Special session on ‘Security through human-factors and biometrics’
Collocated with: The 6th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2013)
http://www.sinconf.org/sin2013/

Proceedings by ACM Press and Digital Library.

Session Chairs:
Tugkan Tuglular
SOFTIN Technology, Turkey
tugkan.tuglular@softin.com.tr
Sambit Bakshi
National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
sambitbaksi@gmail.com

Important Dates:
Paper Submission: July 15, 2013
Notification: August 10, 2013
Camera Ready & Author Registration: August 30, 2013
Conference Dates: November 26-28, 2013

Aim and Scope:
Biometrics is the science of identifying or verifying every individual in a set of people uniquely by using physiological or behavioral characteristics possessed by the user. Opposed to the knowledge-based and token-based security systems, cutting-edge biometrics-based identification systems offer higher security and less probability of spoofing. The need of biometric systems is increasing in day-to-day activities due to its ease of use by common people, e.g. in attendance system of organizations, citizenship proof, door lock for high security zones etc. Financial sector, government, and reservation systems are adopting biometric technologies to ensure highest possible security in their own domains and to maintain signed activity log of every individual.
The special session will serve as a platform to cover the advanced topics and approaches towards developing biometric systems and technologies, especially the plausible applications of biometrics for securing the society. All accepted articles will be published by ACM Press and Digital Library.
The scope of special session includes, but is not limited to:
Face, fingerprint, iris, periocular region, lip, palm, signature, hand geometry, knuckle, ear, gait, retina, DNA, footprint, voice, heartbeat, dental biometric etc.
Feature extraction, pattern classification, matching techniques for biometrics algorithms
Biometrics systems for border control security
Biometrics systems for verification and identification
Database indexing techniques for biometrics systems
Protocols, cryptography, biometric standards for biometrics systems
Security and reliability assessment for biometrics systems
Online and offline biometric systems
Performance assessment and resource computation in biometrics systems
Multi-classifiers fusion and score weighting schemes in biometrics
Machine vision and soft computing techniques in biometrics fusion
Match score level, feature level, rank level, sensor level fusions for biometrics systems
Feature quality improvements, feature update, feature matching in biometrics
Adaptive biometric systems; Biometrics template security
Biometrics in affective computing
Emotion Recognition
Action units recognition in biometric systems
Extended features in biometrics
Recognition at distance
Biometrics alteration
Heterogeneous biometrics systems
Avatar recognition
Age invariant biometrics recognition
Matching sketches to photos
Cognitive Biometrics
Multibiometrics
Soft biometrics
Cancellable biometrics
Biometric database management
Standardization in biometric applications
Biometric acquisition methodologies