Are you a biometrics application developer or system integrator? If you are, this book is for you. Editors Anil K. Jain, Ruud Bolle, and Sharath Pankanti, have compiled an outstanding edited book with contributions from dozens of expert authors in the field, that help disseminate the technological aspects and implications of biometrics.

Jain, Bolle, and Pankanti, begin with a brief overview of the biometric technology and the research issues underlying the biometrics-based identification applications. Next, leading experts and pioneers (Lawrence O'Gorman, John J. Weng, Daniel L. Swets, Richard L. Zunkel, John Daugman, Robert "Buzz" Hill, Vishvjit S. Nalwa, Joseph P. Campbell Jr., Francine J Prokoski and Robert B. Riedel) of biometeric technology, describe a particular biometric: its characteristics, the specific problems underlying the design of an identification/authentication system (based on that biometrics), performance evaluation of the existing systems, and open issues which need to be addressed. Then, the leading experts and pioneers (M.S. Obaidat, B. Sadoun, M.S. Nixon, J.N. Carter, D. Cunado, P.S. Huang, S.V. Stevenage, K.C. Persaud, D-H. Lee, H-G line identification: keystroke dynamics, dait, odor, ear, and DNA. Author Robert S. Germain continues by addressing the research issues underlying design of a large identification and authentication system. In addition, authors Lin Hong and Anil K. Jain, deal with biometrics integration issues. Author James L. Wayman, also describes issues underlying performance metrics and fair evaluations. Then, authors Nalini K. Ratha and Ruud Bolle, discuss related integration issues in the context of smartcards. Finally, author John D. Woodward, Jr., discusses privacy and security issues.

This excellent book encompasses the social, legal, and ethical issues, which are crucial to society's accepting the ubiquitous application of biometrics. Along the way though, most of the material covered in this book should be comprehensible to anyone with a moderate scientific background.

This book covers the whole field of biometrics in 19 articles. The articles I read are very well written and have lots of references for further study. I highly recommend the book for those who want a medium depth introduction or details about some specific biometrics.

Este excelente libro contiene un amplio compendio de todas las tecnologías biométricas existentes actualmente. Se dedica todo un capítulo por cada biométrico y estos fueron escritos por diferentes autores. Contiene algunos algoritmos de cada tecnología. La biometría, identificación automática por medio de algún rasgo físico o de comportamiento único de cada individuo, será la llave del siguiente milenio. Ya hacia falta un libro con toda esta información.