[Imageworld] 5th International Summer School on Biometrics

[Massimo Tistarelli]

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  5^th   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-4
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Contact: tista at uniss.it <mailto:tista at uniss.it>

*IMPORTANT DATES:*

* *APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15^th   2008**
*      download application form: http://biometrics.uniss.it 
<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 
the curriculum vitae, via e-mail to: Massimo Tistarelli - tista at uniss.it 
<mailto:tista at uniss.it>
 

*SCHOLARSHIPS*
A limited number (around 10) scholarships will be available for selected 
students to cover the school fees. Applicants holding a Phd student 
status may request a scholarship support clearly stating their request 
in the application and also providing a valid proof of their student 
status. The scholarships are offered by the European Union COST Action 
2101, by *GIRPR*, the Italian branch of IAPR  and by Motorola.
Download the scholarship application form from: 
http://biometrics.uniss.it <http://biometrics.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 EUR for Phd 
students and 1,700 EUR 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 
<http://biometrics.uniss.it/> )
together with a short  curriculum vitae to:  Massimo Tistarelli - 
tista at uniss.it <mailto:tista at uniss.it>

Advance pre-registration is strictly required* by all applicants* by 
February 15^th   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
 

*List of lecturers:*

*Josef Bigun *- Halmstad University -- Sweden

*Rama Chellappa* - Univerity of Maryland -- USA

*Farzin Deravi* - University of Kent -- UK

*Andrzej Drygajlo *- EPFL -- Switzerland

*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

*Ben Schouten* -- Fontys University -- The Netherlands

*Tieniu Tan*  - CASIA-NLPR -- China

*Massimo Tistarelli* - Università di Sassari -- Italy

*Alessandro Verri* - Università di Genova -- Italy
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