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A Taxonomy of Definitions for Usability Studies in Biometrics

November 27, 2006
Author(s)
Ross J. Micheals, Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Shahram Orandi
Historically, usability research strives to focus on user behavior in a manner that is as system independent as possible. Although ¿ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Standing Document 2 ¿ Harmonized Biometric Vocabulary, Draft N1779¿ provides a foundation towards common

Summary of Latent Fingerprint work at NIST

November 20, 2006
Author(s)
Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, Michael D. Garris
This paper describes past and present fingerprint activity at NIST. While the primary focus is on latent fingerprints, the paper also surveys relevant general biometrics activity. The central focus of the paper is on the Latent Testing Workshop, held on

Smart Card Authentication for Mobile Devices

September 1, 2006
Author(s)
Wayne Jansen, Serban I. Gavrila, Clement Seveillac
While mobile handheld devices provide productivity benefits, they also pose new risks. User authentication is the best safeguard against the risk of unauthorized use and access to a device¿s contents. This paper describes two novel types of smart card with

Personal Identity Verification Demonstration Summary

August 31, 2006
Author(s)
Erika McCallister, Hildegard Ferraiolo
This paper provides a summary of the NIST Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Demonstration. The PIV Demonstration took place from May 15 to June 14, 2006. Forty-four companies voluntarily participated through a Cooperative Research and Development

Correlation Filters for Elastic-Distorted Live-Scan Fingerprint Recognition

August 15, 2006
Author(s)
D P. Casasent, Craig I. Watson
This is a summary of a multi-year study of the use of distortion-invariant filters for recognition of live-scan dab fingerprints with elastic distortions. These fingerprints are characterized by elastic distortions. NIST special database 24 is used; it

PIV Data Model Test Guidelines

July 31, 2006
Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Ketan Mehta, Pius A. Uzamere, Davie Simon, Nabil Ghadiali, Andrew P. Founds
In order to build the necessary PIV infrastructure to support common unified processes and government-wide use of identity credentials, NIST developed this test guidance document that ensures interoperability of PIV data. This document provides test

When to Fuse Two Biometrics?

June 13, 2006
Author(s)
Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother, George W. Quinn
Biometric fusion, acquisition and combination of multiple pieces of evidence of identity, can achieve higher accuracy of biometric recognition than using a single biometric. However, fusion increases the cost or throughput of the system since it requires

Forensic Tools for Mobile Phone Subscriber Identity Modules

May 31, 2006
Author(s)
Wayne Jansen, Richard Ayers
Cell phones and other handheld devices incorporating cell phone capabilities (e.g., smart phones) are ubiquitous. Besides placing calls, cell phones allow users to perform other tasks such as text messaging and phonebook entry management. When cell phones
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