Seminar 20th October 2010 2 p.m. University of Southampton, Building 67, Room 1027
A Short History of Biometrics in the Media
Professor Mark Nixon
University of Southampton, ECS
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- http://www.events.soton.ac.uk/event/ev:wf-gdmspup4-qrh2oe/
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- Complex Systems, Data Management, Geographic Information Systems, Social and Socio-economic Systems
- Submitter
- Petrina Butler
Professor Mark Nixon
ECSS Academic Lecture Series
This week the ECSS talk shall be about biometrics and their representation in the mass media. Along with this look into the media there shall be a brief history and overview of biometrics, which shall be presented by the ECS faculty member, Professor Mark Nixon, Professor in Computer Vision, ECS, University of Southampton.
The following synopsis has been prepared by our lecturer Professor Nixon, “Biometrics has come a long way in its short history. Essentially, biometrics can recognise you at speed, with convenience, by measurements on some personal trait which are sufficient to distinguish you from other people. These traits include your face, iris or fingerprint and at ECS we have pioneered the use of gait (the way you walk), ear and otoacoustics - many of which have been topics for individual 3rd year projects, MScs and PhDs here at ECS. Each biometric has advantages and disadvantages, e.g. gait is the only biometric available at low resolution (hence at a distance) where other biometrics cannot be perceived. The media were quick to note the emergence of biometrics, so I shall illustrate the talk with excerpts from films and from television whilst providing a short history and overview of biometric technologies.”
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Jennifer Lantair
07900 335732