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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

Practical problems in biometric fairness, coming ISO standard explored in EAB webinar

Apr 20, 2021, 6:55 pm EDT

New 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 detection Two 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 webinar Despite 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 explores Deeply-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 speakers The 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 fairness The 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 month Biometrics 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 healthcare A European Union-funded innovation project called Panacea is showing biometric access control software tools that would be a part of…
Sep 14, 2020	Biometrics events roundup: Suprema to introduce multi-biometric solution Suprema will introduce its new biometric FaceStation F2 Fusion Multimodal Terminal during the first live session of its upcoming Suprema Connect online…
Sep 10, 2020	Misunderstandings in biometrics targeted by EAB and EU regulator collaboration Data protection regulators in Europe have been receptive to the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) as the organization addresses common misconceptions…
Aug 21, 2020	ID4Africa webinar series, EAB and Biometrics Institute virtual events and Suprema showcase coming in September Stakeholders in the biometrics industry and digital ID community are planning to come together for a series of virtual events…
Aug 6, 2020	European Association for Biometrics responds to regulators’ paper with clarifications, call for collaboration A regulator’s paper on biometrics is riddled with inaccuracies, misrepresentations and contradictions, according to a point-by-point refutation written in response…
May 1, 2020	European Association for Biometrics now accepting applications for 2020 awards The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is accepting nominations for its fourteenth awards class, including the European Biometrics Max Snijder,…
Mar 27, 2020	IWBF biometrics and forensics workshop to be broadcast online The 8th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF-2020) has been recast as an online event with an option for…
Nov 14, 2019	International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics seeks papers for conference presentation The 2020 International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2020) has issued a call for research papers in the areas…
Sep 26, 2019	EAB awards three researchers for contributions to fingerprint and facial biometrics University of Ljubljana researcher Dr. Klemen Grm has won the first EAB Max Snijder Award for his research on processing…
Aug 1, 2019	PYCSEL project brings new active thermal biometric fingerprint sensor to EAB event The PYCSEL project, an EU Horizon 2020-funded project to develop a new kind of thermal fingerprint sensor, will both make…
Feb 28, 2019	EAB CEO Van Der Veen to chair Planet Biometrics 2019 event The EAB (European Association for Biometrics) has formed a strategic partnership with the Planet Biometrics 2019 conference and exhibition, and…
Nov 15, 2018	EAB joins Secure Identity Alliance as an Advisory Observer Citing a shared common goal in promoting the development and responsible use of identity technologies, and a commitment to work…
Oct 15, 2018	EAB announces Biometric Data and the GDPR seminar The European Association for Biometrics (EAB), Belgian research university KU Leuven and the University of Kent are joining forces to…