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Project: Secure Multimodal Biometric Recognition System using Distributed Source Coding

Acronym: BioSec
Main Objective:
Biometric recognition systems target the automatic recognition of a person’s identity based on physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics (something a person is or produces). In particular, verification systems perform one to one authentication, comparing the captured biometric data with that person’s own biometric template (a mathematical representation of the biometric features extracted during the enrolment phase) previously stored in the system.
One of the major vulnerabilities associated to biometric recognition systems is that once a biometric template becomes compromised, it cannot be reissued, updated or destroyed. An attacker could then gain access to all the accounts/services/applications using that same biometric trait.
The main goal of the project is to create a secure multimodal biometric verification system, supporting the generation of different templates from the same biometric data, as well as cancellable templates. Furthermore, the privacy of the original biometric data needs to be guaranteed, not allowing its recovery from the stored data.
State-of-the-art methods will be extended by considering a biometric verification system based on distributed source coding principles and cryptographic hash functions, to enhance security with respect to traditional biometric systems. The additional consideration of multimodal biometrics helps preventing spoof attempts by imposters while increasing recognition rates.
Reference: PTDC/EEA-TEL/098755/2008
Funding: FCT/PTDC
Start Date: 01-03-2010
End Date: 01-02-2013
Team: Paulo Luis Serras Lobato Correia, Luís Eduardo de Pinho Ducla Soares, Maurício Abreu Ramalho, Sandro Noto
Groups: Multimedia Signal Processing – Lx
Partners:
Local Coordinator: Paulo Luis Serras Lobato Correia

Associated Publications
  • 1Papers in Journals
  • M. Ramalho, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Hand-Based Multimodal Identification System with Secure Biometric Template Storage, IET Computer Vision, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 165 - 173, June, 2012,
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  • 12Papers in Conferences
  • S. Sanchit, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Improved Rotation-Invariant Degraded Partial Palmprint Recognition Technique, International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics - IWBF, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., April, 2013,
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  • A. Nambiar, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Frontal Gait Recognition Combining 2D and 3D Data, ACM Workshop on Multimedia and Security - MMSec, Conventry, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2012,
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  • M. Ramalho, S. Sanchit, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Distributed Source Coding: Application in Biometrics, European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Bucharest, Romania, Vol. ., pp. . - ., August, 2012,
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  • S. Sanchit, M. Ramalho, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, PP-Rider: A Rotation-Invariant Degraded Partial Palmprint Recognition Technique, European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Bucareste, Romania, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2012,
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  • M. Ramalho, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, DISTRIBUTED SOURCE CODING FOR SECURING A HAND-BASED BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IEEE International Conf. on Image Processing - ICIP, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. ., pp. . - ., September, 2011,
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  • Secure Multi-Spectral Hand Recognition System, European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. ., pp. . - ., August, 2011,
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  • S. Noto, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Analysis of Error Correcting Codes for the Secure Storage of Biometric Templates, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., April, 2011,
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  • S. Sanchit, M. Ramalho, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Biometric Identification through Palm and Dorsal Hand Vein Patterns, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., April, 2011,
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  • M. Ramalho, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Feature Vector Binarization: A Quantization-Based Approach to a Secure Biometric System, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Vila Real, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., October, 2010,
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  • S. Noto, P.L. Correia, L. D. Soares, Performance Comparison of Low-Density Parity Check Codes and Reed Solomon Codes in an Iris Biometric System with Secure Template Storage, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Vila Real, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., October, 2010,
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  • T. Santos, L. D. Soares, P.L. Correia, Iris Verification System with Secure Template Storage, European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Aalborg, Denmark, Vol. ., pp. . - ., August, 2010,
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  • T. Santos, L. D. Soares, P.L. Correia, Secure Iris Verification using a Universal Noise Mask, Workshop on Privacy and Security for Biometrics, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Vol. ---, pp. --- - ---, May, 2010 | BibTex