Biometrics companies from China and Russia could be banned from NIST FRVT
Chinese media is reporting that biometrics companies from China could soon be excluded from NIST’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT),…
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NtechLab plans activity detection product after second place finish in NIST prize challenge
NtechLab has placed second in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Activity Extended Video (ActEV) Prize Challenge for…
Vision-Box says results in NIST facial recognition test show seamless travel potential
Vision-Box has submitted its biometric facial recognition algorithm to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Facial Recognition Vendor…
FBI and TSA legal footing criticized at house committee facial recognition hearings
U.S. lawmakers criticized the FBI’s failure to implement five of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) recommendations and expressed concern with…
Multi-biometric identity proofing solution from NextgenID meets new OMB requirements
NextgenID has announced that products and solutions such as its multi-biometric ID*Capture Kiosk available now meet the requirements of the…
Facial recognition: A strategic imperative for national security
This is a guest post by IDEMIA NSS President and CEO B Scott Swann and Senior Director for Innovation and…
As CNNs boost facial biometric accuracy, Australia researches child recognition
DST Group, Australia’s Defense Science and Technology agency, has established a research program to work on identifying and classifying children…
German facial biometrics startup Saffe touts overall top-15 NIST testing result
Saffe Ltd. has placed 14th in the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), based…
Federal agencies move to explore AI ethics and technical standards
The U.S. Department of Defense recently held a public comment meeting at Stanford University to discuss artificial intelligence ethics, VentureBeat…
Remark algorithm takes top 20 spot in NIST biometric facial verification test
Remark Holdings has landed inside the top 20 on the NIST Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 1:1 Verification overall leaderboard,…
