NGBS
Next Generation Biometric Systems

Biometric recognition systems are nowadays an integral part of identity management systems. However, several problems and vulnerabilities of biometric systems have been identified in the past years.

These issues are related to three core topics: quality, security, and privacy, that define research scope of this research area.

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New passport law to prevent manipulation through "morphing"

ATHENE researcher contributed his expertise to the draft law on strengthening the security of passports, identity cards and aliens' documents.

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BIOSIG 2024

Deadline for submissions: May 30, 2024

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Highlight talk

In our talk we give an insight into looking at passports and vulnerability in passports issuing processes

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Workshop on Face Image Quality

November 16 – 18, 2021

The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is offering a workshop to discuss the development of a freely available, portable and extensible implementation of ISO/IEC 29794-1: 2016 quality assessment algorithms. ATHENE is one of the supporters of the workshop.

Further information in German.

When dealing with operational systems, the quality of biometric samples plays an important role to
ensure the usability of the collected data in reference databases. Over the years the biometric
community established a common sense about the need of biometric quality assessment. This is also
reflected in the standardization work of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 and the biometric sample quality
standards of ISO/IEC 29794.

The aim of this workshop is to discuss the development of a freely available, portable and expandable
implementation of algorithms for quality assessment according to ISO/IEC 29794-1: 2016, which can
be contributions to the face image quality standard ISO/IEC 29794-5: 202x, which is currently under
development.

Attendance is free of charge but registration is required.
Registered participants will receive dial-in credentials the evening before the event via email.

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