Course coordinators: D. Hatzinakos (ECE), K. Plataniotis (ECE), A. Clement (FIS), M. Kumar (UTM) Course description: This is an interdisciplinary course based on a series of seminars addressing the problems of identity, privacy and information security. It consists of topics in three areas: A) Security Technologies, B) Security Policies, and C) Security Sciences.It is a required course for graduate students taking the M.Eng in Communications with concentration in Integrated Security Technologies and Policies, jointly offered by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Information Studies. Seminars open to general attendance will be scheduled regularly during the first part of each lecture. The second part of the lecture will be restricted only to students enrolled to the course. Enrolled students will be required to actively participate in each seminar, read and access assigned material and work on a term project assignment.
Instructor: D. Hatzinakos Course description: This is an introductory level course for graduate students or practitioners to gain knowledge and hand-on experiences in biometric systems and security applications. Topics include: Introduction to important biometric security technologies and policies, biometric modalities and signal processing, biometric solutions and applications, biometric encryption and cryptosystems, biometrics identity analysis and privacy considerations. Prerequisites: Signals and Systems (ECE216), Probability and random variables (ECE302), Digital Signal Processing (ECE431), or equivalent. For non-ECE students course instructor approval. Term: Spring 2008 Day and time: Wed, 3:00-5:00pm, starting January 16, 2008 Location: TBD
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