Advances in Biometrics -

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Résumé :
Biometrics technology continues to stride forward with its wider acceptance and its perceived need in various new security facets of modern society. This volume captures the very latest state-of-the-art research contributions from leading international researchers in the field. This comprehensive treatment of biometrics offers coverage of the entire gamut of topics in the field, including data acquisition, pattern-matching algorithms, and issues that impact at the system level, such as standards, security, networks, and databases. It has been organized under three sections: sensors, advances in biometric matching algorithms, and topics that deal with issues at the systems level. Written for researchers and advanced students, this much needed concise volume is an ideal tool to use as a ready reference and will provide readers with a broader and deeper understanding of the topic....

Biographie:
Dr Nalini K. Ratha is a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York. His current research interests include biometrics, computer vision, pattern recognition and special purpose architecture for computer vision systems. He leads the biometrics research effort in the area of enhancing security of biometrics systems and performance evaluation of biometrics systems. He has co-edited a book entitled Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems published by Springer and co-authored a book entitled A guide to Biometrics Selection and System design published by Springer in 2003. He was also general co-chair of IEEE AutoID 02 and SPIE Conf. on Biometrics in Human Identification 2004. He has received several patent awards and a Research Division award at IBM. He received his Ph. D. from the Department of Computer Science at Michigan State University and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M. Tech in Computer science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is a senior member of IEEE and co-chair of AutoID TC, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.  ...

Sommaire:
Sensors.- Multispectral Fingerprint Image Acquisition.- Touchless Fingerprinting Technology.- A Single-Line AC Capacitive Fingerprint Swipe Sensor.- Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensors.- Palm Vein Authentication.- Finger Vein Authentication Technology and Financial Applications.- Iris Recognition in Less Constrained Environments.- Ocular Biometrics: Simultaneous Capture and Analysis of the Retina and Iris.- Face Recognition Beyond the Visible Spectrum.- Algorithms.- Voice-Based Speaker Recognition Combining Acoustic and Stylistic Features.- Conversational Biometrics: A Probabilistic View.- Function-Based Online Signature Verification.- Writer Identification and Verification.- Improved Iris Recognition Using Probabilistic Information from Correlation Filters.- Headprint-Based Human Recognition.- Pose and Illumination Issues in Face- and Gait- Based Identification.- SVDD-Based Face Reconstruction in Degraded Images.- Strategies for Improving Face Recognition from Video.- Large-Population FaceRecognition (LPFR) Using Correlation Filters.- Systems.- Fingerprint Synthesis and Spoof Detection.- Match-on-Card for Secure and Scalable Biometric Authentication.- Privacy and Security Enhancements in Biometrics.- Adaptive Biometric Systems That Can Improve with Use.- Biometrics Standards....