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The NIST Human ID Evaluation Framework

April 1, 2003
Author(s)
Ross J. Micheals, Patrick J. Grother, P J. Phillips
In this paper, we investigate the utility of static anthropometric distances as a biometric for human identification. The 3D landmark data from the CAESAR database is used to form a simple biometric consisting of distances between fixed rigidly connected

Biometric Standards -- A Key to a More Secure World

March 1, 2003
Author(s)
Michael D. Hogan, Fernando L. Podio
Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an array of highly secure identification and verification solutions. Over the past eighteen months, the U.S has quickly worked to establish formal standards groups for accelerating and harmonizing the

Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 Performance Metrics

March 1, 2003
Author(s)
Patrick Grother, Ross J. Micheals, P. Jonathon Phillips
We present the methodology and recognition performance characteristics used in the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002. We refine the notion of a biometric imposter, and show that the traditional measures of identification and verification performance are

Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002: Evaluation Report

March 1, 2003
Author(s)
P J. Phillips, Patrick J. Grother, Ross J. Micheals, D M. Blackburn, Elham Tabassi, M Bone
The Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2002 is an independently administered technology evaluation of mature face recognition systems. FRVT 2002 provides performance measures for assessing the capability of face recognition systems to meet requirement for

Spotlight - Biometric Authentication -- Are You Who You Claim To Be?

March 1, 2003
Author(s)
Michael D. Hogan
The recent establishment of the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1/Subcomittee 37 (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37) on Biometrics is a major development in international standardization

Fingerprint Matching Using Distortion Tolerant Filters

February 13, 2003
Author(s)
Craig I. Watson, D P. Casasent
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of distortion tolerant filters to improve the performance of fingerprint correlation matching. Previous work has shown that correlation matching of fingerprints is susceptible to larger false alarm rates than

Dependence Characteristics of Face Recognition Algorithms

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
Andrew L. Rukhin, Patrick J. Grother, P J. Phillips, Stefan D. Leigh, E M. Newton, Nathanael A. Heckert
Nonparametric statistics for quantifying dependence between the output rankings of face recognition algorithms are described. Analysis of the archived results of a large face recognition study shows that even the better algorithms exhibit significantly

Recommendation for Interstate Criminal History Transmission Specification

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Michael D. Garris
This report contains technical comments and recommendations regarding the ¿Interstate Criminal History Transmission Specification ¿ XML Version 2.01¿ published June 2001. This specification was written by a national task force, the Joint Task Force on Rap

User's Guide to NIST Fingerprint Image Software (NFIS)

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Michael D. Garris, Craig I. Watson, R. McCabe, Charles L. Wilson
This report documents a public domain fingerprint image software distribution developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The software technology contained in this distribution is a

Meta-Analysis of Face Recognition Algorithms

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
P J. Phillips, E M. Newton
To obtain a quantitative assessment of the state of automatic face recognition, we performed a meta-analysis of performance results of face recognition algorithms in the literature. The analysis was conducted on 24 papers that report identification

Optical Path Difference Measurement Techniques for SLMs

March 1, 2001
Author(s)
Patrick J. Grother, D P. Casasent
A simple measurement method to obtain 2-D spatial point-by-point optical path difference (OPD) data for spatial light modulators (SLMs) is described. A simple imaging system is used that allows measurements of all SLM parameters on the same laboratory

Computational and Performance Aspects of PCA-Based Face Recognition Algorithms

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
H Moon, P. Jonathon Phillips
Principal component analysis (PCA) based algorithms form the basis of numerous algorithms and studies in the psychological and algorithmic face recognition literature. PCA is a statistical technique and its incorporation into a face recognition algorithm

Composite Filter for VanderLugt Correlator

February 4, 1999
Author(s)
Craig I. Watson, Charles L. Wilson, E G. Paek, Patrick J. Grother
This paper will examines the use of composite filters for improving the effectiveness of a Vanderlugt correlator when used for fingerprint identification. A digital simulation, which accounts for noise sources in the optical setup, is used to design and

Support Vector Machines Applied to Face Recognition

November 1, 1998
Author(s)
P J. Phillips
Face recognition is a K class problem, where K is the number of known individuals; and support vector machines (SVMs) are a binary classification method. By reformulating the face recognition problem and re-interpreting the output of the SVM classifier, we
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