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5th  IAPR Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies on
Biometrics for Secure Authentication:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SECURITY AND PRIVACY

Alghero,  Italy - June, 9-13 2008
Endorsed by: IAPR TC-14
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Contact: tista@uniss.it

IMPORTANT DATES:

* APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15th  2008
      download application form: http://biometrics.uniss.it
* Notification of acceptance: March 1st 2008

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, gait,
and others. Algorithms and sensors have been developed to acquire and
process all different biometric data sources.

The recent introduction of biometric data in electronic documents,
such as passports, has increased the relevance of the secure storage
and processing of personal biometric data.

What are the most up-to-date core technologies developed in the field?
What are the most relevant issues in biometric standardization? 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 International Summer Schools on
Biometrics held since 2003, but with a different target. In this fifth
edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues in
biometrics:

* How to enforce security and privacy in the biometric system (from
template to recognition);

* The design and application of new and emerging biometric
technologies;

* Standardization issues and techniques for evaluation and assessment
of biometric applications.

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. The talks will be delivered by 18 out of
the best internationally reputed experts, both from academia and
industry, actively working in several fields related to biometric
technologies.

Emphasis will be given to evaluation, standardization and to define
the maturity of technology for the deployment of biometrics in a wide
range of applications.

PARTICIPANT APPLICATION

The school will be open to about 40 highly qualified, motivated and
pre-selected applicants. 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 1,200 - for Phd
students and 1,700 for others (subject to change). The fees will
include full board accommodation, all courses and handling material.

Phd students and Post docs may submit a short paper (6 pages maximum,
original and unpublished work) on their recent research activity.  A
scholarship will be awarded to the best paper presented by the
students. The paper may 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://biometrics.uniss.it )
together with a short curriculum vitae to: Massimo Tistarelli -
tista@uniss.it

Advance pre-registration is strictly required by February 15th  2008
 

SCHOOL COMMITTEE 

School director:

Massimo Tistarelli
Computer Vision Laboratory
University of Sassari, Italy

Co-directors: 

Josef Bigun
Department of Computer Science
Halmstad University, Sweden 

Enrico Grosso
Computer Vision Laboratory
University of Sassari, Italy 

Anil K. Jain
Biometrics laboratory
Michigan State University, USA

Preliminary list of lecturers: 

Josef Bigun - Halmstad University – Sweden

Rama Chellappa - Univerity of Maryland – USA

Farzin Deravi - University of Kent – UK

Anil K. Jain - Michigan State University – USA

Barry Johnson - University of Virginia/Privaris – USA

Joseph Kittler - University of Surrey – UK

Davide Maltoni - Università di Bologna – Italy

John Mason - Swansea University – UK

Martin Meints - ULD SH – Germany

Mark Nixon - University of Southampton – UK

Alice O’Toole - University of Texas – USA

Fred Preston - Motorola Biometrics – UK

Robert Rowe - Lumidigm - USA

Tieniu Tan  - CASIA-NLPR – China

Massimo Tistarelli - Università di Sassari – Italy

Alessandro Verri - Università di Genova – Italy