IEEE Biometrics Council

19/01/2024

Working on an submission? Great news! The deadline for round two papers has been extended.

Submissions for round two papers are now due January 26, 2024. Authors may submit as a short paper (4 pages + 1 page for reference) or in the long category (8 pages + 1 reference). The 18th IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition will take place May 27-31, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The FG conference is the premier international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. Its broad scope includes advances in fundamental computer vision, pattern recognition, computer graphics, and machine learning techniques relevant to face, gesture, and body action, new algorithms, and analysis of specific applications.

Awards, including the best paper award, the best student paper award, and the test-of-time award, will be given out, and a selection of best reviewed papers from FG 2024 will be invited to contribute to a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior and Identity Science (IEEE TBIOM).

Paper submissions are accepted through CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FG2024. For more information about FG2024, visit https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/.

17/01/2024

Webinar alert! Don’t miss tomorrow’s IEEE Biometrics Council webinar on continuous authentication.

On January 17, the Council will host “Continuous Authentication – Still a Thing After 20 Years?” with Dr. Terence Sim, an associate professor at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. Over the past two decades, Dr. Sim has conducted research in , , computational photography, and privacy in images.

During tomorrow’s webinar, Dr. Sim will explore the concept of Continuous Authentication (CA), tracing its evolution over the last 20 years, addressing the key challenges it faces and suggesting potential areas for future research. Start 2024 off with a deep dive into this super-relevant topic.

Key Details
Title: Continuous Authentication – Still a Thing After 20 Years?
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Terence Sim, National University of Singapore
When: January 17, 2024 at 11 am Beijing Time (8:30 am IST, 7 pm PST, 10 pm ET on 16 Jan 2024)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5_O5LVVsQwSxMKuayQNSBw #/registration

Learn more at https://ieee-biometrics.org/event/continuous-authentication-still-a-thing-after-20-years/

21/12/2023

update!

The schedule for the upcoming IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) has just been released and is live on the event site. Scope out the program for key addresses, can’t-miss workshops and tutorials, networking events, and more.

WACV 2024 Program
https://wacv2024.thecvf.com/program/

WACV is the premier international event, taking place January 4-8, 2024, in Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Visit the WACV website for the latest updates and announcements as the kick-off draws near: https://wacv2024.thecvf.com.

12/12/2023

Join us for the next IEEE Biometrics Council !

On January 17, 2024, the Council will host the webinar, “Continuous Authentication – Still a Thing After 20 Years?” The webinar is free, but registration is required.

Listen as Dr. Terence Sim, an associate professor at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore, explores the concept of Continuous Authentication (CA), a security measure where a computer system continuously verifies the identity of the user during a session. This approach is contrasted with One-Time Authentication (OTA), which only verifies identity at the session’s start.

Although CA was first proposed in 2000, it has gained significant attention recently due to the widespread use of smartphones and IoT devices. The webinar will trace the evolution and progress of CA over the past 20 years, addressing the key challenges it faces and suggesting potential areas for future research.

Key Details
Title: Continuous Authentication – Still a Thing After 20 Years?
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Terence Sim, National University of Singapore
When: January 17, 2024 at 11 am Beijing Time (8:30 am IST, 7 pm PST, 10 pm ET on 16 Jan 2024)
Where: Online (Zoom)
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5_O5LVVsQwSxMKuayQNSBw #/registration

Learn more at https://ieee-biometrics.org/event/continuous-authentication-still-a-thing-after-20-years/.

08/12/2023

Next opportunity for paper submissions!

Round two paper submissions for the 18th IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition are due January 22, 2024.

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

- Face recognition, analysis and synthesis
- Gesture recognition, analysis and synthesis
- Body motion analysis and synthesis
- Action recognition
- Psychological and behavioral analysis
- Technologies and applications

The FG conference is the premier international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. Its broad scope includes advances in fundamental computer vision, pattern recognition, computer graphics, and machine learning techniques relevant to face, gesture, and body action, new algorithms, and analysis of specific applications. This year’s event will take place May 27-31, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Paper submissions are accepted through CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FG2024.

For more information about FG2024, visit https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/.

06/12/2023

Spotlight on: more 2023 IEEE Biometrics Council award winners.

Each year, the Biometrics Council recognizes members of our organization who have made exceptional contributions to the biometrics field and professional community. The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award was established in 2018 to single out, in particular, outstanding efforts in doctoral dissertations.

