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            Advanced Studies on<br>
            Biometrics for Secure Authentication:</span></b></font></p>
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        </span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>CONTINUALLY
          LEARNING BIOMETRICS</span></b></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Alghero, Italy  –  June 6 - 10 2022</span></b></p>
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:center" align="center"><font size="+1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN-US">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"></span></font><font size="-1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"></span></b></font><font size="-1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><br>
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    <div align="center"><font size="+1" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">To face the
        expected travel limitations due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the
        school is planned as a mixed virtual event, allowing
        participation both in person and remotely with videoconference
        facilities</font></div>
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    <span lang="EN-US"> </span><font size="+1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Contact:</b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><a href="mailto:tista@uniss.it" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN-US">tista@uniss.it</span></a><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue" lang="EN-US"> </span></a></font><font size="-1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"><br>
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    <div><span lang="EN-US"></span><font size="+1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>EXTENDED
          Application deadline: <font style="color:rgb(253,0,0)">March 1</font></b></font><font size="+1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font style="color:rgb(253,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"><sup>st</sup></span> 2022</font><br>
        </b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">(download the
          application form at: </span><a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">http://biometrics.uniss.it</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US">)</span><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></font><font size="-1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span 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><br>
          <br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US">For the last
          nineteen 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><br>
          <br>
        </span><span 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 Machine Learning
          approaches? How to deal with <i>adversarial attacks</i> in
          biometric recognition? <span style="color:black">How can a
            biometric system learn continually?</span></span><span>
          <br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US">This school
          follows the successful track of the International Summer
          Schools on Biometrics held since 2003. In this 19<sup>th</sup>
          edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging
          issues:</span><span><br>
          <br>
          •       <b>The impact of AI and advanced learning techniques
            in Biometrics;</b><br>
          •       <b>How to make “Deep Biometrics” systems <i>explainable</i>;</b><br>
          •       <b>The advantages of continual learning for
            biometrics;</b><br>
          •       <b>How to exploit new biometric technologies in
            forensic and emerging applications.</b><br>
          <br>
        </span><span 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.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Participant
            application</span></b><b><span></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The
          expected school fees will be in the order of 1,600 € (400 € in
          videoconference) for students and 2,200 € (800 € in
          videoconference) for others. The fees will include full board
          accommodation, all courses and handling material.<br>
          A limited number of scholarships, partially covering the fees,
          will be awarded to Phd students, selected on the basis of
          their scientific background and on-going research work.<br>
          The scholarship request form can be downloaded from the school
          web site <a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it" target="_blank">http://biometrics.uniss.it</a><br>
          <br>
          Send a filled application form (download from <a href="http://biometrics.uniss.it" target="_blank">http://biometrics.uniss.it</a>)
          together with a short resume to:      </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Prof.
            Massimo Tistarelli –</span></b><span> e-mail: <a href="mailto:biometricsummerschool@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">biometricsummerschool@gmail.com</span></b></a></span></p>
      <ul type="disc">
        <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Submission of applications:
            February 15th, 2022</span></li>
        <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Notification of acceptance:
            March 20th, 2022</span></li>
        <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Registration: April 25th, 2022</span></li>
      </ul>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>
        </span><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Advance pre-registration is strictly
              required by March 1<sup>st</sup> 2022</span></u></b><span><br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">School location</span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span> </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span>The
          school will be hosted by Hotel Dei Pini (<a href="https://www.hoteldeipini.com/" target="_blank">https://www.hoteldeipini.com/</a>
          ) in the Capo Caccia bay, near Alghero, Sardinia. This is one
          of the most beautiful resorts in the Mediterranean Sea. The
          structure is beautifully immersed into the Capo Caccia bay.
