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Biometrics

Personal Identification in Networked Society

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  • © 1996

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  • Includes coverage of face and eye identification, speaker recognition, networking and other timely technology-related issues
  • Chapters are written by leading internationally recognized experts from academia and industry

Part of the book series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science (SECS, volume 479)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

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About this book

Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society is a comprehensive and accessible source of state-of-the-art information on all existing and emerging biometrics: the science of automatically identifying individuals based on their physiological or behavior characteristics. In particular, the book covers:

*General principles and ideas of designing biometric-based systems and their underlying tradeoffs

*Identification of important issues in the evaluation of biometrics-based systems

*Integration of biometric cues, and the integration of biometrics with other existing technologies

*Assessment of the capabilities and limitations of different biometrics

*The comprehensive examination of biometric methods in commercial use and in research development

*Exploration of some of the numerous privacy and security implications of biometrics.

Also included are chapters on face and eye identification, speaker recognition, networking, and other timely technology-related issues. All chapters are written by leading internationally recognized experts from academia and industry.


Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society is an invaluable work for scientists, engineers, application developers, systems integrators, and others working in biometrics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Michigan State University, E. Lansing

    Anil K. Jain

  • IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights

    Ruud Bolle, Sharath Pankanti

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