Biometrics - Authenticating User Identity

Dr Clive Summerfield
Director
3SH Biometric Consulting

Tuesday 22nd June 2004 at 11am

Abstract

Identity-related fraud is the fastest growing crime in the world. Last year, the Australian Institute of Criminology estimated ID fraud cost the Australian economy well over $6 billion. Indeed the Office of Strategic Crime Assessment concluded that "critical to the functioning of the economy is the requirement that stronger systems of proof of identity are developed".

In this presentation, Dr. Clive Summerfield, Adjunct Professor of Computing at Canberra University and founder of specialist consulting firm 3SH, will discuss the application of biometric technologies for confirming that a person is "who they claim to be".

The presentation will summarise the benefits and draw-backs of different biometric technologies, including accuracy and user acceptance, and discuss the application of biometrics as a replacement for passwords, PIN's and Smartcard systems for security and identity management. As well as discussing implementation frameworks, Dr Summerfield will also review privacy consideration users need to keep in mind when deploying biometric solutions. The presentation will conclude with a review of a number of cases studies; including summary business cases, typical returns on investment and users' experience in deploying biometric technologies.

Short resume

B.Sc. (Hons) DIS, (Loughborough) Ph.D (Sydney) Adjunct Professor of Computing; Canberra University.

Dr. Summerfield is, founder of 3SH, a niche consultancy providing expert advice and assistance in speech recognition and biometric technologies. Dr. Summerfield was Manager Government Services for VeCommerce, where he was responsible for deploying speaker verifications for secure communications and consultant and CEO of the Biometrics Institute where he organised Australia's first conference on Biometrics, Security and Authentication. Prior to this, Dr Summerfield was founder and CEO of Syrinx Speech Systems; a pioneer in the research, development and delivery of speech recognition solutions in call centres with deployments in Australia and the USA. He has also held various research positions at Universities and Government Laboratories in Australia and the UK.

Dr. Summerfield has an Honours Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Loughborough in the UK and a PhD for from Sydney University in advanced speech chip design. He holds patents in radar processing, speech synthesis, speech recognition technologies and speech chip design processes. Dr. Summerfield is also Adjunct Professorship at Canberra University Business Law and Information Sciences (BLIS) and is currently establishing the National Centre for Biometrics Studies.

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