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>
> i have been asked to study facial recognition by one of my teachers in college
for project,i have read a few things about biometrics but still i am a
beginner,pls if anyone can guide me where to start.........
>

Hi,

Are you going to be studying manual face recognition or automated? other options
to look at are 3D face recognition models v typical 2D systems.

Also what is the context of the face recognition is it for police forensic work,
access control, border control, etc.

There are some people who are working on Face recognition white papers at the
moment in academia, developers, and possible users. You must keep in mind it is
still a very young technology.

If you want to discuss it further email me at martben@...

dear friends,
    Biometrics is rapidly gaining acceptance as the technology that can meet the
ever increasing need for security in critical applications. Biometric systems
automatically recognize individuals based on their physiological and behavioral
characteristics.

Not only making the authentication system reliable, the biometric systems reduce
the time required for authentication considerably at the airports, borders, and
government offices. The paper presents a possibility study on the unimodal
biometric finger print verification that is currently available and soft
biometrics that can be used for security purposes. One of the latest form of
biometrics that is studied here is the combination of unimodal biometrics with
soft biometrics:- a new  multimodal biometrics for enhancing the performance of 
the existing methods._
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http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE54Q42P20090527?feedType=RS\
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[*and don't miss the inevitably humorous slashdot commentary*
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/05/28/1617225/Cancer-Patient-Held-At-Airpor\
t-For-Missing-Fingerprints?art_pos=22]

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by
immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his
fingerprints -- which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was
taking.

The incident, highlighted in the Annals of Oncology, was reported by the
patient's doctor, Tan Eng Huat, who advised cancer patients taking this drug to
carry a doctor's letter when traveling to the United States.

The drug, capecitabine, is commonly used to treat cancers in the head and neck,
breast, stomach and colorectum.

One side-effect is chronic inflammation of the palms or soles of the feet and
the skin can peel, bleed and develop ulcers or blisters -- or what is known as
hand-foot syndrome.

"This can give rise to eradication of fingerprints with time," explained Tan,
senior consultant in the medical oncology department at Singapore's National
Cancer Center.

The patient, a 62-year-old man, had head and neck cancer that had spread but
responded well to chemotherapy. To prevent the cancer from recurring, he was put
on capecitabine.

"In December 2008, after more than three years of capecitabine, he went to the
United States to visit his relatives," Tan wrote.

"He was detained at the airport customs for four hours because the immigration
officers could not detect his fingerprints. He was allowed to enter after the
custom officers were satisfied that he was not a security threat."

Tan said the loss of fingerprints is not described in the packaging of the drug,
although chronic inflammation of the palms and soles of feet is included.

"The topmost layer ... is the layer that accounts for the fingerprint, that
(losing that top layer) is all it takes (to lose a fingerprint)," Tan told
Reuters.

"Theoretically, if you stop the drug, it will grow back but details are scanty.
No one knows the frequency of this occurrence among patients taking this drug
and nobody knows how long a person must be on this drug before the loss of
fingerprints."

(Editing by Alex Richardson)

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/104310,homeland-security-to-scan-fingerprints-of-t\
ravellers-exiting-the-us.aspx

Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US

By Brett Winterford
29 May 2009 05:53AM
Security

The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new
pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.

From June, US Customs and Border Patrol will take a fingerprint scan of
international travellers exiting the United States from Detroit, while the US
Transport Security Administration will take fingerprint scans of international
travellers exiting the United States from Atlanta.

Biometric technology such as fingerprint scans has been used by US Customs and
Border Patrol for several years to gain a biometric record of non-US citizens
entering the United States.

But under the Bush Administration, a plan was formulated to also scan outgoing
passengers.

Michael Hardin, a senior policy analyst with the US-Visit Program at the United
States Department of Homeland Security told a Biometrics Institute conference
today that the DHS will use the data from the trial to "inform us as to where to
take [exit screening] next."

"We are trying to ensure we know more about who came and who left," he said. "We
have a large population of illegal immigrants in the United States - we want to
make sure the person getting on the plane really is the person the records show
to be leaving."

The original exit scanning legislation planned by the Bush administration
stipulated that airlines would be responsible for conducting the exit
fingerprints.

