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Gregory Fiumara (Fed)

Computer Scientist

Gregory Fiumara has been a Computer Scientist with NIST's Image Group since 2008. He leads NIST's fingerprint technology evaluations, including MINEX, PFT, SlapSeg, and ELFT. Greg is an active software developer and systems administrator in the group, maintaining and contributing to open source projects such as NFIQ 2 and Biometric Evaluation framework, the latter earning him a U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal in 2014. He actively contributes to the development of biometric and identity standards, including serving as the editor for ISO/IEC 29794-4. In 2020, Greg established a new focus area for biometric forensic science in the NIST Special Programs Office, helping to advance metrology that directly impacts practitioners.

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

Created July 30, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022
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