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IWBF is an international forum devoted to facilitating synergies in research and development among the areas of multimedia forensics, forensic biometrics, and forensic science. State-of-the-art research in areas such as biometrics, forensic science, surveillance, and multimedia forensics will be presented. The 9th edition of IWBF will be a meeting place for those concerned with the use of advanced biometric technologies in forensic applications, attracting participants from industry, research, academia, and end-users.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Biometrics
• Attacks to biometric systems
• Multimodal biometrics
• Soft biometrics
• Mobile biometrics
• Biometric analysis of crime scenes
• Multimedia forensics
• Ethical and societal implications of biometrics and forensics
• Forensic Science
• Integrity verification
• Anonymization & Data Privacy
• Data de-identification
• Surveillance
• Mobile biometrics
• Information Theoretic Security
• Adversarial Signal Processing for biometrics and forensics
• Case studies on the aforementioned topics

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In this talk, Pr. Dr. Meike Ramon will present the findings of her team's recent work on human deepfake detection and facial identity processing of natural and synthetic faces. She will conclude with an outlook of the Applied Face Cognition Lab's future directions using deepfakes generated using state-of-the-art open-source generative models and artistic content developed by creative professionals.

Note: Exceptionally, this Lunch Talk's recording and presentation will not be published for EAB members due to the research presented, which includes copyrighted content.

Curriculum vitæ

Meike Ramon is a Professor of Applied Data Science at the Business School of the Bern University of Applied Sciences, a Board Member of the Association for Independent Research, a Local Node Leader of the Swiss Reproducibility Network, and an Expert Panel Member for Innosuisse, the Swiss Federal Innovation Agency. As a Swiss National Science Foundation PRIMA (Promoting Women in Academia) Fellow, she founded the Applied Face Cognition Lab, previously directing it at the University of Lausanne and Fribourg. Her PhD is from the Université catholique de Louvain, with a postdoctoral stint at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on face recognition, studying its neurofunctional basis and societal implications, from face-blindness to identifying Super-Recognizers. She collaborates with various international police agencies, including the Berlin Police since 2017, with whom she developed the Berlin Test for Super-Recognizer Identification (beSure®), the only existing bespoke tool for identifying so-called Super-Recognizers involving authentic police material.

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The IFPC 2025, takes place in remote participation mode, from April 1 until 3, 2025. The IFPC focuses on all technical factors affecting the deployment and use of high performance face recognition applications, including applications, standards, quality assessment,human aspects, demographic aspects, demographic effects, age and ageing effects, presentation attack detection, morphing datasets, their preparation, training and tuning, non-cooperative uses, accuracy measurement, and performance tests.

With support of the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, the conference aims to assemble speakers from all over the world involved in face recognition development, procurement, deployment as well as operations. The main aim of the IFPC is to bring greater maturity to face recognition by improving performance, transparency and trustworthiness. Furthermore, during this event, speakers have the opportunity to present proposals for technical or policy presentations which address problems that might influence face recognition operations and applications. The IFPC focuses on improving relevant factors concerning face recognition, including performance, transparency and trustworthiness.

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

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The use of fingerprint recognition is increasing day by day. Not only are we required (in European countries) to capture our fingerprints in order to obtain a passport or (soon) be granted entry into the EU, but we use them on a daily basis for basic tasks such as unlocking our smartphones or confirming a bank transaction.

In spite of the numerous benefits of utilising fingerprint recognition, some drawbacks come with this technology: one does not need to be a tech expert to carry out a presentation attack that may fool a system into believing you are someone else. Unattended capture devices need to have a Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) subsystem, to prevent such attacks.

The workshop raises awareness about this issue and about the current efforts of the biometric community in order to minimise the impact of such attacks. We will thus present a definition of the problem and provide the audience with possible solutions and a look into the future steps.

This workshop will feature presentations by experts from academic, industry, and governmental organisations and will facilitate interactions and discussions between the experts and the audience.

