Dustin van der Haar Associate Professor University of Johannesburg

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Dustin van der Haar is an Associate Professor in the Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Johannesburg. His primary field of interest is in applied artificial intelligence for perceiving human beings. In other words, Dustin focuses on developing algorithms that solve text, signal and vision data that contains structural or behavioural aspects of humans to solve problems that matter. He is also the current co-chair for the South African Young Academy of Scientists (SAYAS) that work with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) to provide a voice to emerging scientists and empower them to make a difference in South Africa. Dustin is the recipient of multiple awards and publications nationally and internationally in the area of pattern recognition, which encompasses the fields of biometrics, computer vision, and medical image analysis. From keeping the wrong people out or perfecting your Gwara Gwara, all the way to creating software that makes sure your koesusters are not too brown, and your recycling is in the right place.

@inproceedings{van2009facial,
  title={Facial Authentication in Video Conferencing},
  author={Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference},
  year={2009},
  pages={},
}

@MastersThesis{van2011face,
  author = {Dustin Van der Haar},
  title  = {Face recognition-based authentication and monitoring in video telecommunication systems},
  organization = {University of Johannesburg},
  school = {Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering},
  year   = {2011},
  type    = {mathesis},
  url = {},
  month   = apr  
}

@inproceedings{van2013biometric,
  title={Are Biometric Web Services a Reality? A Best Practice Analysis for Telebiometric Deployment in Open Networks},
  author={Dustin van der Haar and Basie von Solms},
  booktitle={10th International Conference on Security and Cryptography},
  pages={494--499},
  year={2013},
  doi={10.5220/0004521704940499}
}

@inproceedings{van2013tag,
  title={Tag you?re it: A Look at Privacy Issues in Social Media Sharing},
  author={Dustin van der Haar and Basie von Solms},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference on World wide web applications},
  pages={4--12},
  year={2013}
}

@inproceedings{van2014poor,
  title={The poor man's biometric: Identifying cost-effective biometric system criteria for SMMEs},
  author={Dustin Van Der Haar and Basie Von Solms},
  booktitle={IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, 2014},
  pages={1--10},
  year={2014},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880598}
}

@inproceedings{van2014cobi,
  title={CoBI: A Collective Biosignal-Based Identification Model},
  author={Dustin van der Haar and Basie von Solms},
  booktitle={Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC)},
  pages={357--362},
  year={2014}
}


@PhdThesis{van2014collective,
  author = {Dustin van der Haar},
  title  = {Collective human biological signal-based identification and authentication in access control environments},
  organization = {University of Johannesburg},
  school = {Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering},
  year   = {2014},
  type   = {phdthesis},
  month  = may,
  url ={http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12392}
}

@inproceedings{van2015canvis,
  title={Canvis: A cardiac and neurological-based verification system that uses wearable sensors},
  author={Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Digital Information, Networking, and Wireless Communications (DINWC), 2015 Third International Conference on},
  pages={99--104},
  year={2015},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/DINWC.2015.7054225}
}

@inproceedings{van2015camera,
  title={Camera-Based Heart Rate Estimation for Improved Interactive Gaming},
  author={Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={International Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia \& Allied Technology (CGAT). Proceedings},
  pages={75},
  year={2015},
  organization={Global Science and Technology Forum}
}

@inproceedings{van2016graphical,
  title={Graphical gesture-based authentication for non-contact access control},
  author={Shaun van Wyk and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference (PRASA-RobMech), 2016},
  pages={1--6},
  year={2016},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/RoboMech.2016.7813151}
}

@inproceedings{van2017affective,
  title={Affective user threat profiling using computer vision-based heart rate estimation in profile-based surveillance environments},
  author={Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2017 3rd International Conference on},
  pages={696--700},
  year={2017},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/ICCAR.2017.7942786}
}

@inproceedings{van2017multimodal,
  title={A multimodal gesture-based virtual interactive piano system using computer vision and a motion controller},
  author={Shaun van Wyk and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Intelligent Robot Systems (ACIRS), 2017 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on},
  pages={1--6},
  year={2017},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/ACIRS.2017.7986054}
}

@inproceedings{mhou2017face,
  title={Face spoof detection using light reflection in moderate to low lighting},
  author={Kudzaishe Mhou and Dustin van der Haar and Wai Sze Leung },
  booktitle={Intelligent Robot Systems (ACIRS), 2017 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on},
  pages={47--52},
  year={2017},
  organization={IEEE},
  doi={10.1109/ACIRS.2017.7986063}
}

@inproceedings{van2017portable,
  title={Portable computer vision-based cardiac estimation as a teaching aid},
  author={Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Communication and Information Processing},
  pages={439--443},
  year={2017},
  organization={ACM},
  doi={10.1145/3162957.3163006}
}

@InProceedings{vanWest2018,
  author    = {Egbert Johannes van der Westhuizen and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {A wearable device-based framework for determining player effectiveness on the football pitch},
  booktitle = {6th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET)},
  year      = {2018},
          pages={},
}

@InProceedings{maeko2018,
  author    = {Elisa Maeko and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {A Framework for User Awareness and Acceptance of Smart Card and Fingerprint-Based Access Control to Medical Information Systems in South Africa},
  booktitle = {IST-Africa},
  year      = {2018},
          pages={},
}

