Biometrics

News and Updates

Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces

December 1, 2020

A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress

A woman's face appears six times. One time has no mask. The other 5 instances she wears a different digitally applied mask shape. The masks are blue or black and cover some variation of the mouth and nose region.

NIST Launches Studies into Masks’ Effect on Face Recognition Software

July 27, 2020

Now that so many of us are covering our faces to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, how well do face recognition algorithms identify people wearing masks? The

A mobile device scans the fingerprints of a hand held close to the screen.

NIST Study Measures Performance Accuracy of Contactless Fingerprinting Tech

May 19, 2020

NIST evaluated 6 contactless fingerprinting tools, comparing their performance to devices that require physical contact.

Projects and Programs

Face and Ocular Challenge Series (FOCS)

The goal of the Face and Ocular Challenge Series (FOCS) is to engage the research community to develop robust face and ocular recognition algorithms along a

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Ongoing

Point and Shoot Face Recognition Challenge (PaSC)

To spur advancement in face and person recognition we created the Point and Shoot Face Recognition Challenge (PaSC).

FRVT 1:N Identification

FRVT 1:N has moved to https://pages.nist.gov/frvt/html/frvt1N.html

Publications

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6B: Face recognition accuracy with face masks using post-COVID-19 algorithms

November 30, 2020

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother, Kayee K. Hanaoka

This is the second of a series of reports on the performance of face recognition algorithms on faces occluded by protective face masks commonly worn to reduce

Evaluating the Operational Impact of Contactless Fingerprint Imagery on Matcher Performance

September 15, 2020

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, Bruce Bandini, Kenneth Ko, John D. Grantham, Craig I. Watson

This study set out to examine the operational impact of introducing contactless fingerprint imagery to a modern fingerprint matching system that was designed

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6A: Face recognition accuracy with masks using pre- COVID-19 algorithms

July 24, 2020

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother, Kayee K. Hanaoka

This is the first of a series of reports on the performance of face recognition algorithms on faces occluded by masks, run under the Ongoing Face Recognition

Analysis of Iris Images in Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters

June 17, 2020

Author(s)

James R. Matey, Patrick J. Grother, George W. Quinn

In this paper we present results that expand on the Afghan Girl study by Daugman using gray-scale photographs of 4 subjects taken every year for 40 years: The

Awards

Elham Tabassi - 2016 Women in Biometrics Award

Based on contributions in one or more of the following areas to industry, leadership, participation, innovation, or mentoring.

Biometrics

News and Updates

Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces

NIST Launches Studies into Masks’ Effect on Face Recognition Software

NIST Study Measures Performance Accuracy of Contactless Fingerprinting Tech

Projects and Programs

Face and Ocular Challenge Series (FOCS)

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Ongoing

Point and Shoot Face Recognition Challenge (PaSC)

FRVT 1:N Identification

Publications

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6B: Face recognition accuracy with face masks using post-COVID-19 algorithms

Evaluating the Operational Impact of Contactless Fingerprint Imagery on Matcher Performance

Ongoing Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 6A: Face recognition accuracy with masks using pre- COVID-19 algorithms

Analysis of Iris Images in Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters

Software

Dental Encoding Translator Applications Suite (DEnTAS)

Biometric Evaluation Framework

Development of NFIQ 2.0

NIST Biometric Image Software (NBIS)

Awards

Elham Tabassi - 2016 Women in Biometrics Award