Mr. Alper Mitincik | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award

Galatasaray University | Turkey

Mr. Alper Mitincik is an accomplished software engineer and researcher with extensive expertise in Java, Python, SQL, and scalable data-driven applications. He has led significant projects, including a national cloud storage system and one of the largest Turkish-language crawling-based search engines, demonstrating exceptional skills in search engine architecture, Elasticsearch optimization, ranking algorithms, and large-scale data pipelines. Alper has published research on information retrieval and deep learning, notably “Text-Based Image Retrieval System Using Semantic Visual Content for Re-Ranking” in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2025), and his M.Sc. thesis focused on semantic search frameworks. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, his research emphasizes advanced recommendation systems, transformers, and graph attention networks. With experience mentoring engineers, implementing best practices, and designing robust software architectures, Alper combines industrial impact with academic innovation. Recognized with awards such as Turkcell’s CXO Award and holding certifications in machine learning,

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Featured Publications

Parlak, İ. B., & Mıtıncık, A. (2022). Designing an information framework for semantic search. Avrupa Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 682–689.

Topcu, B., Mıtıncık, A., Erdem, M. G., & Yanikoglu, B. (2025). Text-based image retrieval system using semantic visual content for re-ranking. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 160, 111770.

Dr. Zuheng Ming | Artificial intelligence | Best Researcher Award

Associate professor at Sorbonne Paris North University, France

🧑‍🏫 Dr. Zuheng Ming is an Assistant Professor at L2TI, Sorbonne Paris North University, France. He earned his PhD in 2013 from Grenoble Alpes University 🇫🇷, specializing in speech parameter mapping. His expertise spans multimodal learning, computer vision, and deep learning 🤖. Dr. Ming has 30+ publications 📝 in top-tier journals (JCR Q1/Q2) and conferences (ICIP, ICPR, ICDAR). He has supervised doctoral and master’s theses and collaborated internationally with CVC, RIKEN AIP, and Oulu University 🌍. He has led funded research projects on face anti-spoofing and document analysis 📄. Additionally, he serves as a guest editor and reviewer for prestigious journals. ✨

Publication Profile

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🏅 Professional Experience

Dr. Zuheng Ming is an accomplished researcher and educator in computer vision and deep learning 🤖. Since September 2022, he has been serving as an Assistant Professor at L2TI, Sorbonne Paris North University, France 🇫🇷. Prior to this, he was a Lecture-Researcher at L3i, La Rochelle University (2021-2022) 📚. From 2016 to 2021, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Lecturer at L3i, La Rochelle University. Earlier, from 2014 to 2015, he pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at Bordeaux University 🏛️, contributing significantly to cutting-edge research in multimodal learning and artificial intelligence. ✨

🎓 Educational Background

Dr. Zuheng Ming holds a PhD in Computer Science from Grenoble Alpes University, France (2013) 🇫🇷, where he specialized in spectral parameters mapping for cued speech using multi-linear and GMM approaches 🔬. He earned his Master’s degree in Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence from Beijing Institute of Technology (2008) 🎭🤖. His academic journey began with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Automatic Systems Engineering from Hunan University, China (2003) ⚡. His strong educational foundation has driven his research contributions in computer vision, deep learning, and multimodal learning 📚✨.

🔬 Research Activities

Dr. Zuheng Ming has been actively involved in research supervision, mentoring 1 PhD thesis, 2 Master’s theses, and 6 internships 🎓📖. He has established six international collaborations with prestigious institutions, including CVC (Spain) 🇪🇸, RIKEN AIP (Japan) 🇯🇵, Oulu University (Finland) 🇫🇮, Northwestern Polytechnical University (China) 🇨🇳, and Xidian University (China) 🇨🇳. His global academic engagement also includes an academic visit to Kyoto University, Japan, in 2015 🌍🏫. Through his extensive research network, Dr. Ming continues to make significant contributions to computer vision, deep learning, and multimodal learning 📊🤖.

🎓 Teaching Experience

Dr. Zuheng Ming has extensive teaching experience in cutting-edge technologies related to artificial intelligence and computer vision 🧠📸. He has taught courses on Deep Learning, Advanced Image Processing, and Intelligent Systems in Computer Vision 🤖🖼️, equipping students with the latest advancements in AI. Additionally, he has imparted knowledge in Database Management and Object-Oriented Programming 💾💻, fostering strong software development skills. His expertise in both theoretical foundations and practical applications makes him a valuable mentor in the field of AI and computer vision, guiding students toward innovative research and industry-ready solutions 🚀📚.

