About Me

Hi, I am Sushil Ammanaghatta Shivakumar. I am currently a PhD student under Prof. Philipp Terhorst at the University of Paderborn, working in the Responsible AI for Biometrics group. My research focuses on backdoor attacks in biometric systems. I completed my master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence at Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.

Before starting my PhD, I worked as a research intern at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, where I worked on long-range music generation using foundation models. I also worked as a research assistant at Fraunhofer ISE, focusing on extracting structured information from scientific PDFs. Earlier, I was part of the Responsible AI group at MPI-SP, where I collaborated with Prof. Asia Biega and Lin Kyi on research related to deceptive design and GDPR compliance.

Research Interests:
Biometric security, privacy, and backdoor attacks in biometric systems.

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Education

• Masters in Computer Science, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg,
• Bachelors in Computer Science, PESIT-BSC, 2021

Work/Research Experience

• Research Intern, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Nov 2024 - )

  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Antonio Orvieto

• Master Thesis Student, Zebracat AI (Feb 2024 - Oct 2024)
• Research Assistant, Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE (May 2023 – October 2024)
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• Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (Apr 2022 - Mar 2023)

  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Asia Beiga

  Advisor: Lin Kyi

• Machine Learning Intern, Tao Automation (Jun 2020 - Aug 2020, Feb 2021 - Mar 2021)

  Mentor: Amit Rajan