Paper presents a biometric system using footfalls for person identification.
problem Natural movement and privacy concerns in biometric systems.
method Fog computing architecture with geophones and data compression.
result Achieved high accuracy (73-95%) in person identification.
Deep convolutional architecture identifies eye movements for biometric faster and more accurately.
problem Biometric identification of eye movements for authentication.
method Developed a deep convolutional architecture to process raw eye-tracking signals.
result Achieved a lower error rate by one order of magnitude and faster identification time by two orders of magnitude.
Proposes a new CNN approach for multimodal biometric identification.
problem Improving biometric identification accuracy across multiple modalities.
method Uses a bank of modality-specific CNNs, fuses their outputs, and optimizes the system.
result Significantly outperforms unimodal systems and demonstrates reduction in parameters.
Adversarial deep learning improves EEG-based person identification.
problem Exploiting temporally correlated structures and session variability in EEG data.
method Adversarial inference approach to learn session-invariant representations.
result Improvements in person identification robustness from longitudinal EEG data.
Deep learning improves gait biometric recognition accuracy.
problem Low accuracy in existing CSI-based gait identification systems.
method Developed an end-to-end deep CSI learning system using deep neural networks.
result Achieved a top-1 accuracy of 97.12% for a dataset of 30 people.
Proposes deep multimodal fusion for biometric identification.
problem Improving biometric identification accuracy with multiple modalities.
method Joint optimization of multiple modality-specific CNNs at different feature abstraction levels.
result Significant improvement in multimodal person identification performance.
Enhanced ECG biometric system improves authentication accuracy.
problem Traditional authentication methods have security issues.
method Developed an ECG-based authentication system using machine learning.
result Achieved up to 92% identification accuracy.
ECGID research focuses on rest but not exercise, this study evaluates both.
problem ECGID performance under exercise is insufficiently studied.
method Various learning methods applied to ECG dataset.
result Current ECGID methods fail under exercise conditions.
Deep learning gait recognition from smartphone data in unconstrained settings.
problem Gait recognition in unconstrained environments using smartphones.
method Hybrid deep neural network combining convolutional and recurrent neural networks for gait feature extraction.
result Achieves over 93% accuracy in person identification and authentication.
Study uses stacked hourglass networks to improve facial landmark detection for medical diagnosis.
problem Improving accuracy of facial landmark detection for medical diagnosis.
method Conducted a study on landmark localisation methods using stacked hourglass networks.
result State-of-the-art stacked hourglass architecture outperforms traditional methods.
Study provides long-term EMG data for multi-day biometric authentication.
problem Limited long-term EMG data for multi-day biometric authentication.
method Collected EMG data from 43 participants over three days.
result Multi-day biometric authentication results in low error rates.
In this paper, we consider a privacy preserving encoding framework for identification applications covering biometrics, physical object security and the Internet of Things (IoT). The proposed framework is based on a sparsifying transform, which consists of a trained linear map, an element-wise nonlinearity, and privacy…
With increasing concerns about security, the need for highly secure physical biometrics-based authentication systems utilizing \emph{cancelable biometric} technologies is on the rise. Because the problem of cancelable template generation deals with the trade-off between template security and matching performance, many …
Study on adversarial attacks on user identification systems using motion sensors.
problem Adversarial attacks on deep learning models for user identification based on motion sensors.
method Study of adversarial example generation methods and their impact on user identification systems.
result Deep neural networks trained for user identification based on motion sensors are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, leading to high misclassification rates.
A common problem in large-scale data analysis is to approximate a matrix using a combination of specifically sampled rows and columns, known as CUR decomposition. Unfortunately, in many real-world environments, the ability to sample specific individual rows or columns of the matrix is limited by either system constrain…
New system uses wearable bio-signals for easy authentication.
problem Security of private information on wearables is a concern.
method Context-dependent soft-biometric authentication using heart rate, gait, and breathing audio.
result Binary SVM with RBF kernel achieves high accuracy and low EER.
