357 research outputs found
Revocable and non-invertible multibiometric template protection based on matrix transformation
Biometric authentication refers to the use of measurable characteristics (or features) of the human body to provide secure, reliable and convenient access to a computer system or physical environment. These features (physiological or behavioural) are unique to individual subjects because they are usually obtained directly from their owner's body. Multibiometric authentication systems use a combination of two or more biometric modalities to provide improved performance accuracy without offering adequate protection against security and privacy attacks. This paper proposes a multibiometric matrix transformation based technique, which protects users of multibiometric systems from security and privacy attacks. The results of security and privacy analyses show that the approach provides high-level template security and user privacy compared to previous one-way transformation techniques
Neutrino mass textures from F-theory
Experimental data on the neutrino mixing and masses strongly suggest an
underlying approximate symmetry of the relevant Yukawa superpotential terms.
Intensive phenomenological explorations during the last decade indicate that
permutation symmetries such as S_4, A_4 and their subgroups, under certain
assumptions and vacuum alignments, predict neutrino mass textures compatible
with such data. Motivated by these findings, in the present work we analyse the
neutrino properties in F-theory GUT models derived in the framework of the
maximal underlying E_8 symmetry in the elliptic fibration. More specifically,
we consider local F-SU(5) GUT models and study in detail spectral cover
geometries with monodromies associated to the finite symmetries S_4, A_4 and
their transitive subgroups, including the dihedral group D_4 and Z_2 X Z_2. We
discuss various issues that emerge in the implementation of S_4, A_4 neutrino
models in the F-theory context and suggest how these can be resolved. Realistic
models are presented for the case of monodromies based on their transitive
subgroups. We exemplify this procedure with a detailed analysis performed for
the case of Z_2 X Z_2 model.Comment: 37 pages, 3 figures, revised versio
Tri-Bimaximal Neutrino Mixing and the Family Symmetry Z_7 x Z_3
The Non-Abelian finite group PSL_2(7) is the only simple subgroup of SU(3)
with a complex three-dimensional irreducible representation. It has two maximal
subgroups, S_4 which, along with its own A_4 subgroup, has been successfully
applied in numerous models of flavor, as well as the 21 element Frobenius group
Z_7 x Z_3, which has gained much less attention. We show that it can also be
used to generate tri-bimaximal mixing in the neutrino sector, while allowing
for quark and charged lepton hierarchies.Comment: 15 pages, matches published version, updated reference
Characterizing image sets using formal concept analysis
This article presents a new method for supervised image classification. Given a finite number of image sets, each set corresponding to a place of an environment, we propose a localization strategy, which relies upon supervised classification. For each place the corresponding landmark is actually a combination of features that have to be detected in the image set. Moreover, these features are extracted using a symbolic knowledge extraction theory, "formal concept analysis". This paper details the full landmark extraction process and its hierarchical organization. A real localization problem in a structured environment is processed as an illustration. This approach is compared with an optimized neural network based classification, and validated with experimental results. Further research to build up hybrid classifier is outlined on discussion
Texture and Colour in Image Analysis
Research in colour and texture has experienced major changes in the last few years. This book presents some recent advances in the field, specifically in the theory and applications of colour texture analysis. This volume also features benchmarks, comparative evaluations and reviews
Perceptually relevant browsing environments for large texture databases
This thesis describes the development of a large database of texture stimuli, the
production of a similarity matrix re
ecting human judgements of similarity about
the database, and the development of three browsing models that exploit structure
in the perceptual information for navigation. Rigorous psychophysical comparison
experiments are carried out and the SOM (Self Organising Map) found to be the
fastest of the three browsing models under examination. We investigate scalable
methods of augmenting a similarity matrix using the SOM browsing environment to
introduce previously unknown textures. Further psychophysical experiments reveal
our method produces a data organisation that is as fast to navigate as that derived
from the perceptual grouping experiments.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC
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