@Article{obodoekwe2018,
  author  = {Nnaemeka Obodoekwe and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A Critical Analysis of the Application of Data Mining Methods to Detect Healthcare Claim Fraud in the Medical Billing Process},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  year    = {2018},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}

@Article{bhango2019,
  author  = {Zibusiso Bhango and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Eigennose: Assessing Nose-Based Principal Component Analysis for Achieving Access Control with Occluded Faces},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2019},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}

@Article{byun2019,
  author  = {Jihyun Byun and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Pronunciation detection for foreign language learning using MFCC and SVM},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2019},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}

@Article{fourie2019,
  author  = {Margaux Fourie and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Ballet Pose Recognition: a Bag-of-Words Support Vector Machine Model for the Dance Training Environment},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2019},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}

@Article{mhou2019,
  author  = {Kudzaishe Mhou and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A review of threat profiling techniques for use in concealed weapon detection systems},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2019},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}

@Article{moodley2019,
  author  = {Tevin Moodley and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Comparisons in drinking water systems using K-means and A-priori to find pathegenic bacteria genera},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2019},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@InProceedings{wessels2018,
  author    = {Steven Wessels and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {A Part-of-Speech Tagging Performance Review For NLP Using Time Trace Analysis},
  booktitle = {Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference},
  year      = {2018},
  pages={206-210}
}
@InProceedings{taljaard2018,
  author    = {Wihan Taljaard and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {Visa outcome prediction with Na?ve Bayes classification: A scalable implementation for a distributed platform},
  booktitle = {Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference},
  year      = {2018},
  pages={176-181}
}
@Article{van2019,
  author  = {Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Real-Time Face Antispoofing Using Shearlets},
  journal = {Communications in Computer and Information Science},
  year    = {2019},
}

@Article{maeko2019,
  author  = {Elisa Maeko and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A Critical Analysis of Requirements and Recommendations for Multi-Modal Access Control in Hospitals},
  journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
  year    = {2019},
}

@Article{obodoekwe2019,
  author  = {Nnaemeka Obodoekwe and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A comparison of machine learning methods applicable to healthcare claims fraud detection},
  journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
  year    = {2019},
}

@InProceedings{wessels2019,
  author    = {Steven Wessels and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {Gait-Based Authentication Using Android Smartphone Accelerometer and Gyroscopic Sensors},
  booktitle = {45th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science},
  year      = {2019},
}

