Practical problems in biometric fairness, coming ISO standard explored in EAB webinar
New wrinkles to the problem of biometric bias, the development of standards for assessing it, and strategies for assessing and…
biometrics research
Tackling the infant ID problem with fingerprint biometrics
A team of researchers from the Michigan State University (MSU) is advocating the adoption of fingerprint biometrics for children of…
Industry still asking, does AI have gaydar? Should it?
Opposition is growing in the EU to facial recognition algorithms billed as being able to accurately assign genders and sexual…
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…
Fingerprint Presentation Attack Detection
Fingerprint Presentation Attack Detection EAB Online Seminar April 29 – 30, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is hosting…
Young Frankensteins: Biometric authentication with electrical muscle stimulation
University of Chicago researchers have come up with the most improbable (so far) biometric method of authenticating someone’s identity —…
Facebook wants to build trust in AI with its Casual Conversations dataset
Taking an active rather than reactive position on building trustworthy AI, Facebook has opened a new dataset to algorithm developers…
Biometric data for music, game personalization draws controversy, research
Demand for user-centric experiences is driving a boom in personalization across industries, including with biometrics. Spotify’s proposed voice biometrics-guided music…
Role of biometrics in healthcare highlighted by Idemia in Panacea seminar
A seminar organized by Horizon 2020 research and innovation project Panacea took place last week, highlighting the role of biometrics…
Society dictated your face, according to biometrics research and a patent
Software apparently can guess a person’s surname with some certainty by just looking at their face with enough accuracy to…
