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INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIORAL & MEDICAL BIOMETRICS SOCIETY

WHAT IS BIOMETRICS AND BEHAVIORAL & MEDICAL BIOMETRICS?

The terms "Biometrics" and "Biometry" have been used since early in the 20th century to refer to the field of development of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in the biological sciences. It has involved the statistical methods for the analysis of data from agricultural field experiments to compare the yields of different varieties of wheat, for the analysis of data from human clinical trials evaluating the relative effectiveness of competing therapies for disease, or for the analysis of data from environmental studies on the effects of air or water pollution on the appearance of human disease in a region or country. All are all examples of problems that would fall under the umbrella of "Biometrics" as the term has been historically used. More recently the terms have been used to refer to identification technologies.

Behavioral and Medical Biometrics is a branch of these studies investigating patterns displayed by living organisms in their appearance or function for statistically significant correspondences to the organisms behavior and/or health. It currently incorporates a wide group of studies including facial analysis, iris analysis (iridology), retina scanning, palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics, hand analysis, graphology, thermography, voice analysis, sclerology, and movement analysis. It is open to other related fields of investigation. For more information see the paper Biometric Futures.

The 2011 IBMBS Fifth Conference is August 5-7

The 2011 IBMBS Conference will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 5-7, 2011, (3 days). Malaysia is a tropical country, so throughout the year the weather remains the same, hot and humid, with an average 32 degree Celsius temperature. No matter which is the chosen month of the conference, the weather is about the same. So bring your swim suit and sun screen. The site was chosen for the benefit of its more central location to all of south Asia and the Pacific Rim, and we hope to have a considerable attendance from China, India and other countries around the Rim. We will be asking for those who want to make presentations at the conference to make their submissions by May 2, 2011, and advise us as early as they can that they will be considering making presentations. It should be a busy conference with strong considerations of future commercial uses of our works, as well as advances in our scientific understanding.

International Behavioral & Medical Biometrics Society
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