Practical Biometrics: From Aspiration to Implementation (Springer Professional Computing) [Hardcover]

Julian Ashbourn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 2003 | Series: Springer Professional Computing

Containing a wealth of real world advice and written from an operational perspective, "Practical Biometrics" examines the many issues raised by the application of biometric technologies to practical situations, with specific regard to wide scale public applications. It acts as a practical guide to implementation, identifying the associated issues around:

* Scalability in applications featuring biometric verification techniques

* Interoperability, both from a technical and operational perspective

* Ethnicity and the associated implications for biometric verification checks

* Failure to enroll and other error conditions

* User psychology – the less obvious, but vitally important aspects of operational performance.

"Practical Biometrics" provides an invaluable resource to program managers, application developers, consultants, and other interested in this technology.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Practical Biometrics" is "practical" in the truest sense of the word. Julian Ashbourn has a thorough understanding of biometric technology and the issues organizations need to address when they set out to deploy biometric-based security. He does an excellent job of communicating that knowledge and describing how BANTAM and Pentaksi, systems he developed, can be used to enhance the success of biometric implementations.", Judith Markowitz, President, J. Markowitz, Consultants, USA

From the Author

This book really does introduce biometrics and related systems in a down to earth, practical manner that every program manager and systems integrator will readily identify with. In addition, it is supplied with a very useful software utility which will prove invaluable to many readers.

While practical in nature, the book is also highly readable and will be a useful reference for those who are non-technical but who nevertheless wish to understand how this technology works and what its potential applications are. For many, it will be the only 'biometrics' book that they will ever need.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 173 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852337745
• ISBN-13: 978-1852337742
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,256,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julian Ashbourn is an established author with a broad range of interests and experience from computer science and identity management through to geoscience and the natural sciences in general. He has undertaken a good deal of voluntary work in the context of technology usage in society and associated human factors, and has travelled the world in this context, running workshops and presenting at international conferences. He has also authored several seminal papers on technology on behalf of various government agencies. In addition to his abiding interest in the sciences and the natural world, he also has a keen interest in photography and has developed a technique for creating high quality true to life images for scientific use. Additional book projects are currently under construction and include three unique works which will surface in coming months, one of which will be multi-disciplined with a particularly wide appeal. He is additionally interested in collaborative projects within the natural sciences context as well as from the broader IT in society perspective.