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Projects and Programs

Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE)

Completed
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted and managed the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE) projects. The ICE 2005 was a technology

Publications

NIST 2022 Language Recognition Evaluation Plan

Author(s)
Yooyoung Lee, Craig Greenberg, Lisa Mason, Elliot Singer
The 2022 NIST language recognition evaluation (LRE22) is the 9th cycle in an on-going language recognition evaluation series that began in 1996. The objectives

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