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An Overview of Biometric Attendance
Emmanuel George and Amandeep Kaur Amandeep Kaur and Pranav
Padapparambil Das and Nirosha James and Reshma Shabi and Oluwaseyi Agiri
Fanshawe College
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Introduction
Biometrics is the science of automatically recognizing people based on physical or behavioral
characteristics such as face, fingerprint, iris, hand, voice, gait, and signature [1]. It is a
technology for securing identities and managing them [2]. Organizations are searching for ways
to prevent employees from clocking in time for each other, and biometric systems are a perfect
method to avoid this. Physical characteristics are unique to each individual. No two people in the
world have the same fingerprints, for example, and this makes biometrics systems very useful.
For this research project, members of the team review various literature, and present a final
report on the project topic.
The general aim of this research project is to provide an overview of various methods of
biometrics attendance taking. This research project explains the general history of biometrics
systems, and how they were applied to various forms of attendance taking. This research project
then briefly identifies the major companies involved with biometric systems for attendance. The
cultural influence of biometric systems is also discussed, as well as potential future
developments and applications of biometrics systems.
Subtopics
The Chinese have used fingerprints and handprints as authentication for the past 2000 years [3].
In the 1850s, British officers in the British Indies colonies put handprints and fingerprints on
contracts, to avoid that workers being paid twice [3]. From 1901, police officers in England used
fingerprints to identify criminals. Biometrics really emerged with the development of computer
systems. SecuGen has been a leader in fingerprint biometric systems since 1998. Iris ID has
been a developer of iris recognition technology since 1997. Integrated Biometrics is another
fingerprint sensor manufacturing company, founded in 2002. Biometric systems have made
attendance taking easy, but these systems are not universally accepted, due to the perception that
biometric data is being stored and can be easily used by the collector of the data without prior
permission by the person who gave up the biometric data. Drawbacks to biometric systems
include wrong intake of data, and biometric spoofing. Ongoing research is being carried out to
create more efficient biometric systems with all downsides removed. Inherent and unintended
biological properties such as the pattern of blinking of an eye, electrocardiogram, perspiration,
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finger spectroscopy, and pulse oximetry. Developing biometric systems using these biological
properties ensures the systems are advanced and secure.
Research
Biometric systems are very useful for secure and reliable attendance control. This is a research
project; therefore, multiple online resources would be needed to achieve the major aim of this
research paper. These resources include peer-reviewed journals, dissertations, articles, and
textbooks. Each resource used needs to be verified for credibility and reliability. There would be
a time gap of about 10 years, between the publishing date of the resources used for this research
paper, and today’s date. This ensures the information in these resources are new and largely
relevant. Information gathered from the resources would be organized accordingly into various
subheadings in both the proposal and final report. A bibliography list is available at the end of
the proposal and final report.
Scheduling
The project would be divided into 5 main phases. These phases are: collecting literature, formal
proposal, visuals, group presentation, and final report. Collecting literature involves selecting the
useful online resources for this research project. Preparing the formal proposal involves an
overview of the research project and giving a general explanation of its goals and aims. Visuals
are generally easier to understand, and its aim is to present the goal of the research paper in
pictorial, tabular and graphical forms. The presentation’s aim is to explain the topic of the
research paper, why it was chosen, and major concepts related to the title of the research paper.
A final report of all the information collected throughout the research project would be made.
Organization and Responsibilities
Each member of the team is responsible for specific parts of the research project.
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Emmanuel George prepared the first paragraph of the introduction subheading of the
proposal. He is responsible for the ‘Historical timeline and overview’ subtopic of the
project report, the tabular form of the visuals, and the explanation of one key concept of
the research topic during the group presentation.
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Amandeep Kaur Amandeep Kaur prepared the second paragraph of the introduction
subheading of the proposal. She would be responsible for the ‘Major companies involved
with this technology’ subtopic of the final report, and the pictorial form of the visuals.
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Pranav Padapparambil Das prepared the subtopics subheading of the proposal. He
would be responsible for the ‘Social/Cultural impact of this technology’ subtopic of the
project report, the tabular form of the visuals, and the explanation of one key concept of
the research topic during the group presentation.
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Nirosha James prepared the research subheading of the proposal. She would be
responsible for the ‘Future applications of this technology’ subtopic of the final report,
the graphical form of the visuals, and the explanation of one key concept of the research
topic during the group presentation.
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Reshma Shabi prepared the scheduling and organization subheading of the proposal. For
the final report, she would be responsible for preparing the table of contents, glossary of
key terms, cover page, and list of citation references. The pictorial form of the visuals
would be her prepared by her.
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Oluwaseyi Agiri prepared the conclusion subheading of the proposal. He would be
responsible for the introduction subheading of the final report, proofreading of all the
documents prepared during the course of this research project, and the graphical form of
the visuals.
Conclusion
This project is a research project. The purpose of this research project is to provide an overview
of the history and concepts of biometrics systems, and how they relate to attendance taking. The
nature of this project is research, therefore, multiple online resources would be carefully verified
for authenticity and then used to clearly achieve the goal of this research project. These online
resources include peer-reviewed journals, articles, dissertations, and textbooks. The deadline for
preparing the final report would be Thursday, 6th of December 2018. Each group member has a
unique role, and the roles are fully explained under the previous subheading of this proposal. For
any questions regarding any aspect of the research project, members of the team can be reached
via email.
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Emmanuel George – e_george88036@fanshaweonline.ca
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Amandeep Kaur Amandeep Kaur – a_amandeepkaur@fanshweonline.ca
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Pranav Padapparambil Das – p_padapparambildas@fanshaweonline.ca
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Nirosha James – n_jammes88042@fanshaweonline.ca
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Reshma Shabi – r_shabi@fanshaweonline.ca
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Oluwaseyi Agiri – o_agiri@fanshaweonline.ca
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References
[1]
Reid, D.A., Samangooei, S., Chen, C., Nixon, M.S, & Ross, A. (2013). Soft Biometrics
for Surveillance: An Overview. Handbook Of Statistics, Vol. 31, 1. doi:10.1016/B978-0444-53859-8.00013-8
[2]
Eze, S.G., & Chijioke, E.O. (2016). Public Enlightenment Education on the Acceptance
of Fingerprint Biometric Technology for Administration in Academic Institutions and
other Organizations. Journal Of Education And Practice,7(28), 1.
[3]
Kindt, E.J. (2013). Privacy and Data Protection Issues of Biometric Applications: A
Comparative Legal Analysis. Dordrecht: Springer.