I Ketut Gede Darma Putra was born in Mengwitani on April 24, 1974. He is a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Udayana University Bali, Indonesia. He received his S.Kom degree in informatics engineering from the Institute of Sepuluh November Technology Surabaya, Indonesia in 1997. He received his master's degree in informatics and computer engineering from Electrical Engineering Department, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia in 2000, and achieved his doctorate degree in informatics and computer engineering from Electrical Engineering Department, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia in 2006. His research interests are biometrics, image processing, data mining, and soft computing.