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Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843973 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publisher: David Hopwood Editor: Tracey Caldwell Email: [email protected] Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 issues and online access for up to 5 users. Prices: 1151 for all European countries & Iran US$1245 for all countries except Europe and Japan ¥153 000 for Japan (Prices valid until 31 December 2013) To subscribe send payment to the address above. Tel: +44 (0)1865 843687 or via www.biometrics-today.com Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.
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UK passport authorities tender for facial recognition
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he UK Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is seeking suppliers of a £12.8m facial recognition system to help determine an applicant’s eligibility for a British passport. The authority intends to deliver capability to undertake biometric verification and biometric identification including searching against watchlist checks on all passport applications. The architecture will comprise a facial recognition engine, and a facial recognition workflow capability, which includes business rules, management information, audit and a data interface from an existing application system. The solution will use existing IPS biographic and biometric information as part of the facial recognition checks, with appropriate data stored with each check. The tender will be split into two lots: one for a facial recognition engine and one for facial recognition workflow. Further information on the tender is at http:// ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:820202013:TEXT:EN:HTML
Nationwide Biometric Project. We also reiterate our previous request that the procurement of the IT software, hardware and services for the said project be stopped until all the concerns thereof are appropriately and adequately addressed,” the group said in a letter. The project is designed to establish better screening of border entries and exits to address problems of illegal immigration, facilitate legitimate travel, reinforce security measures and enhance national security. The opening of bids for the procurement of the software, hardware and equipment for the project starts 3 April.
banking
UN refugee body seeks biometric system
T
he Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking a biometric system. It has posted a request for proposal (RFP) to find a new supplier to implement a biometric identity management system for quick and accurate enrolment and verification of persons of concern across UNHCR operations.
Immigration workers call for scrapping of biometric project
W
orkers at the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) are demanding a probe of a nationwide biometric project, according to the Herald Tribune. The BI workers’ group, PRO-Philippine Immigration Advocates, says the soon-to-beimplemented P50-million project replaces a project that would have had no cost to the government. “Honorable Secretary, we urge you to immediately conduct an in-depth probe on the BI
ING Direct Canada’s mobile application, developed with IBM, delivers a dashboard view based on the customer’s most frequent banking activities. Courtesy of IBM and ING DIRECT Canada.
Consumer banks turn to biometric authorisation
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onsumer banks across the globe are introducing varying modalities of biometric technology to simplify consumer access to their products and services. Online consumer bank ING Direct Canada is working with IBM to simplify account access across mobile devices and social media channels, using voice recognition. The ING Direct biometric implementation supports its Orange Snapshot initiative that gives mobile consumers a simplified view of all their accounts, as well as bill payment and money transfers. The bank has begun
April 2013
NEWS experimenting with voice recognition capabilities on its mobile apps that will allow clients to conduct simple banking transactions by speaking rather than typing. It is also exploring the use of biometrics within mobile apps for purposes such as client login. US mortgage technology provider SharperLending LLC has updated its settlement services technology platform to enable the secure acceptance of a borrower’s authorisation signature electronically for tax forms. SharperLending has partnered with Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) supplier of biometric signature verification systems to enable its new feature. Italian bank UniCredit has begun market tests of a new biometric payment system that uses palm scanning technology from Fujitsu, reports Finextra. The Papillon sensor will be connected to a conventional POS terminal and may ultimately replace ATM and credit cards entirely as a way of recognising individuals for payment purposes and the automatic debiting of current or credit card accounts.
access control
Ievo biometric fingerprint readers control access to the £4.5m Allam Marine building.
Allam Marine flagship office implements ievo readers
T
he Allam Marine offices building in East Yorkshire, UK, has implemented ievo biometric fingerprint readers to control access to the £4.5m building. Allam Marine needed a particular finish for the door access system together with a specific set of access requirements. The installation involved a boon edam circlelock entrance. This allowed for standard access along with secondary opening actions from dedicated readers elsewhere in the building. One of the main benefits of the system is the ability to ‘latch’ open the circle lock in the event of corporate open days, together with full biometric accountability.
Silicone fingers spoof fingerprint system in Brazil
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Brazilian doctor faces charges of fraud after being caught using silicone fingers to sign in for work for absent colleagues, according to local reports. The doctor was alleged to have used prosthetic fingers to fool the biometric employee attendance device used at the hospital near Sao Paulo, covering up the absence of six colleagues. The doctor was reported to be carrying six silicone fingers at the time of the arrest, three of which have already been identified as bearing the fingerprints of co-workers.
research
IEEE calls for papers on biometric recognition
T
he IEEE Workshop on Biometric Recognition and its Applications 2013 is inviting papers. The workshop is to be held in August 2013 in Beijing, China. Papers are invited from academic and industrial research institutions, describing original results, new technical implementations, or indepth user studies, including but not limited to face detection, recognition and tracking; iris recognition, sensor design; fingerprint recognition; speaker voice recognition; writing and signature recognition; gait recognition; palm recognition; facial expression recognition; other biometrics recognition and processing; identification based on multi-biometrics data fusion; sensor design; biometrics database; biometrics application technique; biometrics for network; brain-computer interface. The submission deadline is 31 May 2013.
