3rd Summer School for Advanced Studies on
Biometrics for Secure Authentication:
NEW SENSORS, EVALUATION AND DATABASE COLLECTION
Alghero, Italy - June, 12-16 2006
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Contact: tista@uniss.it
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Director:
Massimo Tistarelli
Computer Vision Laboratory
DAP-Universtity of Sassari, Italy
Co-Directors:
Josef Bigun
Department of Computer Science
Halmstad University, Sweden
Enrico Grosso
Computer Vision Laboratory
Universtity of Sassari, Italy
IMPORTANT DATES:
* APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1st 2006
download application form: http://www.computer-vision.191.it/Biomet-School.html
* Notification of acceptance: March 1st 2006
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
A filled application form has to be sent to the school together with
curriculum vitae, via e-mail to: Massimo Tistarelli - tista@uniss.it
SCOPE:
In the last decade, several recognition and authentication systems based on biometric measurements have been
proposed. Many different biological features have been utilized: fingerprint, face and facial features, retinal
scan, iris pattern, hand geometry, dna trace and gait, and others. Algorithms and sensors have been developed
to acquire and process all different biometric data sources.
Not only research tools have been developed, but a notable effort has been made by many industrial companies,
making biometrics a very challenging arena, fostering many diverse approaches.
What are the most up-to-date core technologies developed in the field? How well do these systems perform?
What are the real and ultimate limitations of biometric recognition/authentication systems? How to
develop/integrate a biometric recognition system?
This school follows the successful Summer Schools on Biometrics held in 2003 and 2005, but with a different
target. In this third edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues in biometrics:
* the design and application of new biometric sensors and modalities;
* techniques for evaluation and assessment of biometric applications;
* the collection and management of large-scale databases.
The courses will provide a clear and in-depth picture on the state-of-the-art in biometric
verification/identification technology, both under the theoretical and scientific point of view as well as in
diverse application domains.
Emphasis will be given to evaluation, standardization and to define the maturity of technology for deployment
of biometrics in a wide range of applications.
The school will involve a five days, full immersion of lectures as well as practical exercise in the development
and use of modules for Biometric systems.
PARTICIPANT APPLICATION
The school will be open to about 40 highly qualified, motivated and pre-selected students. Phd students, post-docs, young
researchers or industrial professionals in the field are encouraged to apply. The lectures will be given by several
outstanding experts in the field, from both academia and industry.
The expected school fees will be in the order of 1,000 € for Phd students and 1,500 € for others (subject to change). The
fees will include full board accommodation, all courses and handling material.
Applicants may submit a short paper (6 pages maximum, original and unpublished work) on their recent research activity.
A scholarship will be given to the best paper presented by the students. The paper will be published, together with the
lecturer's contributions, in an edited book in the Springer Verlag Lecture Notes Series in Computer Science.
Send a filled application form (download from http://www.computer-vision.191.it/Biomet-School.html)
together with a short curriculum vitae to: Massimo Tistarelli - tista@uniss.it
Advance pre-registration is strictly required by February 1st 2006
PRELIMINARY LIST OF LECTURERS
Charles Beumier
Ecole Royale Militaire - Belgium
Josef Bigun
Halmstad University - Sweden
Farzin Deravi
University of Kent - UK
Patrick Flynn
University of Notre Dame - USA
Javier Ortega Garcia
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Spain
Anil K. Jain
Michigan State University - USA
Joseph Kittler
University of Surrey - UK
Davide Maltoni
Universita di Bologna - Italy
John Mason
Swansea University - UK
Mark Nixon
University of Southampton - UK
Alice O'Toole
University of Texas - USA
Giuseppe Parziale
TBS AG - USA
Nalini K. Ratha
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center - USA
Massimo Tistarelli
Universita di Sassari - Italy
Alessandro Verri
Universita di Genova - Italy