Overview
- First textbook in rapidly emerging field of biometrics
- Describes terminology employed by researchers and practitioners in the field
- Based on authors' course material/tutorials
- Website maintained by authors includes links to standard biometric datasets, exercises and homework problems, review papers and errata
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Biometric recognition, or simply biometrics, is the science of establishing the identity of a person based on physical or behavioral attributes. It is a rapidly evolving field with applications ranging from securely accessing one’s computer to gaining entry into a country. While the deployment of large-scale biometric systems in both commercial and government applications has increased the public awareness of this technology, "Introduction to Biometrics" is the first textbook to introduce the fundamentals of Biometrics to undergraduate/graduate students. The three commonly used modalities in the biometrics field, namely, fingerprint, face, and iris are covered in detail in this book. Few other modalities like hand geometry, ear, and gait are also discussed briefly along with advanced topics such as multibiometric systems and security of biometric systems. Exercises for each chapter will be available on the book website to help students gain a better understanding of the topics andobtain practical experience in designing computer programs for biometric applications. These can be found at: http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~ross/BiometricsTextBook/.
Designed for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and electrical engineering, "Introduction to Biometrics" is also suitable for researchers and biometric and computer security professionals.
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Book Title: Introduction to Biometrics
Authors: Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77326-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77325-4Published: 17 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8543-9Published: 25 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77326-1Published: 18 November 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 312
Topics: Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Cryptology, Data Structures and Information Theory, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Multimedia Information Systems