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Hollywood was home for James L. Wayman, and he studied at the nearby University of California, Santa Barbara, for his BSc, MSc and a PhD in architectural acoustics “because the surfing was good”. He still breaks off mid-conversation to show the correct way to stand up on a surfboard. Acoustics was how to combine work with rock music. His expertise in biometrics dates from working at Ford Aerospace on speech recognition. From 1984, he developed speaker recognition algorithms. His numerous papers include: “Best practices in testing and reporting performance of biometric devices”, with Tony Mansfield of the UK’s National…