants: Halmstad University, University of the Balearic Islands (Unit of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence)

  • Duration: 2022

  • Award: 50kSEK (4980€)

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

MAISTR: Data analytics and service innovation based on artificial intelligence

• • Agency: Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen)

  • Type: Expertkompetens program, development of research-oriented courses and training in AI for professionals at advanced level (in consultation with Swedish industry and public sector)

  • Participants: Halmstad University (lead), Skövde University, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Blekinge Institute  of Technology, 7 industrial partners

  • Duration: 2021-2024

  • Award: 14.33MSEK from KK-stiftelsen, 6.22MSEK from Halmstad University and 0.6MSEK from participating companies (total 21.15MSEK ~ 2.1M€)

  • Web: https://maistr.se/ 

  • Web: https://www.hh.se/english/collaboration/professional-development/education-in-information-technology-for-professionals/data-analytics-and-service-innovation-based-on-artificial-intelligence-maistr.html

MIDAS - anonyMIsing DAta collection for traffic Safety

• • Agency: Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova)

  • Type: Associated project

  • Participants: RISE Viktoria (lead), Halmstad University, Viscando, Berge Consulting

  • Duration: 2020-04-01 - 2023-03-31

  • Award: total 7MSEK (~700k€)

  • Web: https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/midas----anonymising-data-collection-for-traffic-safety/

Mobile Devices for Identity and Emotion (*)

• • Agency: University of the Balearic Islands (UIB, Spain)

  • Type: bursary of the UIB to fund short visits of foreign professors

  • Participants: Halmstad University, University of the Balearic Islands (Unit of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence)

  • Duration: 2021

  • Award: 50kSEK (4980€)

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

AI.m.2.0

• • Agency: High Five (business incubator co-funded by Halmstad municipality, Halmstad University and the EU, https://h5halmstad.se/)

  • Type: Innovation Project in AI

  • Participants: Halmstad University, High Five, 365iD (SME, https://365id.com/en/)

  • Duration: January-December 2020

  • Web: https://aimhalland.se/

Identity and Emotion Using Face and Biosignals (*)

• Agency: University of the Balearic Islands (UIB, Spain)

• Type: bursary of the UIB to fund short visits of foreign professors

• Participants: Halmstad University, University of the Balearic Islands (Unit of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence)

• Duration: 2020

• Award: 50kSEK (4900€)

• Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

Establishing Identity and Personal Behavior through Smartphone Devices (*)

• • Agency: Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova)

  • Type: Funding for Staff Exchange and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Participants: Halmstad University, FacePhi Biometrics (Spain)

  • Duration: 2018-11-01 - 2020-06-01

  • Award: 188kSEK (~ 18.5k€)

  • Web (funder): https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/human-identity-and-understanding-of-person-behavior-using-smartphone-devices/ 

  • Web (university entry): https://hh.se/english/research/research-environments/embedded-and-intelligent-systems-eis/research-projects-within-eis/human-identity-and-understanding-of-person-behavior-using-smartphone-devices.html 

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

Continuous Multimodal Biometrics for Vehicles & Surveillance (*)

• • Agency: Sweden's Innovation Agency (Vinnova)

  • Type: Project Research Grant on Feasibility Studies in Digital Security and Reliability

  • Participants: Halmstad University

  • Duration: 2018-04-01 - 2019-06-30

  • Award: 500kSEK (~ 50k€)

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

Ocular biometrics in unconstrained sensing environments (*)

• • Agency: Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Project Research Grant

  • Participants: Halmstad University

  • Duration: 2017-01-01 - 2020-12-31

  • Award: 3.7 MSEK (~ 390k€)

  • Web: https://hh.se/english/research/research-environments/embedded-and-intelligent-systems-eis/technology-area-aware-intelligent-systems/research-projects-within-aware-intelligent-systems/ocular-biometrics-in-unconstrained-sensing-environments.html 

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

REMIND: The use of computational techniques to improve compliance to reminders within smart environments

• • Agency: European Commission, Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) program

  • Participants: 16 partners from 10 EU countries

  • Duration: 2017-2020

  • Award: ~1M€ (whole project), 167k€ (Halmstad)

SIDUS-AIR: Action and Intention Recognition in Human Interaction with Autonomous Systems

• • Agency: Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-Stiftelsen)

  • Participants: Halmstad University, Örebro universitet, Viktoria Swedish ICT, Högskolan Skövde

  • Duration: 2015-2019

  • Award: 27 MSEK (~3M€)

  • Web: http://airproject.se 

Facial detection and recognition resilient to physical image deformations (*)

• • Agency: Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Project Research Grant for junior researchers

  • Participants: Halmstad University

  • Duration: 2013-07-01 - 2017-06-30

  • Award: 3.3 MSEK (~ 383k€)

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, author of project proposal

COST- IC1106: Integrating Biometrics and Forensics for the Digital Age

• • Agency: European Commission, COST Action, Domain of Information and Communication Technologies, Intergovermental Framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology

  • Participants: European groups of higher-education institutions from 18 EU countries

  • Duration: 2012-03-14 - 2016-03-13

  • Award: 68 M€ (whole project)

  • Web: https://www.cost.eu/actions/IC1106 

  • Role: Management Committee substitute for Sweden

CAISR: Centre for Applied Intelligent Systems

• • Agency: Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen), a government-funded agency working to increase long-term collaboration between academia and industry in Sweden

