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Application to Participate in the Iris Exchange III (IREX III) 

1. Who Should Participate 

1.1. Iris recognition technology researchers and developers from industry, research institutions, and academia 

are eligible to participate in the IREX III. 

1.2. Anonymous participation is not permitted. 

2. How to Participate 

2.1. To request participation in IREX III, potential participants must read this application (Application to 

Participate in IREX III) and the IREX III Concept, Evaluation Plan and API v 1.0, and sign the “Request to 

Participate” section below, attach business cards from each of the signing parties, and send it to the address 

below (Paragraph 5.8). Signatures of both the Responsible Party and the Point of Contact are required. 

2.1.1. The Responsible Party is an individual with the authority to commit the organization to the 

terms in this document. 

2.1.2. The Point of Contact (POC) is an individual with detailed knowledge of the technology applying 

for participation. 

2.1.3. In some cases, the Responsible Party and the POC may be the same person. 

2.2. Upon receipt of the signed application by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the 

organization will be classified as a “Tentative IREX III Participant.” NIST must receive this signed application with 

the Software Development Kit(s) (SDK) during the initial submission period from February 11, 2011 to April 15, 

2011. The application is required to be submitted with the first SDK submission; subsequent submissions do not 

require the application. 

2.3. It is the Government’s desire to select all Tentative Participants as Participants. However, if demand for 

participation exceeds the Government’s ability to properly evaluate the technology, the Government will select 

Participants on a first come - first served basis. 

2.4. The IREX III will evaluate 1-Many Large Scale Identification algorithms. This task will involve matching 

across a very large enrolled population, consisting of one or more iris images per subject, grouped by subject. 

2.5. More information regarding the instructions, input and output formats, and requirements for each of the 

above tasks is included in IREX III Concept, Evaluation Plan, and API v1.0. This document was distributed on 

February 11, 2011. Please see http://iris.nist.gov/irex for more information. 

2.6. Each organization approved to participate and accepted as a “Tentative Participant” will be asked to sign-up

for the tasks they intend to submit SDKs for. More information on the task sign-up process will be given after 

receipt of this application. 

2.7. Each participant must deliver a separate SDK for each task in which it chooses to participate. SDKs 

submitted must be compliant with the IREX III Protocol. The first SDK from each participant must be delivered to 

NIST (at the address below) no later than April 15, 2011. All other SDKs must be submitted by June 3, 2011. Be 

sure to follow the rules for submission outlined in Annex A of the IREX III: Concept, Evaluation Plan, and API

version 1.0. This requires use of strong encryption. Regardless of how many SDKs are submitted, each 

organization should only submit one copy of this application. 

3. Points of Contact 
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3.1. The IREX III Liaison is the government point of contact. 

3.2. All questions and correspondence should be directed to the IREX III Liaison at IREX2010@nist.gov. Questions 

and correspondence will be received by the IREX III Liaison and other IREX III personnel. 

3.3. The answers to questions and correspondence will be provided as updates to the IREX III: Concept, 

Evaluation Plan, and API document. 

3.4. Interested parties and Participants should not contact any individual members of the IREX III staff. 

4. Release of IREX III Results 

4.1. Interim results will be provided to participants as a series of test report cards as described in clause 1.8 of 

the IREX III Concept, Evaluation Plan, and API , v1.0. These results will not identify participants; instead results 

will be associated with random identifiers. The report cards may be provided to Government personnel. 

4.2. The Government will release IREX III results as a set of Final Reports as described in clause 1.9 of the IREX III 

Concept, Evaluation Plan, and API , v1.0 which will identify all participants along with their results. The IREX III 

Final Reports will contain, at a minimum, descriptive information concerning IREX III, descriptions of each 

experiment, and performance results. 

4.3. Participants will be notified of the public release of the IREX III Final Reports. 

4.4. After the release of the IREX III Final Reports, Participants may decide to use the results for their own 

purposes. Such results shall be accompanied by the following statement: “Results shown from the Iris Exchange 

III Evaluation do not constitute endorsement of any particular product by the U.S. Government.” Such results 

shall also be accompanied by the Internet address (URL) of the IREX III Final Reports on the IREX III website. 

5. Additional Information 

5.1. This is a Software Development Kit (SDK) test. It will be carried out at a NIST facility. 

5.2. Performance results will be publicly attributed to participants and their SDKs in the IREX III reports. 

5.3. Software that is not compliant with the IREX III API specifications cannot be tested. 

 5.4. In order to be tested, SDKs must install easily (i.e., one installation step with no participant interaction 

required), and shall be executable on any number of machines without requiring any machine-specific license 

control procedures or activation. 

5.5. Participant agrees to hold harmless the IREX III Sponsors, staff contractors and all agencies of the U.S. 

Government for any harm or damage incurred in the course of participating in the IREX III. 

5.6. The Government is not bound or obligated to follow any recommendations that may be submitted by the 

Participant. The United States Government and individual agencies are prohibited from, in any way, giving any 

special consideration to IREX III Participants or any other party on future procurements, contracts or 

collaborations. 

5.7. By signing this application, Participants acknowledge that they understand and agree to the provisions of

this form and the IREX III: Concept, Evaluation Plan, and API version 1.0. 

5.8. Original signed copies of the IREX III application are required. Original, signed copies of this application, 

with business cards from both signing parties attached, must be mailed to the address below. Please send an 

email message to irex@nist.gov stating that you have sent your application. Upon receipt of your application, 

we will send you a confirmation email message. 

 
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Mailing Address: 

IREX III Liaison 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Information Access Division (894) 

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940 

 

Per the instructions for transmission of encrypted content to NIST1 participants should complete the 

box below. 

Participant's public-key 

fingerprint (enter here)

NIST's public-key fingerprint 846E 7008 996A E912 974C F8D7 1C7A 0F22 856B 9B28

 Request to Participate 

With my signature, I hereby request consideration as a Participant in the IREX III Evaluation, and I am 

authorizing my company or organization to participate in the IREX III according to the rules and limitations 

listed in this document. 

 

With my signature, I also state that I have the authority to accept the terms stated in this document. 

 ______________________________________________________ ______________

 SIGNATURE, TITLE AND ORGANIZATION OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY DATE 

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 SIGNATURE, TITLE AND ORGANIZATION OF POINT OF CONTACT DATE 

 

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