For 2023, the recipient of the IEEE Biometrics Best Doctoral Dissertation Award is Chaoyou Fu. Chaoyou Fu received his PhD in pattern recognition and intelligent systems, and these comprise his current areas of interest, along with computer vision. His research interests include pattern recognition and computer vision. The award was presented at in September.

See the full list of 2023 award winners here: https://ieee-biometrics.org/winners-of-the-ieee-biometrics-council-awards-2023/.

01/12/2023

Have you read the latest issue of T-BIOM yet?

The Q4 edition for 2023 was released on November 14, and, as always, it’s chock-full of thought-provoking original articles about the latest findings in biometrics. So what’s inside the most recent issue?

> Read about the end-to-end network framework that can simultaneously perform expression removal and recognition tasks in "ERR-Net: Facial Expression Removal and Recognition Network With Residual Image," by Baishuang Li; Siyi Mo; Wenming Yang; Guijin Wang; and Qingmin Liao.

> Discover one of the first proposed techniques—along with experimental results validating its effectiveness—for defying existing double-identity fingerprint attacks in "Detecting Double-Identity Fingerprint Attacks," by M. Ferrara; R. Cappelli; and D. Malton.

> Learn about a new model to estimate the severity of facial paralysis automatically, inspired by the facial action units recognition that deals with rich, detailed facial appearance information, such as texture, muscle status, etc. in "ALGRNet: Multi-Relational Adaptive Facial Action Unit Modelling for Face Representation and Relevant Recognitions," by Xuri Ge; Joemon M. Jose; Pengcheng Wang; Arunachalam Iyer; Xiao Liu; and Hu Han.

Plus more! Take advantage of this excellent knowledge-sharing resource available to members each quarter at: https://ieee-biometrics.org/publications/t-biom/.

29/11/2023

Spotlight on: 2023 IEEE Biometrics Council award winners.

Each year, the Biometrics Council recognizes members of our organization who have made recent outstanding contributions to the biometrics field and professional community. Two such awards are the Meritorious Service Award and the Leadership Award, which were both presented at in September.

For 2023, the recipient of the IEEE Biometrics Council Meritorious Service Award is Mayank Vatsa (pictured below). A professor of computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology in Jodhpur, Vatsa is credited with developing the standards for biometrics-based identification in India. During his time as the VP (Publications) for the IEEE Biometrics Council, he launched IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior and Identity Science, which debuted in January 2019. Read more about his contributions and accomplishments: http://home.iitj.ac.in/~mvatsa/

The recipient of the IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Award is Kevin Bowyer (not pictured). A professor of computer science and engineering at Notre-Dame, Bowyer is an IEEE Fellow and also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Association for Pattern Recognition. He has served as editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science and the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. Read more about his leadership roles and accomplishments: https://www3.nd.edu/~kwb/

See the full list of 2023 award winners here: https://ieee-biometrics.org/winners-of-the-ieee-biometrics-council-awards-2023/.

15/11/2023

Final round-up of award winners!

IJCB is a pivotal event for the biometrics world: a platform for researchers to share their work with their peers. In September 2023, the 18th annual IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics, took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. At the end of the conference, the awards ceremony highlighted standout presentations, papers, and contributions.

Over the course of three days, participants gathered for poster presentations, sharing their research findings in well-organized, compelling visual charts. The awards committee chose one winner for each day.

Best Poster Award: Day 1
“Age-constrained Ear Recognition: The EICZA Dataset and SASE Baseline Model” – Qin, Wenda; Betke, Margrit; Etter, Lauren; Simukanga, Alinani; Gill, Christopher

Best Poster Award: Day 2
“Vulnerability of Automatic Identity Recognition to Audio-Visual Deepfakes” – Korshunov, Pavel; Chen, Haolin; Garner, Philip N.; Marcel, Sebastien

Best Poster Award: Day 3
“De-identifying Face Image Datasets While Retaining Facial Expressions” – Leibl, Andreas Josef; Mayer, Helmut; Attenberger, Andreas; Meißner, Andreas; Altmann, Stefan

Congratulations to all! The IEEE Biometrics Council looks forward to the next installment.

13/11/2023

Preparing a workshop or special session submission for ? The deadline is here!

The deadline to submit proposals is today: November 13, 2023.

