{"title":"Self Geometric Relationship-based matching for palmprint identification using SIFT","authors":"Jumma Alamghtuf, F. Khelifi","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935093","url":null,"abstract":"SIFT-based identification techniques have been broadly criticised in biometrics due to its high false matching rate. To overcome this weakness, a new method for SIFT-based palmprint matching, called the Self Geometric Relationship-based matching (SGR-Matching) is presented. While existing matching techniques consider only the relationship between the SIFT-points of the query image on one hand and the points in the reference image on the other hand, SGR-Matching also takes into account the geometric relationship between the SIFT-points within the query image in comparison with the relationship of the corresponding matched points in the reference image. Assessed with the proposed SGR-Matching, the SIFT-based palmprint identification system has been shown to improve the performance significantly. Furthermore, experimental results have shown the superiority of the proposed technique over state-of-the-art techniques.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121406852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Zeinstra, R. Veldhuis, L. Spreeuwers, A. Ruifrok
{"title":"Manually annotated characteristic descriptors: Measurability and variability","authors":"C. Zeinstra, R. Veldhuis, L. Spreeuwers, A. Ruifrok","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935095","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we study the measurability and variability of manually annotated characteristic descriptors on a forensic relevant face dataset. Characteristic descriptors are facial features (landmarks, shapes, etc.) that can be used during forensic case work. With respect to measurability, we observe that a significant proportion cannot be determined in images representative of forensic case work. Landmarks, closed and open shapes, and other forensic facial features show mostly that the variability depends on the image quality. Up to 50% of all considered evidential values are either positively or negatively influenced by annotator variability. However, when considering images with the lowest quality, we found that more than 70% of the evidential value intervals in principle could yield the wrong conclusion.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"1236 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120939764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ismahane Cheheb, Noor Al-Máadeed, S. Al-Maadeed, A. Bouridane, Richard M. Jiang
{"title":"Random sampling for patch-based face recognition","authors":"Ismahane Cheheb, Noor Al-Máadeed, S. Al-Maadeed, A. Bouridane, Richard M. Jiang","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935104","url":null,"abstract":"Real face recognition is a challenging problem especially when face images are subject to distortions. This paper presents an approach to tackle partial occlusion distortions present in real face recognition using a single training sample per person. First, original images are partitioned into multiple blocks and Local Binary Patterns are applied as a local descriptor on each block separately. Then, a dimensionality reduction of the resulting descriptors is carried out using Kernel Principle Component Analysis. Once done, a random sampling method is used to select patches at random and hence build several sub-SVM classifiers. Finally, the results from each sub-classifier are combined in order to increase the recognition performance. To demonstrate the usefulness of the approach, experiments were carried on the AR Face Database and obtained results have shown the effectiveness of our technique.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128119221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reversible data hiding in encrypted images using reformed JPEG compression","authors":"Xiao-zhu Xie, Chinchen Chang","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935100","url":null,"abstract":"A scheme of reversible data hiding in encrypted image (RDH-EI) with high embedding capacity is proposed in this paper. First, cover image is transformed to the quantized discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients, which are reformed and encrypted to generate the encrypted image. Then the secret message is embedded into the encrypted image in the location of zero alternating current (ac) coefficients to generate the marked encrypted image. The JPEG image can be recovered by using the encryption key. The secret message can be extracted using the embedding key. The experimental results showed that the proposed scheme can obtain a high embedding ratio while ensuring that the recovered image will have good quality.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123124085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reversible data hiding in JPEG images based on adjustable padding","authors":"Ching-Chun Chang, Chang-Tsun Li","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935083","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a reversible data hiding scheme that enables an adjustable amount of information to be embedded in JPEG images based on padding strategy. The proposed embedding algorithm only modifies, in a subtle manner, an adjustable number of zero-valued quantised DCT coefficients to embed the message. Hence, compared with a state-of-the-art based on histogram shifting, the proposed scheme has a relatively low distortion to the host images. In addition to this, we found that by representing the message in ternary instead of in binary, we can embed a greater amount of information while the level of distortion remains unchanged. Experimental results support that the proposed scheme can achieve better visual quality of the marked JPEG image than the histogram shifting based scheme. The proposed scheme also outperforms this state-of-the-art in terms of the ease of implementation.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117112886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From image to sensor: Comparative evaluation of multiple PRNU estimation schemes for identifying sensors from NIR iris images","authors":"Sudipta Banerjee, A. Ross","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935081","url":null,"abstract":"The field of digital image forensics concerns itself with the task of validating the authenticity of an image or determining the device that produced the image. Device or sensor identification can be accomplished by estimating sensor-specific pixel artifacts, such as Photo Response Non Uniformity (PRNU), that leave an imprint in the resulting image. Research in this field has predominantly focused on images obtained using sensors operating in the visible spectrum. Iris recognition systems, on the other hand, utilize sensors operating in the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum. In this work, we evaluate the applicability of different PRNU estimation schemes in accurately deducing sensor information from NIR iris images. We also analyze the impact of a photometric transformation on the estimation process. Experiments involving 12 sensors and 9511 images convey that the Basic and Enhanced Sensor Pattern Noise (SPN) schemes outperform the Maximum Likelihood and Phase-based SPN methods. Experiments also convey the need to explore alternate methods for performing digital image forensics on NIR iris images.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129144509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hildebrandt, T. Neubert, A. Makrushin, J. Dittmann
