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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…