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IEEE2022

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WILEY2022

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ACM2022

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ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2021

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ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2021

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COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH2021

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EPFL2021

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EPFL2021

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EPFL2019

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IOP Publishing Ltd2019

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EPFL2019

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EPFL2019

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Michaël Unser, Adrien Raphaël Depeursinge, Anaïs Laure Marie-Thérèse Badoual

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2019

Benchmarking Touchscreen Biometrics for Mobile Authentication

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