Connectionists: Call for Applications: 15th Int.l Summer School on Biometrics and Forensics 2018

[Massimo Tistarelli]

∞∞ Please accept our sincere apologies for receiving multiple copies of 
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*15^th IAPR/Eurasip Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies on
Biometrics for Secure Authentication:*

*ASSURING TRUSTWORTHINESS OF BIOMETRICS*

*Alghero, Italy - June, 11-15 2018*

Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Biometrics Council


*Contact:*tista at uniss.it 
<mailto:tista at uniss.it><http://biometrics.uniss.it>http://biometrics.uniss.it

*APPLICATION DEADLINE:*February 15^th 2018
(download the application form at: http://biometrics.uniss.it)

 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, 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”.

*For the last fifteen 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.*

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 to detect impersonation attacks 
and disguise? What can we learn from human perception? What is a 
/biometric recognition system/?

This school follows the successful track of the International Summer 
Schools on Biometrics held since 2003. In this 15^th edition, the 
courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues:

·*How Biometrics can deal with impersonation and disguise;*

·*How to exploit new biometric technologies in forensic and security 
applications;*

·*Evaluation and assessment of biometric and forensic applications.*

·*Biometrics, Forensic identification and advanced research: What is next?*

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.*

*The school will be held in conjunction with the Int.l Worskshop on 
Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2018 – June 7,8 2017 – 
http://iwbf2018.uniss.it)*

*_Participant application_*

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. *A 
limited number of scholarships, covering a portion of the fees, will be 
awarded to Phd students*, 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 */http://biometrics.uniss.it/*.

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.

Participants to the school will be entitled to a specially reduced fees 
to attend IWBF 2018.

Send a filled application form (download from 
http://biometrics.uniss.it)//together with a short curriculum vitae to:**

*Prof. Massimo Tistarelli –*e-mail: *biometricsummerschool at gmail.com* 
<mailto:biometricsummerschool at gmail.com>

*_Advance pre-registration is strictly required by February 15^th _**_2018_*

*_School location_*

The school will be hosted by HotelEl Faro 
(*/http://www.elfarohotel.it//*) in the Capo Caccia bay, near Alghero, 
Sardinia. This is one of the most beautiful resorts in the Mediterranean 
sea. 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.

*_School Committee:_*

*Massimo Tistarelli*

Computer Vision Laboratory – University of Sassari, Italy

*Josef Bigun *

Department of Computer Science – Halmstad University, Sweden

*Enrico Grosso*

Computer Vision Laboratory – University of Sassari, Italy

*Anil K. Jain*

Biometrics laboratori – Michigan State University, USA

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*_Distinguished lecturers from past school editions_*

*Josef **Bigun*

Halmstad University – Sweden

	

*Aldo Mattei*

Arma dei Carabinieri – Italy

*Thirimachos Bourlai*

West Virginia University – USA

	

*David Meuwly*

Netherlands Forensic Institute – NL

*Vincent Bouatou*

Safran Morpho – France

	

*Emilio Mordini MD*

Responsible Technologies – Italy

*Deepak Chandra *

Google Inc. – USA

	

*Mark Nixon*

University of Southampton – UK

*Rama Chellappa*

University of Maryland – USA

	

*Alice O’Toole*

University of Texas – USA

*John Daugman*

University of Cambridge – UK

	

*Maja Pantic*

Imperial College – UK

*Farzin Deravi*

University of Kent – UK

	

*Jonhaton Phillips*

NIST – USA

*James Haxby*

Dartmouth University – USA

	

*Arun Ross*

Michigan State University – USA

*Anil K. Jain*

Michigan State University – USA

	

*Tieniu Tan *

CASIA-NLPR – China

*Joseph Kittler*

University of Surrey – UK

	

*Massimo Tistarelli*

Università di Sassari – Italy

*Davide Maltoni*

Università di Bologna – Italy

	

*Alessandro Verri*

Università di Genova – Italy

*John Mason*

Swansea University – UK

	

*James Wayman*

University of San Josè – USA

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