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Challenge Workshop

Challenge Workshop

Welcome Welcome

Martin Herman Martin Herman

Chief, Information Access D

Chief, Information Access D
NIST Mission NIST Mission

To promote U.S. promote U.S. innovation and industrial innovation and industrial

competitiveness competitiveness by advancing advancing

measurement science, measurement science,standards, and standards, and

technology technology

in ways that enhance in ways that enhance economic security and economic security and improve our quality of life improve our quality of life
NIST technical infrastructure paves the wa

The equivalent of research “roads and bridges” tscientific communities need to develop and comtechnologies

• Groundbreakintools that foster quantum informnanotechnology• Better measurmethods to ensu• Performance accurate technocomparisons• Standards to ain trade
NIST biometrics work foc

NIST biometrics work foc

 Needs of industry, government, and academia in R&

Needs of industry, government, and academia in R&

biometrics technologies biometrics technologies

 Needs from Needs from USA Patriot Act USA Patriot Act and Enhanced Border Se

Enhanced Border Se

Reform Act Reform Act

 NIST works very closely with DHS and supports US NIST works very closely with DHS and supports US

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VI

for foreign visitors) for foreign visitors) 

 Needs for law enforcement & Intelligence Communit

Needs for law enforcement & Intelligence Communit

 NIST works very closely with the FBI NIST works very closely with the FBI

 Integrated Automated Fingerprint Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System 

Identification System 

biometrics database in the world; Next Generation Iden

biometrics database in the world; Next Generation Iden

 NIST works closely with National Institute of Justice on 

NIST works closely with National Institute of Justice on 

 NIST works closely with the R&D components of the In

NIST works closely with the R&D components of the I

 Needs for Homeland Security Presidential Directive Needs for Homeland Security Presidential Directive

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 Personal Identity Verification (P Personal Identity Verification (PIV) ID card for federal 

IV) ID card for federal 

contractors contractors

 Needs defined by White House Nati Needs defined by White House National Science & T

onal Science & T

(NSTC) Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Ma

(NSTC) Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Ma

 “National Biometrics Challenge National Biometrics Challenge

”
What NIST does in biom

What NIST does in biom

 Standards Development Standards Development

 Work with others to accelerate the developme

Work with others to accelerate the developme

based standards which are closel based standards which are closely coupled to 

y coupled to 

of private industry of private industry

 Development of test and evaluation 

Development of test and evaluation 

 Develop metrics, testing design, evaluation me

Develop metrics, testing design, evaluation me

performance & conformance test performance & conformance testing, data colle

ing, data colle

formatting formatting

 Perform tests and evaluations Perform tests and evaluations

 On both research systems and vendor product

On both research systems and vendor product

 Develop and transfer technology Develop and transfer technology
NIST biometrics technica

NIST biometrics technica

 Fingerprints Fingerprints

(Includes Latent Fingerprints) (Includes Latent Fingerprints)

 Face Iris

 Voice DNA Multimodal Multimodal
NIST biometric standards a

NIST biometric standards a

 NIST Standards NIST Standards

 ANSI/NIST ITL 1 ANSI/NIST ITL 1

-2007 

- Data Format for the I

Data Format for the I

Fingerprint, Facial, & Other Biometric Informa

Fingerprint, Facial, & Other Biometric Informa

enforcement and interagency biometric data e

enforcement and interagency biometric data e

 NIST Special Publication 800 NIST Special Publication 800-76

-1 -- Biometric 

Biometric 

Personal Identity Verification Personal Identity Verification 

– as part of FIPS 

as part of FIPS 

 American National Standards American National Standards

 International Committee for Info International Committee for Information Tech

rmation Tech

(INCITS) (INCITS) 

 International Standards International Standards

 International Organization for Standardization/

International Organization for Standardization

Electrotechnical Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) Commission (ISO/IEC)
Finger Projects Finger Projects

 [ELFT] Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technolog

[ELFT] Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technolog

 Evaluate and advance latent fi Evaluate and advance latent fingerprint matching te

ngerprint matching te

 Fast Fingerprint Capture Evaluation Fast Fingerprint Capture Evaluation

 Develop methods and standards for evaluating nex

Develop methods and standards for evaluating nex

fingerprint acquisition systems; e.g. fingerprint acquisition systems; e.g. contactless contactless and 

 [MINEX] Minutiae Exchange Tests [MINEX] Minutiae Exchange Tests

 MINEX04 MINEX04 -- Interoperability of INCITS 378 fingerpr

Interoperability of INCITS 378 fingerpr

 Ongoing MINEX Ongoing MINEX -- Supports compliance for Persona

Supports compliance for Persona

Verification (PIV) program

 MINEXII MINEXII -- Fingerprint template interoperability wit

Fingerprint template interoperability wit

technologies technologies

 [PFT] Proprietary Fingerprint Testing [PFT] Proprietary Fingerprint Testing

 SDK fingerprint matcher tests SDK fingerprint matcher tests

 [SlapSeg SlapSeg] Slap Segmentation Tests ] Slap Segmentation Tests

 Evaluate the performance of slap fingerprint Evaluate the performance of slap fingerprint segme

segme

 Usability Usability

 Study efficiency, effectiveness, & acceptability of bi

Study efficiency, effectiveness, & acceptability of bi

from perspective of human interaction from perspective of human interaction 
Face Projects Face Projects

 [FRGC] Face Recognition Gran

[FRGC] Face Recognition Gran

Challenge Challenge

 Advance state of the possible with fac

Advance state of the possible with fac

 [FRVT] Face Recognition Vend

[FRVT] Face Recognition Vend

 Evaluate state of the possible with fac

Evaluate state of the possible with fac
Iris Projects Iris Projects

 [ICE] Iris Challenge Evaluation [ICE] Iris Challenge Evaluation

 Evaluate the accuracy of iris matchin

Evaluate the accuracy of iris matchi

 [IREX08] Iris Exchange Test [IREX08] Iris Exchange Test

 Study and compare accuracy as rela

Study and compare accuracy as rela

compression levels and alternative i

compression levels and alternative i
Voice Projects Voice Projects

 Speaker Recognition Tests Speaker Recognition Tests

 Evaluation of speaker identification te

Evaluation of speaker identification te

 Speech Biometrics Speech Biometrics

 Develop methods for standardized spe

Develop methods for standardized spe

enrollment followed later by 1 enrollment followed later by 1-to-man

man

identification identification
DNA Projects DNA Projects

 Develop standards and metho

Develop standards and metho

processing and matching DNA processing and matching DNA
Multiple Biometrics Multiple Biometrics

 Large

-Scale USG Systems (e.g. FBI IAFIS/NGI & D

Scale USG Systems (e.g. FBI IAFIS/NGI & D

 Conduct benchmarking & performance evaluatio

Conduct benchmarking & performance evaluatio

 Develop and evaluate next genera Develop and evaluate next generation biometric

tion biometric

integration of standards integration of standards

 Evaluate system interoperability Evaluate system interoperability

 [MBARK] Multimodal Biometric Application Resour

[MBARK] Multimodal Biometric Application Resour

 Develop client Develop client-side technologies and standards 

side technologies and standards 

biometric acquisition biometric acquisition

 [MBGC] Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge [MBGC] Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge

 Evaluate the performance with multimodal use o

Evaluate the performance with multimodal use o

 Quality Quality

 Develop standards and methods for evaluating a

Develop standards and methods for evaluating 

biometric sample quality biometric sample quality