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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


I, Michael A. Tzannes, Chief Executive Officer of Aware, Inc., certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Aware,
         Inc.;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain
         any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
         of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
         not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
         quarterly report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
         financial information included in this quarterly report,
         fairly present in all material respects the financial
         condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
         registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
         quarterly report;

4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
         responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
         controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
         13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
         reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
         15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

         a)       designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                  designed under our supervision, to ensure that
                  material information relating to the registrant,
                  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                  known to us by others within those entities,
                  particularly during the period in which this
                  quarterly report is being prepared;

         b)       designed such internal control over financial
                  reporting, or caused such internal control over
                  financial reporting to be designed under our
                  supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
                  regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
                  the preparation of financial statements for external
                  purposes in accordance with generally accepted
                  accounting principles;

         c)       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
                  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
                  this quarterly report our conclusions about the
                  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
                  procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
                  this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

         d)       disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the
                  registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
                  recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal
                  quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                  materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
                  materially affect, the registrant's internal control
                  over financial reporting; and

5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
         disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
         control over financial reporting, to the registrant's


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         auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors
         (or persons performing the equivalent function):

         a)       all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
                  in the design or operation of internal control over
                  financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
                  adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
                  process, summarize and report financial information;
                  and

         b)       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                  management or other employees who have a significant
                  role in the registrant's internal control over
                  financial reporting.





Date:  AUGUST 07, 2006                         /S/ MICHAEL A. TZANNES
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                                               Michael A. Tzannes
                                               Chief Executive Officer