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MSU Prof's Fingerprint Software Helps Nail Criminals
Software that detects altered fingerprints, developed by Anil Jain, University of Michigan Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, has been licensed to as leading suppliers of identification and detection solutions.
Credit: Michigan State University
Michigan State University professor Anil Jain has developed software that detects altered fingerprints in seconds. The software can determine if a fingerprint isn't in its natural state. "A number of people purposely alter their fingerprints through surgery or mutilation and they don't get matched to their fingerprints on record," Jain says. "It's become a real problem, especially at border crossings."
Jain recently received a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation grant to further develop the technology so that it could reconstruct marred fingerprints and help identify criminals in the FBI database.
"As soon as we have something new, the bad guys are working on ways to beat it, so we must make sure we stay ahead and find ways to speed up our acquisition cycles," says Michigan Homeland Security Consortium president Jeremy Van Dam.
From Crain's Detroit Business
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