The IAPR TC4 is excited to announce a significant update to our publicly available biometrics dataset list. Thanks to the comprehensive collection efforts led by Prof. Wenxiong Kang, we have integrated numerous new datasets to further support the biometrics research community with a centralized, structured resource hub. This recent update expands our repository across both…
The IAPR Best Biometrics Student Paper Award (BBSPA) was established to recognize and promote excellence in biometrics research among students, ensuring the future vitality and sustainability of the field. This initiative also reinforces IAPR’s leadership in biometrics research. The 2025 IAPR BBSPA has two winners: Nitish Shukla and Xiangru Li (Alphabetical order). Nitish Shukla, a…
The 2025 IAPR Young Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA) has been awarded to Prof. Naser Damer from the TU Darmstadt and Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Germany. This highly competitive award recognizes an individual who, within ten years of receiving their doctoral degree, has made substantial contributions to the IAPR Biometrics community and whose…
2025 IAPR Young Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA) Biometrics: Biometrics has become a vibrant and rapidly advancing area that has profoundly impacted the pattern recognition research community. Biometric systems, once largely confined to law enforcement and forensic use, are now being integrated into other application domains. Examples include smartphones, payment authentication, border security, access control, and national ID programs. IAPR…
The IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (IAPR TC4) is pleased to announce a list of publicly available biometrics datasets. This list is aimed at supporting the biometrics community by providing a centralized, structured resource hub for dataset discovery and usage. The dataset list is organized into two primary categories, physiological biometric traits (e.g., face, fingerprint,…
The IEEE Biometrics Council and IAPR TC-4, are seeking meeting site proposals for the 2027 edition of the International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB). Below are specific details and dates, as well as the instructions for submitting proposals. IEEE Biometrics Council and IAPR TC-4 invite proposals to host the 2027 edition of the International Joint…