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Information Technology

Biometrics

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Fingerprint Technology Testing for Identity Management

Ongoing
Most biometric-enabled identity management (IdM) systems utilize fingerprint technology for enrolling and issuing credentials, and then in subsequent authentication transactions. It is important to evaluate and understand the performance characteristics and limitations of fingerprint matching

Fast Tenprint Capture

Completed
September 2007: Framework We presented the framework regarding the evaluation of 3-D fingerprint image capture devices at the Biometric Consortium Conference at Baltimore. You may download the presentation. January 2008: Meeting We had a meeting with Dr. Stanley Erickson, who is the sponsor

Data Science

Ongoing
Current MIG Data Science project activities DARPA D3M. NIST is supporting the DARPA D3M (Data-Driven Discoveries of Models) program as part of the Test and Evaluation (Government) Team. The D3M Program aims to allow automated systems with subject matter experts to model and solve complex machine

Publications

Software

NFIQ 2

The biometrics community recommended a new, open source, generalized version of NFIQ to be developed in consultation and collaboration with users and industry.

Biometric Evaluation Framework

Biometric Evaluation Framework is a set of C++ classes, error codes, and design patterns used to create a common environment to provide logging, data management

Awards