Class Attendance Tracking Database System

Done by:

Hussain Al-Lawati Isehaq Al-Mamari Al-Muatasim Al-Bahri

Under Supervision of:

Dr. Fahad Bait Shiginah

Class Attendance Tracking Database System

Current Attendance Tracking System:

Papers Waste of resources Bins full of papers Signatures Cheating (Illegal)

Presentation Outline

Objective Background

Biometrics Fingerprint Sensors Database Application Server

System Requirements System Architecture Database Design Prototype Implementation

Application Server Fingerprint Terminal Emulator Web Interface

Testing Security Conclusion Demo

Objective

To implement a system that track attendance using:

Database system:

Track of all information

Fingerprints:

Identity Recognition

Automatically generates absent warning

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Background
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Biometrics

What Biometric is?

Types of Biometrics: Properties Fingerprints are unique for each finger of a person non-intrusive, hands-free, continuous and accepted by most users Easy to implement It does not require physical contact with a scanner, Expensive. These methods of personal authentication are well established. Uses the dynamic analysis of a signature to authenticate a person.

Fingerprints Face Recognition Speaker Recognition Iris Recognition Hand and Finger Geometry Signature Verification

Fingerprint Sensors
Fingerprint sensors Optical Ultrasonic how its work? Capture a digital image of the fingerprint. Use very high frequency sound waves to enter the epidermal layer of skin. Use the principles associated with capacitance in order to form fingerprint images. price 50 -100 $ 500-1000 $

Capacitance

100-150 $

Thermal Sensors

Use the same pyro-electric material that is used in infrared cameras.

Low radio frequency (RF) signal is applied to the users finger.

200 $

RF Sensors

200 $

Database

Files Vs. DBMS

Files Complex Code for Queries Security of Data

RDBMS

Application Server

Using PHP under LAMP (GNU/Linux , Apache , MySQL, PHP) CodeIgniter:

Open source PHP web application framework Small footprint MVC structured code (Model-View-Controller) Internal security features (XSS Filtering, Encryption classes, input validation classes)

System Requirements

Non-Functional Requirements

Cost-effective

Open source

Usability

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System Requirements

Functional Requirements

Instructor enable the terminal (tracking) Students register attendance (fingerprint) Record absentees Send notification email to them Generate warnings automatically Instructor detailed reports of attendance in his classes (web interface)

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System Use-Case Diagram

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ECCE5009

Wednesday Class Started

8:00am

ECCE5009

Wednesday End of the Class

10:00am

Attendees Ishaq Al Muatasim

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System Architecture

Decentralized Vs. Centralized. Factors - Fingerprints Capacity - Labor work Centralized Wins !! - Flexibility

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System Architecture

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ER Diagram

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Database Design

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Prototype Implementation
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Application Server

All responses are encoded in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

Binary Data are Base64 encoded

Provide a pre-defined tasks to the fingerprint terminal

Authorize instructors Provide a list of students along with their fingerprints in the current class using instructor id & current date and time Add absent students to the database.

Limit what users can do with the database.

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Fingerprint Terminal Emulator

Written in Java Object Oriented Programming paradigm Using Eclipse as an integrated development environment Futronic Fingerprint Software Development Kit for fingerprint matching json_simple for JSON encoding & decoding Communicate with the Application server using HTTP protocol Emulate both the numbered keyboard and the LCD screen Communicate with the fingerprint sensor using Futronic Fingerprint SDK
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Web Interface

Levels of Access

One level Instructor

Functions:

Detailed Report of Students Attendance in a Section View, edit absence records Email Approve Warnings
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Testing

Validation Testing

Fingerprint Terminal Database Web Interface

Release Testing

Class Attendance Tracking Database System

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Security

Avoid Security By Obscurity Allow only authorized users to gain access Restrictive regarding which characters to allow in URL strings Filter the data as if it were tainted Validate the data to ensure it confirms the correct type, length and size Escape the data before submitting it into the database All cookies are encrypted
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Conclusion

Engineering Aspects

Sustainability & Manufacturability

Prototype Implementation

Economic

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Conclusion

Standards

Fingerprint Terminal Emulator

Java Standard Edition 6 (1.6) XHTML 1.0 (A Reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.0) Cascading Style Sheets 2.1 (CSS 2.1) ECMAScript (aka. JavaScript) ECMA-262 specification and ISO/IEC 16262 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 (RFC 2616) JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) (RFC 4627) 25

Web Interface

Communication

Conclusion

Why SQU should adapt this solution?

Environment (paperless) Lower total-cost of ownership Time-effective Easy and fast access to data Less human error (more affective tracking system)

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DEMO
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Questions !!
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