Are you a practitioner and applied researcher in the area of biometrics? If you are, then this book is for you. Author Shimon K. Modi, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that focuses on factors that drive the practical implementation of biometric technology.
Author Modi, begins this book by introducing the reader to concepts of performance evaluation and system errors. Then, he discusses the underlying basics of the technology, various components of the technology, its practical applications, and design and employment considerations. In addition, the author covers 2-D and 3-D face recognition techniques, their advantages and drawbacks, operational considerations, and future applications trends. He also discusses the workings of each iris subsystem and their operational challenges and provides a framework for understanding various deployment scenarios. Then, he describes the history, underlying technology, applications, and deployment considerations of this technology. The author then discusses the current state of the technology, successful deployments, and the operational challenges facing commercial deployment speaker recognition. Next, he presents the underlying principles of vascular pattern recognition, deployment challenges, and the future direction of this technology. The author then continues by discussing history, algorithm details, application trends, and challenges related to DSV technology. Also, the author presents biometric technologies that have garnered research and industry interest, because they address the limitations of other technologies and take advantage of the existing infrastructure. Next, he discusses design architectures, decision frameworks, operational challenges, growth potential, and the future challenges of multibiometric systems. Then, the author presents the importance of standards and the standards of developing organizations and provides an overview of published standards. In addition, he discusses the testing and evaluation requirements, several prominent evaluation efforts, and the impact of testing and evaluation on the future of biometric systems. He also discusses the various factors that should be considered for a successful biometric implementation. Then, he describes security from a system perspective and mainly focuses on security challenges of the data acquisition stage since that is the only point of the system that is publicly exposed. Finally, the author presents the various biometric technology factors that have raised privacy and cultural concerns, existing legal frameworks to enhance privacy, the role of biometrics in enhancing privacy, and efforts of the standards community in addressing privacy concerns.
This most excellent book seeks to serve as a bridge between researchers and practitioners. More importantly, this book focuses on the development and deployment issues facing biometric technologies and several open questions that need to be answered for increasing its adoption.
