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Projects and Programs

Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge (MBGC)

Completed
The primary goal of the MBGC is to investigate, test and improve performance of face and iris recognition technology on both still and video imagery through a

Face in Video Evaluation (FIVE)

The Face in Video Evaluation (FIVE) is being conducted to assess the capability of face recognition algorithms to correctly identify or ignore persons appearing

Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC)

The primary goal of the FRGC was to promote and advance face recognition technology designed to support existing face recognition efforts in the U.S. Government

Speech Analytics

Ongoing
The Multimodal Information Group's speech analytics program has a long history of activities supporting the development of technologies that extract content

Publications

Repeatability of Contactless and Contact Fingerprint Capture

Author(s)
John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, John Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Bruce Bandini
A new generation of contactless fingerprint capture devices has recently emerged. These devices provide the ability to capture a fingerprint without making

Software

NFIQ 2

The biometrics community recommended a new, open source, generalized version of NFIQ to be developed in consultation and collaboration with users and industry.

Biometric Evaluation Framework

Biometric Evaluation Framework is a set of C++ classes, error codes, and design patterns used to create a common environment to provide logging, data management

Awards