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Biometric Evaluations Homepage

Fingerprint

Face 

 Iris 

Multiple Biometrics

Other

 

ROC Baseline Data
ROCbaseline [at] nist.gov (ROCbaseline[at]nist[dot]gov)

Fingerprint

 

Fingerprint Vendor Technology Overview
(FpVTE 2003, FpVTE 2012)
fpvte [at] nist.gov (fpvte[at]nist[dot]gov)


Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies - Extended Feature Sets (ELFT-EFS 2009)
latent-efs [at] nist.gov (latent-efs[at]nist[dot]gov) 


Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technology 2007 (ELFT07)
latent [at] nist.gov (latent[at]nist[dot]gov)


Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluations Overview
(Slapseg04, SlapsegII, SlapsegIII)
slapseg [at] nist.gov (slapseg[at]nist[dot]gov)


Proprietary Fingerprint Template Evaluations Overview
(PFT, PFTII)
pft [at] nist.gov (pft[at]nist[dot]gov)


Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test  Overview (MINEX)
(MINEX04, MINEX II, Ongoing, MINEX III)
minex [at] nist.gov (minex[at]nist[dot]gov)


Fast Tenprint Capture Devices Evaluation 
Fastcap [at] nist.gov (Fastcap[at]nist[dot]gov)


Face

 

Face in Video Evaluation (FIVE) 
five [at] nist.gov (five[at]nist[dot]gov)


Children Exploitation Image Analytics (Chexia-Face) 2016
chexia-face [at] nist.gov (chexia-face[at]nist[dot]gov) 


Face Recognition Prize Challenge (FRPC - 2017)
frpc [at] nist.gov (frpc[at]nist[dot]gov)


Face Challenges
facechallenges [at] nist.gov (facechallenges[at]nist[dot]gov)


Point and Shoot Face Recognition Challenge (PaSC)
face [at] nist.gov (face[at]nist[dot]gov)


Face and Ocular Challenge Series (FOCS)
mbgc [at] nist.gov (mbgc[at]nist[dot]gov)


Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC - 2005)
frgc [at] nist.gov (frgc[at]nist[dot]gov)


Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT)
(2000, 2002, 2006 - 2012, 2013, ongoing, 1:N 2018, MORPH)
frvt [at] nist.gov (frvt[at]nist[dot]gov)


Iris 

Iris Exchange Evaluation Overview (IREX)
(I, II IQCE, III, IV, V, VIIX, X)
irex [at] nist.gov (irex[at]nist[dot]gov)


DHS/NIST - Iris Device Qualification Test (IDQT)
IDQT [at] nist.gov (IDQT[at]nist[dot]gov)


Iris Challenge Evaluation Overview
(ICE 2005, ICE 2006)
ice [at] nist.gov (ice[at]nist[dot]gov) 


Multiple Biometrics  

 

Multiple Biometric Evaluation (MBE2009)
mge2009 [at] nist.gov (mge2009[at]nist[dot]gov)


Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge (MBGC - 2007)
mbgc [at] nist.gov (mbgc[at]nist[dot]gov)


 

Other

 

Tattoo Recognition Technology Overview
(Tatt-C, Tatt-E)
tattoo [at] nist.gov (tattoo[at]nist[dot]gov)


Text Recognition Algorithm Independent Evaluation (TRAIT)
trait [at] nist.gov (trait[at]nist[dot]gov) 


Created June 10, 2010, Updated March 25, 2021
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