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Biometrics

News and Updates

Eight images show the same person, four wearing glasses and four without, and all with different face expressions. Label says: Database Facial Expressions.

NIST Reports First Results From Age Estimation Software Evaluation

Three images demonstrate types of presentation attacks: a person in heavy appearance-altering makeup, a person holding up a printed photo of another person, and a hand holding up a phone image of another person.

What’s Wrong With This Picture? NIST Face Analysis Program Helps to Find Answers

Hundreds sign up for the upcoming NIST Innovative Technologies Showcase 2

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Blog Posts

Side-by-side photos show Mei Lee Ngan disguised with a wig, moustache and makeup (left) and as her normal, smiling self (right).

Facing the Facts to Keep Our Biometrics Secure

Grid showing six fingerprints in different false colors.

A Tale of Two Errors: Measuring Biometric Algorithms

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