Iris Biometric Model for Secured Network Access

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Acknowledgments

First, I would like sincerely to thank Mr. Rich O’Hanley, publisher of

Taylor & Francis, for his patience and support.

e expression of my sincere gratitude goes to Dr. Fouad Ounsi for

his advice, encouragement, and support.

I would like to thank my thesis director, Professor Marcel Egea and

my codirector, Professor Nagi Wakim, for their guidance and advice.

I am grateful to the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy

of Sciences for allowing me to access its CASIA iris image database.

My gratitude also goes to the members of the research lab ERIC

for their professional support, especially Professor Stephane Bonnevay

and the members of the university USEK.

ank you to Messrs. Bashir Bassatne, Eng. Joseph Geagea, and

Ashraf F ...