MRI:Acquisition of Instrumentation for Biometric Authentication Research: Collaborative Research

这个与西弗吉尼亚大学(05-21034，Ross)合作的项目，支持用于身份保证的生物特征认证研究，作为由美国国土安全部合作资助的国家科学基金会-国际贸易代表办公室赠款的一部分，对正在进行的工作进行补充。这项研究开发了新的生物识别技术，涉及五项任务：-改进需要3D数字化仪的面部识别；-调查需要强大服务器和PC的大规模分布式系统；-模拟系统扩展的匹配性能，需要强大的计算机；-调查作为生物识别的扫视，需要双图像眼球追踪器；以及-探索需要多光谱摄像机的多光谱虹膜成像。这项工作开发分布式生物识别系统的新技术，并进行扩大大型生物识别数据库的实验，旨在提高生物识别在可信和无处不在的计算中的接受度。通过根据对用户的“图像”进行的生理测量来决定用户的身份，生物识别认证系统独特地提供了将个人的存在与他们的网络行为绑定的手段，从而可以牢固地确立意图。因此，该系统允许一个人与数据库中的身份数据进行物理关联，以加强安全保护或滥用/误用个人数据。广泛的影响：已经实施的强大的生物识别课程将得到扩展，从而为国土安全部服务地区的许多人做好准备。随着这些值得信赖的系统成倍增加，工程师的跨学科教育得到了更好的服务。这项工作解决了国土安全中日益重要的问题。

This collaborative project with WVU (05-21034, Ross), supporting research in biometric authentication for identity assurance, complements ongoing work as part of an NSF-ITR grant that is cooperatively funded by the US Department of Homeland Security. The research develops new biometric authentication technologies and involves five tasks:-Improvement of facial recognition that requires a 3D digitizer,-Investigation of large-scale distributed systems that requires powerful servers and PCs;-Simulation of matching performance for system scaling that requires powerful computers;-Investigation of saccades as biometrics that requires Dual-Image eye-trackers; and-Exploration of multi-spectral iris imaging that requires a multi-spectral camera.The work, developing new techniques for distributed biometric systems as well as performing experiments with scaling up large biometric databases, aims at improving the acceptance of biometrics for trusted and ubiquitous computing. By rendering a decision about a user's identity from physiological measurements made on their "image," biometric authentication systems uniquely provide the means for binding an individual's presence with their cyber action so that intent can be firmly established. Hence, the system allows the physical association of a person to the identification data in a database to enhance security protection or abuse/misuse of personal data.Broader Impact: A strong biometric curriculum already in place will be expanded, thus preparing many in areas serviced by Homeland Security. As these trusted systems multiply, interdisciplinary education for engineers is better serviced. The work addresses increasingly important problems in homeland security.