🔍 Research Focus

Dr. Zuheng Ming’s research primarily focuses on computer vision, deep learning, and document security 🧠📸🔏. His contributions span facial recognition, anti-spoofing techniques, and face liveness detection 🤖😃, enhancing biometric security. He has also worked extensively on document image classification and authentication 📄🔍, improving identity verification systems. His expertise in multi-modal learning, pattern recognition, and deep feature fusion enables advancements in AI-driven document forensics and secure authentication 🚀🔐. Collaborating internationally, he applies machine learning and self-attention networks to solve real-world challenges in face recognition, fraud detection, and intelligent systems 🌍🔬.

Publication Top Notes

📸 A survey on anti-spoofing methods for facial recognition with RGB cameras of generic consumer devices – Z Ming, M Visani, MM Luqman, JC Burie | Journal of Imaging | 88 citations | 2020

📄 Visual and textual deep feature fusion for document image classification – S Bakkali, Z Ming, M Coustaty, M Rusiñol | IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision | 63 citations | 2020

🔍 Simple triplet loss based on intra/inter-class metric learning for face verification – Z Ming, J Chazalon, MM Luqman, M Visani, JC Burie | IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision | 57 citations | 2017

😊 Facial action units intensity estimation by fusion of features with multi-kernel SVM – Z Ming, A Bugeau, JL Rouas, T Shochi | IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition | 54 citations | 2015

🆔 MIDV-2020: A comprehensive benchmark dataset for identity document analysis – BK Bulatovich, EE Vladimirovna, TD Vyacheslavovich, SN Sergeevna, … | Computer Optics | 51 citations | 2022

🙂 Dynamic Multi-Task Learning for Face Recognition with Facial Expression – Z Ming, J Xia, MM Luqman, JC Burie, K Zhao | IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshop | 40 citations | 2019

📜 VLCDoC: Vision-language contrastive pre-training model for cross-modal document classification – S Bakkali, Z Ming, M Coustaty, M Rusiñol, OR Terrades | Pattern Recognition | 33 citations | 2023

🔐 FaceLiveNet: End-to-end networks combining face verification with interactive facial expression-based liveness detection – Z Ming, J Chazalon, MM Luqman, M Visani, JC Burie | International Conference on Pattern Recognition | 30 citations | 2018

📑 Cross-modal deep networks for document image classification – S Bakkali, Z Ming, M Coustaty, M Rusiñol | IEEE International Conference on Image Processing | 23 citations | 2020

📃 Document liveness challenge dataset (DLC-2021) – DV Polevoy, IV Sigareva, DM Ershova, VV Arlazarov, DP Nikolaev, Z Ming, … | Journal of Imaging | 21 citations | 2022

📹 ViTransPAD: Video Transformer using convolution and self-attention for Face Presentation Attack Detection – Z Ming, Z Yu, M Al-Ghadi, M Visani, M Muzzamil Luqman, JC Burie | IEEE International Conference on Image Processing | 21 citations | 2022

🌲 Multiple sources data fusion via deep forest – J Xia, Z Ming, A Iwasaki | IGARSS IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | 15 citations | 2018

🆔 Face detection in camera captured images of identity documents under challenging conditions – S Bakkali, MM Luqman, Z Ming, JC Burie | International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition Workshops | 11 citations | 2019

📑 EAML: Ensemble self-attention-based mutual learning network for document image classification – S Bakkali, Z Ming, M Coustaty, M Rusiñol | International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition | 10 citations | 2021

🧠 Synthetic evidential study as augmented collective thought process – Preliminary report – T Nishida, M Abe, T Ookaki, D Lala, S Thovuttikul, H Song, Y Mohammad, … | ACIIDS Asian Conference | 10 citations | 2015

🆔 Identity documents authentication based on forgery detection of guilloche pattern – M Al-Ghadi, Z Ming, P Gomez-Krämer, JC Burie | arXiv preprint | 8 citations | 2022

Alper Mitincik | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award