Biometric Update

NEC launches fused face and iris biometrics system for on-the-move authentication

The technology authenticates people with high accuracy indoors or outdoors, enabling hand-free IDV and strong security in ...
Asia One

Namewee cleared of drug use charge, hearing on possession charge set for January

Malaysian rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, was acquitted of a drug use charge by a Magistrate Court in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (Dec 22). At a hearing on Dec 18, the court heard that a ...
IEEE

Are Morphed Periocular Iris Images a Threat to Iris Recognition?

Abstract: In the last few years, face morphing attacks has been shown to be a complex challenge for Face Recognition Systems (FRSs). Thus, the evaluation of other biometric modalities such as ...
IEEE

Post-Quantum Authentication Framework Based on Iris Recognition and Homomorphic Encryption

Abstract: This paper proposes an authentication protocol based on post-quantum cryptography and iris recognition. The process uses a modified version of the original McEliece cryptographic algorithm ...
Biometric Companies

London Police facial recognition expansion casts wide net

London’s Metropolitan Police have a new community crime-fighting strategy that expands the use of facial recognition and other technologies to catch the city’s “most harmful offenders,” and apparently ...
The Conversation

Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier, new study shows

Anna Maria Santiago previously received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the John D. and Catherine T.