Automatic Person Identification and Verification using Online Handwriting

102 Pages·2008·4.71 MB·English

Automatic Person Identification and
Verification using Online Handwriting
Submitted in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science (by Research)
in
Computer Science
by
Sachin Gupta
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Hyderabad, India
CERTIFICATE
It is certified that the work contained in this thesis, titled “Automatic Person Identification and
Verification using Online Handwriting” by Sachin Gupta, has been carried out under my super-
vision and is not submitted elsewhere for a degree.
Date Advisor: Dr. Anoop Namboodiri
⃝c Copyright by Sachin Gupta, 2007
To my family, and friends.
Acknowledgement
First of all, I want to convey my sincere thanks to my advisor, Dr. Anoop Namboodiri, for
his guidance and all-time support. He not only advised me in my academics but also helped me
in developing my thought process to the extent that I not only enjoyed my current research and
decided to look forward to go for research as a career.
Most of all, I would like to thank my parents, who gave me a chance to go for higher studies in
the field of my choice. Without their guidance, It would have been difficult to acheive this. They
always encouraged me to excel and always gave me freedom to choose the field of my interests.
I would also like to thank my friends who always encouraged me and are the great source
of strength. My CVIT friends inspired me by their hardwork and always motivated me to step
towards excellence. I want to personally thank Amit, Mayank and Rafiya for their helping hand
in every aspect be it technical or any other problem.
I want to thank all my friends and juniors at IIIT, who helped me in data collection for my
experiments. Without their help the data collection process, which was the huge and tedious part
of my research work could not be done. They helped me in-spite of hectic curriculum of IIIT,
without any incentives.
My acknowledgement would not be over If I do not thank Dr. C. V. Jawahar and Prof.
P.J.Narayanan whom I always consider my role models for their ”simple living and high think-
ing” attitude. I will always be grateful to IIIT and CVIT for providing me a platform where I
could transform my dreams into reality.
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