Frost & Sullivan forecasts expansion of border control biometrics
N
ew analysis from Frost & Sullivan forecasts that the global border control and biometrics market will expand steadily due to increasing international co-operation on travel security issues. Frost & Sullivan’s ‘Global Border Control and Biometrics Market Assessment’ report finds Continued on page 12...
EVENTS CALENDAR 8–9 May 2013 San Francisco, US
9th Voice Biometrics Conference Opus Research presents the conference. More information: http://voicebiocon.com
13–16 May 2013 Birmingham, UK
Ifsec International Focuses on commercial and government security, bringing together 25,000 plus security professionals from over 100 countries. More information: www.ifsec.co.uk
21–23 May 2013 London, UK
Security Document World This show, now in its seventh year, comprises one of the industry’s largest dedicated exhibitions, with more than 90 exhibitors and 1300 attendees in 2012, and a large conference with more than 350 delegates. More information: www.sdw2013.com
30–31 May 2013 Sydney, Australia
Biometrics Institute Asia-Pacific Conference 2013 Formerly known as The Biometrics Institute Australia Conference & Exhibition, the Asia Pacific Conference 2013 will be held at new location, Dockside, Sydney. The conference will provide an insight into the latest developments and best practice examples of biometric technologies. More information: http://www.biometricsinstitute. org/events.php/416/biometrics-institute-asia-pacificconference-2013
10–12 June 2013 Chicago, US
2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics & Biostatistics The event will promote the national and international exchange of knowledge and research techniques with leading universities, research institutions throughout the world. The scientific programme will focus on advances in the research and serve as a catalyst for the advancement of biostatistics and biometrics. More information: http://www.omicsgroup.com/ conferences/biometrics-biostatistics-2013.
27 June 2013 London
Biometrics Technology Showcase Europe 2013 The Biometrics Institute launched this event in June 2012 and is now organising it as an annual gathering of the industry. Over 70 delegates were registered for this event and it provided a setting for suppliers to display their latest services and products to existing and prospective clients. More information: http://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events.php/370/technology-showcaseeurope-2013
3 April 2013
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Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843973 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publisher: David Hopwood Editor: Tracey Caldwell Email: [email protected] Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 issues and online access for up to 5 users. Prices: 1151 for all European countries & Iran US$1245 for all countries except Europe and Japan ¥153 000 for Japan (Prices valid until 31 December 2013) To subscribe send payment to the address above. Tel: +44 (0)1865 843687 or via www.biometrics-today.com Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.
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UK passport authorities tender for facial recognition
T
he UK Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is seeking suppliers of a £12.8m facial recognition system to help determine an applicant’s eligibility for a British passport. The authority intends to deliver capability to undertake biometric verification and biometric identification including searching against watchlist checks on all passport applications. The architecture will comprise a facial recognition engine, and a facial recognition workflow capability, which includes business rules, management information, audit and a data interface from an existing application system. The solution will use existing IPS biographic and biometric information as part of the facial recognition checks, with appropriate data stored with each check. The tender will be split into two lots: one for a facial recognition engine and one for facial recognition workflow. Further information on the tender is at http:// ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:820202013:TEXT:EN:HTML
Nationwide Biometric Project. We also reiterate our previous request that the procurement of the IT software, hardware and services for the said project be stopped until all the concerns thereof are appropriately and adequately addressed,” the group said in a letter. The project is designed to establish better screening of border entries and exits to address problems of illegal immigration, facilitate legitimate travel, reinforce security measures and enhance national security. The opening of bids for the procurement of the software, hardware and equipment for the project starts 3 April.
banking
UN refugee body seeks biometric system
T
he Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking a biometric system. It has posted a request for proposal (RFP) to find a new supplier to implement a biometric identity management system for quick and accurate enrolment and verification of persons of concern across UNHCR operations.
Immigration workers call for scrapping of biometric project
W
orkers at the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) are demanding a probe of a nationwide biometric project, according to the Herald Tribune. The BI workers’ group, PRO-Philippine Immigration Advocates, says the soon-to-beimplemented P50-million project replaces a project that would have had no cost to the government. “Honorable Secretary, we urge you to immediately conduct an in-depth probe on the BI
ING Direct Canada’s mobile application, developed with IBM, delivers a dashboard view based on the customer’s most frequent banking activities. Courtesy of IBM and ING DIRECT Canada.
