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Factors That Degrade the Match Distribution In Iris Biometrics,
Kevin W. Bowyer, Sarah E. Baker, Amanda Hentz, Karen Hollingsworth, Tanya Peters and Patrick J. Flynn,
Identity in the Information Society, 2 (3) 327-343, December 2009.
DOI link. (open access)
We consider three "accepted truths" about iris biometrics, involving pupil dilation,
contact lenses and template aging. We also consider a relatively ignored issue that
may arise in system interoperability. Experimental results from our laboratory
demonstrate that the three accepted truths are not entirely true, and also that
interoperability can involve subtle performance degradation. All four of these problems
affect primarily the stability of the match, or authentic, distribution of template
comparison scores rather than the non-match, or imposter, distribution of scores.
In this sense, these results confirm the security of iris biometrics in an identity
verification scenario. We consider how these problems affect the usability and
security of iris biometrics in large-scale applications, and suggest possible remedies.
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Face Recognition Technology and the Security Versus Privacy Tradeoff,
Kevin W. Bowyer,
IEEE Technology and Society, Spring 2004, 9-20.
pdf of this paper.
Video surveillance and face recognition systems have
become the subject
of increased interest and controversy after the September 11 terrorist
attacks on the United States. ...
This paper analyzes the interplay of technical and social issues
involved in the widespread application of video surveillance for
person identification.
The above-listed paper received a 2005 Award of Excellence from the Society for Technical Communication.
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``Star Wars'' Revisited - A Continuing Case Study In Ethics and Safety-Critical Software,
Kevin W. Bowyer,
IEEE Technology and Society 21 (1), Spring 2002, 13-26.
pdf of this paper.
The Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative was the focus of
a great deal of technical argument relating to the design and testing of safety
critical software. ... This paper describes a curriculum module developed around
a Reagan-era SDI debate on the theme - 'Star Wars: Can the computing requirements
be met?' This module should be appropriate for use in ethics-related or
software-engineering-related courses taught in undergraduate Information Systems,
Information Technology, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering programs.
This above-listed paper is highlighted on the
SSIT web site
as one related to ABET / CSAB accreditation requirements.
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Ethics and Computing: Living Responsibly In a Computerized World,
Kevin W. Bowyer.
IEEE Press (second edition), 2001.
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Resources For Teaching Ethics and Computing,
Kevin W. Bowyer,
Journal of Information Systems Education 11 (3-4), 91-92, Summer-Fall 2000.
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Pornography On the Dean's PC: An Ethics and Computing Case Study,
Kevin W. Bowyer,
Journal of Information Systems Education 11 (3-4), 121-126, Summer-Fall 2000.
JISE link.
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