Audio & Video-Based Biometric Person Identification 2005 Photo Coverage
Rye Town, New York
July 20 - 21, 2005
Audio and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication 2005 (AVBPA) is a small event held every two years. The registration is 168. There were 200 papers submitted of which 60 were accepted. It was announced that a number of the biometrics events would be combined into one large event. AVBPA, ICBA, SPIE Biometrics and Sinobiometrics have been combined into the International Conference on Biometrics. The next one will be held in Seoul, Korea August 2007.
Audio and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication 2005 (AVBPA) covers all areas of biometrics. From a research perspective we saw important advances in Iris recognition and facial biometrics. One of the more interesting aspects of the research is the ways in which biometrics can be applied – including Iris recognition done with cell phone cameras.
Biometrics is an emerging research area. There is much to do and significant challenges lie ahead. Most of the individuals here are from the discipline of pattern recognition. Yet, biometrics requires more than pattern matching. Examples include 3D technology and even lighting. The important areas which need to be addressed and this can be seen here, include:
Biometrics Technologies
Biometrics Performance Evaluation
Biometric System Design
Applications
In the US, much of the research agenda is being driven by homeland security, criminal/justice or defense. As a result the research is near term and more focused.
In the effort to take biometrics everywhere it must be mobile. Here at AVBPA we saw a number of presentations on MoC including TOC (Template-on-Card). This work was focused on using today’s very limited smart cards but nonetheless the initial results were impressive.
Updated on 2/18/06
