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Introduction to Biometrics

  • First textbook in rapidly emerging field of biometrics
  • Describes terminology employed by researchers and practitioners in the field
  • Based on authors' course material/tutorials
  • Website maintained by authors includes links to standard biometric datasets, exercises and homework problems, review papers and errata

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 1-49
  3. Fingerprint Recognition

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 51-96
  4. Face Recognition

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 97-139
  5. Iris Recognition

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 141-174
  6. Additional Biometric Traits

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 175-208
  7. Multibiometrics

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 209-258
  8. Security Of Biometric Systems

    • Anil K. Jain, Arun A. Ross, Karthik Nandakumar
    Pages 259-306
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 307-311

About this book

Biometric recognition, or simply biometrics, is the science of establishing the identity of a person based on physical or behavioral attributes.  It is a rapidly evolving field with applications ranging from securely accessing one’s computer to gaining entry into a country. While the deployment of large-scale biometric systems in both commercial and government applications has increased the public awareness of this technology, "Introduction to Biometrics" is the first textbook to introduce the fundamentals of Biometrics to undergraduate/graduate students. The three commonly used modalities in the biometrics field, namely, fingerprint, face, and iris are covered in detail in this book. Few other modalities like hand geometry, ear, and gait are also discussed briefly along with advanced topics such as multibiometric systems and security of biometric systems. Exercises for each chapter will be available on the book website to help students gain a better understanding of the topics andobtain practical experience in designing computer programs for biometric applications. These can be found at: http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~ross/BiometricsTextBook/.

Designed for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and electrical engineering, "Introduction to Biometrics" is also suitable for researchers and biometric and computer security professionals.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

    Anil K. Jain

  • , Lane Dept. Computer Science and, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Arun A. Ross

  • Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore, Singapore

    Karthik Nandakumar

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