Advances in Biometrics

Multispectral Fingerprint Image Acquisition.- Touchless fingerprinting Technology.- A single-line AC capacitative fingerprint swipe sensor.- Ultrasonic Sensors for Capturing Livescan of Fingerprint Biometrics.- Palm Vein Authentication.- Finger Vein Authentication Technology and financial Applications.- Iris Recognition in Less Constrained Environments.- Ocular Biometrics: Simultaneous Capture and Analysis of the Retina and iris.- Face recognition beyond the visible spectrum.- Voice-based Speaker Recognition Combining Acoustic and Stylistic Features.- Conversational Biometrics.- Function-based On-line Signature Verification.- Writer Identification and Verification.- Improved Iris Recognition Using Probabilistic Information from Correlation Filters.- Headprint based human recognition.- Pose and Illumination Issues in Face and Gait-based Human Identification.- Strategies for improving face recognition from Video.- Large Population face recognition using correlation filters.- SVDD-based Face Reconstruction in Degraded Images.- Fingerprint Synthesis and Spoof Detection.- Match-on-Card for Secure and Scalable Biometric Authentication.- Privacy and Security Enhancements in Biometrics.- Adaptive Biometric Systems that can Improve with Use.- Biometric Standards.

Dr Nalini K. Ratha is a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York. His current research interests include biometrics, computer vision, pattern recognition and special purpose architecture for computer vision systems. He leads the biometrics research effort in the area of enhancing security of biometrics systems and performance evaluation of biometrics systems. He has co-edited a book entitled "Automatic Fingerprint Recognition Systems" published by Springer and co-authored a book entitled "A guide to Biometrics Selection and System design" published by Springer in 2003. He was also general co-chair of IEEE AutoID 02 and SPIE Conf. on Biometrics in Human Identification 2004. He has received several patent awards and a "Research Division" award at IBM.

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