Mr. Atick says he, too, is concerned about the privacy issues raised by biometrics technologies.
Her research interests include biometrics technologies, speech processing and issues related to Big Data analytics.
"Not my department" is the entrenched governmental stance toward privacy, illustrated still further by periodic national ID schemes, the vulnerable stance of biometrics technologies and the hostility toward RFID tags.
In the US, a number of banks have been experimenting with biometrics technology, and Citi has about 250,000 customers who are using voice recognition to authenticate themselves.
Nuance Communications is supplying the voice biometrics technology which works by cross-checking against more than 100 unique identifiers including behavioural features such as speed, cadence and pronunciation, and physical aspects including the shape of larynx, vocal tract and nasal passages.
In an agreement signed in December, officials of the two countries pledged to coordinate visa policies so people rejected by one country could not be accepted for entrance by the other, to expand joint border patrols and to use compatible biometrics technology on travel documents to scan thumbprints digitally to identify suspicious travelers.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, biometrics technology has taken center stage in the global effort to secure borders and catch terrorists.
Biometrics technology recognizes a person based on their physiological and/or behavioral traits [1], including their DNA, fingerprint, palmprint, finger veins, face, signature, and gait.
He has been the leader of research projects in exploiting biometrics technology for anti-terrorism in southern-provinces of Thailand, funded by Ministry of Defense.
So with even the most complex passwords alone no longer seen as sufficient, biometrics technology is increasingly being adopted across a variety of sectors.
This month, four U.S. airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, will debut the Clear Registered Traveler program, an expedited airport security system that relies on biometrics, technology that measures human physical characteristics for identification purposes.
