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Applied Deep Learning in Sensitive and Biometric Information Protection

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 602

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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: image processing; computer vision; pattern recognition

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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
Interests: optimization; computer vision; adversarial machine learning

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As smart devices are increasingly used in our daily lives, their importance in managing our sensitive personal data is also increasing. Regarding protecting privacy, deep learning, such as generative adversarial networks (GANs), deep neural networks (DNNs), temporal convolutional networks (TCNs), and convolutional neural networks (CNNs), stands out. These tools analyze data with high accuracy and are widely used. They detect, identify, analyze, classify, and extract features from comprehensive datasets including various smart devices and attack scenarios, achieve the accurate protection of various scenario datasets, promote secure data sharing for research and analysis, and protect personal privacy.

This Special Issue aims to study the latest progress and potential directions of deep learning in the field of sensitive information protection. Research papers and reviews in related fields are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Deep learning.
  • Segmentation.
  • Feature extraction.
  • Generative adversarial networks.
  • Sensitive information.
  • Information security.
  • Convolutional neural networks.
  • Classification based on deep learning.
  • Biometric information.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Dario Allegra
Guest Editor

Dr. Georgia Fargetta
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • deep learning
  • segmentation feature extraction
  • generative adversarial networks
  • sensitive information
  • information security
  • convolutional neural networks
  • classification based on deep learning
  • biometric information

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Deep Learning-Based Fingerprint–Vein Biometric Fusion: A Systematic Review with Empirical Evaluation
by Sarah Almuwayziri, Abeer Al-Nafjan, Hessah Aljumah and Mashael Aldayel
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(15), 8502; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15158502 - 31 Jul 2025
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User authentication is crucial for safeguarding access to digital systems and services. Biometric authentication serves as a strong and user-friendly alternative to conventional security methods such as passwords and PINs, which are often susceptible to breaches. This study proposes a deep learning-based multimodal [...] Read more.
User authentication is crucial for safeguarding access to digital systems and services. Biometric authentication serves as a strong and user-friendly alternative to conventional security methods such as passwords and PINs, which are often susceptible to breaches. This study proposes a deep learning-based multimodal biometric system that combines fingerprint (FP) and finger vein (FV) modalities to improve accuracy and security. The system explores three fusion strategies: feature-level fusion (combining feature vectors from each modality), score-level fusion (integrating prediction scores from each modality), and a hybrid approach that leverages both feature and score information. The implementation involved five pretrained convolutional neural network (CNN) models: two unimodal (FP-only and FV-only) and three multimodal models corresponding to each fusion strategy. The models were assessed using the NUPT-FPV dataset, which consists of 33,600 images collected from 140 subjects with a dual-mode acquisition device in varied environmental conditions. The results indicate that the hybrid-level fusion with a dominant score weight (0.7 score, 0.3 feature) achieved the highest accuracy (99.79%) and the lowest equal error rate (EER = 0.0018), demonstrating superior robustness. Overall, the results demonstrate that integrating deep learning with multimodal fusion is highly effective for advancing scalable and accurate biometric authentication solutions suitable for real-world deployments. Full article
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