Ellsworth C. “Buster” Alvord, Jr

Buster

Fingerprint Spoof Buster

The primary purpose of a fingerprint recognition system is to ensure a reliable and accurate user authentication, but the security of the recognition system itself can be jeopardized by spoof attacks. This study addresses the problem of developing accurate, generalizable, and efficient algorithms for detecting fingerprint spoof attacks. Specifically, we propose a deep convolutional neural netwo...

Buster Resistant Sugarcane

The aim of this paper is to describe the evaluation of engineered herbicide-resistance in transgenic sugarcane of Herbicide treatment of crops allows economic weed control. To be useful, herbicides must distinguish between crop plant variety NCo3 10 under field conditions. and weed, and this often limits usage. Engineering herbicide resistance into crop plants via genetic transformation techniq...

Waiting-list buster.

THE GOVERNMENTS new initiative to cut hospital waiting lists is too simplistic and underfunded to be effective, nurses have warned.

In Memoriam: Washington C. (Wash) Winn Jr. (1941–2011)

W (Wash) C. Winn Jr., (Figure) died suddenly and unexpectedly on July 3, 2011. A remarkable Renaissance man; a warm, humane person; and outstanding academic physician and scientist, Dr. Winn is remembered vividly as a contributor to understanding of emerging infectious diseases; a contemporary, effi cient diagnostic clinical microbiologist; and a treasured educator. Born in Richmond, Virginia, ...