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Taking Measure

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Mei Lee Ngan

Mei Ngan has been a researcher at NIST since 2011, working in the biometrics group. Her research interests include face recognition and tattoo recognition. She is currently involved in a number of key face biometrics testing activities, which include looking at particular attacks on automated face recognition (and how well algorithms can detect them). When not disguising herself with wigs and makeup for research, Mei can be found playing volleyball with her husband and two daughters or running a local race.

Facing the Facts to Keep Our Biometrics Secure

October 2, 2024

As facial recognition has become more common — from opening your smartphone to identifying yourself at a national border — NIST’s work in facial recognition has

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