  • Participants: Halmstad University (lead), 7 industrial partners

  • Duration: 2012-01-01 - 2019-12-31

  • Award: 36MSEK from KK-stiftelsen, 36MSEK from Halmstad University and 36MSEK from participating companies (total 108MSEK ~ 12.13M€)

Biometrics at a Distance (*)

• • Agency: European Commission, Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) of the 7th European Framework

  • Participants: Halmstad University

  • Duration: 2011 - 2013

  • Award: ~173k€

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, co-author of project proposal

BIO-DISTANCE: Biometri på avstånd (*)

• • Agency: Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), grant for postdoctoral positions in Sweden

  • Participants: Halmstad University

  • Duration: 2010 - 2012

  • Award: 1.4 MSEK (~ 157k€)

  • Role: Principal Investigator, main applicant, co-author of project proposal

User- and application-oriented issues of importance for security, usability, socio-cultural and legal aspects of biometrics (*)

• • Agency: Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science, Postdoctoral Scholarship of the Juan de la Cierva program

  • Participants: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

  • Duration: 2008 - 2010

  • Award: ~101k€

  • Role: Principal Investigator main applicant, co-author of project proposal

BIO-CHALLENGE: Critical Aspects of Last-Generation Biometric Recognition: Quality, Vulnerability, Privacy and Biometrics on the Move

• • Agency: Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science

  • Participants: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

  • Duration: 2009-12-01 - 2012-12-01

  • Award: ~177k€

  • Role: co-author of project proposal

BBfor2: Bayesian Biometrics For Forensics

• • Agency: European Commission, Initial Training Network (ITN) of the 7th European Framework

  • Participants: 9 European groups of higher-education institutions and 3 industrial partners

  • Duration: 2010-01-01 - 2013-12-31

  • Award: ~3.2 M€ (~415 k€ for Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

TERASENSE: Terahertz Technology for Data Collection Applications Using Electromagnetic Sensors

• • Agency: Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science, CSD2008 - 00068, CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 Program

  • Participants: 16 Spanish groups of higher-education institutions

  • Duration: 2008-12-01 - 2013-12-01

  • Award: ~3.5 M€ (~146 k€ for Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

MADRINET: Multidisciplinary Advanced Research in User-Centric Wireless Network Enabling Technologies

• • Agency: Regional Government of Madrid, S-0505/TIC/000255

  • Participants: 10 Spanish groups of higher-education institutions and 21 industrial and institutional partners

  • Duration: 2007-01-01 - 2010-12-01

  • Award: ~850 k€ (~156 K€ for Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

COST-2101: Biometrics for Identity Documents and Smart cards

• • Agency: European Commission, COST Action, Intergovermental Framework for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research

  • Participants: 17 European groups of higher-education institutions

  • Duration: 2006-10-01 - 2010-12-06

  • Award: 15 M€ (whole project)

BIO-PASS: On the Use of Transparent Modalities in Multibiometric Recognition Systems for Low Vulnerability and High User-Convenience in Realistic Application-Oriented Environments

• • Agency: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, TEC2006-13141-C03-03

  • Participants: 3 Spanish groups of higher-education institutions

  • Duration: 2006-12-01 - 2009-12-01

  • Award: ~200 k€

  • Role: co-author of project proposal

BIOSECURE NoE: Biometrics for Secure Authentication

• • Agency: European Commission, Network of Excellence (NoE) of the 6th European Framework, IST-2002-507634

  • Participants: 30 European groups of higher-education institutions

  • Duration: 2004-06-01 - 2007-05-30

  • Award: ~3 M€ (~168 k€ for Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

  • Role: coordinator of WP6.1 on “Database Acquisition” and coordinator of sub-project in WP7.3 “Fingerprint recognition”

Multimodal Biometrics Recognition based on Fingerprint and Face (*)

• • Agency: Comunidad de Madrid / Regional Government of Madrid (co-funded by the EU, ~52k€), supporting the PhD studies in full

  • Participants: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

  • Duration: 2004 – 2008

  • Award: ~52k€

  • Role: author of project proposal

BIOSECUR-ID: Multimodal Security Based in the Fusion of Biometric Experts

• • Agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, TIC2003-08382-C05

  • Participants: 5 Spanish groups of higher-education institutions

  • Duration: 2003-12-31 - 2006-12-31

  • Award: ~179k€ (whole project: 400k€)

BIOSEC IP: Biometrics and Security

• • Agency: European Commission, Integrated Project (IP) of the 6th European Framework, IST-2002-001766

  • Participants: 23 European groups of higher-education institutions and industrial partners

  • Duration: 2003-12-01 - 2005-11-30

  • Award: 180k€ (whole project: 5,5M€)

COST-275: Biometrics-Based Recognition of People over the Internet

• • Agency: European Commission, COST Action, Intergovermental Framework for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research

  • Participants: 18 European groups of higher-education institutions

  • Duration: 2001-05-01 - 2005-06-30

  • Award: 4 M€ (whole project)

ODYSSEY 2004: The Speaker and Language Recognition Workshop

• • Agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology

  • Participants: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

  • Duration: 2004-05-01 - 2004-06-30

  • Award: 9.000 €