Facial & Iris Identification Subcommittee

Other Work Products

Research & Development Needs

• See the research and development needs identified by the Facial & Iris Identification Subcommittee.
• NEW!  The Facial and Iris Identification Subcommittee hosted a Research Needs Symposium on February 27, 2025. A recording is now available to view on demand.
  • The goal of the symposium was to:
    • Allow Practitioners to share the needs of the Face and Iris disciplines.
    • Allow Researchers to share items they may be working on or future ideas.
    • Allow a platform for open communication and sharing of information pertaining to Face and Iris disciplines.

Technical Guidance Documents

• Framework for Implementing Passive Live Facial Recognition, January 2024.
• Introduction to Application Profiles for Facial Searching, October 2023. 

Webinars, Presentations & Training Videos

• OSAC Facial Identification Subcommittee Updates, International Association for Identification (IAI) Educational Conference, August 2021.
• OSAC Facial Identification Subcommittee Updates, IAI Conference, August 2019.
• OSAC Facial Identification Subcommittee Updates, IAI Conference, August 2018.

Discipline-Specific Bibliographies and Bibliographic References

These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.

FISWG:

• FISWG FAQs
• FISWG Documents
• Capture and Equipment Assessment for FR Systems
• Facial Recognition Systems Guidelines
• Facial Recognition System Methods and Techniques
• Facial Recognition Systems DMV Use Case
• Facial Image Comparison Feature List for Morphological Analysis
• Facial Recognition Systems Metadata Usage
• Guidelines for Facial Comparison Methods
• Image Processing to Improve Automated Facial Recognition Search Performance
• Image Processing Techniques for Facial Image Comparison
• Physical Stability of Facial Features of Adults
• Recommendations for a Training Program in Facial Comparison
• Understanding and Testing for Face Recognition Systems Operation Assurance

SWGDE:

• https://www.swgde.org/documents
• Best Practices for Photographic Comparisons for All Disciplines
• Image Processing Guidelines

SWGIT:

• https://www.swgit.org/documents
• Best Practices for Forensic Image Analysis
• Best Practices for Documenting Image Enhancement
• Issues Relating to Digital Image Compression and File Formats

ISO:

• ISO/IEC 19794-1:2011 Information Technology – Biometric Data Interchange Formats – Part 1: Framework
• ISO/IEC 19794-5:2011 Information Technology – Biometric Data Interchange Formats – Part 5: Face Image Data
• ISO/IEC TR 29794-5:2010 Information Technology – Biometric Sample Quality – Part 5: Face Image Data

ANSI/NIST:

• FACE Challenges
• Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2013
• ITL Standard
• NIST Face Recognition Evaluations & Challenges

OTHER:

• Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST-United Kingdom)
• Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS)
• ENFSI Facial Image Comparison Survey Results (European Network of Forensic Science Institutes)
• Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination