15th May 2008, 7pm
Location
We meet once a month on Thursdays (usually the third Thursday in the month).
Meetings start at 7pm in the Soul Cellar, 78 West Marlands, Southampton,
SO14 7FW.

http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~crk/scicaf/programme.html
New Approaches to Biometric Systems: Gait, Ear and Fusion
15th May 2008, 7pm
Prof. Mark Nixon, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of
Southampton

Biometrics are exciting increasing interest, by their ability to recognise
by personal characteristic; using cameras to obtain biometrics is attractive
since they can operate without subject contact. This talk will describe
progress in multimodal biometric fusion and in the newer vision-based
biometrics, ear and gait. Gait is attractive as a biometric since it
concerns motion, is available at a distance and can help us find other
biometrics. Ears are attractive as a biometric since they don't change much
as you get older. The current interest in multimodal biometric fusion arises
not only from ability to improve locating a human or the characteristic of
interest, but also from the potential advantages of fusing complementary
technologies. Currently there are two portal systems in development aiming
to provide fusion based access control, one using face and iris and the
other using face, gait and ear. So we'll look at new biometrics and new ways
they are being used - I've been working in this area for 25 years now so
I'll certainly show you why we enjoy it so much.


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N_Cook wrote:
> 15th May 2008, 7pm
> Location
> We meet once a month on Thursdays (usually the third Thursday in the month).
> Meetings start at 7pm in the Soul Cellar, 78 West Marlands, Southampton,
> SO14 7FW.

Oi!  No on topic posts allowed here!

They look interesting.  Shame I'm just over the border of the other end 
of Hants...

Andy

Andy Champ  wrote in message
news:DaKdnWE-sO2lG4LVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk...
> N_Cook wrote:
> > 15th May 2008, 7pm
> > Location
> > We meet once a month on Thursdays (usually the third Thursday in the
month).
> > Meetings start at 7pm in the Soul Cellar, 78 West Marlands, Southampton,
> > SO14 7FW.
>
> Oi!  No on topic posts allowed here!
>
> They look interesting.  Shame I'm just over the border of the other end
> of Hants...
>
> Andy

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