The 18th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition conference will take place May 27-31, 2024, at the Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. The IEEE Biometrics Council has issued invitations to submit proposals for workshops and special sessions and panels.

Proposals should be submitted through CMT.
Call for workshops: https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-workshops/.
Call for special sessions: https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-special-session-and-panel-proposals/

Share your insights, research, skills, and more with the and community!

10/11/2023

Spotlight on: more award winners!

One major component of September’s IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was the live demonstration and exhibition sessions. During these presentations, researchers are given the opportunity to showcase their contributions in the area of biometrics. The sessions are interactive and often leave a lasting impression—both on the attendees and the larger biometric field—as researchers display new methods and technologies, system prototypes, and experimental features of mature systems.

The Best Demo Award singles out the most impressive presentation from those sessions. For 2023, Federico Nocentini, Professor Claudio Ferrari, and Professor Stefano Berretti took the top honors in the category, for their demonstration titled, “S2L+S2D: Identity-Preserving Speech-Driven 3D Talking Heads.”

Congratulations to all! See more award winners here: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/award-winners/.

03/11/2023

The deadline for Workshop and Special Session submissions has been extended!

The new submission deadline for proposals is November 13, 2023.

The 18th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition conference will take place May 27-31, 2024, at the Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. The IEEE Biometrics Council has issued invitations to submit proposals for workshops and special sessions and panels.

To align with the overarching themes of the conference, the organizers are especially seeking proposals relating to emerging new fields or application domains of face and gesture analysis and synthesis as well as interdisciplinary topics that bring new perspectives to the FG community.

Proposals should be submitted through CMT. Find more info at the links here.
Call for workshops: https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-workshops/
Call for special sessions: https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-special-session-and-panel-proposals/

Share your insights, research, skills, and more with the and community!

30/10/2023

Spotlight on: more award-winning conference papers!

This year at the International Joint Conference on Biometrics, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in September, the power of international collaboration was on full display during the awards ceremony. A joint project between student researchers (and their advising professors) in Portugal and India resulted in the winning entry for the IAPR Best Biometrics Student Paper Award.

Ashwin Prakash, Thejaswin S, Athira Nambiar, and Alexandre Bernardino took the top honors in the category this year, for their paper titled, “Adapt-FuseNet: Context-aware Multimodal Adaptive Fusion of Face and Gait Features Using Attention Techniques for Human Identification.”

Congratulations! We will share links to the full papers once materials are posted. See more award winners here: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/award-winners/.

26/10/2023

Spotlight on: more award winners!

Though the weeks are quickly passing by, we can’t forget to look back and showcase all of the winners from the awards ceremony during September’s IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics.

At the 2023 ceremony, the BTAS/IJCB 5-Year Highest Impact Award went to the paper “Multi-task Learning for Detecting and Segmenting Manipulated Facial Images and Videos,” authored by Huy H. Nguyen, Fuming Fang, Junichi Yamagishi, and Isao Echizen.

This unique award recognizes the paper from the 2019 IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems conference that has the highest number of citations thus far (that is, five years from its publishing). Originally presented at BTAS in 2019, before that conference and the International Conference on Biometrics combined into , the work presented in this paper has made a significant impact in detecting manipulated images and videos in the biometrics field.

In the abstract, the authors share how they had “designed a convolutional neural network that uses the multi-task learning approach to simultaneously detect manipulated images and videos and locate the manipulated regions for each query.” Though research is racing ahead in leaps and bounds, it is always important to look back and take account of the great progress made—working together, building upon the discoveries of our talented peers around the world.

Read the full paper here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9185974.

Congratulations to all! See more award winners here: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/award-winners/.

23/10/2023

Deadline reminder! MAP-A workshop paper submissions are due tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023, is the last day to submit papers for the 6th iteration of the Workshop on Manipulation, Adversarial and Presentation Attacks (MAP-A) in Biometrics. This annual event has become a highly anticipated forum for peers to report advancements in the areas of synthetic content creation and its challenges and implications.

The half-day workshop will take place on either January 7 or 8 during the 2024 Winter Applications in Computer Vision ( ) conference in Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Find more details, including how to submit, at the workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/wacv2024-map-a/home

17/10/2023

Webinar reminder! Learn everything you have been wanting to know about Synthetic Realities, from one of the world’s leading authorities on .