CSI-Net learns WiFi signals for body characterization and pose recognition.
problem Unified learning of body characteristics and pose recognition.
method Unified Deep Neural Network (DNN) for WiFi signal representation and multi-task learning.
result CSI-Net solves biometrics estimation and person recognition.
OpticNet predicts IOL optical properties from biometric data, outperforming current methods.
problem Precise prediction of IOL optical properties for cataract surgery.
method Unsupervised, domain-specific, physically motivated optical refraction network.
result OpticNet outperforms current methods in predicting IOL optical properties.
New models for insurance claims accounting for delays.
problem Delayed claims processing affects real-time policy development.
method Introducing transaction time models to describe multi-state life insurance.
result Explicit expressions for transaction time reserves derived.
The use of EEG biometrics, for the purpose of automatic people recognition, has received increasing attention in the recent years. Most of current analysis rely on the extraction of features characterizing the activity of single brain regions, like power-spectrum estimates, thus neglecting possible temporal dependencie…
The partially observable hidden Markov model is an extension of the hidden Markov Model in which the hidden state is conditioned on an independent Markov chain. This structure is motivated by the presence of discrete metadata, such as an event type, that may partially reveal the hidden state but itself emanates from a …
Pairwise quantile regression tackles similarity scoring in biometric systems.
problem Analyzing errors in similarity scoring for facial recognition.
method Established theoretical guarantees for pairwise quantile regression solutions, leveraging sharp concentration results for U-processes. result Proved generalization bounds and identified conditions for fast learning rates.
The study detects and classifies touch gestures with high accuracy.
problem Detecting and classifying touch gestures from touch screens.
method Supervised learning techniques using a capacitive sensor array to record touch and swipe gestures.
result Logistic Regression models achieved over 95% accuracy for all gesture types.
New model for disability insurance reserving handles delays in claim information.
problem Disability insurance claims are affected by long delays and adjudication processes.
method Proposes a new individual reserving model for real-time claim evolution.
result Shows that new reserves can be calculated as modifications of classic reserves.
A new framework for mobile authentication using deep metric learning.
problem Challenges in mobile authentication using behavioral biometrics.
method Deep metric learning, private data protection, flexible training scheduling.
result 95% authentication accuracy on public datasets, robust against attacks.
A comparative study of the application of Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) in biometric recognition of voice has been carried out and presented. The application of machine learning techniques to biometric authentication and recognition problems has gained a widespread acceptance. In this res…
Paper shows how to trick machine learning-based authentication systems.
problem Ineffectiveness of machine learning in authentication systems against sophisticated attacks.
method Constructing a blind attack using query synthesis and Explainable-AI techniques.
result Demonstrated that machine learning models can be fooled with under 100 queries.
Deep learning detects arrhythmia from RR-interval ECG data.
problem Diagnosing arrhythmia using ECG data.
method Convolutional neural network (CNN) on time-sliced RR-interval data.
result Compact system achieves accurate arrhythmia detection.
Paper defends iris recognition from adversarial examples using wavelet decomposition.
problem Adversarial examples threaten deep neural networks in biometric applications.
method Wavelet domain denoising of input examples to detect and mitigate adversarial attacks.
result Proposed defense strategies improve recognition accuracy against adversarial attacks.
Active authentication is the problem of continuously verifying the identity of a person based on behavioral aspects of their interaction with a computing device. In this study, we collect and analyze behavioral biometrics data from 200subjects, each using their personal Android mobile device for a period of at least 30…
Biometrics emerged as a robust solution for security systems. However, given the dissemination of biometric applications, criminals are developing techniques to circumvent them by simulating physical or behavioral traits of legal users (spoofing attacks). Despite face being a promising characteristic due to its univers…
Gait patterns reveal emotions, offering a non-invasive method for automated recognition.
problem Automated emotion recognition from gait patterns.
method Data collection, preprocessing, and classification techniques.
result Gait patterns can indicate different emotion states, making them a promising source for emotion detection.
TASO optimizes CNN models for memory-constrained devices.
problem Large CNN models are too resource-intensive for mobile devices.
method Integer Linear Programming (ILP) for selecting operations and workspace allocation.
result 8x speedup and 2.2x reduction in memory usage compared to greedy algorithms.
