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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
Home Office identifies areas for improvement in biometrics self-enrollment systems
Thumbs and eyeglasses are notable challenges for biometric self-enrollment solutions, the UK Home Office has found, and informed the audience…
Sep 23, 2022 | UK plans next round of biometrics self-enrollment trials for apps and kiosksThe UK’s Biometrics Self-Enrolment Feasibility Trials have reached Phase 2, with a request for expression of interest from developers of… |
Sep 22, 2022 | Workshop on face image quality added to IFPC event as biometrics standard progressesA second edition of the Face Image Quality Workshop hosted last November by the European Association for Biometrics will be… |
Sep 19, 2022 | 2022 EAB Awards honor research on barriers to ECG, finger vein, and face biometricsThe European Association for Biometrics (EAB) has named the 2022 European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research and Industry Awards winners. Winners… |
Jul 28, 2022 | Morphing attack detection for face biometric spoofs needs more generalization, datasetsDeepfakes may get more press, but face morphing could be the more pressing security concern for border control systems using… |
Jul 26, 2022 | Deepfake detection approaches from heart rate to lightweight considered in EAB workshopDeepfake detection was one of the main topics investigated in the recent workshop from the European Association for Biometrics on… |
Jul 19, 2022 | Manipulated faces threaten trust in remote biometrics, new legal battlegroundsThe European Association for Biometrics addressed different potential harms related to face biometrics and technologies for digital manipulation of faces… |
Jul 13, 2022 | SenseTime researcher presents progress on AI syncing faces with audioThe digital manipulation of faces can be used to spoof biometric systems or sow misinformation, but technology to coordinate face… |
Jun 23, 2022 | Biometrics community breaks down details of AI Act proposals in EAB workshopOne interesting point of consensus arising at the European Association for Biometrics’ (EAB’s) Artificial Intelligence Act Workshop 2022 is that… |
Jun 1, 2022 | Researcher argues for more data to tap ECG biometrics’ potentialHeartbeat biometrics have come a long way over the past two decades, as explained to attendees of an event hosted… |
May 19, 2022 | Nuance shares voice biometrics fraud prevention successes in EAB talkVoice biometrics avoid some of the common challenges around authentication for financial institutions, and have resulted in huge savings through… |
May 13, 2022 | Biometrics providers, executive awarded for innovation, business development excellenceBiometrics and digital ID solution providers Veridas, RealNetworks and Ping Identity, have each received awards from different institutions for meeting… |
May 10, 2022 | Biometrics use cases, ethics to be examined in webinars from Oosto, Simprints, EAB, FIDO AllianceA variety of new webinars focusing on different applications of and issues around biometric technologies have been announced by Oosto,… |
May 5, 2022 | Face biometrics accuracy over time boosted by adaptive reference gallery: EAB webinarAdaptive face biometric systems have offered a way to improve the performance over time of systems that might otherwise suffer… |
Apr 21, 2022 | Calls issued for NIST face biometrics conference and European Biometrics Awards participationThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a conference to bring expert speakers to discuss the performance… |
Apr 20, 2022 | Autoencoder approach to vein biometrics development shows promise in EAB presentationUnsupervised learning approaches to vein recognition algorithms are approaching the state of the art, and could soon reach it, according… |
Apr 7, 2022 | IDloop researcher pitches advantages of structured light for 3D contactless biometricsCapture methods for fingerprint biometrics are continuing to evolve, and 3D contactless fingerprints images measured with structured light is showing… |
Mar 24, 2022 | Researcher shows progress on explainability in biometric PAD systemsExplaining the decisions of artificial intelligence systems like those used in biometric presentation attack detection is a complicated matter, and… |
Feb 25, 2022 | BioID shares encouraging research on deepfakes and biometric liveness detection with EABDeepfake images and videos pose a significant threat to biometric systems used for remote identity verification, and existing liveness technologies… |
Jan 28, 2022 | Disease detection from fingerprints improving despite limited biometric dataFingerprint biometrics can reveal a good deal more about an individual than who they are, as attendees of a presentation… |
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…