Perceptual Engineering

Getting There: Example of Successfully Obtaining SaTC CAREER AwardDr. Oleg KomogortsevAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Computer ScienceTexas State UniversityTechnological Example

< Video clip from Minority Report (2002) omitted>Biometrics: provide easier and more secure access control than traditional passwordsChallenges: spoofingMotivation contd

< Video clip from Charlies Angels (2000) omitted>Biometrics fights fraud by preserving the identity of the user what you are not what you haveHowever biometric itself is susceptible to fraud, i.e., spoofing.3Ocular Biometrics Idea

Ocular Biometrics Idea contd

More accurate than irisSpoof resistantBroader ImpactScientificDetection of physiological and psychological statesMetrics and tools to study how different we areSocietal impactsUDAI project in India that affects 1.2B peopleBroader Impact contdThe BeginningAgonistAntagonist

Create more accurate Oculomotor Plan modelExplore novel Human Computer Interaction techniques Identifying a person based on the internal structure of human eyeFirst Attempt: Research IdeasGetting preliminary resultsFirst Attempt: ChallengesFirst Attempt: Finding an Appropriate ProgramContacting Program DirectorsE-mailsPersonal meetings

AdviceBe persistentGet feedback, no matter how hard it is.11Ask for successful proposalsAsk people to review and provide feedbackFirst Attempt: Getting HelpToo many aimsEach of the goal has to be defended against domain-specific criticismBroader impact is unclearThe proposal should be easily defendable by the community from the broader impact standpointInsufficient preliminary resultsBiometrics component is interesting!First Attempt: Official ReviewPublishing preliminary resultsConvincing biometrics community that eye movement-driven biometrics makes senseSecond Attempt: Challenge of Going ForwardTalk to NSF program directorConcentrate on one area biometricsUse language and concepts that would be understood by the reviewers in the communityProvide coherent structureOutline clear goals and outcomesSecond Attempt: PlanGiven document by Carl Landwehr The National Biometrics Challenge written by the National Science and Technology Council. The document provided the information to highlight the important challenges in the area, provide terminology and the structure to the proposal. 15Unclear how ocular biometrics is better than existing methods, such as iris scanHow proposal meets goals of SaTC program?Second Attempt: Official ReviewClearly explain advantages of Ocular Biometrics provide the basis for designing, building, and operating a cyberinfrastructure with improved resistance and resilience to attack .Extra stepCo-organizing eye movement biometrics competitioncontributing to a NIST liveness standardcontributing to larger project such as UDAI

Third Attempt: PlanAward!Third Attempt: ResultIdea that will result in significant broader impactsScope of work manageable and defendableSubmission to the correct programClear structure, goals, and outcomesStart working earlySummaryNSFSaTC programThank you