Advances in Biometrics

A Novel Approach for Face Recognition from Single Image Per Person.- 3D Face Recognition Using Joint Differential Invariants.- A Model Based Approach for Expressions Invariant Face Recognition.- Why Is Facial Occlusion a Challenging Problem?.- Nasal Region-Based 3D Face Recognition under Pose and Expression Variations.- An Analysis-by-Synthesis Method for Heterogeneous Face Biometrics.- Face Recognition with LWIR Imagery Using Local Binary Patterns.- A Classification Framework for Large-Scale Face Recognition Systems.- Synthesizing Frontal Faces on Calibrated Stereo Cameras for Face Recognition.- Nasal Region Contribution in 3D Face Biometrics Using Shape Analysis Framework.- Generic versus Salient Region-Based Partitioning for Local Appearance Face Recognition.- Near Infrared Face Based Biometric Key Binding.- Fuzzy 3D Face Ethnicity Categorization.- Faceprint: Fusion of Local Features for 3D Face Recognition.- Combining Illumination Normalization Methods for Better Face Recognition.- Bayesian Networks to Combine Intensity and Color Information in Face Recognition.- Combining Facial Skin Mark and Eigenfaces for Face Recognition.- Speech.- Analysis of the Utility of Classical and Novel Speech Quality Measures for Speaker Verification.- Impact of Prior Channel Information for Speaker Identification.- Minimising Speaker Verification Utterance Length through Confidence Based Early Verification Decisions.- Scatter Difference NAP for SVM Speaker Recognition.- Data-Driven Impostor Selection for T-Norm Score Normalisation and the Background Dataset in SVM-Based Speaker Verification.- Support Vector Machine Regression for Robust Speaker Verification in Mismatching and Forensic Conditions.- Scores Selection for Emotional Speaker Recognition.- Automatic Cross-Biometric Footstep Database Labelling Using Speaker Recognition.- Towards Structured Approaches to Arbitrary Data Selection and Performance Prediction for Speaker Recognition.- Fingerprint and Palmprint.- Beyond Minutiae: A Fingerprint Individuality Model with Pattern, Ridge and Pore Features.- Active Fingerprint Ridge Orientation Models.- FM Model Based Fingerprint Reconstruction from Minutiae Template.- Robust Biometric System Using Palmprint for Personal Verification.- Accurate Palmprint Recognition Using Spatial Bags of Local Layered Descriptors.- Pose Invariant Palmprint Recognition.- Palmprint Recognition Based on Regional Rank Correlation of Directional Features.- Direct Pore Matching for Fingerprint Recognition.- A Novel Fingerprint Matching Algorithm Using Ridge Curvature Feature.- Fingerprint Matching Based on Neighboring Information and Penalized Logistic Regression.- A Novel Region Based Liveness Detection Approach for Fingerprint Scanners.- Focal Point Detection Based on Half Concentric Lens Model for Singular Point Extraction in Fingerprint.- Robust Fingerprint Matching Using Spiral Partitioning Scheme.- Performance and Computational Complexity Comparison of Block-Based Fingerprint Enhancement.- Reference Point Detection for Arch Type Fingerprints.- Palmprint Verification Using Circular Gabor Filter.- Kernel Principal Component Analysis of Gabor Features for Palmprint Recognition.- Latent Fingerprint Matching: Fusion of Rolled and Plain Fingerprints.- Biometric Competitions.- Overview of the Multiple Biometrics Grand Challenge.- Face Video Competition.- Fingerprint and On-Line Signature Verification Competitions at ICB 2009.- Partial Face Matching between Near Infrared and Visual Images in MBGC Portal Challenge.- Multibiometrics and Security.- Fusion in Multibiometric Identification Systems: What about the Missing Data?.- Challenges and Research Directions for Adaptive Biometric Recognition Systems.- Modelling FRR of Biometric Verification Systems Using the Template Co-update Algorithm.