Computer Science

Seminar 12/8/10: Fingers, Eyes, and Sound – An Adventure Through Biometrics, Dustin Green and Mathew Patten

Biometric systems have been in place for thousands of years, from the basic handprint security of ancient China to the Law-Giver II of the fictional universe of “Judge Dredd”. We are going to take our audience on a journey exploring the techniques of biometric identification beginning with hardware design, followed by classification of data and software manipulation, and finally ending with the challenges and flaws present in biometric systems.

Sources: Biometric System Laboratory: http://biolab.csr.unibo.it/research.asp

MATLAB Demo: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fx_files/16728/1/content/FingerPrint/html/fingerprint.html

“LATENT FINGERPRINTS,Setting Standards In The Comparison and Identification, A transcription of the presentation by Dr. John Thornton: http://www.latent-prints.com/Thornton.htm

Hacking the Biometric Fingerprint Scanner – Combibo Communications: http://www.combibo.net/articles/hacking_the_biometric_fingerprint_scanner/