[Imageworld] Last Announcement - 7th Int.l Summer School on Biometrics 2010

[Prof. Massimo Tistarelli]

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*7th IEEE Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies on
 
*Biometrics for Secure Authentication:
FORENSICS, SECURITY and REMOTE IDENTIFICATION*
Alghero,  Italy - June, 7-11 2010

*Endorsed by IAPR-TC4*
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Contact: tista at uniss.it <mailto:tista at uniss.it>
http://biometrics.uniss.it <http://biometrics.uniss.it/>

*APPLICATION DEADLINE:* February 15th  2010
(download the application form at: http://biometrics.uniss.it)

*Advance pre-registration is strictly required by all applicants by 
February 15th 2010.

**SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS*
A filled application form must be sent to the school committee, together 
with 
a curriculum vitae, via e-mail to: Massimo Tistarelli - tista at uniss.it 
<mailto:tista at uniss.it>
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**SCOPE*
In the last decade, several recognition and authentication systems based 
on biometric measurements have been proposed. Algorithms and sensors 
have been developed to acquire and process many different biometric data 
sources. The recent introduction of biometric data in electronic 
documents has increased the relevance of the secure storage and 
processing of personal biometric data. As more security is required, 
multimodality has also come to the fore. Moreover, emerging applications 
also require to perform human identification in motion and at a distance.
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 human recognition/authentication 
systems working at a distance? 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 7th 
edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues in 
biometrics:
 - How to exploit new technologies in forensics and in security 
application at a distance;
 - Identity management in new and emerging multimodal biometric 
technologies;
 - Standardization, 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 lectures will be given by 18 
outstanding experts in the field, from both academia and industry. 
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.

The school is endorsed by the International Association for Pattern 
Recognition (IAPR), under the Technical Committee 4 on Biometrics and by 
the IEEE Biometrics Council.

*PARTICIPANT APPLICATION*
The school will be open to about 50 highly qualified, motivated and 
pre-selected applicants. Phd students, post-docs, 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 euro for Phd 
students and 1,800 euro for others (subject to change). The fees will 
include full board accommodation, all courses and handling material. 
Some scholarships will be awarded to the best Phd students selected on 
the basis of their scientific background and on-going research work. The 
scholarship request form is available on the web site.

Phd students and post-docs applicants are encouraged to submit a short 
paper (6 pages maximum, original and unpublished work) on their recent 
research activity. Selected papers may be published, either in an edited 
book, or in a journal special issue.

*SCHOLARSHIPS*
A limited number (around 5) scholarships will be available for selected 
Phd 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 COST Action 2101, IEEE, 
Sagem and by GIRPR (the Italian branch of IAPR).

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 15th 2010.

*LOCATION*
The school will be hosted by Hotel Capo Caccia in Tramariglio 
(http://www.hotelcapocaccia.it <http://www.hotelcapocaccia.it/>) near 
Alghero, Sardinia, one of the most beautiful resorts in the 
Mediterranean sea.

The hotel Capo Caccia is a recently renovated conference center, fully 
equipped for scientific events. The structure is divided into three main 
blocks, beautifully immersed into the Capo Caccia natural reserve. The 
central building, the dÈpendence and the other structures of the village 
are joined each other by a covered walk, which pleasantly crosses the 
park, reaching the swimming-pool and the beach. The entire structure as 
well as the surroundings proved to be a perfect environment for the 
school activities.


*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:*

*David Ackerman* - Sarnoff Corp. - USA
*Josef Bigun* - Halmstad University - Sweden
*Farzin Deravi *- University of Kent - UK
*Andrzej Drygajlo* - EPFL - Switzerland
*Jean-Christophe Fondeur* - Sagem Security - France
*Anil K. Jain* - Michigan State University - USA
*Joseph Kittler* - University of Surrey - UK
*Davide Maltoni* - Università di Bologna - Italy
*John Mason* - Swansea University - UK
*Martin Meints* - ULD SH - Germany
*Emilio Mordini* MD - Center for Science, Society and Citizenship - Italy
*Mark Nixon* - University of Southampton - UK
*Alice O'Toole* - University of Texas - USA
*Jonhaton Phillips* - NIST - USA
*Arun Ross *- West Virginia University - USA
*Ben Schouten* - Fontys University - Netherlands
*Tieniu Tan* - CASIA-NLPR - China
*Massimo Tistarelli *- Università di Sassari - Italy
*Alessandro Verri* - Università di Genova - Italy

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