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Nowadays, biometrics find application as an integral component of identity management systems. The recent rapid growth of the size and popularity of such systems has prompted research into technologies which support efficient, secure, and accurate processing of large amounts of biometric data. This presentation will provide an introduction to said topics and challenges specifically associated with biometric identification (1:N search). Furthermore, examples of academic research will be presented and discussed in the context of applicability in real deployments of biometric systems.

Curriculum vitæ

Pawel Drozdowski is a researcher with the Faculty of Computer Science, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, where he works on research projects in the context of the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE. His interests within biometrics include efficient algorithmic solutions for large-scale database searches, information fusion, privacy and template protection, as well as ethical aspects of such systems, especially concerning demographic bias and fairness. He co-authored more than 20 scientific publications in the field of biometrics and represents the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) in ISO/IEC SC37 JTC1 SC37 on biometrics.

Widespread deployment of Automatic Border Control (ABC), along with electronic Machine Readable Travel Documents (eMRTD) for person verification, has enabled a prominent use case of face biometrics in border control applications. The trust anchor are biometric passports.

Many countries issue eMRTD passports on the basis of a printed biometric face photo submitted by the applicant, a procedure which allows the possibility of the photo being either altered to beautify the subject’s appearance or morphed to conceal his/her identity.

If an eMRTD passport is issued with a morphed facial image, two or more data subjects can then use it to pass a border control. This talk will present the state of the art of Morphing Attack Detection (MAD) and discuss the challenges associated with this research. Further the mid term research agenda will be indicated.

Curriculum vitæ

Christoph Busch is chairing the Norwegian Biometrics Lab (NBL) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. He holds a joint appointment at the Hochschule Darmstadt (HDA), Germany and, since 2007, he lectures biometric systems at the Technical University of Denmark.

Christoph has coordinated series of projects for the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), including BioIS, BioFace, BioFinger, BioKeyS Pilot-DB, KBEinweg and NFIQ2.0, and contributed to 3D-Face, FIDELITY, TURBINE, ORIGINS, INGRESS, SOTAMD and others EU projects.

He is also principal investigator at the German National Center for Applied Cybersecurity (ATHENE) and a co-founder of the European Association for Biometrics. Christoph has co-authored over 400 technical papers and spoken at numerous international conferences.

He is associate editor for the IET Biometrics and IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security journals, chairs the TeleTrusT Biometrics Working Group and German standardisation body on biometrics, and is also convenor of WG3 in ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37.

The Norwegian Biometrics Forum (NBF) is an open platform dedicated to regular exchange of information and experience related to the field of Biometrics. The target of the group is the interdisciplinary discussion between research, technology developers, data privacy experts, governmental agencies and operators of Biometric Systems. In the regular meetings new applications, latest research results and products are presented.

The 2020 International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2020) is jointly organized by the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) & the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and will be held at Porto, Portugal, on April 29-30, 2020. IWBF is an international forum devoted to facilitating synergies in research and development among the areas of multimedia forensics, forensic biometrics, and forensic science. IWBF provides the meeting place for those concerned with the use of advanced biometric technologies in forensic applications, attracting participants from industry, research, academia, and end-users.

CANCELED – Workshop of the Biometrics Working Group of TeleTrusT, the IT Security Association in Germany

The ProfitCard also looks at the latest trends in 2020, with the main topics on the agenda being mobile payment, electronic identity and payments in times of PSD2.

The electronic identification of customers is one of the decisive influencing factors for the further development of existing business models and the development of new ones in the future. The ProfitCard provides up-to-date information on projects already underway and offers a glimpse into the future.

Individual banks will report on the consequences that digitization will have for their respective business models, how customer relationships will change and what effects this will have on cost and revenue structures.

Since September 14, 2019, online payments must be secured with strong customer authentication – as stipulated by the European Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The postponement granted by the European banking regulator until the end of 2020 for some cases does not alter the fact that this will have an impact on the payment methods offered by online merchants and their use by customers.

The ProfitCard offers first-hand insider knowledge and excellent networking with decision-makers and designers in the industry.

Idiap Research Institute and the European Association for Biometrics EAB are organizing the first EAB Winter Workshop on Presentation Attack Detection evaluation and certification. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers, companies, customers, practitioners in biometrics to present latest research findings and challenges in Presentation Attack Detection, to unveil industrial solutions and to discuss the need for evaluation and certification. The workshop will start with an half-a-day introduction to biometrics and presentation attack detection taylored for beginners. The second day will be dedicated to scientific presentations, industrial spotlights with demonstrations and networking.

Industry demonstrations will be provided by Cognitec, TECH5, BioID, MOBAI, OneVisage and ams.

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