Charles Duke, Professor of Physics at Rochester Co-Authors National Academy Report of COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGIES TO DETER CURRENCY COUNTERFEITING to be published by National Academy Press
Charles B. Duke, Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester, is a member of the COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGIES TO DETER CURRENCY COUNTERFEITING of the National Research Council.
The task force has written two reports. The first was published in 2006 and the second is to appear in beginning of 2007.
A key mission of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Department of the Treasury is the design and printing of U.S. banknotes. The BEP is responsible for producing easily recognizable currency that is difficult to counterfeit. In recent years, the bureau has recognized the modern information technology could lead to entirely new types of counterfeiting threats, and it has requested a number of studies by the NRC to assess these evolving threats. In this new request, the BEP asked the NRC to identify and evaluate significant emerging counterfeiting threats and to assess technologically feasible counterfeit-deterrent features for potential use in new designs. This first report provides an assessment of emerging threats including a wide range of digital imaging and printing techniques. It also presents an analysis of a systems approach to the counterfeiting threat. The second report will offer an evaluation of new banknote features to address these threats.
COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGIES TO DETER CURRENCY COUNTERFEITING http://orsted.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11638&page=49
ROBERT E. SCHAFRIK, Chair, GE Aviation
MARTIN A. CRIMP, Michigan State University
CHARLES B. DUKE, Professor of Physics, University of Rochester, and Xerox Innovation Group
ALAN H. GOLDSTEIN, Alfred University
ELIZABETH A. HOLM, Sandia National Laboratories
PRADEEP K. KHOSLA, Carnegie Mellon University
CAROLYN R. MERCER, NASA Glenn Research Center
STEPHEN M. POLLOCK, University of Michigan
ARTHUR J. RAGAUSKAS, Georgia Institute of Technology
JOHN A. ROGERS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BARTON RUBENSTEIN, Rubenstein Studios
MICHAEL A. SMITH, France Telecom
GARY K. STARKWEATHER, Microsoft (retired)
DENNIS J. TREVOR, OFS Laboratories
Staff
TONI MARECHAUX, Study Director (until February 2006)
MICHAEL MOLONEY, Senior Program Officer (Study Director from February 2006)
MARTA VORNBROCK, Research Associate
TERI THOROWGOOD, Administrative Coordinator
LAURA TOTH, Senior Project Assistan
For the complete copies of the two reports see National Academy Press. The first report is available at: http://fermat.nap.edu/books/0309101247/html/
The second report will be available in the beginning of 2007.
Article submitted by:
Arie Bodek
11/12/06; 7:18:57 PM