An evaluation of the biometric iris recognition system NEXUS applied at the British Columbia/Washington State border
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Example engineering dissertation topic 8:
An evaluation of the biometric iris recognition system NEXUS applied at the British Columbia/Washington State border
NEXUS is an expedited border entry system operating between Canada and the United States, and utilises a biometric iris recognition system. The system is used at a number of crossings, for air, land and sea travel. This dissertation examines the effectiveness of the system at one crossing specifically: Vancouver International Airport. The study evaluates the reliability of the programme, as well as the parameters of the system, and determines whether it is the optimal system for this application; for example, more modern systems use 384 identifiers rather than the 266 identifiers in the NEXUS system.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- De Luis-Garcia, R., Alberola-Lopez, C., Agzhout, O. and Ruiz-Alzola, J. (2003) ‘Biometric identification systems’, Signal Processing, Vol. 83(12), pp. 2539-2557.
- Shaikh, S. and Rabaiotti, J.R. (2010) ‘Characteristic trade-offs in designing large-scale biometric-based identity management systems’, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 33(3), pp. 342-351.
