Defining a pilot experiment to enhance exam registration with fingerprint biometrics

Abstract

Remembering passwords, queuing to get identified by a human and carrying tokens such as ID cards are conventional approaches to authentication. With advances in biometric technologies and increased acceptance of such technologies, the conventional approaches are being gradually replaced by biometric such as face, fingerprint and/or voice recognition. This paper defines an experiment to investigate how fingerprint technology can be used to enhance the exam registration and attendance monitoring processes in and educational setting, where efficiency and accuracy are crucial, but the conventional approach fails to deliver either. The findings and results of our pilot study are challenging and they are derived from a novel research project led by the authors in a University environment.