- Bipartite Biotokens: Definition, Implementation, and Analysis.- Fusion of LSB and DWT Biometric Watermarking Using Offline Handwritten Signature for Copyright Protection.- Audio-Visual Identity Verification and Robustness to Imposture.- Theoretical Framework for Constructing Matching Algorithms in Biometric Authentication Systems.- A Biometric Menagerie Index for Characterising Template/Model-Specific Variation.- An Usability Study of Continuous Biometrics Authentication.- A First Approach to Contact-Based Biometrics for User Authentication.- Template Update Methods in Adaptive Biometric Systems: A Critical Review.- Simulating the Influences of Aging and Ocular Disease on Biometric Recognition Performance.- Cancelable Biometrics with Perfect Secrecy for Correlation-Based Matching.- An Information Theoretic Framework for Biometric Security Systems.- Constructing Passwords from Biometrical Data.- Efficient Biometric Verification in Encrypted Domain.- A New Approach for Biometric Template Storage and Remote Authentication.- A Biometric Key-Binding and Template Protection Framework Using Correlation Filters.- Security-Enhanced Fuzzy Fingerprint Vault Based on Minutiae's Local Ridge Information.- Systematic Construction of Iris-Based Fuzzy Commitment Schemes.- Parallel versus Serial Classifier Combination for Multibiometric Hand-Based Identification.- Robust Multi-modal and Multi-unit Feature Level Fusion of Face and Iris Biometrics.- Robust Human Detection under Occlusion by Integrating Face and Person Detectors.- Multibiometric People Identification: A Self-tuning Architecture.- Gait.- Covariate Analysis for View-Point Independent Gait Recognition.- Dynamic Texture Based Gait Recognition.- Gender Recognition Based on Fusion of Face and Multi-view Gait.- Unsupervised Real-Time Unusual Behavior Detection for Biometric-Assisted Visual Surveillance.- Multilinear Tensor-Based Non-parametric Dimension Reduction for Gait Recognition.- Quantifying Gait Similarity: User Authentication and Real-World Challenge.- Iris.- 40 Years of Progress in Automatic Speaker Recognition.- Robust Biometric Key Extraction Based on Iris Cryptosystem.- Iris Matching by Local Extremum Points of Multiscale Taylor Expansion.- Efficient Iris Spoof Detection via Boosted Local Binary Patterns.- Custom Design of JPEG Quantisation Tables for Compressing Iris Polar Images to Improve Recognition Accuracy.- Improving Compressed Iris Recognition Accuracy Using JPEG2000 RoI Coding.- Image Averaging for Improved Iris Recognition.- Iris Recognition Using 3D Co-occurrence Matrix.- A New Fake Iris Detection Method.- Eyelid Localization in Iris Images Captured in Less Constrained Environment.- Noisy Iris Verification: A Modified Version of Local Intensity Variation Method.- An Automated Video-Based System for Iris Recognition.- Empirical Evidence for Correct Iris Match Score Degradation with Increased Time-Lapse between Gallery and Probe Matches.- Other Biometrics.- Practical On-Line Signature Verification.- On-Line Signature Matching Based on Hilbert Scanning Patterns.- Static Models of Derivative-Coordinates Phase Spaces for Multivariate Time Series Classification: An Application to Signature Verification.- Feature Selection in a Low Cost Signature Recognition System Based on Normalized Signatures and Fractional Distances.- Feature Selection and Binarization for On-Line Signature Recognition.- Writer Identification of Chinese Handwriting Using Grid Microstructure Feature.- Enhancement and Registration Schemes for Matching Conjunctival Vasculature.- Entropy of the Retina Template.- Lips Recognition for Biometrics.- Biometrics Method for Human Identification Using Electrocardiogram.- Real-Time Model-Based Hand Localization for Unsupervised Palmar Image Acquisition.- Palm Vein Verification System Based on SIFT Matching.