Connectionists: Call for Applications: 17th Int.l Summer School on Biometrics and Forensics 2020

[Massimo Tistarelli]

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*17^th Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies on
Biometrics for Secure Authentication:*

*BIOMETRICS, FORENSICS AND IDENTITY SCIENCE FOR HUMAN-CENTERED APPLICATIONS*

*Alghero, Italy – June 8-12 2020*


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

*APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15^th 2020
*(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, 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”.

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.

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 /adversarial attacks/ in biometric recognition?

This school follows the successful track of the International Summer 
Schools on Biometrics held since 2003. In this 17^th edition, the 
courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues:

•*Biometrics for social interactions and emerging applications;*

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

•*Evaluation and assessment of biometric and forensic applications;*

•*Deep Learning for biometrics and forensic identification.*

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.

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*_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 1,600 € for Phd 
students and 2,200 € 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 
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.

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>

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*_Advance pre-registration is strictly required by February 15^th _**_2020_*

*_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 laboratory – Michigan State University, USA

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*_Distinguished lecturers from past school editions_*


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*Josef **Bigun*

Halmstad University – Sweden

	

*David Meuwly*

Netherlands Forensic Institute – NL

*Thirimachos Bourlai*

West Virginia University – USA

	

*Emilio Mordini MD*

Responsible Technologies – Italy

*Vincent Bouatou*

Safran Morpho – France

	

*Mark Nixon*

University of Southampton – UK

*Deepak Chandra *

Google Inc. – USA

	

*Alice O’Toole*

University of Texas – USA

*Rama Chellappa*

University of Maryland – USA

	

*Maja Pantic*

Imperial College – UK

*John Daugman*

University of Cambridge – UK

	

*Johnathon Phillips*

NIST – USA

*Farzin Deravi*

University of Kent – UK

	

*Nalini Ratha*

IBM – 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

*Aldo Mattei*

Arma dei Carabinieri – Italy

	

*Lior Wolf*

Tel Aviv University – Israel

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