Willing to coordinate DS : Access Control Argus: multi-factor authentication Professor Hui Wang, Dr Omar Nibouche Computer Science Research Institute, University of Ulster, UK

Argus: multi-factor authentication Aim: The Argus project will address issues related to granting access to facilities, equipment and networks only to the people that are entitled to it Objectives:  Management of access rights, avoiding single point of failure  Multi-factor authentication: knowledge ("something only the user knows“, password), possession ("something only the user has“, handheld device or application specific device) and inherence ("something only the user is“, biometric traits)  Use of biometrics and handheld devices  Implementation of countermeasures such as combining biometric information from multiple sources.

Project team Ulster expertise  Semantic analytics to make sense of data  Deductive and inductive data analysis, pattern recognition  Risk analysis and management  Decision support system, and GIS-based DSS  Video and text analytics, text summarisation  Single/multi modal biometrics: face, iris, palmprint, fingerprint  Hardware and DSP Desired Partners  Experts in data encryption and biometrics.  Mobile computing and smart card programming practitioners  Networking and HCI specialists  End users  National and international law enforcement agency