SVKM’s NMIMS University
Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering
Program: B. Tech / MBA Tech (Computer Semester: VI
Engineering) / B. Tech Artificial Intelligence
Course: Biometrics Code:
Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme
Lecture Practical Tutorial
Credit Internal Term End
(Hours (Hours (Hours
Continuous Examinations
per per per week)
Assessment (TEE)
week) week)
(ICA) (Marks -50) (Marks -100)
2 2 0 3 Marks Scaled to Marks Scaled to
50 50
Prerequisite: Image Processing
Course Objective
This course is designed to cover Biometric Identification Science and Technology.
Course Outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to-
1.Understand the importance of biometric based system
2.Apply Image Processing techniques in designing the Biometric based solution
3.Design a n d d e v e l o p various biometric recognition systems considering their
e t h i c a l responsibility
4.Understand the multimodal Biometric based recognition system.
Detailed Syllabus
Unit Description Duration
1 Introduction to Biometrics 04
Biometric attributes, Biometric data, System overview,
Privacy and its challenges, Biometric matching basics,
authentication, identification.
2 Types of Biometrics 06
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.
3 Multimodal Systems 05
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Advantages of mult imodal system, Types of
multimodal system, Combination techniques: Feature
level fusion, score level fusion, decision level fusion.
Performance Testing and reporting, Errors in the test
set, matching issues.
4 Biometric Performance hierarchy 08
The statistical basis of biometric system, hypothesis
testing, The False Match, False Non-Match and Equal
Error Rates, ROC curves, DET curves, Identification -
CMC curve, verification, Dealing with uncertainty,
Systematic Errors, Sampling Errors, Confidence
Interval Interpretation, Computing Confidence
Intervals, Parametric Techniques, Non-parametric
Bootstrapping, Statistical measures of Biometrics,
Comparison of privacy factor in different biometrics
technologies.
5 Biometrics for Network Security Applications 07
Iris Recognition, Fingerprint Recognition, Surveillance
Systems.
Total 30
Text Books
1. Ted Dunstone a n d Neil Yager, Biometric System and D a t a A n a l y s i s :
Design, Evaluation, and data Mining, Springer,2009.
2. R. M. Bolle, J. H. Connell, S . Pankanti, N. K. Ratha, and A . W. Senoir, Guide to
Biometrics, Springer,2006.
Reference Books
1. A. K. Jain, R. Bolle and S . Pankanti, Personal Identification in Networked society,
Kluwer Academic Publishers,2005
2. John Vacca, Biometrics Technologies and verification Systems, Elsevier
Inc., 2007
Laboratory / Tutorial work
8 to 10 experiments (and a practicum where applicable) based on the syllabus.
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