Author: Jingzhe Ma

Free Upcoming IEEE Biometrics Council / IAPR-TC4 Webinar Title: Beyond Pixels: Continuous Neural Representations for BiometricsSpeaker: Prof. Dr. Vishal Patel, Johns Hopkins University, USAWhen: September 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM US Eastern Time (3:00 PM CEST, 9:00 PM Beijing Time)Where: Online (Zoom)Registration (free): https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UodgWsTBTaGuNgPPNphlQg Abstract What if the next generation of biometrics is not built on pixels at all? Biometrics…

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. 2026 IAPR BBSPA has been awarded to Houpu Xu for the paper titled “Dense-to-Sparse Topological Distillation for…

The 2026 IAPR Senior Biometrics Investigator Award (SBIA) has been awarded to Dr. P. Jonathon Phillips of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA. This award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the biometrics community and whose research has had a major impact on the field. Phillips was recognized for…

Title: Identity Security in the Age of DeepfakesSpeaker: Prof. Dr. Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo, USAWhen: August 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM US Eastern Time (2:00 pm CEST, 8:00 PM Beijing Time)Where: Online (Zoom)Registration (free but required): https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O4u0j2pRRbqueYItyIooJA Abstract Rapid advances in generative AI have made it increasingly easy to synthesize or manipulate faces, voices, and real-time audiovisual streams, creating new challenges for biometric…

The IEEE Biometrics Council and IAPR TC-4, are seeking meeting site proposals for the 2028 edition of the IEEE/IAPR International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB). Below are specific details and dates, as well as the instructions for submitting proposals. IJCB 2028: IEEE/IAPR International Joint Conference on Biometrics IEEE Biometrics Council and IAPR TC-4 invite proposals…

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…