School of Computing

Module details

EL846 Industrial Context of Biometrics (15 credits)

Syllabus

This module provides an examination of the importance of standards and regulation in biometric systems and examines associated standardisation bodies and procedures: Issues related to data collection: volunteer sampling and ethical issues are also addressed. The module is accompanied by a significant number of industrially led colloquia introducing students to the current industrial context for the course.

  • Standards:
    Importance of standards and regulation; Standardisation bodies and procedures: ISO, ANSI, NIST, BSI, CEN, etc; OSI security architecture and ISO security framework; Real world security requirements in civil aviation, e commerce, etc; Standards for encryption and key management; Biometrics related standards; Guideline for secure systems management. CBEFF, BIOAPI, Data Formats.
  • Testing & Evaluation:
    Data collection: volunteer sampling; ethical issues; multi-session transaction; impostor data generation; Standard databases;
  • Analysis:
    Data visualization; Statistical analysis of experimental observations; validation of the test results;
  • Evaluation criteria and best practices guidelines; Reporting;
  • Industrial Colloquia:
    There will be a series of colloquia given by distinguished academics and/or speakers from industry on contemporary challenging issues.
  • Expected topics for seminars:
    Contemporary research & developments in security and biometrics
    Challenges in industry
    Government/European/Global policy on security issues
    Perspectives from the law enforcement agencies
    Legal, Societal and Ethical Issues

This module is delivered by the School of Engineering and Digital Arts.

Note

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