Advanced Studies in Biometrics

The ability to automatically recognize an individual has increasingly been acknowledged as a significant step in many application domains. In the last decade, several recognition and identification systems have been utilized: fingerprints, face and facial features, retinal scans, iris patterns, hand geometry, DNA traces, and gait, and others. Not only have research tools been developed, but a notable number of new applications have been observed, making studies on biometrics a very stimulating but also challenging area.