ACM to host conference on algorithmic fairness, accountability, and transparency
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will host a conference on fairness, accountability and transparency in algorithmic systems from January…
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id3 facial recognition shows combination of accuracy and low resource use in NIST testing
Facial recognition algorithms from id3 Technologies have scored respectable accuracy with a small template size and without benefit of a…
Facial recognition 20 times more accurate with advances in convolutional neural networks, NIST finds
Facial recognition algorithms can identify matches with error rates as low as 0.2 percent given good quality photos, 20 times…
Sogou biometric facial recognition algorithm hits high score in MegaFace Challenge
The MegaFace Challenge, billed as the world’s first large-scale facial recognition algorithm competition, has announced its latest results with the…
IARPA challenge aims to improve face recognition
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is holding…
Betterlife licenses Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solutions for fingerprint recognition
Precise Biometrics announced an agreement with Betterlife for licensing of Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solutions for fingerprint recognition, Precise BioMatch Mobile…
UW releases MegaFace facial recognition algorithms benchmarking results
The University of Washington will be releasing initial results from its MegaFace Challenge at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision…
Cognitec exec discusses FaceVACS facial recognition technology
Cognitec’s FaceVACS facial recognition technology enables companies and organizations around the world to develop new face recognition applications through an…
Sighthound boasts LFW benchmark results for its facial recognition software
Sighthound, Inc. announced that its facial recognition system ranks first – with an accuracy of 99.79% – against the Labeled…
Facial recognition, video forensics bolster human expertise
This is a guest post by Robert Sprecher, Program Director for Face Recognition and Video Analytics for MorphoTrak. Thanks to…
