Biometrics: Questions & Answers

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Abstract

Over the past 30 years, biometric recognition has permeated our society as seen by its use in unlocking smart phones, international border crossings, access control, surveillance and civil registration programs. These applications are in addition to the long-standing deployment of biometrics in law enforcement and forensics. The use of biometric traits either by themselves or in conjunction with other tokens (multi-factor authentication) is in response to the growing concerns about efficient and secure delivery of services. Despite this progress, biometrics has its limitations. The past decade has seen a growing push towards improving biometric recognition performance, especially in unconstrained scenarios. The next decade will likely see a growing emphasis on trust and privacy, identity for development, and identity for all. In this talk, I will address some of the frequently asked questions about biometrics which would assist the audience to appreciate state-of-the-art and envision fruitful directions for research and technological advances.

Biography

Anil Jain is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Michigan State University. He is a Fellow of the ACM and IEEE and is a recipient of Guggenheim, Humboldt, Fulbright, and King-Sun Fu awards. He served as editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, and was appointed to the United States Defense Science Board and Forensic Science Standards Board. Jain was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, The World Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Anil Jain
Michigan State University, US