Christoph Busch – författare

This open access book critically analyses a wide range of consumer law issues generated or exacerbated by the Internet of Things.The Internet of Things challenges many of the dichotomies which have shaped current laws: goods-services, hardware-software, tangible-intangible, online-offline. The book focuses on 4 specific challenges: things-as-service, liability, bricking of physical devices through software control, and the potential for enhanced personalisation, especially for digital assistants.The chapters analyse specific applications such as smart homes, connected cars, and consumer wearables with a view to providing innovative solutions to the new challenges posed by the Internet of Things, and to steer the development of the Internet of Things in a fairer direction.As well as offering an important analysis of the potential for smart consumer laws in the Internet of Things, the book also provides important insights into the growing divergence between Germany’s and the UK’s consumer laws since Brexit.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI (Arts and Humanities Research Council) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Iris recognition technologies for identity management are already deployed globally in several large-scale nationwide biometric projects and are currently entering the mobile market. More recently, periocular recognition has been employed to augment the biometric performance of the iris in unconstrained environments where only the ocular region is present in the image.Iris and Periocular Biometric Recognition provides an overview of scientific fundamentals and principles of iris and periocular biometric recognition over six broad areas: an introduction to iris and periocular recognition; a selective overview of issues and challenges; soft biometric classification; security aspects; privacy protection and forensics; and future trends. With contributions from experts in industry and academia, this book is essential reading for researchers, graduate students and practitioners in biometrics and related fields.

This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open datasets/open source software, individual chapters focus on specific aspects of one of the biometric modalities, including questions of usability, security, and privacy. The book features contributions from both academia and major industrial manufacturers.

This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm vein recognition, retina recognition, and sclera recognition. After an introductory chapter summarizing the state of the art in and availability of commercial systems and open datasets/open source software, individual chapters focus on specific aspects of one of the biometric modalities, including questions of usability, security, and privacy. The book features contributions from both academia and major industrial manufacturers.

This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of studies dealing with the hot topic of digital face manipulation such as DeepFakes, Face Morphing, or Reenactment. It combines the research fields of biometrics and media forensics including contributions from academia and industry. Appealing to a broad readership, introductory chapters provide a comprehensive overview of the topic, which address readers wishing to gain a brief overview of the state-of-the-art. Subsequent chapters, which delve deeper into various research challenges, are oriented towards advanced readers. Moreover, the book provides a good starting point for young researchers as well as a reference guide pointing at further literature. Hence, the primary readership is academic institutions and industry currently involved in digital face manipulation and detection. The book could easily be used as a recommended text for courses in image processing, machine learning, media forensics, biometrics, and the general security area.

This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of studies dealing with the hot topic of digital face manipulation such as DeepFakes, Face Morphing, or Reenactment. It combines the research fields of biometrics and media forensics including contributions from academia and industry. Appealing to a broad readership, introductory chapters provide a comprehensive overview of the topic, which address readers wishing to gain a brief overview of the state-of-the-art. Subsequent chapters, which delve deeper into various research challenges, are oriented towards advanced readers. Moreover, the book provides a good starting point for young researchers as well as a reference guide pointing at further literature. Hence, the primary readership is academic institutions and industry currently involved in digital face manipulation and detection. The book could easily be used as a recommended text for courses in image processing, machine learning, media forensics, biometrics, and the general security area.

Der Band dokumentiert die Beiträge der 20. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft Junger Zivilrechtswissenschaftler, die vom 2. bis 5. September 2009 in Osnabrück stattfand. Im Zentrum steht der Einfluss des Gemeinschaftsrechts auf die Methodik des Privatrechts, d.h. auf die Gesetzgebungstechnik und Rechtsquellenlehre, die Normanwendung durch die Rechtsprechung sowie die Systembildung durch die Wissenschaft. Die einzelnen Beiträge decken grundlegende Bereiche der aktuellen Diskussion ab:- Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der einheitlichen Auslegung des Gemeinschaftsrechts in den Mitgliedstaaten, - Bewältigung der Sprachenvielfalt, - grenzüberschreitende Jurisprudenz, - Gesetzgebungstechnik,- die Rolle des Vorlageverfahrens, - Einfluss des Gemeinschaftsrechts auf einzelne Teildisziplinen des Privatrechts und die damit einhergehenden methodischen Veränderungen, bspw. die Konkretisierung von Generalklauseln, die Einbindung neuer Rechtsquellen in das Normensystem und der Einfluss der EuGH-Rechtsprechung auf das nationale Arbeitskampfrecht.Die Tradition der Gesellschaft fortführend, bilden schließlich das europäische internationale Privat- und Verfahrensrecht und sein Verhältnis zu internationalen Vereinheitlichungsbemühungen einen weiteren Themenschwerpunkt. Die Diskussion um das richtige Maß der Harmonisierung und den Einfluss auf die Rechtsetzung, den Wandel der Funktion der Rechtsprechung und die Veränderung der Auslegungsmethoden ziehen sich wie ein roter Faden durch die Beiträge aus allen Teildisziplinen des Privatrechts.

Das Wachstum der Sharing Economy birgt sowohl Chancen als auch Herausforderungen. Das Buch analysiert verschiedene Sektoren der Sharing Economy empirisch, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf dem Unterkunftssektor. Die Autoren erörtern Regulierungsoptionen und unterbreiten Vorschläge für Reallabore.

This compendium provides an introduction to the intricate interplay of fundamental rights and private law. It identifies areas of commercial and civil law where fundamental rights from different sources play a key role in the interpretation and application of private law rules. In addition, it offers a collection of case law examples from across the EU which illustrate differences and commonalities regarding the influence of fundamental rights on civil and commercial litigation. It is thus well suited for the training of judges and as a source of inspiration for national legislators. Contributors to the study co-ordinated by the European Legal Studies Institute at University of Osnabrück with the support of the European Commission’s "Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme" include high ranking judges as well as young researchers from across the EU."As the Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, I can only praise the pertinent purpose and the methodology of the compendium which underlines the concrete approach the authors adopted."Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission

"Ohne Gerechtigkeit gibt es keine Würde, und ohne Unabhängigkeit keine freien Menschen." Patrice Lumumba Unaufgeregt erzählt und mit Fotos illustriert, voller Leben, Bewunderung und Empathie für den Familienvater, Freund und politischen Weggefährten erhält der Leser Einblicke in die Persönlichkeit Jean Claude Diallos. Zugleich ist der Band eine Zeitreise in die bundesrepublikanische und guineische Geschichte der achtziger und neunziger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts. Davon zeugen vor allem die Texte von Jean Claude Diallo selbst, in denen er sich kritisch mit Kolonial- und westlicher Dominanzkultur auseinandersetzt. Immer schwingt seine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Zusammenspiel von Kultur und Identität mit. Viele seiner Gedanken spiegeln sich in der aktuellen Debatte jüngerer afrikanischer Intellektueller, die fordern, dass Afrika über seine Zukunft selbst bestimmen und sich stärker auf seine vorkoloniale Geschichte und Philosophie beziehen muss.