Biometric Systems
A.Y. 2018/2019
Learning objectives
The goals of this course focus on preparing participants to become effective in the implementation and design of different biometric systems based on fingerprints, iris, face, voice, hand geometry, palm print, other biometric traits, the design of multimodal biometric systems and the privacy and security issues related to the application of the biometric systems.
Expected learning outcomes
Understanding the structure and usage of biometric systems, the estimation of the performances and to become effective in the design and implementation.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Erogazione in videoconferenza a Crema e Milano
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Biometric techniques are more and more exploited in order to fasten and make more reliable the identification process. In particular, biometric systems exploit the physiological or behavioral characteristics of an individual for the identification task, making possible to verify the identity of an individual by processing "who you are", rather than the classical approach based on "what you possess/know" (e.g., ID card, tokens or passwords). The course discusses the structure and the design of different biometric systems based on fingerprints, iris, face, voice, hand geometry, palm print, and other biometric traits. In the second part, the course presents the design of multimodal biometric systems (systems which exploit the combinations of different biometric traits) and the privacy and security issues related to the application of the biometric systems.
Main topics covered:
· Introduction to biometrics;
· Terms, structure and features of a biometric system;
· Biometric systems based on fingerprints;
· Biometric systems based on iris patterns;
· Biometric systems based on face images;
· Behavioral biometric and DNA;
· Multimodal biometric systems;
· Design, evaluation and comparison of the biometric systems;
· Privacy and security issues.
Main topics covered:
· Introduction to biometrics;
· Terms, structure and features of a biometric system;
· Biometric systems based on fingerprints;
· Biometric systems based on iris patterns;
· Biometric systems based on face images;
· Behavioral biometric and DNA;
· Multimodal biometric systems;
· Design, evaluation and comparison of the biometric systems;
· Privacy and security issues.
Professor(s)
Reception:
By appointment (via email)
Computer Science Department, Via Celoria 18 - 20133 Milano (MI), Italy