Operating Center Proposal for The Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR): An I/UCRC in Biometrics

计算机与人类及其所在生物圈的自动交互代表着信息时代计算的一个日益重要的属性。身份识别是这种互动的关键组成部分，无论应用程序是通过互联网远距离投射人类身份、刑事司法和取证，还是医疗诊断和治疗服务。在整个应用范围内定义的自动生物识别系统测量来自人体或环境的生理、行为或生物“签名”，处理和识别可分类的信号分量，然后根据给定应用的参数做出识别决策。有效地解决从生命科学到计算科学所需的生物识别系统研究的广度，对工业和政府来说是一个巨大的挑战。具有凝聚力的大学教职员工群体特别适合解决这一学科交叉领域的创新问题。身份识别技术研究中心(CITER)在四所大学组织了横跨物理、健康、计算机科学和工程学的教师团体的活动，以有效地解决解决自动化先进生物识别技术和系统所需的交叉研究问题。CITER将通过研究新的使能技术，对其各个领域的科学家和工程师进行综合培训，并促进将这一技术转让给私营和政府部门，在这一领域的技术和经济发展中发挥有利作用。

The automated interaction of computers with humans and the biosphere in which they reside represents an increasingly important attribute of computing in the information age. Identification is a critical component of this interaction whether the application be projection of human identity at a distance over the internet, criminal justice and forensics, or medical diagnostics and therapy delivery. Defined across this application spectrum, automated biometric identification systems measure a physiological, behavioral, or biological "signature" from the human body or environment, process and recognizeclassifiable signal components, and then renders an identification decision based upon the parameters of a given application. Effectively addressing the breadth of needed biometric identification system research from the life sciences to the computing sciences represents a significant challenge to industry and government. Cohesive university faculty groups are particularly well suited to address innovations at this intersection of disciplines. The Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) organizes the activities of faculty groups at four universities spanning the physical, health, and computer sciences andengineering, to effectively address the cross-cutting research needed to address automated advance biometric identification technology and systems. CITeR will serve an enabling role in the technical and economic development of this area through research of new enabling technologies, the integrative training of scientists and engineers across its breadth, and the facilitation of the transfer of this technology to the private and government sectors.