Biometric Recognition: Status and Prospects for Security Technology
Recently biometrics has been in the news as a key to identifying the body of Osama bin Laden after the raid in Pakistan. Heightening security concerns around the world are leading to an expanded use of automated recognition technologies for individuals based on their behavioral and biological characteristics. Biometric systems are used increasingly to recognize [...]
New Books This Week: Data Integrity, Counterterrorism, The Biology Revolution and More
Friday brings us to the close of the week and the usual recap of what’s fresh and new here at nap.edu. Next week’s post may be a little delayed by the Thanksgiving holiday, but if there’s new stuff, we’ll be sure you know. Featured New Book Experimentation and Rapid Prototyping in Support of Counterterrorism (final) [...]
This Week’s New Publications (10/5-10/9)
Every Friday, we run down the publications that hit nap.edu in the past week. Every publication is available to read for free online, so follow the links to read them on our site. Featured Publication Approaches to Reducing the Use of Forced or Child Labor: Summary of a Workshop on Assessing Practice (final) Globally, child [...]
