Kailash Anandrao Hambarde

Kailash Hambarde

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	01-04-2025
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Thematic Line:	Information and Data Sciences
Group:	Pattern and Image Analysis – Cv

IT Branch – Covilhã
Faculdade de Engenharia
Covilhã
6201-001
Tel: 275329953
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Kailash Hambarde Receives IEEE T-BIOM Outstanding Reviewer Award 2026

Kailash Hambarde has been recognized with the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (T-BIOM) Outstanding Reviewer Award 2026.

27-05-2026

IEEE T-BIOM Outstanding Reviewer 2026

Honored to receive the 2026 Outstanding Reviewer Award from IEEE Biometrics Council for contributions to IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (T-BIOM).

Grateful to the editorial board and research community for this recognition.

Proud to represent Instituto de Telecomunicações and Universidade da Beira Interior .

10-04-2026

Talk on Long-Range Human Recognition in UAV-Based Defense Systems at Jornadas IT

I delivered a talk on long-range human recognition in UAV-based defense systems at the 1st Jornadas IT, organized by Instituto de Telecomunicações. The two-day event brought together researchers and industry leaders across Portugal to discuss advances from defense to space, highlighting collaboration and real-world impact. It was an opportunity to present our work, engage with experts, and contrib

21-08-2025

UBI team shines on the world podium of the AG-VPReID 2025 competition

The University of Beira Interior (UBI) team, comprised of Md. Rashidunnabi, Hugo Pedro Proença, and Kailash A. Hambarde, won third place worldwide in the AG-VPReID 2025 International Competition (Aerial-Ground Person ReID Challenge), a prestigious global challenge in the field of person re-identification (ReID) based on aerial-ground video. The competition tests artificial intelligence systems und

Bio

Kailash Hambarde is a computer vision and AI researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Covilhã, Portugal. His work focuses on person re-identification, pattern recognition, biometrics, and video-based surveillance. He previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Beira Interior and as an industry data scientist. In 2025, he was part of the UBI team that won 3rd place globally in the AG-VPReID international challenge.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University Nanded, 04-05-2021

Expertise Topics

Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition, Biometrics, Visual Surveillance

Academic Activities

1Lecture courses

LABORATÓRIOS DE PROGRAMAÇÃO, Universidade da Beira Interior, ENGENHARIA INFORMÁTICA

1Supervision of MSc theses

As Co-supervisor

Are DeepFakes Realistic Enough? Exploring Semantic Mismatch as a Novel Challenge, MSc Student, Sharayu Nilesh Deshmukh, Concluded 06-2026

1Supervision of BSc theses

As Co-supervisor

Bias Analysis in LLMs, BSc Student, Gonçalo Alexandre Caixeiro, Concluded 06-2025

Publications

8Papers in Journals

K. Hambarde, N. Mbomgo, P. Kumar, S. Mekewad, C. Fernandes, G Silahtaroglu, A. Nithya, M. Rashidunnabi, P Samale, H. Proença, DetReIDX: A Stress-Test Dataset for Real-World UAV-Based Person Recognition, IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 365 - 377, May, 2026,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 31 MBs) | BibTex
M. Rashidunnabi, K. Hambarde, H. Proença, Causality and “In-the-Wild” Video-Based Person Re-Identification: A Survey, Electronics, Vol. 14, No. 13, pp. 2669 - 2669, July, 2025 | Full text (PDF 7 MBs) | BibTex
N. Mbomgo, K. Hambarde, H. Proença, From One Domain to Another: The Pitfalls of Gender Recognition in Unseen Environments, Sensors, Vol. 25, No. 13, pp. 4161 - 4161, July, 2025 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
H. Gholipour, F. Bozorgnia, K. Hambarde, H. M Mohammadigheymasi, J. Mancilla, A. Sequeira, J. C. N. Neves, H. Proença, M. Challenger, A Laplacian-based quantum graph neural networks for quantum semi-supervised learning, Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. -, April, 2025 | Full text (PDF 649 KBs) | BibTex
R. Carrilho, E. Yaghoubi, J. Lindo, K. Hambarde, H. Proença, Toward Automated Fabric Defect Detection: A Survey of Recent Computer Vision Approaches, Electronics, Vol. 13, No. 18, pp. 3728 - 3728, September, 2024 | Full text (PDF 7 MBs) | BibTex
H. Proença, R. Carrilho, K. Hambarde, A Novel Dataset for Fabric Defect Detection: Bridging Gaps in Anomaly Detection, Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp. 5298 - 5298, June, 2024 | BibTex
K. Hambarde, H. Proença, Image-based human re-identification: Which covariates are actually (the most) important?, Image and Vision Computing, Vol. 143, No. 0, pp. 104917 - 104917, March, 2024 | BibTex
K. Hambarde, H. Proença, Information Retrieval: Recent Advances and Beyond, IEEE Access, Vol. 11, No. 0, pp. 76581 - 76604, July, 2023 | Full text (PDF 3 MBs) | BibTex

2Papers in Conferences

K. Hambarde, H. Proença, VReID-XFD: Video-based Person Re-identification at Extreme Far Distance Challenge Results, IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision - WACV WACV, Tucson, United States, Vol., pp. -, March, 2026 | BibTex
M. Rashidunnabi, K. Hambarde, H. Proença, VM-TAPS: View-specific Memory with Temporal and Scale Awareness Framework for Video-based Cross-View Person Re-Identification, IEEE International Joint Conf. on Biometrics - IJCB, Conference online, March, 2026,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

K. Hambarde, IEEE T-BIOM Outstanding Reviewer Award 2026, The IEEE T-BIOM Outstanding Reviewer Award highlights reviewers who consistently provide thorough, constructive, and timely evaluations, playing a vital role in advancing scientific excellence and innovation within the biometrics research community., 01-05-2026

Other Contributions

1Conference Committees

IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) VReID-XFD Video-based Human Recognition at Extreme Far Distances VReID-XFD, Organizing Committee, 2026

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Kailash Anandrao Hambarde

Kailash Hambarde

02-06-2026

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01-06-2026

Kailash Hambarde Receives IEEE T-BIOM Outstanding Reviewer Award 2026

27-05-2026

IEEE T-BIOM Outstanding Reviewer 2026

10-04-2026

Talk on Long-Range Human Recognition in UAV-Based Defense Systems at Jornadas IT

21-08-2025

UBI team shines on the world podium of the AG-VPReID 2025 competition

Bio

Scientific Achievements

As Co-supervisor

As Co-supervisor