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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
Partnerships address EU border biometrics challenges with $216M deal, research project
A consortium including Unisys has been selected to provide biometric authentication at EU borders, while the EAB has joined a…
| Jul 22, 2021 | Fall digital identity events announced by Goode Intelligence, Future Identity, EAB, Smart EnginesA major new biometrics and digital ID event has been announced by Goode Intelligence, with free delegate registration and proposals… |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Voice biometrics spoof detection catching up, EAB speaker saysVoice biometric systems, counter-measures against attacks against them, and our understanding of how well those counter-measures work have come a… |
| Jun 29, 2021 | EAB tackles future of fingerprint biometrics image quality assessmentThe tool used around the world to judge the quality of fingerprint images has been updated, giving it more flexibility… |
| Jun 16, 2021 | EAB webinar looks at facial recognition for criminal investigations in EU countriesA recent webinar by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) explored the role of facial recognition technologies in criminal investigations… |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Biometrics expert speakers announced for FIDO Alliance’s “Focus on Europe” summitThe FIDO Alliance has unveiled the speaker lineup for its upcoming Virtual Authenticate Summit: “Focus on Europe,” which includes speakers… |
| May 24, 2021 | EAB advocates for biometric border posts to include privacy-enhancing technologiesThe non-profit European Association for Biometrics (EAB) has published a position paper this month highlighting the biometric technology that can… |
| May 20, 2021 | Interoperability a challenge for touchless fingerprint biometrics, researcher tells EABTouchless fingerprint biometrics have reached good levels of useability and user acceptance, but challenges relating to performance and interoperability with… |
| May 17, 2021 | EAB sets June 6 deadline for Max Snijder biometrics awards applicationsThe European Association for Biometrics (EAB) has pushed back the deadline for the ‘15th European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and… |
| May 5, 2021 | Work remains on fingerprint biometric presentation attack detection despite promising statsWork on detecting presentation attacks against fingerprint biometric systems is continuing to advance, but even measuring the success of current… |
| May 4, 2021 | EAB, NIST, eu-LISA workshop presents biometric image quality assessment tool updatesA virtual event organized by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) and partners to discuss the latest developments on fingerprint… |
| Apr 29, 2021 | EAB and Biometrics Institute events share PAD, border insightsThe European Association for Biometrics (EAB) has published the lineup of panelists and speakers to participate at a two-day virtual… |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Practical problems in biometric fairness, coming ISO standard explored in EAB webinarNew wrinkles to the problem of biometric bias, the development of standards for assessing it, and strategies for assessing and… |
| Apr 16, 2021 | EAB hosting events on banking biometrics in Europe and presentation attack detectionTwo upcoming events will focus on the role of biometrics in European banking and on the implications of fingerprint presentation… |
| Apr 1, 2021 | NIST plans for further biometrics bias evaluation unveiled in EAB webinarDespite major gains in biometric matching accuracy in facial recognition systems across all demographic groups over the past several years,… |
| Mar 10, 2021 | What information is stored in face biometric templates? EAB exploresDeeply-learned face representations enable the success of current facial recognition systems today. Despite the ability of facial recognition systems representations… |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Goode Intelligence announces Biometric Summit 2021 date, calls for speakersThe Goode Intelligence Biometric Summit 2021 is set to take place on Tuesday, April 13 as an online event to explore… |
| Jan 19, 2021 | EAB virtual events to examine biometric systems’ demographic fairnessThe European Association of Biometrics (EAB) has unveiled the schedule for its first series of online events slated for March… |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Biometrics Institute, ID4Africa, ID2020, Amber and NIST host online events this monthBiometrics Institute Congress 2020 continues online with sessions on ‘The Power of Digital ID – Authentication in Digital Trust Frameworks’ and… |
| Sep 23, 2020 | EU research group talks up access control, biometrics in healthcareA European Union-funded innovation project called Panacea is showing biometric access control software tools that would be a part of… |
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…
