Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00547, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Hatzinakos, Dimitrios (University of Toronto), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : We propose to investigate and develop biometric systems that utilize biosignals generated from the human body as response to an acoustic stimulus applied to the human ear. In particular the signals considered as biometric modality will be the inner ear transient evoked otoacoustic emissions  (TEOAE), recorded from the ear(s) via earphone(s). The proposed research will examine, analyze, and develop a cost-effective and privacy-oriented security solution to biometrically authenticate users in secure access control and remote monitoring application environments. The proposed framework constitutes an effective solution that utilizes a novel biometric cryptosystem to provide a realistic and feasible way to access and secure sensitive and/or personal information._x000D_
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TEOAE  return signals have been shown to be distinctive and unique for different individuals and therefore are promising as biometric modalities. The revolutionary aspect of the proposed project is to  realize that the use of stimuli provide additional security to the biometric application, revocability and active control of biometric by changing stimuli. Furthermore being a medical biometric, the TEOAE  are less vulnerable to theft, attacks, cloning and other forms of circumvention, thus making the system more robust against unauthorized access. One of the key challenges is to demonstrate that these biometrics can perform accurately for large populations by establishing their uniqueness and permanence over time._x000D_
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The deliverables of this proposal will be cloud based and portable device solutions that will expand the frontiers in the areas of secure and revocable biometrics for personal, sensitive and private applications._x000D_, program purpose french : We propose to investigate and develop biometric systems that utilize biosignals generated from the human body as response to an acoustic stimulus applied to the human ear. In particular the signals considered as biometric modality will be the inner ear transient evoked otoacoustic emissions  (TEOAE), recorded from the ear(s) via earphone(s). The proposed research will examine, analyze, and develop a cost-effective and privacy-oriented security solution to biometrically authenticate users in secure access control and remote monitoring application environments. The proposed framework constitutes an effective solution that utilizes a novel biometric cryptosystem to provide a realistic and feasible way to access and secure sensitive and/or personal information._x000D_
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TEOAE  return signals have been shown to be distinctive and unique for different individuals and therefore are promising as biometric modalities. The revolutionary aspect of the proposed project is to  realize that the use of stimuli provide additional security to the biometric application, revocability and active control of biometric by changing stimuli. Furthermore being a medical biometric, the TEOAE  are less vulnerable to theft, attacks, cloning and other forms of circumvention, thus making the system more robust against unauthorized access. One of the key challenges is to demonstrate that these biometrics can perform accurately for large populations by establishing their uniqueness and permanence over time._x000D_
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The deliverables of this proposal will be cloud based and portable device solutions that will expand the frontiers in the areas of secure and revocable biometrics for personal, sensitive and private applications._x000D_, agreement title english : id-ear: biometric recognition based on response to acoustic stimulation, agreement title french : id-ear: biometric recognition based on response to acoustic stimulation, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 42856.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2019-2020)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada