UMKC’s EyeVerify, a Kansas City startup developing biometric identification devices for mobile phones, was recently selected as a winner of two 2013 Silicon Prairie Awards. Out of the hundreds of nominees, only 12 received awards at the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, IA. EyeVerify received the Startup of the Year award, and Riddhiman Das, software developer for EyeVerify, received the Technologist of the Year award.
The university researchers, entrepreneur and venture capitalists behind the development of EyeVerify’s innovative cyber and mobile security products based on biometric eye vein authentication research conducted by SCE’s Dr. Reza Derakhshani are featured in the Huffington Post article, EyeVerify’s Vein Popping Password Technology: Interview with CEO Toby Rush. The impact that university research has on economic development locally and nationally has been well documented. UMKC and SCE are proud that many of our engineering and computer science faculty researchers have contributed to Kansas City’s Silicon Prairie reputation.