New attacks bypass authentication models using mouse dynamics data.
problem Adversarial attacks on behavioural mouse authentication.
method Generative approaches to create adversarial mouse trajectories.
result Imitation-based attacks often outperform surrogate-based attacks.
Study explores how dataset breadth and depth affect Siamese Neural Network performance.
problem Impact of dataset breadth and depth on Siamese Neural Network performance.
method Experiments with three keystroke datasets varying breadth and depth factors.
result Increasing dataset breadth improves model performance, while depth's impact varies by dataset type.
Changepoints are abrupt variations in the generative parameters of a data sequence. Online detection of changepoints is useful in modelling and prediction of time series in application areas such as finance, biometrics, and robotics. While frequentist methods have yielded online filtering and prediction techniques, mos…
New method quantifies life insurance risk using Monte Carlo simulations.
problem Quantifying long-term risks in insurance portfolios over a one-year horizon.
method Least-squares Monte Carlo methods to quantify impact of new experience.
result Model can be used as an internal model under Solvency II or SST.
Paper explores using EEG for better speaker identification, even in noisy environments.
problem Speaker identification performance degrades in background noise.
method Uses EEG signals to enhance speaker identification systems, comparing with acoustic features.
result Speaker identification system using only EEG features outperforms one using only acoustic features in high background noise.
The paper tackles robust control for insurance contracts under uncertain transition rates.
problem Maximizing utility in insurance contracts with uncertain transition rates.
method Novel robust utility maximization problem under bounded cumulative transition rate uncertainty, using worst-case scenario analysis.
result Existence and uniqueness of worst-case and best-case reserves for insurance contracts.
In the present paper we study interval identification systems of order three. We prove that the Rauzy induction preserves symmetry: for any symmetric interval identification system of order three after finitely many iterations of the Rauzy induction we always obtain a symmetric system. We also provide an example of sym…
Improved driver identification accuracy using steering wheel data.
problem Accurately identifying drivers based on naturalistic driving behavior.
method Novel approach for window length parameter design, leveraging GRUs neural network.
result Increased driver identification accuracy from under 15% to over 65%.
Simplified identification methods for causal inference with arbitrary interventional distributions.
problem Estimating cause-effect relationships from data with experimental interventions.
method Using Single World Intervention Graphs and nested model factorization, we provide algorithms for identifying causal parameters from mixed observational and interventional distributions.
result Our algorithms are complete for certain types of interventional marginal distributions.
Cyclic coordinate descent identifies models in finite time and converges linearly.
problem Model identification in composite nonsmooth optimization problems.
method Cyclic coordinate descent for a wide class of functions.
result Explicit local linear convergence rates for coordinate descent.
WiPIN uses Wi-Fi signals to identify people without requiring them to walk.
problem Identification requires walking and is unreliable with many users.
method Extracts body information from Wi-Fi signals without user movement.
result Achieves 92% accuracy with 30 users, robust to various settings.
Study on identifying and inferring nonlinear dynamics on unknown networks.
problem Identifying network structure in nonlinear dynamic systems with unknown interactions.
method Showed network structure is not generically identified, requiring sufficient spectral heterogeneity. Developed necessary and sufficient conditions for identification and proposed a semiparametric estimator.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for identification of network structure in nonlinear dynamic systems.
New findings on complexity limits in fixed budget bandit identification.
problem Determining the best possible error rate for fixed budget bandit identification.
method Analyzing the best non-adaptive sampling procedures and showing the existence of complexities.
result No fixed complexity for certain bandit identification tasks.
Deep learning's convolutional networks improve system identification.
problem Nonlinear system identification problems.
method Exploration of relationships between TCN and Volterra series/block-oriented models.
result TCN outperforms traditional models in sequence modeling tasks.
Review of automatic de-identification systems for EHR, highlighting challenges beyond accuracy.
problem Challenges in surrogate generation and patient privacy in de-identification of EHR.
method Comprehensive review of 18 recently published systems, focusing on accuracy and challenges.
result Despite accuracy improvements, challenges remain in surrogate generation and patient privacy.