Biometric Technologies ... Emerging Into the Mainstream
R. M. Bolle, J. Connell, A. Hampapur, E. Karnin, R. Linsker,
G. N. Ramaswamy, N. K. Ratha, A. W. Senior, J. L. Snowdon, T. G. Zimmerman
IBM Computer Science Research Report RC 22203, 2001
Biometric Technologies ... Emerging into the Mainstream" was the theme for the Biometric Consortium 2000 Conference held September 13-14, 2000 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In light of governments and airlines seeking to reduce the threat of hijackings by terrorists, biometrics has come into the spotlight and will likely enter the mainstream more quickly than previously anticipated.