@Article{vanderhaar2019,
  author  = {Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Student Emotion Recognition in Computer Science Education: A Blessing or Curse?},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  year    = {2019},
}
@Article{van2019b,
  author  = {Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Face Antispoofing Using Shearlets: An Empirical Study},
  journal = {SAIEE Africa Research Journal (ARJ)},
  year    = {2019},
}
@Article{bhango2019,
  author  = {Zibusiso Bhango and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Inebriation detection using computer vision},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP)},
  year    = {2019},
 }
 @Article{sithungu2019,
  author  = {Siphesihle Philezwini Sithungu and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Real-Time Age Detection Using a Convolutional Neural Network},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP)},
  year    = {2019},
 }
 @InProceedings{leroux2019,
  author    = {Johan le Roux and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {Analysis of Object Detection Methods to Detect Traffic Flow},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD)},
  year      = {2019},
}
@Article{aly2020,
  author  = {Elton Shah Aly and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Slang Based Text Sentiment Analysis In Instagram},
  journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
  year    = {2020},
}
@Article{slogrove2020,
  author  = {Kayleigh Slogrove and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Handwriting Analysis of the Character ?Y? Through Geometric Principles and Ratios},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@Article{moodley2020,
  author  = {Tevin Moodley and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Cricket Stroke Recognition using Computer Vision Methods},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@Article{wessels2020,
  author  = {Steven Wessels and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Applying Deep Learning for the Detection of Abnormalities in Mammograms},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@Article{vanderhaar2020,
  author  = {Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Student Sentiment Recognition using Computer Vision as an Assistive Technology for Education},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@Article{lang2020,
  author  = {Dane Lang and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Recommendations for Biometric Access Control System Deployment in a Vehicle Context in South Africa},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@Article{fourie2020,
  author  = {Marguax Fourie and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A feature importance study in ballet pose recognition with OpenPose},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
@Article{moodley2020,
  author  = {Tevin Moodley and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {CASRM: Cricket automation and stroke recognition model using OpenPose},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  year    = {2020},
          pages={},
          volume={},
          number={}
}
 @Article{slogrove2020,
  author  = {Kayleigh Slogrove and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Specific Language Impairment Detection through Voice Analysis},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP)},
  year    = {2020},
 }
  @Article{fourie2020b,
  author  = {Marguax Fourie and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Computer vision for the ballet industry: a comparative study in pose recognition},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP)},
  year    = {2020},
 }
  @Article{moodley2020b,
  author  = {Tevin Moodley  and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Scene recognition using AlexNet to recognize significant events within cricket game footage},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)},
  year    = {2020},
 }
  @Article{spijkerman2020,
  author  = {Ruan Spijkerman  and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Video Footage Highlight Detection in Formula 1 Through Vehicle Recognition with Faster R-CNN Trained On Game Footage},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)},
  year    = {2020},
 } 
 @Article{williams2021,
  author  = {Ivan Williams and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {A study on behavioural agents for StarCraft 2},
  journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
  year    = {2021},
}
@Article{farrukh2021,
  author  = {Wardah Farrukh and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Computer Assisted Self Training for Kyudo Posture Rectification using Computer Vision Methods},
  journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
  year    = {2021},
}
@Article{shaikjee2021,
  author  = {Waseem Shaikjee and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Analysis of Traditional Computer Vision Techniques Used for Hemp Leaf Water Stress Detection and Classification},
  journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
  year    = {2021},
}
 @InProceedings{jappie2021,
  author    = {Thauriq Jappie and Basie von Solms and Jaco Du Toit and Dustin van der Haar},
  title     = {A model for protecting personal information using Blockchain},
  booktitle = {IST-Africa},
  year      = {2021},
}
  @Article{moodley2021,
  author  = {Tevin Moodley  and Dustin Terence van der Haar},
  title   = {Cricket Scene Analysis using the RetinaNet architecture},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)},
  year    = {2021},
 }
 @Article{wessels2021,
  author  = {Steven Wessels and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Using particle swarm optimization with gradient descent for parameter learning in convolutional neural networks},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  year    = {2021},
}
 @Article{orfao2021,
  author  = {Jarred Orfao and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A comparison of computer vision methods for the combined detection of Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy and Cataracts},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  year    = {2021},
}
 @Article{seedat2021,
  author  = {Yusuf Seedat and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A Critical Analysis of Deep Learning Architectures For Classifying Breast Cancer Using Histopathology Images},
  journal = {Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST) },
  year    = {2021},
}
@incollection{warren2022,
    title     = {Operational aspects of deep learning solutions for Alzheimer's disease},	
    author    = {Warren,Samuel and Moustafa, Ahmed and van der Haar, Dustin Terence},                      
    pages     = {151--173},  
    booktitle = {Alzheimer?s Disease: Understanding Biomarkers, Big Data, and Therapy},
    publisher = {Academic Press},
	year    = {2022},
}
 @Article{moodley2022,
  author  = {Tevin Moodley, Habib Noorbhai and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Automated recognition of the cricket batting backlift technique in video footage using deep learning architectures},
  journal = {Scientific Reports },
  year    = {2022},
}
 @Article{bhango2022,
  author  = {Zibusiso Bhango and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {A Comparison of Deep Learning Methods for Inebriation Recognition in Humans},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS) },
  year    = {2022},
}
 @Article{farrukh2022a,
  author  = {Wardah Farrukh and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Lip-based Identification using YOLOR},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS) },
  year    = {2022},
}
 @Article{lang2022,
  author  = {Dane Lang and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {ConDense: Multiple Additional Dense Layers with Fine-grained Fully-connected Layer Optimisation for Fingerprint Recognition},
  journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS) },
  year    = {2022},
}
 @Article{farrukh2022b,
  author  = {Wardah Farrukh and Dustin van der Haar},
  title   = {Lip Print-based Identification Using Traditional and Deep Learning},
  journal = {IET Biometrics },
  year    = {2022},
}
@INPROCEEDINGS{slogrove2022,
  author={Kayleigh Slogrove and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={2022 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD)}, 
  title={Group Emotion Recognition in the Wild using Pose Estimation and LSTM Neural Networks}, 
  year={2022},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
 @INPROCEEDINGS{fourie2022,
  author={Margaux Bowditch and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={2022 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD)}, 
  title={Context-based Ensemble for Improved Ballet Pose Recognition}, 
  year={2022},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
          @INPROCEEDINGS{shaikjee2022,
  author={Waseem Shaikjee and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={Pattern Recognition South Africa (PRASA)},
  title={A review if semantic object segmentation techniques for recyclable waste recognition},
  year={2022},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
          @INPROCEEDINGS{chiura2023,
  author={Bless Chiura and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={The international conference for Human Computer Interaction},
  title={Offensive play recognition of basketball video footage using ActionFormer},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
          @INPROCEEDINGS{mashika2023,
  author={Mpho Mashika and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={The international conference for Human Computer Interaction},
  title={Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients and support vector machines for cough detection},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
          @INPROCEEDINGS{orfao2023,
  author={Jarred Orfao and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={The international conference for pattern recognition applications and methods (ICPRAM)},
  title={GAN-based data augmentation for face anti-spoofing},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
          @INPROCEEDINGS{wessels2023,
  author={Steven Wessels and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={The international conference for pattern recognition applications and methods (ICPRAM)},
  title={Using a genetic algorithm to update convolutional neural networks for abnormality classification in mammography},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }
          @INPROCEEDINGS{wessels2023,
  author={Zeerak Baig and Dustin van der Haar},
  booktitle={The international conference for pattern recognition applications and methods (ICPRAM)},
  title={Facial paralysis recognitino using face mesh based learning},
  year={2023},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={},
  doi={}
 }