Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) [Hardcover]

Anil K. Jain (Editor), Ruud Bolle (Editor), Sharath Pankanti (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0792383451 | ISBN-13: 978-0792383451 | Publication Date: January 15, 1999 | Edition: 1st

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 411 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792383451
• ISBN-13: 978-0792383451
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,475,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent overview, February 11, 2000

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This review is from: Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) (Hardcover)

This book covers the whole field of biometrics in 19 articles. The articles I read are very well written and have lots of references for further study. I highly recommend the book for those who want a medium depth introduction or details about some specific biometrics.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!, January 15, 2006

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John R. Vacca "Tech Write Independent Reviewer" (Pomeroy, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) (Hardcover)

Are you a biometrics application developer or system integrator? If you are, this book is for you. Editors Anil K. Jain, Ruud Bolle, and Sharath Pankanti, have compiled an outstanding edited book with contributions from dozens of expert authors in the field, that help disseminate the technological aspects and implications of biometrics.

Jain, Bolle, and Pankanti, begin with a brief overview of the biometric technology and the research issues underlying the biometrics-based identification applications. Next, leading experts and pioneers (Lawrence O'Gorman, John J. Weng, Daniel L. Swets, Richard L. Zunkel, John Daugman, Robert "Buzz" Hill, Vishvjit S. Nalwa, Joseph P. Campbell Jr., Francine J Prokoski and Robert B. Riedel) of biometeric technology, describe a particular biometric: its characteristics, the specific problems underlying the design of an identification/authentication system (based on that biometrics), performance evaluation of the existing systems, and open issues which need to be addressed. Then, the leading experts and pioneers (M.S. Obaidat, B. Sadoun, M.S. Nixon, J.N. Carter, D. Cunado, P.S. Huang, S.V. Stevenage, K.C. Persaud, D-H. Lee, H-G Byun, Mark Burge, Wilhelm Burger, Norah Rudin, Keith Inman and Gustavo Stolovitzky) describe biometrics which are not yet commercially available, but which are under active research for on-line identification: keystroke dynamics, dait, odor, ear, and DNA. Author Robert S. Germain continues by addressing the research issues underlying design of a large identification and authentication system. In addition, authors Lin Hong and Anil K. Jain, deal with biometrics integration issues. Author James L. Wayman, also describes issues underlying performance metrics and fair evaluations. Then, authors Nalini K. Ratha and Ruud Bolle, discuss related integration issues in the context of smartcards. Finally, author John D. Woodward, Jr., discusses privacy and security issues.

This excellent book encompasses the social, legal, and ethical issues, which are crucial to society's accepting the ubiquitous application of biometrics. Along the way though, most of the material covered in this book should be comprehensible to anyone with a moderate scientific background.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biometrics, la llave del siguiente milenio., February 17, 1999

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This review is from: Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) (Hardcover)

Este excelente libro contiene un amplio compendio de todas las tecnologías biométricas existentes actualmente. Se dedica todo un capítulo por cada biométrico y estos fueron escritos por diferentes autores. Contiene algunos algoritmos de cada tecnología. La biometría, identificación automática por medio de algún rasgo físico o de comportamiento único de cada individuo, será la llave del siguiente milenio. Ya hacia falta un libro con toda esta información.