Biometric School 2012 (Winter Edition) — a PASCAL2 sponsored event

An event co-sponsored by PASCAL2, IEEE and IAPR.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

*** Registration deadline is 23 Dec 2011 ***

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EXCLUSIVE TO PASCAL PHD STUDENT MEMBERS
As a gesture of gratitude to PASCAL2 sponsorship to the event, we are offering a special registration rate of EUR 450 (with full board accommodation) to Pascal PhD students
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Objective: To expose the latest developments and technology behind the most commonly used biometrics (face, fingerprint, and iris recognition) in automatic person recognition, multimodal biometrics, and biometric cryptosystems.

Audience: Engineers and scientists; post-graduate students and academic staff; entrepreneurs, project managers, and government officers who need an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms behind the technology.

(Audience size is limited to 50)

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REGISTRATION

Register by 23 December 2011:
RM 2750 (student) / RM3250 (non-student)
Registration includes accommodation, meals, and social event

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TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

* Fingerprint recognition: state of the art and novel developments
Prof. Davide Maltoni (Italy)

* Touchless fingerprint recognition & Biometrics and privacy protection
Prof. Jaihie Kim (Korea)

* Iris recognition: state of the art, issues & challenges
Prof. Tieniu Tan (China)

* Face recognition in challenging conditions, facial pre-processing, learning & inference
Dr. Simon Prince (UK)

* Linear and advanced classifier design for biometric systems
Prof. Kar-ann Toh (Korea)

* Fusion strategies and template security in biometric systems
Dr. Karthik Nandakumar (Singapore)

* Novel research directions in multimodal biometrics: Incorporating quality, cohort and client-dependent information
Dr. Norman Poh (UK)

* Biometric-key computation
Dr. Andrew Teoh (Korea)

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IMPORTANT DATES
Early registration and abstract submission deadline : 31 October 2011
Late registration deadline : 23 December 2011
School : 9-13 January 2012

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MORE INFORMATION
Visit http://www.biometricschool.org or email info@biometricschool.org