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…
Biometrics is an important area of interest to the Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision research communities. This is clearly evident by the large number of conferences and events that are being organized and sponsored by IAPR and/or by its Technical Committee 4 on Biometrics (TC4). Furthermore, there has been a rapid growth in the number…
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 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…
IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (TC4, https://iapr-tc4.org/) is the leading force in the international biometrics community. To broaden participation and bring in new perspectives, TC4 is pleased to announce an open call for new members. We invite researchers, practitioners, and professionals working in biometrics and related fields to apply. This is a valuable opportunity to…
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…
IAPR TC-4 and the IEEE Biometrics Council 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. IJCB 2027: International Joint Conference on Biometrics IAPR TC-4 and the IEEE Biometrics Council invite proposals to…
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…
APR/IEEE Winter School on Biometrics 2025 will be held in Shenzhen from 12 to 16 January 2025. The theme this year will be Generative AI and Foundation Models for Biometrics. The school will include lectures, hands-on sessions, talks from industry and a social program.The lectures will be given by: Rama Chellappa (JHU), Shouhong Ding (Tencent),…
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. 2024 IAPR BBSPA has been awarded to Yuxiang Guo, a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, for…
The 2024 IAPR Senior Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA) has been awarded to Prof. Davide Maltoni from the University of Bologna, Italy. This prestigious award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the biometrics community and whose research has profoundly impacted the field. Prof. Maltoni was recognized by the TC4 Award Committee for “pioneering…
Biometrics is an important area of interest to the Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision research communities. This is clearly evident by the large number of conferences and events that are being organized and sponsored by IAPR and/or by its Technical Committee 4 on Biometrics (TC4). Furthermore, there has been a rapid growth in the number…
We write to honor and remember a truly remarkable man, John Daugman, whose pioneering work in biometrics has left an indelible mark on the world. John’s life was one of extraordinary achievement, profound intellect, and unwavering dedication to advancing the field of biometric technology. His legacy is one that will endure for generations, as his…
About IJCB 2024 The IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) is the premier international forum for research in biometrics and related technologies. It combines two major biometrics conferences, the IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS) conference and the International Conference on Biometrics (ICB), and is made possible through a special agreement between the…
The 2023 IAPR Young Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA) was given to Prof. Xiangyu Zhu from Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This highly competitive award recognizes an individual under the age of 40 who has made substantial contributions to the IAPR Biometrics community and whose research has had a major impact in biometrics. Prof. Zhu…
The IEEE Biometrics Council and IAPR TC-4 invite proposals to host the 2025 edition of the International Joint Conference on Biometrics, preferably around September-October 2025 in Asia/Australia. Proposals from other regions are welcome. IEEE IJCB is the premier international forum for research in biometrics and related technologies, combining two major conferences, the IEEE Biometrics Theory,…
Biometrics recognition is of major interest to the Pattern Recognition research community. Biometric systems are no longer limited to law enforcement and forensics. They are present in virtually all the smartphones, and are appearing in payment processing, immigration checkpoints, national ID programs to name a few applications. IAPR Technical Committee 4 on Biometrics (TC4) either…
IJCB 2023 Website: https://ijcb2023.ieee-biometrics.org/ About IJCB 2023 The IEEE/IAPR International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) is the premier international forum for research in biometrics and related technologies. It combines two major biometrics conferences, the IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS) conference and the International Conference on Biometrics (ICB), and is made possible through a…
Deadline: September 5, 2022 The IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (TC-4) and the IEEE Biometrics Council (IEEE- BC) are seeking proposals for hosting the 2024 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2024) in the North or South America. A committee established by IAPR TC-4 and IEEE- BC will evaluate all proposals by October 5, 2022.…
Deadline: April 15, 2022 The IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (TC-4) and the IEEE Biometrics Council (IEEE-BC) are seeking proposals for hosting the 2023 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2023) anywhere in the world. A committee established by IAPR TC-4 and IEEE-BC will evaluate all proposals by May 15, 2022. The International Joint Conference…
About IJCB 2022 The 2022 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2022), supported by the IEEE Biometrics Council and the IAPR TC-4, combines two major biometrics conferences, IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS) Conference and the International Conference on Biometrics (ICB). This will be the first biometrics conference to be held in the Middle…
The 2021 IAPR Young Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA) was given to Dr. Vishal Patel from Johns Hopkins University, USA. This highly competitive award recognizes an individual under the age of 40 who has made substantial contributions to the IAPR Biometrics community and whose research has had a major impact in biometrics. Dr. Patel was selected by the…
Call for nominations for the 2021 IAPR Young Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA) Biometrics recognition is of major interest to the Pattern Recognition research community. Biometric systems are no longer limited to law enforcement and forensics. They are present in virtually all the smartphones, and are appearing in payment processing, immigration checkpoints, national ID programs to…
Deadline: April 15, 2021 The IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (TC-4) and the IEEE Biometrics Council (IEEE-BC) are seeking information for hosting the 2022 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2022) anywhere in the world. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information gathering and planning purposes. RFIs are due by April 15, 2021. A…
We invite competition proposals for the 2021 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2021). The main goal of the competitions is to benchmark state-of-the-art algorithms, to consolidate research and identify open biometrics‐related problems. We solicit competition proposals on any topic of interest to the broader biometric community and strongly encourage proposals focusing on new emerging…
More information please visit http://ijcb2021.iapr-tc4.org/ About IJCB 2021 The 2021 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2021) combines two major biometrics conferences, the IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS) conference and the International Conference on Biometrics (ICB). The blending of these two conferences in 2021 is made through a special agreement between the IEEE…
The workshop will mainly focus on human identification at a distance in videos (HID in short). Before the workshop, we will organize a competition on this topic. The dataset proposed for the competition will be CASIA-E. It contains 1000 subjects and hundreds of videos sequences for each subject. Consequently, it is a challenging dataset for…
Workshop on Mobile and Wearable Biometrics endorsed by TC4 was accepted by ICPR2020. The workshop will be held in Milan, Italia during the period of ICPR2020 (January 10 -15, 2021). You are welcome to submit papers and attend the workshop. For more information, please visit its webisite: http://wmb2020.iapr-tc4.org/
The IAPR Technical Committee on Biometrics (TC-4) is pleased to invite proposals for hosting the 14th IAPR/IEEE International Conference on Biometrics (ICB 2021). IAPR TC-4 will evaluate all proposals. Since ICB was held in Europe/Africa in 2019 and will be held in North/South America in 2020, TC-4 prefers ICB 2021 to be in Asia/Australia. ICB…