Course - Biometrics - IMT4126
Biometrics
Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.
About
About the course
Course content
- General overview of biometric systems
- Design of biometric systems
- Authentication vs. Identification
- Performance analysis
- Biological characteristics: e.g. Fingerprint, vein, face, iris, periocular
- Behavioural characteristics: e.g. Keystroke dynamics, gait, signature
- Multimodal biometrics
- Continuous biometric authentication
- Biometric sample quality
- Privacy and template protection
- Presentation attacks: artefacts and possibilities for mimicking
- Biometric standards
- Biometric applications
Learning outcome
Knowledge: -The candidate possesses advanced knowledge in Biological and Behavioural Biometrics. -The candidate possesses thorough knowledge about theory and scientific methods relevant for design, development and operation of biometric access control systems. -The candidate is capable of applying his/her knowledge in new fields of IT-security systems. -The candidate is capable of updating his/her own knowledge in authentication related topics.
Skills: -The candidate is capable of analyzing existing theories, methods and interpretations in the field of biometrics and working independently on solving theoretical and practical problems. -The candidate can use relevant scientific methods in independent research and development in biometrics. -The candidate is capable of performing critical analysis of various literature sources and applying them in structuring and formulating scientific reasoning in biometrics. -The candidate is capable of carrying out an independent limited research or development project in biometrics under supervision, following the applicable ethical rules.
General competence: -The candidate is capable of analyzing problems in biometrics. -The candidate is capable of applying his/her biometric knowledge and skills in new fields, in order to accomplish advanced tasks and projects. -The candidate can work independently and is familiar with biometric terminology (i.e. ISO/IEC 2382-37). -The candidate is capable of discussing professional problems, analyses and conclusions in the field of biometrics, both with specialists and with general audience. -The candidate is capable of contributing to innovation. -The candidate is capable of taking part in debates in national and international fora within the field of authentication and behavioural biometrics.
Learning methods and activities
- Lectures
- Project work
- Tutoring
Additional information:
- Course lectures are given as a full week seminar at the start of the semester.
- Students shall provide a research report (term paper) on a topic that is chosen by the student in coordination with the teachers.
- Exam on the whole content of the course.
Coursework requirement: Minimum number of approved exercises will be specified at the start of the course.
Compulsory assignments
- Øvinger / Practicals
Further on evaluation
The course is graded based on a project report (66/100) and a final exam (34/100).
The students will select a project (term paper) topic at the start of the course and at the end of the course they will deliver a report and present the content in a short presentation. There will be a preliminary submission of the report and each of these submissions will be reviewed by 2 other students and one senior research group member.
Based on the comments in the reviews the students should delivery their final report. Students are required to join all the presentations on the day they present their own project! The course is graded based on
- The quality of the final report;
- The quality of the reviews provided on other preliminary reports;
- The quality of the presentation;
- The involvement during other presentations.
During the seminar the students will be get daily exercises of which at least minimal number has to be passed as a mandatory part of the course. The minimal number will be announced at the start of the course.
Re-sit for the written exam in summer (August), might be changed to oral exam.
Students who have passed the mandatory part of the course do not need to do this again in case they retake the course the following year.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Information Security (MIS)
Information Security (MISD)
Course materials
Course is based on scientific articles provided to the students. Other recommended (but not mandatory) literature is
- LI , S . Z. , AND JAIN, A. K. , Eds. Handbook of Face Recognition. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 2011.
- MALTONI , D. , MAIO, D. , JAIN, A. K. , AND PRABHAKAR , S . Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition. Springer, 2009.
- WAYMAN, J . , JAIN, A. , MALTONI , D. , AND MAI O, D. , Biometric Systems. Springer, 2005.
- JAIN, L.C. , HALICI, U. , HAYASHI, I. ; LEE, S.B., TSUTSUI, S. Intelligent Biometric Techniques in Fingerprint and Face Recognition. CRC Press, 1999.
- TUYLS, P., SKROIC, B., KEVENAAR, T. Security with Noisy Data. Springer, 2007
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| IMT4621 | 5 sp | Autumn 2017 |
| IMT4722 | 2.5 sp | Autumn 2017 |
Subject areas
- Information Security
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology