ADVISORY/Visionics' CEO Dr. Joseph Atick to Address Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study: Biometrics - the Science and Business of Identification.

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ADVISORY...for Monday (Jan. 7)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002

Summary: Dr. Joseph Atick will address the Institute for
        Advanced Study in a reception in New York this evening. He
        will provide an overview of biometrics from a historical
        context and lay out the potential business opportunities for
        the industry. The Institute for Advanced Study is an
        independent, private institution dedicated entirely to the
        encouragement, support and patronage of learning through
        fundamental research and definitive scholarship across a wide
        range of fields. Prior to founding Visionics, Dr. Atick was a
        long term member in the School of Natural Sciences at the
        Institute for Advanced Study, during which time he directed
        the Neural Cybernetics Group.

        Visionics Corporation (NASDAQ:VSNX), the worldwide leader in
        identification technologies and systems. Through its
        respective business lines, the company delivers enabling
        technology, platforms, products and systems for biometric
        identification.

What:   Presentation, "Biometrics: The Science and Business of
        Identification"

Where:  New York Yacht Club
        37 West 44th Street
        New York, NY

When:   Monday, January 7, 2002 at 5:30PM

Who:    Dr. Joseph J. Atick, Chairman and CEO, Visionics Corporation