But after much protest, Hardin said the new Obama administration re-considered
this legislation two weeks ago and is "not as sold that private sector should be
agency for exit fingerprints."

"The new administration feels that perhaps it is more appropriate that
Government should take that role."

Mulling mobile biometrics

The exit fingerprint scanning is one of several fronts in which the DHS is using
biometric technology to secure its borders.

Every day, the US-VISIT scheme uses fingerprint scans to enrol or verify the
identity of 86,400 visitors to the United States.

These scans are conducted on a purpose-built, cube-shaped fingerprint scanner.

"We specified to vendors, it had to be no more than 6 x 6 x 6 inches - it had to
fit on counter and light enough to walk around with," Hardin said. "We also told
them the reader light had to be green - people tend to think red is hot to
touch."

The DHS is testing whether it can adapt the same biometric technology to enrol
or veify identities from remote locations using wireless connectivity.

Hardin said the DHS is seeking an identity verification system for the US Coast
Guard, which tends to operate in a difficult environmental conditions.

"We'll do this the way we did the Cube at customs - we will go to the industry
with some specifications and say, if you build it we'll buy it."

RF identity cards trial on track

The DHS is also set to go-live with a trial of RF-enabled biometric identity
cards on June 1, aimed at securing the border between the United States and
Canada.

U.S. and Canadian citizens will be authenticated to travel between the two
countries using identity cards fitted with radio-frequency embedded chips.

Hardin said Americans and Canadians have traditionally been able to travel
between the two nations with little fuss.

But since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the DHS has
insisted on the use of a passport, passport card, drivers license or some other
form of documentation approved by U.S. States or Canadian provinces to verify
identity.

As of June 1, travellers crossing the border will be asked to carry an
RF-enabled card which transmits a passport photo image and information about the
traveller to border control staff systems, who can then check that photograph
against the physical appearance of the traveller or their vehicle.

Editors Note - This story originally contained a representation that the
biometrics trial in Atlanta and Detroit included the fingerprint scanning of US
citizens. This has since been proved to be incorrect and the story has been
modified - only non-US citizens will be expected to provide a biometric record.

Copyright � 2007 Haymarket Media. Hosted by Macquarie Telecom.

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http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/registered-traveler--4694/

Registered Traveler flier-pass vendor Clear shuts down Fly Clear card

A major vendor that fast-tracks fliers through airport security for an annual
fee of $199 will end operations tonight, according to its website and a former
employee, leaving hundreds of thousands of customers in the lurch.

The website of the so-called Clear program, launched by New York-based Verified
Identity Pass Inc. four years ago, today carried this message: "At 11:00 p.m.
PST on June 22, 2009, Clear will cease operations. Clear's parent company,
Verified Identity Pass, Inc. has been unable to negotiate an agreement with its
senior creditor to continue operations."

No one answered the company's phone this evening, which simply carried the
recorded message, "You've reached Clear Registered Traveler." But in a phone
interview, Cindy Rosenthal, former vice president of media relations for the
Clear program, confirmed that it is shutting down.

As of June 4, Clear claimed to have enrolled more than 260,000 fliers, mostly
business and frequent travelers, who agreed to be vetted by the government and
pay the annual fee in return for access to special airport security lanes.

� Jane Engle, assistant Los Angeles Times Travel editor

--------------------------------------

22 Comments on "Registered Traveler flier-pass vendor Clear shuts down"

    1. charlie Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 7:14 pm

       rich snots pay so they don't have to stand in line with us poor folk, and
now they're out $200 and still have to stand in line with us. Why do I not feel
their pain?
    2. Pam L Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 pm

       Any ideas if people who pre-paid for multiple years of renewal will
receive a refund for the unused portion of service? Any assistance would be
GREATLY appreciated after spending $$$$ for my husband and I!!! Is a class
action lawsuit the best course of action if company files for bankruptcy?
    3. Sarah Rogers Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm

       They just charged my credit card $179.00 TWICE today!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BS!!!!!!!!!!!!
    4. Jim Holmes Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm

       WTF happens now!?!
    5. Jeffrey T Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm

       Oddly, they just renewed my membership (and sent an email confirmation) at
1:00 am this morning. You think they would have known yesterday they were
shutting down. :(
    6. Lenny C Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm

       What will happen to customer files?
    7. Clear Traveler #1 Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:30 pm

       Charlie: Get a real job and a life. For the Clear customers, Class Action
is the best course. I hear several firms are putting it together now, however
the assets are non-existant so don't expect much. Best hope is TSA offering a
preferred service or another private entity snatching them up and reopening. We
shall see�
    8. Beth Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 pm

       Charlie - its JUST that attitude of yours that keeps us "rich folks"
paying any amount of money not to be near the likes of you.

