John Daugman

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John Daugman
Residence Cambridge, England
Fields computer vision, pattern recognition
Institutions Harvard University, Cambridge University
Alma mater Harvard University (A.B., Ph.D.)
Known for theory of vision, iris recognition algorithms
Notable awards US Presidential Young Investigator Award,
Information Technology Award and Medal,
"Millennium Product" Award,
"Time 100" Innovators Award,
OBE, Order of the British Empire,
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

John Daugman is Professor of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. He is best known for his pioneering work in biometric identification, in particular the development of the Gabor wavelet based iris recognition algorithm that is (as of 2008) the basis of all commercially available iris recognition systems.

Daugman received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University and then taught there for 5 years. After short appointments in Germany and in Japan he came to the University of Cambridge to research and teach computer vision, information theory, and statistical pattern recognition. He held the Johann Bernoulli Chair of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and the Toshiba Endowed Chair at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.[1]

Iris recognition algorithm

Main article: iris recognition

Daugman's iris recognition algorithm first became commercialized in the 1990s. The algorithm automatically recognizes persons in real-time by encoding the random patterns visible in the iris of the eye from some distance, and applying a powerful test of statistical independence. It is currently used in many identification applications such as border crossing controls in United Arab Emirates and passport-free immigration in the UK, the Netherlands, and many other countries.

Daugman's algorithm uses a Gabor wavelet transform to extract the phase structure of the iris. This is encoded into a very compact bit stream, the IrisCode, that is stored in a database for identification purposes.[2]

Awards

He has received several awards, such as:[3]

  • Presidential Young Investigator Award from the US National Science Foundation,
  • Information Technology Award and Medal from the British Computer Society,
  • "Millennium Product" Award from the UK Design Council
  • "Time 100" Innovators Award
  • OBE, Order of the British Empire, from Queen Elizabeth II[4]
  • Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (2011)
  • Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (2012)
  • Inducted into the US National Inventors Hall of Fame (2013)

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Plenary Speakers". Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  2. ↑ John Daugman. "How Iris Recognition Works". CiteSeerX: 10.1.1.6.2684. 
  3. ↑ "American Scientist Online". Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  4. ↑ Sally Donnelly (2001-11-18). "Your Eyes Can Tell No Lies". Time. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 


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