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Gregory Fiumara (Fed)

Computer Scientist

Gregory Fiumara has been a Computer Scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) since 2008. Greg leads NIST's portfolio of fingerprint technology evaluations and contributes to biometric technology standardization efforts worldwide. He serves as an editor in the ISO/IEC JTC 1 biometrics subcommittee. Greg established a new research program for biometric forensic science at NIST, focusing on applied technology for practitioners. This program has produced practical tools such as NIST Special Database 302 and OpenLQM. As an active software developer, he maintains and contributes to open-source projects like NFIQ 2, the reference implementation for the international fingerprint image quality standard. His work on Biometric Evaluation framework, a toolkit facilitating biometric technology evaluation, earned him a U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal.

Awards

U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award for Exceptional Service. "For creating an unprecedented biometric evaluation capability that accelerated forensic standards development and innovation in biometric technology." (2014)

Publications

Validation in Forensic Science: Guiding Principles for the Collection and Use of Validation Data

Author(s)
Henry Swofford, Steven Lund, Barbara Guttman, Erica Romsos, Johannes Soons, Melissa Taylor, Hariharan Iyer, Peter Vallone, John Jones, Vincent Desiderio, John Butler, Sandra Koch, Robert Thompson, Gregory Fiumara, Edward Sisco, Kelly Sauerwein, Allison Getz, Robert Ramotowski
This document provides guidance to the forensic science community on method validation. Building on the definition of validation in ISO/IEC 17025, it explores...

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

Author(s)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Hildegard Ferraiolo, Andrew Regenscheid, Salvatore Francomacaro, David Cooper, Ketan Mehta, Annie W. Sokol, David Temoshok, Gregory Fiumara, Justin Richer, James L. Fenton, Johnathan Gloster, nabil anwer
FIPS 201 establishes a standard for a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) system (Standard) that meets the control and security objectives of Homeland Security...

Data and Software Publications

Selected Blog Posts

Created July 30, 2019, Updated February 18, 2026
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