Establishing identity is becoming critical in our vastly interconnected society. Questions such
as “Is she really who she claims to be?,”“Is this person authorized to use this facility?,” or “Is …

Biometric verification techniques have been available for many years. Although the principle
of using a biometric can be traced back to ancient times, the concept of commercially …

Biometric recognition, or simply biometrics, refers to the use of distinctive anatomical and/or
behavioral characteristics or identifiers (eg, fingerprints, face, iris, voice, and hand geometry) …

Biometric Technologies and Verification Systems is organized into nine parts composed of
30 chapters, including an extensive glossary of biometric terms and acronyms. It discusses …

Edited by a panel of experts, this book fills a gap in the existing literature by
comprehensively covering system, processing, and application aspects of biometrics, based …

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 …

Starting with fingerprints more than a hundred years ago, there has been ongoing research
in biometrics. Within the last forty years face and speaker recognition have emerged as …

Biometric authentication refers to the automatic identification of a person by analyzing their
physiological and/or behavioral characteristics or traits. Since many physiological and …

Biometrics represents one of the most robust and reliable forms of human identification in
physical and cyber security. The last decade has witnessed tremendous advances in sensor …

It is too early to predict where, how, and in which form reliable biometric services will
eventually be delivered. But it is certain that there is no way around biometrics-based …