       To the others, I believe when a company goes bankrupt or shuts down, your
best bet is to dispute the charges with your credit card company. They should
refund your money.
    9. John K Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 pm

       "Rich snots"? Um, for some of us that pass through airline security over
two hundred times a year, this is (well, was) pretty important to maintain a
semblance of efficiency and sanity.

       If you were only going to Disney World and got huffy about us bypassing
the crowd, look at it this way: how would you like it if I (and a couple
thousand other random strangers) decided to get in line to enter your business
place?

       The airport isn't just a place to board a plane, it's part of my extended
office.

       Bottom line, this was a useful service�that only those of us that used it
paid for. Now, you'll just have to watch us bypass you in the First Class/Elite
lane for free.
   10. Anna Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm

       Sent an email as soon as the 11:00pm message was recieved - got back an
automated response. 2 questions - what happens to our data that was provided
when we registered and do we get a refund for the enrollment fee.
       If anyone has or gets any info, please post!
       For those that were recently charged, hopefully you can call your credit
card company and dispute the charges.
   11. JR Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm

       Charlie��are you really that broke or do you never fly? I fly 4 to 5 times
a month on average, so for me it was well worth it. This way I was able to avoid
all the rookie travelers who seem so surprised to have to take computers out of
their bag and take off their shoes. I for one am sad to have to go back to
fighting through the traveling challenged at the airport.
   12. Debbie K Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 pm

       Any hope that the program will be reinstated? My membership was prepaid
for a few years - will any of the cost be refunded to me? And what happens to
all the confidential information that we had to submit?
   13. Bill Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm

       Charlie - not rich, I just fly a lot on a tight schedule. And, oh by the
way, the money I paid put a lot of people to work. Not everything is about you,
Charlie.
   14. BAS Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 pm

       Along with Pam L. I too would like to know if a refund will be granted to
those of us who paid for multiple years. My husband and I both are in this
category thus making the impact to us doubly painful.

       Contrary to Charlie's statement, it is not not "rich snots" who paid to
travel using Clear. Very immature comment.
   15. Jonathan Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:12 pm

       To Pam - call your credit card company and dispute the charge. But your
class action lawsuit isn't gonna work they are bankrupt there's nobody to sue
with any $$.

       To Charlie - ha ha - looks like I'll be in the slow lane right behind you
now.

       To Sarah: Call you credit card company asap.

       To Lenny: Good questions since they were already responsible for a major
security breach when a laptop with people's addresses and socials went missing.
   16. Eve Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:19 pm

       Darn!! I got the Clear card as a Christmas present last year and LOVED it!
Not for the snob factor, but that it saved me tons of time at Oakland and San
Francisco airports. Sometimes it was just a few minutes, but a few times I would
have missed my flight without it. Oh well, at least I didn't pay for it � and I
got a lot of use out of it while it lasted�
   17. Brian Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:21 pm

       This "rich snot" had renewed his membership back in Oct for 2 years. I
used my Gold Amex card. I called the 800# and at first they told me that they
couldn't do anything because it has been over 60 days. The woman was nice and
said let me check w/my supervisor. She got back to me and said they, Amex would
cover it themselves and issue me a credit because of the amount of business I do
for them (100K) a year. See Charlie, sometimes it pays to be a "rich snot!"
   18. Christian Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 pm

       "rich snots pay so they don't have to stand in line with us poor folk, and
now they're out $200 and still have to stand in line with us. Why do I not feel
their pain?"

       Business travelers that run companies and employ people like you, your
friends, and family used these lanes to make their business travel easier. Use
your brain, moron.
   19. PW Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:37 pm

       What a shame, it was a great service.

