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    <font face="Arial">∞∞ Please accept our sincere apologies for
      receiving multiple copies of this announcement ∞∞<br>
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    <p class="Body" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
          style="font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">13<sup>th</sup>
          Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies on<o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span
          style="font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br>
          Biometrics for Secure Authentication:</span></b><b><span
          style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></b> </p>
    <p class="Body" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
          style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">BIOMETRICS, FORENSIC,
          SCIENCE AND THE QUEST FOR IDENTY</span></b><span
        style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span><span
        style="font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><br>
        (Endorsed by the IAPR technical committee on biometrics TC-4)<o:p></o:p></span><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><br>
        <b>Alghero,</b><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b><b>Italy

          - June, 20-24 2016</b><o:p></o:p></span> <br>
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    <br>
    Contact: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
      href="mailto:tista@uniss.it">tista@uniss.it</a><a
      class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biometrics.uniss.it">   


    </a><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
      href="http://biometrics.uniss.it">http://biometrics.uniss.it</a><br>
    <br>
    <font face="Arial"> <b>APPLICATION DEADLINE:</b> February 15th 2016<br>
      (download the application form at: <a
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biometrics.uniss.it">http://biometrics.uniss.it</a></a>)</font><span
      style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span>
    <p class="Body"><u><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p>NOTE:

              SCHOOL DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO JUNE 20-24 2016<br>
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    <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">The school will be held
          "back-to-back" with the 9th International Conference on
          Biometrics </span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">(ICB 2016 - june 13-16
          2016 Halmstad, Sweden - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="http://icb2016.hh.se">http://icb2016.hh.se</a>)</span></span></p>
    <!--EndFragment--> <u><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></b></u>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">In

        the last decade, research on the automated recognition of people
        has evolved to cover a large number of applications. From the
        early days, when security was the driving force behind biometric
        research, today’s challenges go far beyond security. Other
        applications, such as sharing data over a network, mobile
        computing and criminal investigations, are among the most
        promising applications. Machine learning, Image understanding,
        Signal analysis, Neuroscience, Forensic science, Digital
        forensics and other disciplines, converged in a truly
        multidisciplinary effort to devise and build advanced systems to
        facilitate the interpretation of signals recorded from
        individuals acting in a given environment. This is what we
        simply call today “Biometrics”.<b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"
      style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
          Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
          Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">For


          the last thirteen years, the International Summer School on
          Biometrics has been closely following the developments in
          science and technology to offer a cutting edge, intensive
          training course, always up to date with the current
          state-of-the-art.</span></b><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
        mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"
      style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


        Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">What

        are the most up-to-date core biometric technologies developed in
        the field? What is the potential impact of biometrics in
        forensic investigation and crime prevention? How can biometrics
        cope with mobile applications? What are the most relevant issues
        in biometric standardization? What can we learn from human
        perception? What does it involve to integrate a biometric
        recognition system?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


        New Roman"">This school follows the successful track of the
        International Summer Schools on Biometrics held since 2003. In
        this 13<sup>th</sup> edition, the courses will mainly focus on
        new and emerging issues:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
    <p
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font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
            New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


          New Roman"">How Biometrics can drive identification in
          network-based applications;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
    <p
      style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:
35.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0


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font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
            New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


          New Roman"">How to exploit new biometric technologies in
          forensic and security applications;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
    <p
      style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:
35.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0


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font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
            New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


          New Roman"">Standardization, evaluation and assessment of
          biometric and forensic applications.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
    <p
      style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:
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          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
            New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


          New Roman"">Advanced research in Biometric and Forensic
          technologies: What is next?</span></b><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


        New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
style="margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">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. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">An advanced
          feature of this summer school will be some practical sessions
          to better understand, “hands on”, the real potential of
          today’s biometric technologies.</b></span><span
        style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body" style="text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"
      style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


