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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Know your algorithm: Future Identity report highlights importance of biometrics fundamentals
Future Identity has released its latest digital report focusing on “the high cost of cheap biometrics,” which argues that choosing…
Moves to limit facial recognition reflect concerns, and maybe misconceptions about bias
Multiple state governments are taking action to restrict the use of facial recognition, supported by advocacy groups and motivated in…
Assessments for image quality in face biometrics improving, new standard TBD
Algorithms for assessing the quality of facial images used in biometric matching are increasingly effective, but a modern standard that…
New facial recognition ethics tool being tested in the Netherlands
A reality-check pilot project has been launched in the Netherlands to see if a proposed governance framework can mitigate the…
SIA blasts misrepresentation of facial recognition studies
Reading articles about facial recognition in consumer publications could lead one to believe the technology is highly inaccurate and biased,…
Amazon extends police facial recognition moratorium
Amazon has taken the time limit off of its self-imposed moratorium on offering its face biometrics technology to U.S. law…
Practical problems in biometric fairness, coming ISO standard explored in EAB webinar
New wrinkles to the problem of biometric bias, the development of standards for assessing it, and strategies for assessing and…
Biometrics partnerships extend multimodal workplace security, digital health systems
New partnerships and successes from established collaborations make up the most read biometrics news this week. Deals between Jumio and…
NIST plans for further biometrics bias evaluation unveiled in EAB webinar
Despite major gains in biometric matching accuracy in facial recognition systems across all demographic groups over the past several years,…
