Let your fingers do the talking Page 1 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM January 2005/Vol.
48, No. 1 21 It used to be that one of the sal- vaging aspects of a minimum- wage job, the kind …

Chances are this is not your first exposure to the field of biometric identification. After all, the
first modern biometric device was introduced on a commercial basis over 25 years ago …

Doesn't the cloud conjure up a mystical picture? For the ordinary consumer, it's like some
kind of floating vehicle in cyberspace that magically performs services and delivers …

We're moving towards an increasingly mobile-connected world. Even the recently ubiquitous
laptop computer is giving way to smartphones and tablet devices. Yet many biometrics …

We live in a society which is increasingly interconnected, in which communication between
individuals is mostly mediated via some electronic platform, and transactions are often …

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 …

Biometrics in a Data Driven World: Trends, Technologies, and Challenges aims to inform
readers about the modern applications of biometrics in the context of a data-driven society …

As the Y2K resource drain gives way to an expected surge in security and e-commerce
spending, experts predict that biometrics technologies will at last fully emerge from the world …

Biometrics in the New World takes a fresh look at biometrics and identity management within
a fast-changing world. The concept of biometric identity verification is revisited, including …

Biometrics refers to the science and technology of automatic identification achieved by
computers through acquiring and analyzing physiological and behavioral characteristics of …