NIST’s Patrick Grother on bias, biometrics evolution and plans to test face recognition with masks
As the world’s foremost authority on the biometric performance of face recognition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
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International standard for biometric bias measurement unanimously approved
A new international standard for how to test demographic differentials in biometric systems for bias has been approved, and is…
Evolving biometrics standards back new ICAO passport requirements
A new standard for biometric passports from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is fast approaching. The passport standard is…
Those wronged by facial recognition join rights groups in calling for police ban
There is a small but growing lobby made up of people who have been wrongly arrested as a result of…
Biometric age estimation graduates with high marks from NIST, ACCS
The inaugural evaluation of biometric age estimation technologies previewed at the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit 2024 has been published….
Biometrics deployments expand protection against fraud and lying about your age
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NIST finds biometric age estimation effective in first benchmark, coming soon
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology presented a preview of its assessment of facial age estimation with selfie…
Everyone in facial recognition wants to impress US civil rights commission
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ID4Africa 2024 AGM adds 4th day to accommodate largest-ever program
The program for this year’s big ID4Africa in-person gathering has been released, unveiling a new kind of technology demonstration and…
Specificity crucial for useful biometrics tests, training with synthetic data: EAB panel
Synthetic data may address privacy issues with biometric algorithm training, but it must be used carefully in facial recognition training…
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