Private Biometrics for eID Cards

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Private Biometrics for eID Cards

• MAI Thesis Proposal
• Koen Simoens
• K.U.Leuven - ESAT/SCD COSIC
• http//www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/thesis/

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Context

• Biometrics for online and local identification
• User-friendliness
• Biometrics identify the real user
• No forwarding of credentials
• eID cards
• Identification of citizens
• Access eGovernment applications

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Scope

• Problem
• Issues with biometrics
• Hygiene, privacy, acceptability
• In combination with eID cards
• Large-scale deployment (registration issues)
• Privacy violation online versus local use
• How to preserve privacy when integrating in eID
  cards?
• Work overview
• Build on previous work
• Study of privacy-preserving mechanisms for
  biometrics
• Analysis of registration procedures and card
  initialization
• Propose modifications to adjust procedures and
  eID architecture
• Practical issues when introducing PET structures
  on eID cards
• Practical solutions to these issues

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Practical Details

• Work
• Literature 30
• Theoretical 50
• Practical/programming 20
• Number of students
• 1
• Supervised by
• Koen Simoens (koen.simoens_at_esat.kuleuven.be)
• Danny De Cock
• Promotors
• Prof. Bart Preneel
• Dr. Pim Tuyls