            New Roman"">Participant application</span></u></b><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">The school will be
        open to about 50 highly qualified, motivated and pre-selected
        applicants. Phd students, post-docs, researchers, forensic
        examiners, police officers and professionals are encouraged to
        apply. The expected school fees will be in the order of 1,500 €
        for Phd students and 2,000 € for others (subject to change). The
        fees will include full board accommodation, all courses and
        handling material. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">A
          limited number of scholarships, covering a portion of the
          fees, will be awarded to Phd students</b>, selected on the
        basis of their scientific background and on-going research work.
        Precedence will be given to members of the EU H2020 IDENTITY
        consortium, and active members of IAPR and IEEE. The scholarship
        request form can be downloaded from the school web site </span><b><i><span
            style="font-size:
            11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
            Mincho""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
              href="http://biometrics.uniss.it">http://biometrics.uniss.it</a></span></i></b><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">Phd students, researchers and post-docs are
        encouraged to submit a short paper (6 pages maximum) on their
        recent research activity. Selected, unpublished papers may be
        published, either in an edited book, or in a journal special
        issue. Poster boards will be also available to all participants
        to display their current research advances.</span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
        Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
        mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:


        "MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
        lang="EN-GB">Send a filled application form </span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


        Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">(download from </span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
        Arial"><a
          href="http://www.computer-vision.191.it/Biomet-School.html"><span
            style="mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho""></span></a><a
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://biometrics.uniss.it">http://biometrics.uniss.it</a></a></span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS


        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;
        mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"
        lang="EN-GB">)<i><span style="color:red"> </span></i></span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;
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        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
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        lang="EN-GB">together with a short curriculum vitae to:<b><span
            style="mso-spacerun: yes">       </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:


          "MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
          Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Prof.
          Massimo Tistarelli –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> e-mail: </span><b><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
          mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
          Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a
            class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
            href="mailto:biometricsummerschool@gmail.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:biometricsummerschool@gmail.com">biometricsummerschool@gmail.com</a></a></span></b><b><u><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


            New Roman"; color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center"
      align="center"><b><u><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


            New Roman"; color:red">Advance pre-registration is
            strictly required by February 15<sup>th</sup> </span></u></b><b><u><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
            mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
            Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
            Roman"; color:red">2016</span></u></b><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span
            style="font-size:
            11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
            Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
            Roman"">School location</span></u></b><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


        Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The

        school will be hosted by Hotel</span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
        "MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> El Faro</span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:


        "MS Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman""> (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i
            style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><a
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
              href="http://www.elfarohotel.it/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.elfarohotel.it/">http://www.elfarohotel.it/</a></a></i></b>)
        in the Capo Caccia bay, near Alghero, Sardinia. This is one of
        the most beautiful resorts in the Mediterranean sea. </span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">The property is beautifully immersed into the Capo
        Caccia bay. </span><span style="font-size:
        11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
        Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">The

        hotel El Faro has </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman"">a recently renovated conference center, fully
        equipped for scientific events. </span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


        New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">The
        school venue, as well as the surroundings, proved to be a
        perfect environment for the school activities.</span><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


        Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify"><span
        style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


        Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
            mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
            Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
            Roman"">School Committee:</span></u></b><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
    <p class="Body" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span
          style="font-family: Arial" lang="IT">Massimo Tistarelli</span></b><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">Computer
        Vision Laboratory </span><span
        style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">–
      </span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">University of
        Sassari, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span
          style="font-family: Arial" lang="IT">Josef Bigun </span></b><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">Department
        of Computer Science </span><span
        style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">–
      </span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">Halmstad
        University, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span
          style="font-family: Arial" lang="IT">Enrico Grosso</span></b><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">Computer
        Vision Laboratory </span><span
        style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">–
      </span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">University of
        Sassari, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><b><span
          style="font-family: Arial" lang="IT">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="Body"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">Biometrics
        laboratori </span><span
        style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">–
      </span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="IT">Michigan State
        University, USA <o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-57.65pt;margin-bottom:
      4.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-57.65pt;margin-bottom:
      4.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><b><u><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
            lang="EN-GB">Distinguished lecturers from past school
            editions<br>
          </span></u></b></p>
    <table height="590" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
      width="488">
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Josef </span></b><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


