REU Site: Frontier Technologies for Biometrics and Authentication

REU 网站：生物识别和身份验证前沿技术

• 批准号: 2050910
• 负责人: Wenyao Xu
• 金额: $ 39.36万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050910&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Frontier; Technologies; Biometrics

This project establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. Undergraduate students across the nation will work with a group of experienced faculty members and industrial mentors and conduct cutting-edge research in biometrics and authentication during each summer. Biometrics is replacing traditional passwords and becoming the most preferred authentication approach in daily-life scenarios, including mobile applications, banking, and border security. The trend leads to an impressive upsurge in the industry's need to hire scientists and engineers with biometric computing skills. To hardness the biometric technology and meet the increasing industry demand, biometrics and authentication have become a core part of the cybersecurity course curriculum. This REU site will provide a short-term intensive research training experience to a group of undergraduate researchers to prepare them for a career in the field of cybersecurity and benefit their graduate applications and job hunting. Through various activities such as hands-on projects, seminars, demos, presentations, field trips, and other professional development opportunities, undergraduate students will also enhance their professional skills. This REU site aims to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in research activities.Despite substantial previous efforts, there remain unresolved challenges about the effectiveness and management of systems for biometric recognition, as well as the appropriateness and societal impacts of their use. Moreover, the general public has been exposed to biometrics largely as high-technology gadgets in spy thrillers or as fear instilling instruments of state or corporate surveillance in speculative fiction. The following research problems in biometrics are challenging and unexplored, but of great importance to trustworthy biometrics: new biometric modality, anti-spoofing, cancelability, continuous authentication, and societal acceptance. The problem formulation and solutions will help the community strengthen the understanding of biometrics in individual identification and authentication. Specifically, under the long-term vision of biometrics and authentication, this REU site will focus on the two fundamental research directions on (A) biometric modality and (B) biometric security. Specifically, the research projects for undergraduate students will be built on top of six (6) research areas under the theme of Biometrics and Authentication, including 1) Biometric Sensors & Hardware, 2) Biometric Data Processing, 3) Authentication Algorithms, 4) Biometrics System Security, 5) User Interface Optimization, and 6) Attacks & Countermeasures. Research outcomes include a set of cutting-edge biometric technologies, including emerging physiological and behavioral biometrics, continuous and revocable authentication, vulnerabilities, and mitigation approaches to new attacks to biometric authentication.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目为布法罗大学计算机科学与工程系主持的本科生（REU）网站建立了新的研究经验。全国各地的本科生将与一群经验丰富的教职员工和工业导师合作，并在每个夏天在生物识别技术和身份验证方面进行尖端研究。生物识别技术正在替换传统密码，并成为日常生活场景中最喜欢的身份验证方法，包括移动应用程序，银行业和边境安全。这种趋势导致该行业聘请具有生物识别计算技能的科学家和工程师的需求令人印象深刻。为了硬度生物识别技术并满足行业不断增长的需求，生物识别技术和身份验证已成为网络安全课程课程的核心部分。此REU网站将为一群本科研究人员提供短期强化的研究培训经验，以准备在网络安全领域的职业生涯，并使他们的研究生应用程序和求职。通过各种活动，例如动手项目，研讨会，演示，演示，实地考察和其他专业发展机会，本科生也将提高其专业技能。此REU网站旨在扩大代表性不足的群体参与研究活动的参与。尽管事先进行了实质性的努力，但仍未解决有关生物识别系统的有效性和管理以及其使用的适当性和社会影响的挑战。此外，公众已经接触了生物识别技术，主要是间谍惊悚片中的高科技小工具，或者害怕在投机小说中灌输国家或公司监视的工具。生物识别技术中的以下研究问题具有挑战性且尚未探索，但对于值得信赖的生物识别技术至关重要：新的生物识别方式，抗疾病，消除性，连续身份验证和社会接受。问题制定和解决方案将有助于社区在个人识别和身份验证中加强对生物识别技术的理解。具体而言，在生物识别技术和身份验证的长期愿景下，此REU站点将重点介绍（a）生物识别方式和（b）生物识别安全性的两个基本研究方向。具体而言，本科生的研究项目将建立在生物识别和身份验证的主题的六（6）个研究领域，包括1）生物识别传感器和硬件，2）生物识别数据处理，3）身份验证算法，4）生物量表系统安全性，5）5）用户界面优化和6）攻击和攻击和抗衡器。 Research outcomes include a set of cutting-edge biometric technologies, including emerging physiological and behavioral biometrics, continuous and revocable authentication, vulnerabilities, and mitigation approaches to new attacks to biometric authentication.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.