Publications

Below is a list of my peer reviewed publications and presentations.  They are provided here in the hope that other researchers and the larger scientific community might find them useful.  The copyrights for these papers are retained by the authors or other copyright holders to whom they have been assigned.  Personal use of this material is permitted.  However, these works may not be reprinted, republished, reposted, or otherwise redistributed without the explicity permission of the copyright holder.

In many cases, these research papers have been supported by various agencies or departments within the United States Government or other commercial entities.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor(s).

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Skin Reflectance Image Correction in Biometric Image Capture

Patent
Vemury, Arun R., Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., Cook, Cynthia M., Howard, John J., Tipton, Jerry L.
US Patent App. 17/185,588,
Publication year: 2021

Reliability and Validity of Image-Based and Self-Reported Skin Phenotype Metrics

Journal Paper
Howard, John J., Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., Tipton, Jerry L., and Vemury, Arun R.
IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Ideneity Science (IEEE-TBIOM) Volume: 3 Issue: 4, October 2021, DOI: 10.1109/TBIOM.2021.3123550
Publication year: 2021

Quantifying the Extent to Which Race and Gender Features Determine Identity in Commercial Face Recognition Algorithms

Journal Paper
Howard, John J., Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., Tipton, Jerry L., and Vemury, Arun R.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Technical Paper Series
Publication year: 2021

Detection of Skin Reflectance in Biometric Image Capture

Patent
Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., Vemury, Arun R., Cook, Cynthia M., Howard, John J., and Tipton, Jerry L.
US Patent App. 17/185,487, 2021
Publication year: 2021

Human-algorithm teaming in face recognition: How algorithm outcomes cognitively bias human decision-making

Journal Paper
Howard, John J., Rabbitt, Laura R., and Sirotin, Yevgeniy B.
PLoS One 15, no. 8 (2020): e0237855
Publication year: 2020

A Scenario Evaluation of High-Throughput Face Biometric Systems: Select Results from the 2019 Department of Homeland Security Biometric Technology Rally

Journal Paper
Hasselgren , Jacob A., Howard, John J., Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., Tipton, Jerry L., and Vemury, Arun R.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Technical Paper Series
Publication year: 2020

The Effect of Broad and Specific Demographic Homogeneity on the Imposter Distributions and False Match Rates in Face Recognition Algorithm Performance

Conference
Howard, John J., Siroten, Yevgeniy B., and Vemury, Arun R.
IEEE 10th International Conference on Biometric Theory, Applications, and Systems
Publication year: 2019

Demographic Effects in Facial Recognition and their Dependence on Image Acquisition: An Evaluation of Eleven Commercial Systems

Journal Paper
Cook, Cynthia M., Howard, John J., Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., Tipton, Jerry L., and Vemury, Arun R.
IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (IEEE T-BIOM) Volume: 1 Issue: 1, February 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TBIOM.2019.2897801
Publication year: 2019

Operational Tradeoffs for the 2018 Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Biometric Technology Rally

Conference
Hasselgren, Jacob A., Howard, John J., Sirotin, Yevgeniy B., et al
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security
Publication year: 2018

On Efficiency Effectiveness Tradeoffs in High-Throughput Facial Biometric Systems

Conference
Howard, John J., Blanchard, Andrew J., Sirotin, Yeygeniy B., et al.
IEEE 9th International Conference on Biometric Theory, Applications, and Systems
Publication year: 2018
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