"Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society" is a comprehensive and accessible source of state-of-the-art information on all existing and emerging biometrics: the science of automatically identifying individuals based on their physiological or behavior characteristics. In particular, the book covers: general principles and ideas of designing biometric-based systems and their underlying tradeoffs; identification of important issues in the evaluation of biometrics-based systems; integration of biometric cues, and the integration of biometrics with other existing technologies; assessment of the capabilities and limitations of different biometrics. It provides: the comprehensive examination of biometric methods in commercial use and in research development; exploration of some of the numerous privacy and security implications of biometrics. Also included are chapters on face and eye identification, speaker recognition, networking, and other timely technology-related issues. All chapters are written by leading internationally recognized experts from academia and industry.

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