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Face Morphing Workshop

Date: 2026-05-26 - 2026-05-27 Location: Online

Organizer: EAB with Annalisa Franco (University of Bologna)

All times in CEST.

Registration is free of charge.


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The growing deployment of facial recognition systems in security-critical applications has exposed significant vulnerabilities to face morphing attacks, where images combining multiple identities can successfully deceive both human examiners and automated systems. These threats pose serious challenges for identity verification processes, including border control, passport issuance, and digital identity systems, making the development of reliable morphing attack detection (MAD) techniques a key priority for the biometrics community.

Co-organised with Annalisa Franco (University of Bologna, Italy), this workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of face morphing and morphing attack detection, spanning the full pipeline from attack generation techniques to recent detection strategies. The programme will also address system and human vulnerabilities, ongoing research initiatives, real-world operational perspectives, and large-scale benchmarking efforts. The workshop aims to advance understanding of current challenges and support the development of robust and practical MAD solutions.

Day 1 will focus on understanding morphs and cutting-edge MAD, and Day 2 will aim to provide an outlook into the future of MAD and morphing research with insights from end-users, current research projects and evaluation bodies.

Attendance is free of charge but registration is required.

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Day 1

13:00 Annalisa Franco

Welcome

University of Bologna
Landmark-based, GANs, Diffusion Models
13:05 TBD

TBD

Vulnerabilities of Humans and Systems
13:50 David Robertson

Human Vulnerabilities

University of Strathclyde
14:25 Annalisa Franco

MAP (ISO) and FRSs

University of Bologna
14:45

Break

Morphing Attack Detection
15:00 Marija Ivanovska

S-MAD & DMAD

University of Ljubjana
15:25 Raul Ismayilov

Demorphing

University of Twente
15:45 Nicolo Di Domenico

V-MAD

University of Bologna
16:05 Guido Borghi

Continous Learning

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
16:25 Raul Ismayilov, Nicolo Di Domenico, TBD

Q&A on Morphing Attack Detection

Closing
16:40 Annalisa Franco

Closing

University of Bologna
16:45

End of Day 1

Day 2

13:00 Annalisa Franco

Welcome back

University of Bologna
Horizon Europe Research Projects
13:05 Jonathan Boyle

Insights from EINSTEIN

University of Reading
13:35 Davide Antonutti, David Fischinger

Insights from SafeTravellers

Austrian Institute of Technology
14:05 TBD

TBD

14:35

Break

Public benchmark
14:50 Mei Ngan Ngan

NIST & MAD

National Institute of Standards and Technology
15:20 Lorenzo Pellegrini

FVC-onGoing

University of Bologna
Panel Discussion
15:50 Luuk Spreeuwers, TBD

Panel

University of Twente
Closing
16:25 Annalisa Franco

Closing

University of Bologna
16:30

End of Day 2