The 2026 International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics (IWBF 2026) will be held on April 23-24, 2026 at EURECOM on the beautiful Côte d’Azur (French Riviera). IWBF is an international forum devoted to fostering collaboration in multimedia forensics, forensic biometrics, and forensic science. Leading-edge research in biometrics, surveillance, multimedia forensics, and related areas will be presented. The 14th edition of IWBF brings together industry, academia, research, and end-users exploring advanced biometric technologies for forensic applications.

Topics of Interest (not limited to):

- Attacks to biometric recognition systems
- Presentation-attack & liveness detection
- Multimodal biometrics
- Soft biometrics
- Mobile & edge-device biometrics
- Biometric analysis of crime scenes
- Forensic science applications
- Multimedia forensics & deepfake detection
- Integrity verification & watermarking
- Anonymization & data privacy
- Data de-identification & secure template storage
- Surveillance technologies & video analytics
- Ethical, legal & societal implications
- Fairness, bias mitigation & accountability in biometrics
- Explainable AI & interpretability in forensic systems
- Information-theoretic & cryptographic security
- Privacy-preserving biometrics (homomorphic encryption, federated learning)
- Adversarial attacks on biometric systems
- New & emerging biometric technologies
- Large Language Models (LLMs) for multimodal biometric, fusion, analysis, and forensic applications
- Generative AI for synthetic biometric data generation
- AI-driven continuous authentication and behavioral biometrics
- Wearable and nano-scale biometric sensors
- Case studies on the above topics

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Important Dates:
- Paper Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
- Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2026
- Camera-Ready Submission: March 15, 2026
- Workshop Dates: April 23-24, 2026


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Paper Submission:
Submit original, unpublished work in English (max 6 pages, including figures & references) via Microsoft CMT. Overlength submissions will not be reviewed. Accepted papers must be presented by one author; at least one author must register at the standard rate before the camera-ready deadline. Use the IEEE conference templates.

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Double-Blind Review Policy

- Remove author names, affiliations, and personal acknowledgments.
- Refer to your institution neutrally (e.g., “data acquired at Mars University”).
- When citing your own work, avoid revealing identity.
- Simultaneous arXiv submissions are not allowed.


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Camera-Ready Instructions

Prepare your final manuscript per reviewers’ comments, maintaining the original format. Deadline: March 15, 2026. Complete the IEEE copyright form via IEEE eCF and upload it with your final PDF to Microsoft CMT. Verify PDF compliance with IEEE PDF eXpress (Conference ID: 68042) before submission.


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Organising committee:

General Chairs: Chiara Galdi & Massimiliano Todisco
Program Chairs: Antitza Dantcheva, Maria De Marsico, Gian Luca Marcialis, Antonio M. Peinado Herreros
Publication Chairs: Nélida Mirabet-Herranz, Michele Panariello
Publicity Chair: Lise Cudin