          The hotel Dei Pini has a recently renovated conference centre,
          fully equipped for scientific events. The school venue, as
          well as the surroundings, proved to be a perfect environment
          for the school activities.<b><span></span></b></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The
          school lectures will be delivered as a <b>mixed mode event</b>,
          allowing both physical (if the medical advice at the time of
          the school will allow it in full security) and remote
          attendance with videoconferencing facilities.</span></p>
      <ul type="disc">
        <li class="MsoNormal"><span>For participants attending in
            videoconference, live lectures will be delivered online with
            full sharing of the lecturing material and allowing live
            interaction with the participants. Private and group
            meetings with each lecturer will be organised to deepen the
            discussion started in the class.</span></li>
      </ul>
      <ul type="disc">
        <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Ad-hoc teleconferencing and
            communication tools will be also set up for practical
            hands-on sessions and to allow a good engagement of the
            participants and the lecturers.</span></li>
      </ul>
      <ul type="disc">
        <li class="MsoNormal"><span>Open sessions will be organised
            with questions and answers moderated by the leading experts
            in the field.</span></li>
      </ul>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>
        </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The
          organisers and all lecturers are fully committed to make this
          year's school as successful, instructing and inspiring as in
          the past years.</span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>
        </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">School Committee:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><br>
          </span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Massimo Tistarelli</span></b><span><br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US">Computer Vision
          Laboratory – University of Sassari, Italy</span><span><br>
          <br>
        </span><b><span lang="EN-US">Josef Bigun </span></b><span><br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US">Department of
          Computer Science – Halmstad University, Sweden</span><span><br>
          <br>
        </span><b><span lang="EN-US">Enrico Grosso</span></b><span><br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US">Computer Vision
          Laboratory – University of Sassari, Italy</span><span><br>
          <br>
        </span><b><span lang="EN-US">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span><br>
        </span><span lang="EN-US">Biometrics
          laboratory – Michigan State University, USA </span><span></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><br>
          </span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Distinguished
            lecturers from past school editions</span></b><b><span></span></b></p>
      <span lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
    <div><br>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Josef </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Bigun</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Halmstad University – Sweden</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">David Meuwly</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Netherlands Forensic Institute – NL</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Thirimachos Bourlai</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">West Virginia University – USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Emilio Mordini MD</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0.1pt;margin-bottom:0.1pt;margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Responsible Technologies – Italy</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Vincent Bouatou</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Safran Morpho – France</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">Mark Nixon</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">University of Southampton – UK</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span>Kevin Bowyer
                </span></b><span></span></p>
            <span>University of Notre
              Dame – USA</span>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">Alice O’Toole</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">University of Texas – USA</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top" height="40">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span>Deepak
                  Chandra </span></b><span></span></p>
            <span>Google Inc. – USA</span>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Maja Pantic</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Imperial College – UK</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Rama Chellappa</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <span lang="EN-US">University of
              Maryland – USA</span>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Johnathon Phillips</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">NIST – USA</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">John Daugman</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <span lang="EN-US">University of Cambridge – UK</span></td>
          <td valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Tomaso Poggio</span></b></p>
            <span lang="EN-US">MIT – USA</span></td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Farzin Deravi</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">University of Kent – UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nalini
                  Ratha</span></b><span></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span>IBM </span><span>– USA</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">James Haxby</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><span lang="EN-US">Dartmouth University – USA</span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Arun Ross</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><span lang="EN-US">Michigan State University </span><span lang="EN-US">– USA</span><b><span></span></b></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US">Anil K. Jain</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Michigan State
                University – USA</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tieniu
                  Tan </span></b><span></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">CASIA-NLPR
                – China</span><span></span></p>
          </td>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Joseph Kittler</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">University of Surrey – UK</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span>Massimo
                  Tistarelli</span></b><span></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Università
                di Sassari – Italy</span><span></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span>Davide
                  Maltoni</span></b><span></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Università
                di Bologna – Italy</span><span></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span>Alessandro
                  Verri</span></b><span></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Università
                di Genova – Italy</span><span></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
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          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">John Mason</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">Swansea University – UK</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">James Wayman</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">University of San
                Josè </span><span lang="EN-US">– USA</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Aldo
                  Mattei</span></b><span></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Arma
                dei Carabinieri – Italy</span><span></span></p>
          </td>
          <td style="padding:2pt" valign="top">
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Lior Wolf</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US">Tel Aviv
                University </span><span lang="EN-US">– Israel</span></p>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
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