This book considers biometric technology in a broad light, integrating the concept seamlessly into mainstream IT, while discussing the cultural attitudes and the societal impact of identity management. Features: summarizes the material covered at the beginning of every chapter, and provides chapter-ending review questions and discussion points; reviews identity verification in nature, and early historical interest in anatomical measurement; provides an overview of biometric technology, presents a focus on biometric systems and true systems integration, examines the concept of identity management, and predicts future trends; investigates performance issues in biometric systems, the management and security of biometric data, and the impact of mobile devices on biometrics technology; explains the equivalence of performance across operational nodes, introducing the APEX system; considers the legal, political and societal factors of biometric technology, in addition to user psychology and other human factors.
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Julian Ashbourn has been at the forefront of the biometrics industry since its inception, not as a creator or seller of biometric systems but as an implementer and user of the technology. This book picks up where his previous book,
Practical Biometrics: From Aspiration to Implementation
, left off, providing an authoritative understanding of both the technical and human factors involved in implementation of this important technology. - William Saito, Founder & CEO, Intecur, K.K., Tokyo, Japan
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Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
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Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-85729-466-1 (9780857294661)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-85729-467-8
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Julian Ashbourn is an experienced and successful author on topics ranging from computer science and identity management through to geoscience and the natural sciences in general. His publications include the Springer titles Biometrics in the New World, Guide to Biometrics for Large-Scale Systems, and BANTAM User Guide.
Last 20 years, he's undertaken three concurrent activities: Working for British Airways IT Dept; Working with Government agencies around the world re the application of biometric; Working in the Natural and Physical Sciences producing an archive for the Geological Society.
He has retired but has taken up numerous projects, including recording symphony orchestras, concert bands, folk groups, choirs and other musicians; composing both symphonic works, jazz and other music; authoring additional books on specialist subjects; recording and analyzing bird song and natural sounds.
He has published with Springer many times in many subject areas.