                  Mincho"">Bigun</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:SV"
                lang="SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";mso-ansi-language:SV" lang="SV">Halmstad
                University – Sweden</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;
                  font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">Aldo Mattei</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Arma dei
                Carabinieri – Italy<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
              ideograph-other"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                  "Times New
                  Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Thirimachos Bourlai</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "Times New
Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
              "Times New
              Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
              Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">West


              Virginia University – USA</span> </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;
                  font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                  Roman"">David Meuwly</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                New Roman";
                mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right:-8.05pt"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                New Roman";
                mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB">Netherlands Forensic Institute – NL</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
              ideograph-other"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                  "Times New
                  Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Vincent Bouatou</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "Times New
Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:
                EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">Safran
                Morpho – France</span><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
              ideograph-other"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times


                  New Roman";
                  color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Emilio
                  Mordini MD</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "Times New
Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:
                EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">Responsible


                Technologies – Italy</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;
                  font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
                  Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
                  Roman"">Deepak Chandra </span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;
                font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
                Mincho""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Google
                Inc. – USA<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                  Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Mark Nixon</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">University
of


                Southampton – UK</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
                  font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;
                  font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
                  Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
                  Roman"">Rama Chellappa</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;
                font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
                Mincho""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">University


                of Maryland – USA</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:FR"
                  lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                  Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                  Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Alice O’Toole</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;
                font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
                New Roman";color:windowtext;
                mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:
                EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">University
                of Texas – USA</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                  New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Farzin

                  Deravi</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">University
of


                Kent – UK</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                  mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                  Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Maja Pantic</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Imperial
College


                – UK</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                  Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                  New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">Andrzej

                  Drygajlo</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
              "Times New
              Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
              Roman";mso-ansi-language:
              EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN" lang="EN-GB">EPFL –
              Switzerland</span> </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
              ideograph-other"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                  "Times New
                  Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Jonhaton Phillips</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "Times New
Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:
                EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">NIST – USA<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times


                  New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:FR" lang="FR">James
                  Haxby</span></b><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
                New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Dartmouth
University


                – USA</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                  mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
                  Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                  Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
              ideograph-other"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                  "Times New
                  Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">Arun Ross</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


                Mincho"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Michigan
                State University </span><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "Times New
Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB">– USA</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                  mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                  mso-fareast-font-family:"MS
                  Mincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                  Roman"">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "MS Mincho""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                "MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Michigan
                State University – USA</span><b
                style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
                  Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="WW-Default"
              style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
              ideograph-other"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Tieniu


                  Tan </span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="WW-Default"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="IT">CASIA-NLPR



                China<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b
                style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
                  "Times New Roman"">Joseph Kittler</span></b><span
                style="font-size:
                11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                lang="EN-GB">University of Surrey – UK</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Massimo
                  Tistarelli</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
                font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Università
                di Sassari – Italy<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;
                  font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                  Roman"">Davide Maltoni</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Università
                di Bologna – Italy<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Alessandro
                  Verri</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
                font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Università
                di Genova – Italy</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">John Mason</span></b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
                lang="EN-GB">Swansea University</span><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;
                font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">
                – UK</span><b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
          </td>
          <td valign="top">
            <div class="Section1">
              <p class="WW-Default"
                style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric
                ideograph-other"><b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                    "Times New
                    Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                    lang="EN-GB">James Wayman</span></b><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MS


                  Mincho"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <p class="WW-Default"><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                  "MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">University


                  of San Josè </span><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                  "Times New
                  Roman";color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
                  lang="EN-GB">– USA</span><b><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
            </div>
            <b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:
                Batang;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
                Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:
                IT;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN" lang="IT"></span></b> </td>
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