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- Shifts the discussion into the new and burgeoning areas of cloud computing, federated ID and the use of personal devices for business or civic use
- Addresses the broader societal position with respect to identity management and biometrics being used across geographic and legislative boundaries
- Highlights the assumptions which still persist with regard to the use of biometric technology, explaining how to dispel such assumptions and move towards a robust operation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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An Introduction to Biometrics
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Application Issues
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Usage Issues
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Societal Issues
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About this book
Reviews
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“This book is a refreshing, timely review of the fundamentals of biometric technologies, which are often overlooked in the literature. … A valuable resource for a wide audience, especially graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals in biometrics. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; informed general audiences.” (C. Tappert, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015)Authors and Affiliations
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Verus Mundus, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
Julian Ashbourn
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biometrics in the New World
Book Subtitle: The Cloud, Mobile Technology and Pervasive Identity
Authors: Julian Ashbourn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04159-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04158-2Published: 05 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34687-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04159-9Published: 18 February 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 236
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biometrics, Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems, Data Structures and Information Theory, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Computers and Society