IARPA awards contracts for whole-body biometric identification
The research and development arm of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced a tranche of contracts…
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‘Explaining’ biometric recognition and PAD methods: xAI tools for face biometrics
“Explaining” biometric recognition and PAD methods: xAI tools for face biometrics EAB virtual lunch talk March 22, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm…
Biometix joins with UNSW Canberra on synthetic biometric testing data
Canberra, Australia-based biometric and data analysis consultant Biometix, which was spun off from BixeLab in 2020, and UNSW Canberra will collaborate…
Academic deepfake research paper suggests liveness detection vulnerable
Research into the methods, effectiveness and limits of biometric deepfake detection has been added to the growing body of work…
BioID shares encouraging research on deepfakes and biometric liveness detection with EAB
Deepfake images and videos pose a significant threat to biometric systems used for remote identity verification, and existing liveness technologies…
On-demand webinar – Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on…
Clearview AI, Trust Stamp add biometrics research leaders amid patent pushes
Clearview AI has filed a patent application to protect its method of fast and low-cost face biometric algorithm training, co-authored by…
Despite facial recognition misgivings, we seem ready to trust synthetic faces
The European Commission’s effort to create standards for the use of facial recognition is ongoing, but as important as that…
US Congress takes another run at AI accountability
An unsuccessful 2019 bill designed to make biased commercial AI algorithms [less biased] has been updated and re-introduced to the…
Disease detection from fingerprints improving despite limited biometric data
Fingerprint biometrics can reveal a good deal more about an individual than who they are, as attendees of a presentation…
