Biometrics and privacy in the digital age topic of Feb. 4 Great Decisions

Bojan Cukic, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, will discuss biometrics and privacy in the digital age as the fourth speaker in the 2015 Great Decisions lecture series. This free, public presentation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

Cukic’s research interests include software engineering, information assurance and biometrics and resilient computing. He is a member of the executive committee of the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, a Department of Homeland Security academic center of excellence led by the University of Arizona. He also is vice chair of the International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering steering committee and serves on the Computer Science Advisory Board at University of Houston, where he received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer Science.

Prior to joining the University, Cukic served as the director and the West Virginia University site director of the Center for Identification Technology Research, a National Science Foundation Industry University Cooperative Research Center. He also has served as the program committee chair or co-chair of many conferences for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

The Office of International Programs coordinates the annual Great Decisions lecture series for the Charlotte community in January and February to discuss issues foreign policy issues selected as pressing by the Foreign Policy Association. The series is coordinated in collaboration with Charlotte Country Day School and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte.

More information, including online registration, is available on the Web.