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In low-resource computing contexts, such as smartphones and other tiny devices, Both deep learning and machine learning are being used in a lot of identification systems. as authentication techniques. The transparent, contactless, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Pangoth Santhosh Kumar , Garika Akshay

Biometric authentication is a widely used security mechanism that leverages unique physiological or behavioral characteristics to authenticate users. In multi-factor biometrics (MFB), multiple biometric modalities, e.g., physiological and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Howard Halim , Eyasu Getahun Chekole , Daniël Reijsbergen , Jianying Zhou

Mobile devices store a diverse set of private user data and have gradually become a hub to control users' other personal Internet-of-Things devices. Access control on mobile devices is therefore highly important. The widely accepted…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Neil Zhenqiang Gong , Mathias Payer , Reza Moazzezi , Mario Frank

In this paper we evaluate mobile active authentication based on an ensemble of biometrics and behavior-based profiling signals. We consider seven different data channels and their combination. Touch dynamics (touch gestures and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-30 Alejandro Acien , Aythami Morales , Ruben Vera-Rodriguez , Julian Fierrez

Tactile sensing is vital for human dexterous manipulation, however, it has not been widely used in robotics. Compact, low-cost sensing platforms can facilitate a change, but unlike their popular optical counterparts, they are difficult to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Adrian Röfer , Nick Heppert , Abdallah Ayad , Eugenio Chisari , Abhinav Valada

Active authentication is the problem of continuously verifying the identity of a person based on behavioral aspects of their interaction with a computing device. In this study, we collect and analyze behavioral biometrics data from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Lex Fridman , Steven Weber , Rachel Greenstadt , Moshe Kam

Due to the open nature of voice input, voice assistant (VA) systems (e.g., Google Home and Amazon Alexa) are under a high risk of sensitive information leakage (e.g., personal schedules and shopping accounts). Though the existing VA systems…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-04-13 Chen Wang , Cong Shi , Yingying Chen , Yan Wang , Nitesh Saxena

Voice plays an important role in our lives by facilitating communication, conveying emotions, and indicating health. Therefore, tracking vocal interactions can provide valuable insight into many aspects of our lives. This paper presents our…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Sheen An Goh , Manoj Gulati , Ambuj Varshney

Humans are capable of completing a range of challenging manipulation tasks that require reasoning jointly over modalities such as vision, touch, and sound. Moreover, many such tasks are partially-observed; for example, taking a notebook out…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Maximilian Du , Olivia Y. Lee , Suraj Nair , Chelsea Finn

With the rapid advancement of technology, different biometric user authentication, and identification systems are emerging. Traditional biometric systems like face, fingerprint, and iris recognition, keystroke dynamics, etc. are prone to…

This work explores the feasibility of biometric authentication using EEG signals acquired through in-ear devices, commonly referred to as ear-EEG. Traditional EEG-based biometric systems, while secure, often suffer from low usability due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Danilo Avola , Giancarlo Crocetti , Gian Luca Foresti , Daniele Pannone , Claudio Piciarelli , Amedeo Ranaldi

Touch-based authentication is widely deployed on mobile devices due to its convenience and seamless user experience. However, existing systems largely model touch interaction as a purely behavioral signal, overlooking its intrinsic…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Zijian Ling , Jianbang Chen , Hongwei Li , Hongda Zhai , Man Zhou , Jun Feng , Zhengxiong Li , Qi Li , Qian Wang

Applications using gesture-based human-computer interface require a new user login method with gestures because it does not have a traditional input method to type a password. However, due to various challenges, existing gesture-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Duo Lu , Dijiang Huang

Pattern lock has been widely used for authentication to protect user privacy on mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets). Given its pervasive usage, the compromise of pattern lock could lead to serious consequences. Several attacks…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-15 Man Zhou , Qian Wang , Jingxiao Yang , Qi Li , Feng Xiao , Zhibo Wang , Xiaofeng Chen

Mobile applications are widely used for online services sharing a large amount of personal data online. One-time authentication techniques such as passwords and physiological biometrics (e.g., fingerprint, face, and iris) have their own…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Hossein Fereidooni , Jan König , Phillip Rieger , Marco Chilese , Bora Gökbakan , Moritz Finke , Alexandra Dmitrienko , Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi

Protecting personal computers (PCs) from unauthorized access typically relies on password authentication, which is know to suffer from cognitive burden and weak credentials. As many users nowadays carry mobile devices with advanced security…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Andreas Pramendorfer , Rainhard Dieter Findling

Earphones can give access to sensitive information via voice assistants which demands security methods that prevent unauthorized use. Therefore, we developed EarCapAuth, an authentication mechanism using 48 capacitive electrodes embedded…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Richard Hanser , Tobias Röddiger , Till Riedel , Michael Beigl

We introduce a novel approach to user authentication called Motion ID. The method employs motion sensing provided by inertial measurement units (IMUs), using it to verify the persons identity via short time series of IMU data captured by…

We introduce SemanticLock, a single factor graphical authentication solution for mobile devices. SemanticLock uses a set of graphical images as password tokens that construct a semantically memorable story representing the user`s password.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-11 Ilesanmi Olade , Haining Liang , Charles Fleming

Person re-identification is a critical security task for recognizing a person across spatially disjoint sensors. Previous work can be computationally intensive and is mainly based on low-level cues extracted from RGB data and implemented on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-17 George Cushen