CPE407/ECG607 Biometrics Spring 2008: 3 credits
Taught by				Dr. Pushkin Kachroo pushkin@vt.edu
Grading			Tests/HW: 65%; Final: 30%; Guaranteed Grades: A- ( > 90%); B- ( > 80%); C- ( > 70%);
Lecture Room			WRI C307
Lecture Time			TR; Time: 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Office Hours			Location: TBE B108; T,Th 01:00 - 02:00 P.M. ; F: 11:30 AM-01:00 P.M.
Textbook				Guide to Biometrics (Springer Professional Computing) by Ruud Bolle, Jonathan Connell, Sharanthchandra Pankanti, and Nalini Ratha (Hardcover - Nov 6, 2003)
Schedule
Dates	Days	Topics
Jan 21	T	Introduction			Chapter I: Lecture
	R	Authentication and Biometrics			Chapter II
Jan 28	T	Common Biometrics			Chapter III
	R	Additional Biometrics			Chapter IV
Feb 4	T	Test 1
	R	Basic System Errors			Chapter V
Feb 11	T	Identification System Errors			Chapter VI
	R	Performance Testing			Chapter VII
Feb 18	T	Selecting a Biometric			Chapter VIII
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Feb 25	T	Examples: zvetco facecell ID handpunch bio-flash			passwd software SDK speaker
	R	Test 2
Mar 3	T	Project Proposal Presentations
	R	Creating and Maintaining Databases			Chapter IX Lecture
Mar 10	T	Large Scale Applications			Chapter X Lecture
	R	Integrating Information			Chapter XI Lecture
Mar 17	T	Spring Break
	R	Spring Break
Mar 24	T	Thwarting Attacks			Chapter XII Lecture
	R	Test3
Mar 31	T	APIs, Standards and Databases			Chapter XIII Lecture
	R	Biometric’s Individuality			Chapter XIV Lecture
Apr 7	T	Biometric’s Individuality
	R	Neural Networks			Intro Lecture Unsupervised Learning Problem1
Apr 14	T	Fuzzy Logic			Fuzzy Control Book Practical Approach Book
	R	Genetic Algorithms/simulated annealing			Notes Simulation Simulated Annealing optimization
Apr 21	T	Bayesian Approach/ Hidden Markov Chains			Bayesian HMM
	R	Test4
Apr 28	T	Project Presentations
	R	Project Presentations
May 5	T	Review			Study Week
	R				Study Week