Bangladesh Using MegaMatcher Biometric Technology for Voters
Neurotechnology, a provider of biometric identification technologies,
says as Bangladesh is preparing for the upcoming elections, the country
is using its MegaMatcher biometric technology. The technology is
deployed to detect and prevent duplicate registrations in the voter
registration project.
The
company informs that Bangladesh Army selected MegaMatcher SDK
multi-biometric technology to identify duplicate registrations in the
nation's voter database. The Bangladesh Voter Registration Project
registered more than 80 million citizens using biometric face and
fingerprint technology.
System
integrator Dohatec New Media was hired to help design and implement the
MegaMatcher-based system. To date, more than 48 million voter
registration records have been matched, says Neurotechnology.
"Matching performed using MegaMatcher SDK could find more valid
duplicate entries than any other SDK used for the same purpose," said
Lt. Col. Md Mostafizur Rahman, Staff Officer Grade - 1 (Information
Technology Directorate) for the Bangladesh Army. "It has enhanced the
technological capabilities of our system and the cost-per-unit for the
SDK is cost- effective."
"Bangladesh is a country with a large population, so the task of
searching for duplicates is complicated and requires a large number of
matching operations and significant reliability," said Dr. Algimantas
Malickas, CEO of Neurotechnology. "I'm glad that the Bangladesh Army and
system integrator Dohatec, in their implemented system, successfully
explored MegaMatcher functionality for the solution to this problem."
The
Dohatec Biometrics Fusion Server system uses MegaMatcher Client to
generate templates from face and fingerprint images that were captured
with a BIO-Key system, then MegaMatcher Server and MegaMatcher Cluster
Server are used to search the database and identify duplicate records.
Bangladesh runs MegaMatcher on Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft
Windows Server with Microsoft SQL Server as the back end database.
The
company says that MegaMatcher fingerprint recognition algorithm has
received full NIST MINEX certification for use in the US Government
Personal Identity Verification program fingerprint recognition
applications.
MegaMatcher supports BioAPI 2.0 and most other biometric industry
standards and can be used in conjunction with other Neurotechnology
products, including VeriFinger, VeriLook and the FaceCell and FingerCell
embedded development kits. All components of MegaMatcher can be used on
both Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.
The
company says that MegaMatcher 2.1 SDK is available with competitive
licensing options through Neurotechnology or from its distributors
worldwide.
A
30-day trial version with full functionality is also available for
download from its site.