       I too am worried about all of the confidential information I provided to
them, but most of all I feel for all of the dedicated people who worked for
Clear and now find themselves out of a job.
   20. Chris Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm

       Sad news. Clear Lane saved me from missing my flight on more than one
occasion and saved my sanity at the airport many times. To Charlie who thinks CL
was a "rich snots" game, he fails to realize that Clear was not just a privilege
for a few, but actually helped businesses cut unnecessary travel expenditures
due to missed flights and re-bookings, missed meetings/events. etc. These
savings, I wager, saved more than a few jobs. Keeping the wheels of commerce
well-oiled helps everyone. I bet someone will jump on the opportunity to
re-kindle a new `Clear Line' operation. Let's hope they're a better funded
company!
   21. courtney Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm

       My 11 year old daughter flies alone across the country once a month to see
her father. The Clear service (available to anyone under age 12 when accompanied
by a parent who is a Clear member) was a godsend when it came to creating a
calm, easy and pleasant travel experience for a young solo traveler. I would
have paid triple the fees for the peace of mind it allowed us on travel days.

       I could live with being coined a "rich snot" as long I was helping my
daughter get to her destination safely, comfortably and stress-free. It's the
thought of sticking her back in line with the likes of Charlie that causes me to
consider whether or not I should start driving her back and forth and skip the
airport altogether.
   22. Chuck (not Charlie) Says:
       June 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm

       Bummer! Oh well, it was good while it lasted.

       Oh, Charlie, some of us FlyClear customers are also platinum elite
travelers who will still get to bypass you on their way to complimentary first
class upgrades.

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(ComputerWorld) Three days after ceasing operations, owners of the Clear airport
security screening service acknowledged that their database of sensitive
customer information may end up in someone else's hands, but only if it goes to
a similar provider, authorized by the U.S. Transportation Security
Administration....

Clear's IT partner, Lockheed Martin, is working with the company "to ensure an
orderly shutdown as the program closes," Clear said. But in a section of the
note entitled, "Will personally identifiable information be sold?" Clear
acknowledged that it could be used by someone else, presumably if Clear's assets
were sold. "If the information is not used for a Registered Traveler program, it
will be deleted," Clear said....

- - -

Entire article at
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomy\
Name=government&articleId=9134882&taxonomyId=13

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6710764.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&\
attr=2015164

It is surely the biggest Big Brother project yet conceived. India is to issue
each of its 1.2 billion citizens, millions of whom live in remote villages and
possess no documentary proof of existence, with cyber-age biometric identity
cards.

The Government in Delhi recently created the Unique Identification Authority, a
new state department charged with the task of assigning every living Indian an
exclusive number. It will also be responsible for gathering and electronically
storing their personal details, at a predicted cost of at least �3 billion.

The task will be led by Nandan Nilekani, the outsourcing sage who coined the
phrase "the world is flat", which became a mantra for supporters of
globalisation. "It is a humongous, mind-boggling challenge," he told The Times.
"But we have the opportunity to give every Indian citizen, for the first time, a
unique identity. We can transform the country."

If the cards were piled on top of each other they would be 150 times as high as
Mount Everest � 1,200 kilometres.

India's legions of local bureaucrats currently issue at least 20 proofs of
identity, including birth certificates, driving licences and ration cards. None
is accepted universally and moving from one state to the next can easily render
a citizen officially invisible � a disastrous predicament for the millions of
poor who rely on state handouts to survive.

It is hoped that the ID scheme will close such bureaucratic black holes while
also fighting corruption. It may also be put to more controversial ends, such as
the identification of illegal immigrants and tackling terrorism. A computer chip
in each card will contain personal data and proof of identity, such as
fingerprint or iris scans. Criminal records and credit histories may also be
included.

Mr Nilekani, who left Infosys, the outsourcing giant that he co-founded, to take
up his new job, wants the cards to be linked to a "ubiquitous online database"
accessible from anywhere.

The danger, experts say, is that as one of the world's largest stores of
personal information, it will prove an irresistible target for identity thieves.
"The database will be one of the largest that ever gets built," Guru Malladi, a
partner at Ernst & Young who was involved in an earlier pilot scheme, said. "It
will have to be impregnable."

Mr Nilekani will also have to mastermind a way of collecting trustworthy data.
Only about 75 million people � or less than 7 per cent of the population � are
registered to pay income tax. The Electoral Commission's voter lists are thought
to be largely inaccurate, not least because of manipulation by corrupt
politicians.

