Course title: Introduction to Biometrics: Application to Computer Security
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Course description
Biometrics has emerged from relatively specialized use in the criminal
forensics domain to more mainstream use for computer authentication,
identification, document security, and surveillance for public safety. This
emergence has been accompanied by an expansion in biometric modality from
mainly fingerprints to other novel biometrics such as face, iris, hand, and
voice.

This course will concentrate on the unique advantages that biometrics brings
to computer security. Students will gain knowledge in the building blocks of
this field: signal processing, pattern recognition, security and privacy. By
the end of the course students will be able to evaluate and design security
systems that include biometrics and their usability and privacy
implications.

A prototype of biometric voice security system will be provided to students
to gain hands-on experience. Students can participate in the enrollment
process to register their voice prints, as well as in the verification
process to experience voice authentication --- all through a phone device
from anywhere, at anytime.