Connectionists: Call for applications - 15th Int.l Summer School on Biometrics 2018

[Massimo Tistarelli]

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*15th IAPR/Eurasip Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies onBiometrics
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     <http://biometrics.uniss.it>
http://biometrics.uniss.it

*APPLICATION DEADLINE:* February 15th 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 15th 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 2018
– http://iwbf2018.uniss.it <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* <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*
<biometricsummerschool at gmail.com>

*Advance pre-registration is strictly required by February 15th **2018*





*School location*

The school will be hosted by Hotel El Faro (*http://www.elfarohotel.it/*
<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



*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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