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European Association for Biometrics (EAB)
The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is the leading voice for digital ID and biometrics in Europe. We are a non-profit, nonpartisan association. The EAB’s mission is to tackle the complex challenges facing ID in Europe, ranging from migration to privacy rights. Our role is to promote the responsible use and adoption of modern digital identity systems that enhance people’s lives and drive economic growth.
European Association for Biometrics (EAB) Biometrics News
Facial age verification, age estimation coming of age across sectors
A recent webinar hosted as part of the European Association for Biometrics’ (EAB) Lunch Talk series gets opinions on the…
| Sep 24, 2024 | Fraunhofer develops a system to address face morphing attacks in border controlThe Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics Research (IGD) is working to address security concerns related to face morphing attacks, particularly… |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Testing for biometric identity verification still maturingBiometrics testing is a rapidly maturing field, but there is more to effective identity verification than an accurate matching algorithm,… |
| Jul 4, 2024 | New ICAO biometric passport standard adds flexibilityThe new method of encoding biometrics in passports that will be required by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was… |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Evolving biometrics standards back new ICAO passport requirementsA new standard for biometric passports from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is fast approaching. The passport standard is… |
| May 23, 2024 | New international standard covers forensic biometrics in lab and field environmentsA lunch talk by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) untangles the forthcoming Forensic Sciences standard ISO/IEC 21043, in particular its… |
| May 17, 2024 | C-suite leaders take the helm at Aware, Synaptics and SiftSeveral key job changes have recently been made in the fields of biometrics, fraud prevention, and cybersecurity, including at Aware,… |
| Apr 8, 2024 | iMARS workshop reveals progress and incident growth in face image morphingFace image morphing is a significant threat to face biometrics applications such as border crossings and identification. Since 2020, Europe… |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Synthetic data model shows promise for biometric bias mitigationThe limitations of real-world biometric training datasets, including the introduction of bias through unbalanced demographic representation, are well established. Synthetic… |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Humans more likely to notice fakes among familiar faces, research suggestsDeepfakes and synthetic data, and how they impact biometric systems was the focus of the Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Annual Workshop… |
| Feb 8, 2024 | OBIM’s Futures Identity team looks at needs for tomorrow and three decades aheadDr. Alicia Locker is an academic engagement specialist with the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)’s Futures Identity Team at… |
| Jan 24, 2024 | The Bologna Online Evaluation Platform adds morph attack detection benchmarksIn the first European Association of Biometrics (EAB) lunch talk of 2024, hosted by CEO Dinusha Frings, Lorenzo Pellegrini of… |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Voice deepfakes are inkblots for consumers – they’re threats or entertainmentA recent marketing survey funded by a voice biometrics firm has found that a majority of respondents are concerned about… |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Synthetic voice biometrics are a shifty chorus of fraud, requiring an agile responseIn the Tower of Babel that digitized global society has become, synthetic voice attacks are adding confusion to the issue… |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Contactless fingerprint biometrics move towards police deployment with UK trialsThe performance of software and smartphone cameras for contactless fingerprint capture is promising enough to look towards a possible launch… |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Image quality metrics can improve liveness detectionMaking biometric liveness detection reliable and explainable requires recognizing that it is more than an algorithm, Neurotechnology Research and Development… |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Biometrics research could gain from open science approach to data managementOpen science approaches to handling data could make biometrics research more efficient, reproducible and applicable to real-world conditions, the audience… |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Specificity crucial for useful biometrics tests, training with synthetic data: EAB panelSynthetic data may address privacy issues with biometric algorithm training, but it must be used carefully in facial recognition training… |
| Jun 19, 2023 | Pilot shows digital travel credentials’ evolution in progressBy Yunus Emre Yıldırım, Legal & Policy Intern at European Association for Biometrics Identity Week Europe 2023 was held in… |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Facial recognition use in public spaces under the microscope in EAB eventThe use of facial recognition in public spaces is one of the most controversial topics in the field of biometrics,… |
European Association for Biometrics (EAB) Industry Insights
‘Biometrics in Banking’ seminar recap
This is a guest post by Max Snijder, secretary general of the European Association for Biometrics (EAB). On 24 October…