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This Lunch Talk will open with a brief introduction covering the definition and importance of security in biometrics, common security challenges in biometric systems and use cases. Mahesh will then move on to threats and risks in biometric hardware, including spoofing attacks, replay attacks, template inversion attacks, Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks and side-channel attacks. The talk will then hone in on cryptographic techniques in biometric Hardware (symmetric, asymmetric, custom cryptography, hashing, etc) and secure biometric authentication (secure communication between biometric sensors and Host and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in biometric systems). Mahesh will conclude by discussing Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and secure enclaves, the role of hardware security modules (HSM) in biometric encryption, protection against side-channel attacks (power analysis, timing attacks), and temper mechanism.

Curriculum vitæ

Mahesh Patel is a seasoned Principal Technical Architect with over 15 years of experience for designing and implementing robust, secured, scalable enterprise-grade IT solutions. He has expertise in the security of the software such as standalone applications, cloud applications, hardware such biometric devices, as well as data and data-transmission. He is focused on delivering the innovative architectures aligned with business objectives and security compliance and adept at identifying emerging technologies and driving strategic technology roadmaps to foster operational efficiency and enhance customer experiences.

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Back in spring 2011 our Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory (NBL) was established and for the opening we organized a workshop. Since then we have celebrated the NBL Annual Workshops (NBLAW). All the workshops are listed on the NBL homepage.

Face recognition based on deep learning has emerged as a key component of identity verification and authentication in a number of fields, such as access control, law enforcement, and mobile banking. Concerns about privacy, fairness, and ethics have gained prominence as technological developments continue to influence its uses. It is essential to develop and assess these systems with privacy in mind while implementing a human-in-the-loop methodology.

We invite speakers to the NBL Annual Workshop 2025 to discuss the advantages, challenges and risks of face recognition given its significant technological and societal implications. By bringing together viewpoints from academics, government, law, ethics, and psychology, we hope to promote a multidisciplinary conversation in this workshop. The workshop will be held as a hybrid event, allowing both in-person and remote participation.

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New edition of the Council of Wisdom: Presentation Attack Detection

The EAB Council of Wisdom is a event type of the EAB that is set up to answer any questions you may have regarding biometric modalities, technologies, research and more... This edition will focus on Presentation Attack Detection (PAD). Stay tuned to learn more about who will be joining the expert panel!

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As digital authentication evolves beyond passwords, hardware-based passkeys have emerged as a promising alternative. However, their reliance on physical devices creates challenges in account recovery, particularly within FIDO protocols, where losing a device can result in permanent access loss. This talk explores biometric-bound credentials as a solution, leveraging biometrics to bind cryptographic keys while maintaining security, usability, and flexibility. We will compare token encryption with biometrics and biometric cryptosystems, highlighting innovations such as Trust Stamp’s stable IT2, which enables high-entropy key reconstruction independent of the biometric sample. Applications range from secure account recovery and digital wallets to remote identity proofing and biometric-enabled passes. By addressing key security concerns and ensuring compliance with NIST authentication standards, biometric-bound credentials represent the next frontier in digital identity management.

Curriculum vitæ

Dr Norman Poh leads technical strategy at Trust Stamp, driving growth in the company's privacy-preserving biometrics offerings, which are designed to tackle identity management challenges related to KYC/AML. Prior to this, he held data science positions in two separate industries, including financial forecasting in the oil and gas sector and in healthcare. With a strong track record of innovation, Norman has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, received five best paper awards, and holds more than ten patents. He earned his PhD in multimodal biometrics from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and currently serves as an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Malta.

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A special edition of EAB Lunch Talks and the Council of Wisdom to kick off the new year!

The EAB Council of Wisdom (CoW) is the new Q&A format of the EAB, set up to answer any questions you may have regarding specific topics within biometrics topics. You questions, EAB senior members' answers! ...

For this legal CoW, we have invited Irina Orssich, Abdullah Elbi and many more, to answer your questions on the AI Act and biometrics.

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