Consumer banks turn to biometric authorisation
C
onsumer banks across the globe are introducing varying modalities of biometric technology to simplify consumer access to their products and services. Online consumer bank ING Direct Canada is working with IBM to simplify account access across mobile devices and social media channels, using voice recognition. The ING Direct biometric implementation supports its Orange Snapshot initiative that gives mobile consumers a simplified view of all their accounts, as well as bill payment and money transfers. The bank has begun
April 2013
NEWS experimenting with voice recognition capabilities on its mobile apps that will allow clients to conduct simple banking transactions by speaking rather than typing. It is also exploring the use of biometrics within mobile apps for purposes such as client login. US mortgage technology provider SharperLending LLC has updated its settlement services technology platform to enable the secure acceptance of a borrower’s authorisation signature electronically for tax forms. SharperLending has partnered with Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) supplier of biometric signature verification systems to enable its new feature. Italian bank UniCredit has begun market tests of a new biometric payment system that uses palm scanning technology from Fujitsu, reports Finextra. The Papillon sensor will be connected to a conventional POS terminal and may ultimately replace ATM and credit cards entirely as a way of recognising individuals for payment purposes and the automatic debiting of current or credit card accounts.
access control
Ievo biometric fingerprint readers control access to the £4.5m Allam Marine building.
Allam Marine flagship office implements ievo readers
T
he Allam Marine offices building in East Yorkshire, UK, has implemented ievo biometric fingerprint readers to control access to the £4.5m building. Allam Marine needed a particular finish for the door access system together with a specific set of access requirements. The installation involved a boon edam circlelock entrance. This allowed for standard access along with secondary opening actions from dedicated readers elsewhere in the building. One of the main benefits of the system is the ability to ‘latch’ open the circle lock in the event of corporate open days, together with full biometric accountability.
Silicone fingers spoof fingerprint system in Brazil
A
Brazilian doctor faces charges of fraud after being caught using silicone fingers to sign in for work for absent colleagues, according to local reports. The doctor was alleged to have used prosthetic fingers to fool the biometric employee attendance device used at the hospital near Sao Paulo, covering up the absence of six colleagues. The doctor was reported to be carrying six silicone fingers at the time of the arrest, three of which have already been identified as bearing the fingerprints of co-workers.
research
IEEE calls for papers on biometric recognition
T
he IEEE Workshop on Biometric Recognition and its Applications 2013 is inviting papers. The workshop is to be held in August 2013 in Beijing, China. Papers are invited from academic and industrial research institutions, describing original results, new technical implementations, or indepth user studies, including but not limited to face detection, recognition and tracking; iris recognition, sensor design; fingerprint recognition; speaker voice recognition; writing and signature recognition; gait recognition; palm recognition; facial expression recognition; other biometrics recognition and processing; identification based on multi-biometrics data fusion; sensor design; biometrics database; biometrics application technique; biometrics for network; brain-computer interface. The submission deadline is 31 May 2013.
Frost & Sullivan forecasts expansion of border control biometrics
N
ew analysis from Frost & Sullivan forecasts that the global border control and biometrics market will expand steadily due to increasing international co-operation on travel security issues. Frost & Sullivan’s ‘Global Border Control and Biometrics Market Assessment’ report finds Continued on page 12...
EVENTS CALENDAR 8–9 May 2013 San Francisco, US
9th Voice Biometrics Conference Opus Research presents the conference. More information: http://voicebiocon.com
13–16 May 2013 Birmingham, UK
Ifsec International Focuses on commercial and government security, bringing together 25,000 plus security professionals from over 100 countries. More information: www.ifsec.co.uk
21–23 May 2013 London, UK
Security Document World This show, now in its seventh year, comprises one of the industry’s largest dedicated exhibitions, with more than 90 exhibitors and 1300 attendees in 2012, and a large conference with more than 350 delegates. More information: www.sdw2013.com
30–31 May 2013 Sydney, Australia
Biometrics Institute Asia-Pacific Conference 2013 Formerly known as The Biometrics Institute Australia Conference & Exhibition, the Asia Pacific Conference 2013 will be held at new location, Dockside, Sydney. The conference will provide an insight into the latest developments and best practice examples of biometric technologies. More information: http://www.biometricsinstitute. org/events.php/416/biometrics-institute-asia-pacificconference-2013
10–12 June 2013 Chicago, US
2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics & Biostatistics The event will promote the national and international exchange of knowledge and research techniques with leading universities, research institutions throughout the world. The scientific programme will focus on advances in the research and serve as a catalyst for the advancement of biostatistics and biometrics. More information: http://www.omicsgroup.com/ conferences/biometrics-biostatistics-2013.
27 June 2013 London
Biometrics Technology Showcase Europe 2013 The Biometrics Institute launched this event in June 2012 and is now organising it as an annual gathering of the industry. Over 70 delegates were registered for this event and it provided a setting for suppliers to display their latest services and products to existing and prospective clients. More information: http://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events.php/370/technology-showcaseeurope-2013
3 April 2013
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