He will also have to persuade as many as 60 government departments to
co-operate. The Government has said that the first cards will be issued within
18 months. Analysts feel that it will take at least four years for the project
to reach "critical mass".

Such is the scale of the project that analysts believe India will have to
develop a new electronics manufacturing base to supply information-storing
servers, computer chips and card readers.

For the time being Mr Nilekani has more mundane matters on his mind. "I've only
just left my previous job," he said. "First I have to find a new office."

Keeping tabs around the world

� Compulsory national identity cards are used in about 100 countries including
Germany, France, Belgium, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain

� ID cards are not used in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the Irish
Republic or Nordic countries

� German police can detain people who are not carrying their ID card for up to
24 hours

� The Bush Administration resisted calls for an identity card in the US after
the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001

� In Australia street protests in the 1980s forced the Government to abandon its
plans for a card

� Plastic cards are favoured over paper documents because they are harder to
forge

� Most identity cards contain the name, sex, date of birth and a unique number
for the holder

� South Korean, Brazilian, Italian and Malaysian ID cards contain fingerprints.
Cards in some countries contain information on any distinguishing marks of the
holder

� Objections to card schemes have focused on the cost and invasion of privacy

� Supporters say that they prevent illegal immigration and fraud

� In the European Union some cards can be used instead of a passport for
European travel

Sources: Privacy International; Times database

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and slashdot commentary
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/15/1755246/India-To-Issue-Over-a-Billion-Bio\
metric-ID-Cards

When I first saw this article (and similar articles) with the "1.2
billion" in the title, I immediately wondered about the age at which
citizens would be required to register. The "1.2 billion" figure implies
that people would be enrolled at a very young age.

However, a document at an Indian government website
http://www.mit.gov.in/default.aspx?id=859 seems to state that the
initial stage would not require quite that large a population base
(although it's still huge, of course). The website states:

"Project UID, a Planning Commission initiative, proposes to

* Initially create a central database of residents above the age of 18
years , and
* Generate a unique identification number (UID) for all such residents."

The full Unique ID text at the http://www.mit.gov.in/default.aspx?id=859
website reads as follows:

= = = = = = =

UNIQUE ID (UID)

UID process study recommendations have been presented to the Process
Committee (Planning Commission) on 27th April. 'Proof of Concept' (PoC)
to establish linkage between partner databases such as RD, PDS and EPIC
has been initiated by the DIT as per the directions of the Process
Committee. POC being carried out in 3 Gram Panchayats.

Project UID, a Planning Commission initiative, proposes to

* Initially create a central database of residents above the age of 18
years , and
* Generate a unique identification number (UID) for all such residents.

This UID is intended to be used in the first instance, as the basis for
efficient delivery of various social and welfare services to persons
below the poverty line (BPL).

Unique ID can be used as the basis for identifying and authenticating a
person's entitlement to government services and benefits through a
single system rather than all government departments individually and
independently investing in creating infrastructure, systems and
procedures for verifying entitlement of residents under various schemes
of the Government.

To this end, the project envisages provision of linking of existing
databases, as well as providing for future additions, to the fields of
content to the database, by the user agencies.

One of the key advantages envisaged as an outcome of the project is that
the Unique ID will be helpful in reducing identity related fraud and
allow only targeted people to get the benefits from the government.

The Planning Commission initiative with a focus on reaching the social
sector benefits to the beneficiaries more efficiently and effectively is
being steered by the DIT, as the line ministry, through NICSI/NIC as the
technical solution provider and a consultant for the process definitions
for operation and maintenance of the database.

Ministry of Home Affairs (http://mha.nic.in/)

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The IEEE Third International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and
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biometrics technology.

The program will consist of over 70 peer-reviewed accepted papers,
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Dear Srs

As you are probably aware, during 2007-2009 the SOCIA Lab. (Soft Computer And
Image Analysis Group, University of Beira Interior, Portugal) held an
international contest for iris biometric purposes. It focused on the
segmentation and noise detection of iris images captured in the visible
wavelength and under unconstrained imaging setups. This contest (NICE.I - Noisy
Iris Challenge Evaluation, http://nice1.di.ubi.pt) received over 90
participations from over 20 different countries and the best 8 participants were
invited to publish their method in a special issue of the Image and Vision
Computing Journal (IVC, to appear in 2010).

