CS
516 - Biometrics
Spring 2010
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Description:
This course is an introductory course on biometrics,
designed to give a good understanding of the general domain and the state-of-the-art.
The topics covered will include the following:
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Overview of biometrics and design of a biometric system;
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Fundamentals of fingerprint, iris, face, signature, hand
geometry, and voice verification and identification technologies;
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Multimodal biometrics;
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Template protection and privacy issues in biometrics;
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Security analysis of biometric systems;
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Pattern recognition techniques used in biometric systems.
The course assumes no initial knowledge of
biometrics. Understanding biometrics technologies thoroughly will require a
good mathematical background in probability, image or signal processing. In
this course, the aim is for the students to have a good understanding of the
terminology, the state-of-the-art, and intermediate understanding of the
approaches in different biometric modalities (understand the math even if you
cannot reproduce it in an exam).
Intended audience is mainly graduate/undergraduate
students who want to work on biometrics, but other interested students who have
taken one of the prerequisites may also take this course.
Prereq: CS512 or EE566 or TE407.
Matlab or other Toolboxes will be used for homework assignments.
Book: The course will consist
of lectures (1-1:30 hours a week) + Paper reading and discussions.
There are several e-books
at the information center. You may use the following to provide a deeper
understanding:
Biometrics
personal identification in networked society / edited by Anil K. Jain and
Ruud Bolle and Sharath Pankanti.
Course Schedule: Wed: 11:40-13:30
Thu:
9:40-10:30 in
Instructor: Berrin Yanikoglu (berrin@sabanciuniv.edu, FENS 2056)
Office Hours: Walk-in.
Tentative Grading: Class participation:
10% + Paper presentation: 10% +
Midterm: 20% + Final project: 30% +
Final exam: 30%
Exams will be in class and test basic
understanding of the material.
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Introduction to Biometrics – 1 week
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Main biometric modalities – 8-9 weeks (about 1 week
for each modality)
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fingerprint
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iris
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face
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signature
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handshape
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voice
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Multimodal biometrics – 1 week
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Template protection and privacy issues in biometrics
– 2 weeks
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Advances and Open issues – 1 week