This Wednesday, October 18, Anderson Rocha, of the University of Campinas, will present “Synthetic Realities, Trust and Biometrics: What’s Ahead.” Tune in at 10 a.m. ET (4 p.m. CEST, 10 p.m. Beijing), via Zoom.

Professor Rocha will discuss how our society is living what is being referred to as “synthetic realities,” including the latest technologies shaping these new realities, such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, Dall-E2, StableDiffusion, and others. He will also talk about the importance of identifying and exposing such creations or forgeries and pinpoint the implications of such fakes to the society at large.

This is organized by the IEEE Biometrics Council. Advance registration required.

Learn more and RSVP here: https://ieee-biometrics.org/event/synthetic-realities-trust-and-biometrics-whats-ahead-2/

16/10/2023

Spotlight on: more award-winning conference papers!

The International Joint Conference on Biometrics, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in September, is a pivotal event in the world of biometrics. The awards element of the conference is always a highlight, particularly the honors recognizing student papers. It’s always inspiring to see how our next generation of leaders can push the boundaries of what is possible.

At the 2023 ceremony, the IEEE Best Student Paper Award went to Haiquing Li, Caiyong Wang, Zhao Guangzhe, Zhaofeng He, Yunlong Wang, and Zhenan Sun for their paper titled, “Sclera-Transfuse: Fusing Swin Transformer and CNN for Accurate Sclera Segmentation.” We will share links to the full papers once materials are posted.

Congratulations! See more award winners here: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/award-winners/.

14/10/2023

Deadline extension for MAP-A workshop paper submissions!

The paper submission deadline for the 6th iteration of the Workshop on Manipulation, Adversarial and Presentation Attacks in Biometrics has been extended to October 25, 2023.

The MAP-A workshop, which will take place during the 2024 Winter Applications in Computer Vision ( ) conference in Waikoloa, Hawaii, is a forum for peers to report advancements in the areas of synthetic content creation and its challenges and implications. Workshop organizers are seeking high-quality submissions addressing the creation, evaluation, impact, and mitigation measures for manipulation, adversarial, and presentation attacks on biometrics systems.

WACV is scheduled for January 4-8, 2024. The half-day MAP-A workshop will take place on either January 7 or 8, and all papers will be included in IEEE Explore.

Find more details, including how to submit, at the workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/wacv2024-map-a/home

13/10/2023

Join your fellow professionals for “Synthetic Realities, Trust and Biometrics: What’s Ahead,” on October 18, at 10 a.m. ET (4 p.m. CEST, 10 p.m. Beijing), via Zoom.

Hear about how our society is living what is being referred to as “synthetic realities,” from Anderson Rocha, professor of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Forensics at the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas, Brazil, in an upcoming organized by the IEEE Biometrics Council.

An international thought leader on artificial intelligence, Professor Rocha will discuss the latest technologies shaping these new realities, such as ChatGPT, Midjourney, Dall-E2, StableDiffusion, and others. The webinar will cover the importance of identifying and exposing such creations or forgeries and pinpoint the research challenges ahead and implications of such fakes to the society at large.

For more information visit: https://ieee-biometrics.org/events/webinars/

12/10/2023

Spotlight on: award winners!

One of the most anticipated moments of the annual IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics is the awards ceremony, during which the IEEE Biometrics Council and the International Association of Pattern Recognition ( ) recognize event participants across several categories.

At the 2023 ceremony, the IEEE Best Paper Award went to the paper “CoNAN: Conditional Neural Aggregation Network For Unconstrained Face Feature Fusion,” authored by Bhavin Jawade, Deen Dayal Mohan, Dennis Fedorishin, Srirangaraj Setlur, and Venu Govindaraju.

Co-author Bhavin Jawade, a graduate student at the University of Buffalo who is currently pursuing a Ph.D in computer science, said the paper “presents a novel approach toward face featuring pooling.”

The abstract explains that, in order to overcome the limitations of generating quality metadata for extremely low-resolution faces captured in long-range and high altitude settings, the authors “Propose a feature distribution conditioning approach called CoNAN for template aggregation. Specifically, our method aims to learn a context vector conditioned over the distribution information of the incoming feature set, which is utilized to weigh the features based on their estimated informativeness.” Read the full paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.10237.

Congratulations to all! See more award winners here: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/award-winners/.

04/10/2023

Help make a rewarding event for all attendees!