Now, we are organizing the complementary part of the contest (NICE:II) that will
comprise the signatures encoding and matching of previously segmented noisy iris
images. This will complete the evaluation of the most traditional stages of iris
recognition systems: segmentation + noise detection (NICE.I, IVC Special Issue)
and signatures encoding + matching (NICE:II, Pattern Recognition Letters Special
Issue).

Once again, the idea is to publish a special issue describing the best 8 to 10
methods of the contest, which hopefully will constitute an important step toward
the development of less constrained iris recognition systems. We have already
developed the software for the automatic evaluation of participations and the
web page with the most important information is online (please, check more
information at http://nice2.di.ubi.pt).

Briefly, the NICE:II is a completely free-of-charge iris encoding and matching
contest that operates on noisy data acquired under less constrained image
capturing conditions and at the visible wavelength.
As before stated, the participations that achieve the lowest error rates will be
invited to publish their approach in the Pattern Recognition Letters Journal,
(ISI Web-of-Knowledge indexed), in the NICE:II special issue.

Detailed information can be found at the contest web site:
http://nice2.di.ubi.pt and in the "pdf" file that is attached to this email.

We look forward for your participation. You are also invited to propose the
participation in the NICE:II to undergraduated, MSc. or PhD. students under your
supervision.

Best regards

------------------------------------------------------
Hugo Pedro Proenca
Member of the NICE:II Organizing Committee,
Department of Computer Science,
University of Beira Interior,
Covilha, Portugal.
http://www.di.ubi.pt/~hugomcp

yes! i want to join.

hi friends,


  I m doing my final year B.Tech on biometric authentication (finger print
recognition) and i really need good refrences .as a begginner i start reading
articles about biometric,its standards and ... but for a final project it is not
enough .is there anybody who work on same project? please help me for finding
any book, link or materialis appreciated its urgent
  thank you

Hi !

Have you read Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition from Davide Maltoni, Dario
Maio, Anil K. Jain and Salil Prabhakar?
I would say that this is the most complete source for this subject I know.

Regards
Fabrizio


--- In biometrics@yahoogroups.com, "beheshteh" <beheshteh_66@...> wrote:
>
> hi friends,
>
>
>  I m doing my final year B.Tech on biometric authentication (finger print
recognition) and i really need good refrences .as a begginner i start reading
articles about biometric,its standards and ... but for a final project it is not
enough .is there anybody who work on same project? please help me for finding
any book, link or materialis appreciated its urgent
>  thank you
>

Special Session on

Real Time Biometric Solutions for Networked Society (RT-BioS 2010)
in Conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on "Networked Digital
Technologies (NDT'10)
August 4 - 6, 2010
London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan University, U. K.



Call for papers

Biometric systems are considered as essential human pattern recognition systems
that make individuals identification by determining the authenticity of specific
measurable physiological or behavioral characteristics possessed by individuals.
Biometric technologies are thus defined as the "automated methods of identifying
or authenticating the identity of a living person based on a physiological or
behavioral characteristic". In today's networked society seeks secured
environment that brings security in fully automated airport entrance, ATM
machines, high alert zones, border control, hospital management, online banking
transaction, prevention of historical documents, computer login and criminal
investigation departments. Identification and verification of individuals
through biometric automated system can be one of the solutions to these
problems. Biometrics technology is used in real time environment that addresses
these security issues. For person identification and authentication, various
physiological and behavioral characteristics are used such as face, fingerprint,
voice, signature, iris, palmprint and hand geometry, ear, etc. Sometimes,
biometric itself not able to meet these criteria on security issues along. To
strengthen security using biometrics traits, various cryptography techniques are
also embedded with biometrics.

The special session will serve as a platform to cover the advanced aspects and
approaches of biometric technologies in networked society for real time
environments.


