Book review: Handbook of Iris Recognition

Fifteen years ago, it was hard to find more than a handful of scientists with interest and experience in iris recognition. This year, as part of their Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition series, Springer has published Handbook of Iris Recognition, which contains 19 contributed chapters from 42 different researchers, plus a forward by the ´father´ (or perhaps after more than 20 years devoted to advancing the art and science, now the ´grandfather´) of automated approaches to iris recognition, Prof. John Daugman. It is impressive how this human recognition technology has matured scientifically and found a commercial market in such a relatively short time, due in large measure to the effective research, development and advocacy of Prof. Daugman.