edited by Haizhou Li (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) , Liyuan Li (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) , & Kar-Ann Toh (Yonsei University, Korea)

Biometrics is the study of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based on one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral traits. After decades of research activities, biometrics, as a recognized scientific discipline, has advanced considerably both in practical technology and theoretical discovery to meet the increasing need of biometric deployments. In this book, the editors provide both a concise and accessible introduction to the field as well as a detailed coverage on the unique research problems with their solutions in a wide spectrum of biometrics research ranging from voice, face, fingerprint, iris, handwriting, human behavior to multimodal biometrics. The contributions also present the pioneering efforts and state-of-the-art results, with special focus on practical issues concerning system development. This book is a valuable reference for established researchers and it also gives an excellent introduction for beginners to understand the challenges.

• I²R Systems in NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation
• Speech Characterization and Feature Extraction for Speaker Recognition
• A Knowledge-Based Approach to Speech Recognition
• Fundamentals of Edge-Based Face Recognition
• Robust Face Recognition
• Kernel Nonlinear Discriminating Features for Face Recognition
• 3D Face Recognition
• An Introduction to Fingerprint Recognition
• Minutia-Based Fingerprint Recognition
• Robust Reference Point Detection for Fingerprint Verification Using a Gradient Probabilistic Model
• Constrained Nonlinear Phase Portrait Model of Fingerprints Orientation and Its Application for Fingerprints Classification
• Gummy Fingers
• Fingerprint Focal Point Localization
• Silhouette-Based Gait Recognition
• Handwriting and Signature Biometrics
• An Introduction to Human Activity Analysis
• A Vision System for Recognition of Behavioral Biometrics in Pool Environment
• Human Metric Constrained Efficient Human Detection from Images
• Multimodal Biometrics Fusion: An Overview and Some Recent Developments
• User-Specific Score Normalization and Fusion for Biometric Person Recognition
• Cancelable Biometrics: Multiple Random Projections and Its Extensions
• Hand-Geometry Recognition
• Biometric Authentication for Mobile Communication Applications
• Contextual Modeling of Functional MR Images
• and other papers