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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">17<sup>th</sup> Int.l Summer
School for Advanced Studies on<br>
Biometrics for Secure Authentication:</span></b><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span> </span>BIOMETRICS, FORENSICS AND IDENTITY SCIENCE FOR
HUMAN-CENTERED APPLICATIONS<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Alghero, Italy – June 8-12 2020</span></b><span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"> </span><a href="mailto:tista@uniss.it"><span style="font-family:Times;color:blue" lang="EN-US">tista@uniss.it</span></a><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><span style="font-family:Times;color:blue" lang="EN-US"> </span></a><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><span style="font-family:Times;color:blue" lang="EN-US">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">APPLICATION DEADLINE: <span style="color:red">February
15<sup>th</sup> 2020<br>
</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">(download the application form
at: </span><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">A special keynote lecture will be given by:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">prof. Tomaso POGGIO<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mc Govern
Institute for Brain Research</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From the early days, when
security was the driving force behind biometric research, today’s challenges go
far beyond security. Machine learning, Image understanding, Signal analysis,
Neuroscience, Robotics, 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”.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">For the last seventeen 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></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">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? What can we learn
from human perception? How to deploy current Deep Learning approaches? How to
deal with <i>adversarial attacks</i> in biometric recognition?<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">This school follows the
successful track of the International Summer Schools on Biometrics held since
2003. In this 17<sup>th</sup> edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and
emerging issues:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 35.45pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Biometrics for social interactions and emerging
applications;<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 35.45pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">How to exploit new biometric technologies in forensic
and security applications;<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 35.45pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Evaluation and assessment of biometric and forensic
applications;<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt 35.45pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span>•<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Deep Learning for biometrics and forensic identification.<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">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. 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.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Participant
application</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">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 1,550
€ for Phd students and 2,100 € for others (subject to change). The fees will
include full board accommodation, all courses and handling material. <b>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 active members of IAPR and IEEE.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The scholarship request form
can be downloaded from the school web site </span><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Phd
students, researchers and post-docs are encouraged to submit a short paper (6
pages maximum) for an oral presentation on their recent research activity.
Poster boards will be also available to all participants to display their
current research advances.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Send a filled application form
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">(download from </span><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">)<i><span style="color:red"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">together with a short
curriculum vitae to:<b><span> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prof.
Massimo Tistarelli –</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:biometricsummerschool@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">biometricsummerschool@gmail.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Advance pre-registration is strictly required by February 15<sup>th</sup> </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">2020</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">School location</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The school will be hosted by Hotel</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> El Faro (</span><a href="http://www.elfarohotel.it/"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue" lang="EN-US">http://www.elfarohotel.it/</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">) 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:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The property
is beautifully immersed into the Capo Caccia bay. The hotel El Faro has a
recently renovated conference center, fully equipped for scientific events. The
school venue, as well as the surroundings, proved to be a perfect environment
for the school activities.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">School
Committee:<span></span></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Massimo Tistarelli</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Computer Vision Laboratory –
University of Sassari, Italy<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Josef Bigun </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Department of Computer Science
– Halmstad University, Sweden<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Enrico Grosso</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Computer Vision Laboratory –
University of Sassari, Italy<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Biometrics laboratory –
Michigan State University, USA </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Distinguished lecturers from
past school editions</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Josef </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Bigun</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Halmstad
University – Sweden</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">David Meuwly</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Netherlands
Forensic Institute – NL</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Thirimachos
Bourlai</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">West Virginia University
– USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"> <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Emilio
Mordini MD</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Responsible
Technologies – Italy</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Vincent
Bouatou</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Safran
Morpho – France</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Mark Nixon</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University
of Southampton – UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deepak Chandra </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Google
Inc. – USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Alice O’Toole</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University
of Texas – USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Rama Chellappa</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University of Maryland – USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Maja Pantic</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Imperial College
– UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">John Daugman</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University
of Cambridge – UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Johnathon
Phillips</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">NIST – USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Farzin Deravi</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University of Kent – UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nalini Ratha</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IBM
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">– USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">James Haxby</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Dartmouth
University – USA<b><span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Arun Ross</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Michigan State University </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">– USA</span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Michigan State University – USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tieniu Tan </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CASIA-NLPR – China</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Joseph Kittler</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University
of Surrey – UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Massimo Tistarelli</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Università di Sassari – Italy</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Davide Maltoni</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Università di Bologna – Italy</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alessandro Verri</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Università di Genova – Italy</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">John Mason</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Swansea
University – UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">James
Wayman</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">University of San Josè </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">– USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Aldo Mattei</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Arma dei Carabinieri – Italy</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Lior Wolf</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Tel Aviv University </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">– Israel</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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