IWBF 2020 | 8th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics | April 29-30, 2020 | Porto, Portugal

The International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF) is devoted to facilitating synergies in research
and development among the areas of multimedia forensics, forensic biometrics, and forensic science.

IWBF 2020 is jointly organized by INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal and NTNU, Gjovik, Norway.
For more information please visit vcmi.inesctec.pt/iwbf2020

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Full Papers Submission Deadline*: February 15, 2020
*Abstract Submission Deadline: January 10, 2020

Papers accepted to this workshop will be included in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Authors of the best papers will be invited to publish extended versions in a special issue in IEEE T-BIOM.
The best paper will be awarded with a monetary prize - "Computers Journal Best Paper Award".

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IWBF 2020 SPEAKERS
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Peter Eisert, Humboldt University Berlin & Fraunhofer HHI Berlin (IAPR Invited Keynote Speaker)
Zeno Geradts, Netherlands Forensic Institute & University of Amsterdam

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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- Multimedia forensics including identification of source devices and source-oriented image clustering;
- Integrity verification and authentication of digital content;
- Watermarking schemes for ownership identification, ownership proof, and copy control;
- Forensic behavioural biometrics;
- People identification based on face, iris, fingerprint and soft biometric traits;
- Biometric analysis of crime scene traces and their forensic interpretation;
- Combination of multimodal biometrics with other forensic evidence;
- Biometric-based cybercrime investigation;
- Video surveillance for estimation of age, gender and others such as abnormal behaviour/event detection;
- Biometric and non-biometric data de-identification;
- Resilience of biometric systems to presentation and morphed attacks;
- Detection and mitigation of adversarial attacks on biometric systems;
- Explainable AI in biometric recognition and presentation attack detection;
- Ethical and societal implications of emerging biometrics and forensics modalities;
- Emerging threats on biometrics such as Deepfake attacks and detection methods;
- Large-scale deployment of biometric recognition systems;
- Case studies of the aforementioned topics.

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CONTACTS
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General Chair & Academic Questions
Jaime S. Cardoso (jaime.cardoso@inesctec.pt)
University of Porto & INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal

Workshop Local Organisation
Ana Filipa Sequeira (ana.f.sequeira@inesctec.pt)
INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal