Practical Biometrics: From Aspiration to Implementation (Springer Professional Computing) - Hardcover

Ashbourn, Julian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852337745 ISBN 13: 9781852337742

Publisher: Springer, 2003

Synopsis

Containing a wealth of real world advice and written from an operational perspective, "Practical Biometrics" examines the many issues raised by the application of biometric technologies to practical situations, with specific regard to wide scale public applications. It acts as a practical guide to implementation, identifying the associated issues around:

* Scalability in applications featuring biometric verification techniques

* Interoperability, both from a technical and operational perspective

* Ethnicity and the associated implications for biometric verification checks

* Failure to enroll and other error conditions

* User psychology – the less obvious, but vitally important aspects of operational performance.

"Practical Biometrics" provides an invaluable resource to program managers, application developers, consultants, and other interested in this technology.

About this title

About the Author

Julian Ashbourn is an established author with an incredibly wide experience in information technology, identity management and electronics in general. He also has an avid interest in the geosciences and the natural world, an area where he is currently undertaking some interesting research. He is a highly experienced public speaker and has travelled the world giving presentations, running workshops and generally raising awareness of key concepts. He has been responsible for introducing new areas of research and has also undertaken a good deal of voluntary work in the context of technology in society. He continues to maintain these broad interests and welcomes suggestions for new research and associated activities.

From the Back Cover

Given the current governmental interest in the wide deployment of biometric techniques in relation to national identity cards, pass­ports, social security and other areas, the concept of Biometric ldentity Verification remains very topical.
Containing a wealth of real world advice and written from an operational rather than purely academic perspective, "Practical Biometrics" examines the many issues raised by the application of biometric technologies to practical situations.

Key Topics
this book concentrates on the practical implementation of bio­metric verification techniques, with specific regard to wide scale public applications. It acts as a practical guide to implementation, identifying the associated issues around:
* Scalability in applications featuring biometric verification techniques
* interoperability, both from a technical and operational perspective
* Ethnicity and the associated implications for biometric verification checks
* Failure to enrol and other error conditions
* User psychology - the less obvious, but vitally important aspects of operational performance
Julian Ashbourn is an experienced and successful author and is a recognized expert in the field of biometrics, smart cards and related technologies, lecturing globally on the subject and contributing to various professional journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852337745
• ISBN 13: 9781852337742
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 159