{"title":"Benchmarking face morphing forgery detection: Application of stirtrace for impact simulation of different processing steps","authors":"M. Hildebrandt, T. Neubert, A. Makrushin, J. Dittmann","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935087","url":null,"abstract":"We analyze StirTrace towards benchmarking face morphing forgeries and extending it by additional scaling functions for the face biometrics scenario. We benchmark a Benford's law based multi-compression-anomaly detection approach and acceptance rates of morphs for a face matcher to determine the impact of the processing on the quality of the forgeries. We use 2 different approaches for automatically creating 3940 images of morphed faces. Based on this data set, 86614 images are created using StirTrace. A manual selection of 183 high quality morphs is used to derive tendencies based on the subjective forgery quality. Our results show that the anomaly detection seems to be able to detect anomalies in the morphing regions, the multi-compression-anomaly detection performance after the processing can be differentiated into good (e.g. cropping), partially critical (e.g. rotation) and critical results (e.g. additive noise). The influence of the processing on the biometric matcher is marginal.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127472369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aldo Hernandez-Suarez, G. Sánchez-Pérez, V. Martínez-Hernández, H. Meana, K. Toscano-Medina, M. Nakano-Miyatake, Victor Sanchez
{"title":"Predicting political mood tendencies based on Twitter data","authors":"Aldo Hernandez-Suarez, G. Sánchez-Pérez, V. Martínez-Hernández, H. Meana, K. Toscano-Medina, M. Nakano-Miyatake, Victor Sanchez","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935106","url":null,"abstract":"Online social media has changed the way of interacting among users, nowadays, is used as a tool for expressing polarized opinions related to a global or specific context. Valuable information can be gathered in real-time basis and can help to determine if such data has a social impact on users represented as comfort or discomfort on a political domain. Analyzing data related to political domains like government, elections, security & defense and health insurance are important for measuring social mood and predicting whether there is a positive or negative tendency on selected populations. This paper presents a mood analysis methodology on Twitter data to predict social sentiment on political events. The proposed methodology is done by gathering streams of Twitter's information, then converted into trained data for processing and classification such that we can statistically predict if there is a positive or negative tendency on political events.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132589306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating facial makeup detection into multimodal biometric user verification system","authors":"Ekberjan Derman, Chiara Galdi, J. Dugelay","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935101","url":null,"abstract":"Multimodal biometric fusion is generally used for increasing the verification accuracy by combining two or more biometric traits. Fusion systems with predefined constant weight values for each biometry becomes much popular. Among biometrics, face modality is one of the most common traits that is used in such fusion system. However, face verification suffers from many challenging difficulties, one of which is facial makeup. Recently, it has been shown that the accuracy of face verification can be impacted by the presence of facial makeup. And as such, the verification result of a multimodal fusion system with constant weight value for each biometry can be degraded by facial cosmetics. In this work, we propose a method of integrating facial makeup detection into the fusion system to increase performance. In our investigated scenario, score level fusion of face, fingerprint and iris verification are performed, while the weight value of each trait changes dynamically according to the level of makeup classification of test facial image. So far, this is the first work taking into account the facial makeup within a multimodal biometric verification system. Experiments on 1600 different subjects reveal that our proposed method can help in increasing the overall performance of fusion system than without using the facial makeup information.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131198065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Face anti-spoofing countermeasure: Efficient 2D materials classification using polarization imaging","authors":"A. Aziz, Hong Wei, J. Ferryman","doi":"10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWBF.2017.7935105","url":null,"abstract":"Spoofing is an act to impersonate a valid user of any biometric systems in order to gain access. In a face biometric system, an imposter might use some fake masks that mimic the real user face. Existing countermeasures against spoofing adopt face texture analysis, motion detection and surface reflection analysis. For the purpose of face anti-spoofing analysis, skin structure is a key factor in achieving the target of our study. Skin consists of multiple layers structure which produces multiple reflections: surface and subsurface reflections. In this paper, we proposed a measure to discriminate between a genuine face and a printed paper photo based on physical properties of the materials which contribute to its distinctive reflection values. In order to differentiate the reflections, polarized light (light that vibrates in a single direction) can be used. The Stokes parameters are applied to generate the Stokes images which are then used to produce the final image known as Stokes degree of linear polarization (SDOLP) image. The intensity of the SDOLP image is investigated statistically which has shown promising results in the materials classification, between the skin and the paper mask. Furthermore, comparison between the experimental results from two skin color groups, black and others show that the SDOLP data distribution of black skin is similar to the printed paper photo of the same skin group.","PeriodicalId":111316,"journal":{"name":"2017 5th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114188524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}