Topics of interest

Original and unpublished high quality research papers are solicited from the
authors on advanced topics of biometrics. The topics include but are not limited
to:

-Face, finger, ear, eye, iris, retina, vein pattern, palm, gait, foot, exotic
-Biometric template update, feature extraction and matching
-Biometric cues and performance measurements
-Multibiometrics fusion
-Biometric system architectures for evidence integration
-Fusion based verification and identification techniques
-Data normalization techniques in biometrics fusion
-Multi-classifiers fusion and score weighting schemes in biometrics
-Machine vision and soft computing techniques in biometrics fusion
-Biometric database indexing and searching techniques
-Online and offline biometric systems
-Performance modeling and resource computation in biometrics systems
-Security and reliability assessment for multi-biometrics systems
-Biometrics and Cryptography


Submission of Special Session Papers

Authors are invited to submit their paper in IEEE double-column (submitted paper
should not exceed 6 pages including illustrations, results, references) format
as an attachment (PDF or DOC format) by email to the special session chair at :
drkisku@... / drkisku@....

Authors should format the papers according to the IEEE template.

The style files and templates are available for users of LaTeX and Microsoft
Word at the conference website:
http://www.dirf.org/ndt2010/submission.asp
Questions about submissions or any other issues must be directed to

drkisku@... / drkisku@....


Review Process

Manuscripts will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee. All submissions
will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, significance, soundness
and clarity. At least two referees will review each paper proposal submission
under a double-blind peer-review process.


Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010
Author Notification: March 15, 2010
Camera Ready Paper Submission Deadline: April 1, 2010
Conference date: August 4 � 6, 2010

http://www.dirf.org/ndt2010/realtime.asp

Looking for conferences or trade shows to showcase new technology.  The intent
is to get feedback on results of development work and ideas for improvements. 
Missed the recent biometrics.org conference in September.  What are the best
conferences and showcases for new technology?  Any in the Fall or Winter?  What
about the February time frame?

hi
> I know but in iran i can not find the offset of this book also i can not
download it because the rapidshare.de has been deleted its file.
plz help me i really need this book:"Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition from
Davide Maltoni, Dario Maio, Anil K. Jain and Salil Prabhakar"
if anyone have it plz send it to me.

thank you
beheshteh atrian

The iris recognition, a contribution by humans is now obtaining a lot of
significance because it is translating into an emerging biometric technology.
This biometric technology will surely benefit us like the other amazing
biometric technologies that have been invented or found. http://www.cypress.com/

Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students

-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 19 February 2010 --

IADIS EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DATA MINING 2010
Freiburg, Germany, 28 � 30 July 2010
(http://www.datamining-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
(MCCSIS 2010)
Freiburg, Germany 26 � 31 July 2010
(http://www.mccsis.org)

* Conference background and goals
The European Conference on Data Mining (ECDM'10) is aimed to gather researchers
and application developers from a wide range of data mining related areas such
as statistics, computational intelligence, pattern recognition, databases and
visualization. ECDM'10 is aimed to advance the state of the art in data mining
field and its various real world applications.
ECDM'10will provide opportunities for technical collaboration among data mining
and machine learning researchers around the globe.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The
proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM
with ISBN, and will be available also in the
IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line).

* Best Papers
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended versions of
their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International Journal on Computer
Science and Information Systems - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from
INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials,
Panels and Doctoral Consortium.
All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.

* Topics related to Data Mining are of interest. These include, but are not
limited to the following areas:
- Core Data Mining Topics (Main area)
	 - Parallel and distributed data mining algorithms
	 - Data streams mining
	 - Graph mining
	 - Spatial data mining
	 - Text video, multimedia data mining
	 - Web mining
	 - Pre-processing techniques
	 - Visualization
	 - Security and information hiding in data mining
- Data Mining Applications (Main area)
	 - Databases
	 - Bioinformatics
	 - Biometrics
	 - Image analysis
	 - Financial modeling
	 - Forecasting
	 - Classification
	 - Clustering
	 - Social Networks

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 19 February 2010
- Notification to Authors: 19 March 2010
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 12 April 2010
- Late Registration: After 12 April 2010
- Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 28 � 30 July 2010


* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DATA MINING 2010
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@...
Web site: http://www.datamining-conf.org/

* Program Committee
European Conference on Data Mining 2010 Program Chair
Ajith P. Abraham, School of Computer Science, Chung-Ang University, South Korea

General MCCSIS 2010 Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isa�as, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit�t Freiburg, Germany
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to
http://www.datamining-conf.org/committees.asp