The IEEE Biometrics Council has issued an invitation to submit workshop proposals for the 18th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition conference, which will take place May 27-31, 2024, at the Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Accepted workshops will be held either May 27 or May 31 at the ITU campus. To align with the overarching themes of the FG Conference, the organizers are especially seeking workshop proposals relating to emerging new fields or new application domains of face and gesture analysis and synthesis.

Key Information
Workshop proposals due date: October 30, 2023
Notification of acceptance: November 6, 2023

Proposals should be submitted through CMT. Find more details about requirements, links, and contact information at https://fg2024.ieee-biometrics.org/call-for-workshops/.

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03/10/2023

Celebrating for 2023! IEEE Biometrics Council is proud to be a part of this incredible worldwide network of IEEE members and specialized groups.

celebrates the history of collaboration that helps uplift and empower members throughout their career journeys. Over the years, has helped technologists like IEEE member Carmen Fontana build long-lasting connections that have opened doors to new opportunities. Fontana's IEEE experience began when she reconnected with a former college teammate, IEEE Senior Member Jacquelyn Adams, who introduced her to opportunities with IEEE. Since then, Fontana's journey has led her to thought leadership and speaking opportunities at major industry events, including Mobile World Congress. Read their full story on IEEE Transmitter: https://bit.ly/3PDFYKw

30/09/2023

More scenes from the 2023 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics!

Thank you to all the presenters and participants who infused tremendous energy and spirit into this year's conference. As you can see from the photos, the annual forum on biometrics and related technologies was a wonderful exchange of ideas and a great opportunity for leaders in the field to interact with one another.

29/09/2023

Spotlight on: award-winning student papers from the conference!

The deadline for submissions is this Monday, October 2, 2023. As authors prepare to submit, we would like to highlight the Best Student Paper award winner from last year’s conference.

Co-authors Tailin Chen, Desen Zhou, Jian Wang, Shidong Wang, Qian He, Chuanyang Hu, Errui Ding, Yu Guan, and Xuming He captured top honors at FG 2023, which took place in Waikoloa, Hawaii, in January 2023, for their article titled, “Part-aware Prototypical Graph Network for One-shot Skeleton-based Action Recognition.”

“In this paper, we study the problem of one-shot skeleton-based action recognition, which poses unique challenges in learning transferable representation from base classes to novel classes, particularly for fine-grained actions,” the authors explain in the abstract. “To overcome the [limitations], we propose a part-aware prototypical representation for one-shot skeleton-based action recognition…We also devise a class-agnostic attention mechanism to highlight important parts for each action class.” (Read the full paper here: https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/fg/2023/10042671/1KOuXyhlfEI.)

Share your own research successes with your and peers at the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 2024.

Submit now through CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FG2024

28/09/2023

As the 2023 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics comes to a close, we wanted to share a peek at some of the action taking place in Slovenia these past few days.

From insightful presentations and engaging special sessions to enjoying the beautiful setting in the lovely city of Ljubljana, attendees have been expanding their biometrics knowledge and making memories with their peers from around the world.

27/09/2023

Hello from the IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics ( )!

Here, IEEE Biometrics Council President Nasir Memon addresses a full house of conference attendees from around the world who are currently gathered together in Slovenia to share knowledge and insights in the biometrics field.

25/09/2023

The international action kicks off today—in beautiful Ljubljana, Slovenia!

Over the course of the next 4 days, attendees at the 2023 IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics will take part in keynote talks, presentations, tutorials, networking events, and more with their fellow researchers, thinkers, educators, and students from around the globe.

Remember to share your updates, photos, discoveries, and more with the larger biometrics community around the world by using the hashtag and in your social media posts.

19/09/2023

Did you notice? IJCB has a new look for 2023!

This year, the IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics debuted a brand-new logo, featured prominently on the event website and all marketing materials for the upcoming conference.

What’s the story behind the design?

Featuring the Biometrics Council’s signature red-and-gray color scheme, the mark portion of the logo takes inspiration from a fingerprint and the incredible identification technologies at the core of the biometrics field. Just as with biometrics, the fingerprint contains more than meets the eye: Look closely and you will see the letters “I,” “J,” “C,” and “B” neatly highlighted within the lines.

Get ready to see IJCB’s new logo front-and-center when the program kicks off in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on September 25-28, 2023.