Name: Dr. Muhammad Imran Malik
Affiliation: NUST.
Invited Talk: Automatic Signature Verification and Its Application.
Abstract: In this lecture several issues related to automatic signature verification and its application in real world forensic scenarios will be discussed. First, signature verification will be broadly defined from the Pattern Recognition (PR) perspective and working of such systems will be briefly described. Later the Forensic Document Examiners’ (FDEs) perspective of signature verification will be highlighted and an introduction to various genres of handwriting FDEs deal will be provided. Then, a detailed man vs. machine comparison, w.r.t. signature verification, will be provided where machines show a potential to assist humans in real world forensic scenarios. Finally, various issues raised by FDEs concerning the output produced by today’s automatic signature verification systems will be discussed and some potential solutions will be delivered.