SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF COMPUTING
L T P Credits Total Marks
SCSA3086 BIOMETRICS
3 0 0 3 100
COURSE OBJECTIVES
➢ To understand the concept of biometrics and brief functioning of biometric system.
➢ To know different types of biometrics and their benefits in identification system.
➢ To understand threats and increase the biometric system security.
UNIT 1 FUNDAMENTALS AND ARCHITECHTURE 9 Hrs.
Biometric Fundamentals: Introduction – Different authentication system technologies – Benefits of biometrics over traditional authentication systems –
Biometric architecture – Modalities – Applications – Key terms and processes – Accuracy in biometric systems.
UNIT 2 RECOGNITION METHODS 9 Hrs.
Biometric systems based on fingerprint recognition – Iris recognition – Face identification and localization in images – Retina recognition methods –
Human identification based on gait – Speech as biometric data – Signature recognition and keystroke dynamics.
UNIT 3 EVALUATION METRICES 9 Hrs.
Quantitative analysis on the biometrics – Performance evaluation in Biometrics – False acceptance rate – false rejection rate – Standards in Biometrics -
Assessing the Privacy Risks of Biometrics – Designing Privacy - Sympathetic Biometric Systems
UNIT 4 SYSTEM SECURITY 9 Hrs.
Multimodal Biometric systems: Theory and applications – Performance evaluation of multimodal biometric systems – Biometric System Security:
Biometric attacks/tampering – Solutions – Biometric encryption
UNIT 5 POLICY AND CASE STUDY 9 Hrs.
Privacy, Policy and Legal Concerns Raised by Biometrics: Biometrics and Privacy – Legal considerations of Government use of biometrics – Biometrics
and the feasibility of a national ID card – Case studies on physiological, behavioral and multifactor biometrics in identification systems.
Max.45 Hrs.
COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1: Understand the basic Biometric and authentication system
CO2: Study detailed face and human recognition methods.
CO3: Analyse the different evaluation metrics of Biometric.
CO4: Know the security and attacks of Biometric
CO5: Understand privacy challenges in biometrics
CO6: Understand the biometric technology for public policy matters involving security and privacy
TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. R. M. Bolle, J. H. Connell, S. Pankanti, N. K. Ratha, and A. W. Senior, “Guide to Biometrics”, Springer, 2004.
2. Benjamin Muller, “Security, Risk and the Biometric State: Governing Borders and Bodies”, Routledge, 1st Edition.
3. Anil K jain, Patrick Flynn, Arun A. (Eds.), “Handbook of Biometrics”, Springer, 2008.
4. John D. Woodward, Jr. Nicholas M. Orlans Peter T. Higgins, “Biometrics”, Dreamtech.
5. Samir Nanavathi, Michel Thieme, Raj Nanavathi,” Biometrics -Identity verification in a network”, Wiley Eastern.
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions carrying 2 marks each – No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks
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