CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2008 Behavioral Biometrics for Human Identification: Intelligent Applications A Book Edited by Dr. Liang Wang, The University of Melbourne, Australia Dr. Xin Geng, Deakin University, Australia INTRODUCTION Automatic biometrics recognition techniques are becoming increasingly important in corporate and public security systems. The term "biometrics" is derived from the Greek words bio (life) and metric (to measure). There are two types of biometrics that can be used for the purposes of human identification or verification: physical biometrics and behavioral biometrics. Physical biometrics, such as fingerprint and iris, have already been widely acknowledged and used in many real applications. As a relatively new technology, behavioral biometrics help verify a person's identity through some measurable activity patterns, e.g., speaker recognition (i.e., analyzing vocal behavior), signature recognition (i.e., analyzing signature dynamics), gait recognition (i.e., analyzing walking patterns), keystroke dynamics (i.e., analyzing keyboard typing patterns), mouse dynamics (i.e., analyzing mouse moving patterns), etc. OBJECTIVE OF THE BOOK Previous books on biometrics mainly focus on physical biometric features such as iris and fingerprint. However, behavioral biometrics has become an emerging technology over recent years. The objective of this book is to discuss typical behavioral biometrics and to collect the latest advances in behavioral biometrics techniques including both theoretical approaches and real applications. This edited book is expected to provide researchers and practitioners a comprehensive understanding of the start-of-the-art of behavioral biometrics techniques, potential applications, successful practice, available resources, etc. The book will serve as an important reference tool for researchers and practitioners in biometrics recognition, a handbook for research students and a repository for technologists. TARGET AUDIENCE The target audience of this book will be mainly composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of various disciplines, e.g. computer vision, pattern recognition, information technique, psychology, image processing, artificial intelligence, etc. In particular, this book will provide a comprehensive introduction to the most recent research techniques in behavioral biometrics for researchers. The book also serves as an important reference tool for both researchers and practitioners working in biometrics recognition, a handbook for research students and a repository for technologists. It is also attractive to the managers of some organizations where there are strong security needs. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Review of behavioral biometrics techniques Video-based dynamic face recognition Facial expression activity based recognition Gait recognition Speaker recognition Signature recognition Keystroke dynamics recognition Mouse dynamics recognition Fusion of multiple behavioral biometrics Other behavioral biometric features Behavioral biometrics databases Performance evaluation standard and methods Behavioral biometrics system and applications Open problems and potential solutions Other relevant SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit /on or before *April 30, 2008*/, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter, together with a tentative title and chapter organization. Proposals will be accepted based on pertinence criteria and topic balancing needs. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by */May 31, 2008/* about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted no later than */August 31, 2008/*. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), http://www.igi-global.com, publisher of the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing), Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference imprints. Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded *electronically* (Word document) or by *mail* to: Dr. Liang Wang Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3010, Melbourne, Australia Tel.: +61 3 8344 1364 . Fax: +61 3 9348 1184 mailto:lwwang@csse.unimelb.edu.au