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DHS suggests face biometrics bias reduction method, quantifies demographic effects
Removing facial features associated with race and gender can make face biometric algorithms less likely to confuse people with others based on those demographics, according to new research from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security .. Keep reading this report

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Multi-spectral face biometrics, emotion recognition and deepfakes discussed at EAB seminar
The state of the art in several areas related to face biometrics and computer vision were explored in the latest...
 
Leaders in biometrics and ID policy honored by Goode, SIA, CIX
Goode Intelligence has declared BehavioSec CEO Dr. Neil Costigan, Women in Identity Co-founder Emma Lindley, and Nok Nok Labs President...
Aware CCO pitches NIST Digital Identity Guidelines at Identity Week
New proposed guidelines from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were promoted to an international audience in...
 
Physical start for digital ID and cryptograph wrappers at Identity Week Day 2
Digital identity for development and inclusion was one of the main themes of the second day of London Identity Week....
Imageware financial results provide strategic runway: biometrics stocks wrap
Imageware revenues increased by 29 percent to $942,000 for the second quarter of its fiscal 2021 on increases from biometric products...
 
Prove passive authentication with gait, motion biometrics reaches global availability
Prove’s behavioral biometric authentication technology based on motion and gait recognition has reached availability in 195 countries to help business...
Anonybit decentralized biometrics integrated into Abine password manager
Anonybit.io’s decentralized biometric technology has been implemented by online privacy technology provider Abine to release a password manager for its...
 
NEC claims win in NIST iris biometrics accuracy test
New iris recognition accuracy benchmarking from NIST is out, and NEC has claimed the top accuracy rate, at 99.59 percent for...
Thoughts on AI ethics getting concrete and useful
At this point, there can be no creators of algorithms ignorant of the AI ethics debate. Users are a different...
 
Alfi says no ethnicity recognition on Uber, Lyft tablets
Alfi will not use its face biometrics-based technology that classifies ethnicity to target advertisements to viewers out of respect for...
Can a consumer biometric wearable warn the USAF about infection?
The U.S. Air Force wants to hear about possible commercial-grade wearables that can help contain dangerous virus infections. It has...
 
Groups call on Mexico to abandon biometric digital ID proposal
Mexico’s proposal to establish a biometrics-backed digital ID with a centralized database should be halted due to the threat such...
Firstface lawsuit win over Apple for iPhone unlocking infringement upheld
South Korea-based Firstface has been awarded a judgement in a biometric patent dispute with Apple by a U.S. federal appeals...
 
DHS suggests face biometrics bias reduction method, quantifies demographic effects
Removing facial features associated with race and gender can make face biometric algorithms less likely to confuse people with others...
  SIA promotes digital ID document verification techniques amid expanded issuance
  UL develops compliance program for mobile driver’s license tools
  Research partnership to use iPhone biometrics to detect depression, cognitive decline
  Tessi scales up with Smart Engines’ digital ID document processing
  Edge voice dev kit, funding revealed as market for NLP-focused hardware grows
  Selfie biometrics deployments from public agency to popular video game
Events and Webinars
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The South Africa & Kenya Report
  September 29, 2021 - September 29, 2021
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The South Africa & Kenya Report Online September 29, 2021 (12:30 GMT) In this upcoming LiveCast episode, ID4Africa...
Digital Dilemmas Debate: Biometrics – ‘Overpurposed’ by design?
  September 30, 2021 - September 30, 2021
Digital Dilemmas Debate: Biometrics – ‘Overpurposed’ by design? Online September 30, 2021, 14:00 – 15:00 CET The Digital Dilemmas Debates...
Digital Trust World 2021
  October 4, 2021 - October 7, 2021
Digital Trust World 2021 Online October 4-7, 2021 Digital Trust World 2021 is a new event from research and consulting...
Bias mitigation in anti-spoofing through knowledge distillation – EAB virtual lunch talk
  October 5, 2021 - October 5, 2021
Bias mitigation in anti-spoofing through knowledge distillation – EAB virtual lunch talk Online October 5, 2021 (12:30-13:30 CET) The European...
connect:ID
  October 5, 2021 - October 6, 2021
connect:ID October 5-6, 2021 Washington, DC Connect:ID is an identity conference and exhibition, showcasing practical implementations of trusted identity solutions,...
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