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Uncertainty-Aware Face Recognition
In this chapter, we introduced the motivation of data uncertainty estimation in deep face recognition systems as well as its applications. From a probabilistic perspective, traditional deep face embeddings can...
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Reducing Bias in Face Recognition
In this chapter, we estimate the demographic bias in FR (Face Recognition) algorithms and introduce two methods to mitigate the demographic impact on FR performance. The goal of this research is to learn a fai...
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Fingerprint Sensing
This chapter surveys available fingerprint acquisition techniques: from the traditional “ink on paper” to live-scan sensing based on optical, capacitive, and ultrasonic technologies. Technological advancements...
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Fingerprint Matching
This chapter formalizes the fingerprint matching problem, namely finding a similarity between any given fingerprint pair. The requirements of the matching problem are high similarity values between two impress...
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Latent Fingerprint Recognition
Latent fingerprints (or fingermarks) are the traces of friction ridges left by fingers touching object surfaces. Because of their poor quality, latent fingerprints have been (and still often are) processed sem...
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Fingerprint Individuality
Scientific evidence supporting fingerprint individuality (i.e., quantifying the extent of uniqueness of a fingerprint) is being increasingly demanded, particularly in forensic applications when a suspect is tr...
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Tuberculosis of the Axial Skeleton
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a socioeconomic disease and robust public health programs are needed for prevention. The prevalence is region dependent. Extra-pulmonary TB is typically paucibacillary; ZN stains an...
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Introduction
This chapter presents an introduction to biometric and, in particular, fingerprint recognition systems and provides some historical timeline on fingerprints and their adoption in forensic and civilian recognit...
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Fingerprint Analysis and Representation
This chapter introduces classical domain knowledge-based and emerging learning-based techniques for feature extraction in fingerprints. Specific sections are dedicated to explain the most effective approaches ...
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Fingerprint Classification and Indexing
This chapter focuses on fingerprint type classification and indexing techniques designed to speed up fingerprint identification on large databases. Exclusive classification techniques are first reviewed and th...
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Fingerprint Synthesis
Synthetic fingerprints, when properly generated, represent a reasonable substitute for real fingerprints for the design, training, and benchmarking of fingerprint recognition algorithms. This approach is parti...
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Securing Fingerprint Systems
This chapter discusses the security issues and countermeasures that can be used to build secure fingerprint recognition systems. After an introduction to the different types of attacks that can be potentially ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Jointly De-Biasing Face Recognition and Demographic Attribute Estimation
We address the problem of bias in automated face recognition and demographic attribute estimation algorithms, where errors are lower on certain cohorts belonging to specific demographic groups. We present a no...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cross-Database Face Antispoofing with Robust Feature Representation
With the wide applications of user authentication based on face recognition, face spoof attacks against face recognition systems are drawing increasing attentions. While emerging approaches of face antispoofin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
On Latent Fingerprint Image Quality
Latent fingerprints which are lifted from surfaces of objects at crime scenes play a very important role in identifying suspects in the crime scene investigations. Due to poor quality of latent fingerprints, a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Image Tag Completion by Noisy Matrix Recovery
It is now generally recognized that user-provided image tags are incomplete and noisy. In this study, we focus on the problem of tag completion that aims to simultaneously enrich the missing tags and remove noisy...
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Fingerprint Template Protection: From Theory to Practice
One of the potential vulnerabilities in a biometric system is the leakage of biometric template information, which may lead to serious security and privacy threats. Most of the available template protection te...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Nighttime Face Recognition at Long Distance: Cross-Distance and Cross-Spectral Matching
Automatic face recognition capability in surveillance systems is important for security applications. However, few studies have addressed the problem of outdoor face recognition at a long distance (over 100 me...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Structure and Context in Prostatic Gland Segmentation and Classification
A novel gland segmentation and classification scheme applied to an H&E histology image of the prostate tissue is proposed. For gland segmentation, we associate appropriate nuclei objects with each lumen object...
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Biometric Recognition: An Overview
Prevailing methods of human identification based on credentials (identification documents and PIN) are not able to meet the growing demands for stringent security in applications such as national ID cards, bor...