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Given the pervasive use of e-commerce transactions and personal data storage in the cloud, society has an urgent need for a robust process that authenticates and protects the privacy and online assets of individuals and organizations. We recommend a totally new approach that rethinks the entire "science of authentication." The biometrics and cyber security communities have approached the challenge from different vantage points. The former focuses on "individuality" and "liveness" of human characteristics whereas the latter has primarily considered encryption and elaborate software protocols. This talk explores methods that go beyond the traditional biometrics of physical and behavioral modalities by integrating tests for humanness and identity in a cognitive framework. We are creating a comprehensive solution that will address a host of challenging AI problems ranging from OCR, object recognition to natural language understanding. We also will show how our holistic process allows for a more practical approach to security within the framework of a continuous authentication scenario.

Session details...

BIO:

Dr. Venu Govindaraju, University at Buffalo Vice President for Research and Economic Development and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, is founding director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors. His research focuses on  machine learning and pattern recognition primarily in Document Image Analysis and Biometrics. His pioneering work in handwriting recognition was at the core of the first handwritten address interpretation system used by the U.S. Postal Service as well as postal services in Australia and the UK. An extraordinary researcher, he has been a Principal or Co-Investigator of sponsored projects funded for nearly 65 million dollars.

He has published widely, coauthoring about 425 refereed papers. He has served on numerous professional and editorial boards, including IEEE Transactions (Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence; Information and Forensics Security) and as editor-in-chief of the IEEE Biometrics Councils Compendium. Dr. Govindaraju is a Fellow of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), the IAPR (International Association of Pattern Recognition) and the SPIE (International Society of Optics and Photonics). 

He received the 2001 International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition Young Investigator award, the 2004 MIT Global Indus Technovator Award, the 2010 IEEE Technical Achievement Award and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Distinguished Alumnus Award (2014). Recently, Dr. Govindaraju received the 2015 IAPR/ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award and was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He also has supervised the dissertations of 36 doctoral students. In Dec. 2016, he received UB’s Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, recognition of his great efforts in nurturing the next generation of scientists.

SUMMARY:

Topic:  Science of Authentication: Beyond the Physical and Behavioral Biometric Modalities

Speaker: Venu Govindaraju, Ph.D., University of Buffalo

Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Time: 11 AM – 12 PM ET

WebEx:  https://cbiit.webex.com/cbiit/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0865856055b97baa5ba001b2a01700c5

Event Number: 855 813 110

Event Password: $Peakerseries17

Room: 2W908

You are invited to listen to Dr. Govindaraju's presentation in the NCI Shady Grove Building on Medical Center Drive or via WebEx. Dr. Govindaraju will give his presentation remotely via WebEx.

Presentation: A screen cast of the presentation will be available for viewing after the event on the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series YouTube Playlist  Exit Disclaimer logo

About the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series:

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) Speaker Series presents talks from innovators in the research and informatics communities. The biweekly presentations allow thought leaders to share their work and discuss trends across a diverse set of domains and interests. The goals of the Speaker Series are: to share leading edge research; to inform the community of new tools, trends, and ideas; to inspire innovation; and to provide a forum from which new collaborations can begin. For additional information, including past speaker series presentations, visit the CBIIT Speaker Series page.

Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this program should contact the Office of Space and Facilities Management (OSFM) at 240-276-5900 or the Federal TTY Relay number 1-800-877-8339.

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