Call for nominations for 2025 IAPR Young Biometrics Investigator Award

By Jingzhe Ma

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…

IAPR TC4 Released a Biometrics Dataset List 🎉

By Jingzhe Ma

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,…

Call for Site Proposals for IJCB 2027

By Jingzhe Ma

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…