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Summary:
The long term goal of NGBMS is to fill a rapidly growing technology gap by developing new testing methodologies and standards for evaluating very large-scale next generation multimodal biometric IDM systems. To accomplish this, the development of an open multimodal reference architecture is proposed. Building such a prototype and test bed will inform technology developers, integrators, and users, leading to new standards; it will enable new types of benchmark studies providing guidance on key issues including accuracy, scalability, missing biometrics, integration of new modalities, quality of biometrics, consolidation / de-duplication, and interoperability of very large-scale systems. It is anticipated that this project will be long-term and performed in phases evolving over the next five years.
Description:
The number of very large-scale identity management (IDM) systems requiring multimodal biometric enrollment is rapidly increasing. Within USG alone, systems such as FBI / IAFIS, DHS / IDENT, and DOD / ABIS collect some combination of finger, face, & iris, but these systems are currently limited in their ability to intelligently exploit these multiple biometrics. Very large Federal procurements are in the works (such as FBI / NGI) to expand multimodal capabilities, and as a result there is an immediate and growing need to fill an existing gap in technical knowledge and standards.
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End Date:ongoingLead Organizational Unit:ITLStaff:Elham Tabassi, Project Lead Kenneth Ko Contact
Elham TabassiT: (301) 975-5292 |