Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Biometrics

    • Course Description

    • Introduction

    • Introduction to Biometrics

    • Personal identification and biometrics

    • Introduction to Biometrics Quiz
  • 2

    Biometric Terminology

    • Biometric terminology – Basic terms

    • Biometric Terminology

    • Biometric sample and biometric template

    • Capture and extraction

    • Probe and Reference

    • Enrollment

    • Biometric Comparison

    • Comparison Score

    • Threshold

    • Claimed and unclaimed identity

    • Biometric Verification

    • Identification

    • Verification vs. Identification

    • Biometric Terminology Quiz
  • 3

    Enrollment Failures

    • Failures and errors in biometrics

    • Entrollment Failures

    • Quality Assurance and Enrollment failures

    • Failure to Detect

    • Failure to Capture

    • Failure to Process

    • Failure to Acquire

    • Failure to Enroll

    • Enrollment Failures Quiz
  • 4

    Verification Errors

    • Comparison and decision errors

    • Verification Errors

    • Verification errors

    • False Accept Rate (False Match Rate)

    • False Reject Rate (False Non-Match Rate)

    • FRR@FAR

    • Verification Benchmarks

    • Verification Errors Quiz
  • 5

    Identification Errors

    • Identification errors

    • Identification Errors

    • Failure to Find and Candidate Count

    • Identification threshold

    • False Negative Identification-error Rate (FNIR) (1: N)

    • False Positive Identification-error Rate (FPIR)

    • FNIR@FPIR

    • Positive and Negative identification

    • Identification Benchmarks

    • Identification Errors Quiz
  • 6

    Conclusion

    • References

    • Introduction to Biometrics Final Test