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 EAB; 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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Papers / Demos / Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline: February 15, 2020   

Demos Decision Notification: February 29, 2020

Papers/ Doctoral Consortium Decision Notification: March 05, 2020

Demo Session / Doctoral Consortium: April 29, 2020

Conference: April 29-30, 2020

The paper submission platform is already open. Don't miss the deadline and submit your work!

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                                                                               IWBF 2020 SPEAKERS
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Peter Eisert, Humboldt University Berlin & Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications – HHI Berlin

Zeno Geradts, Netherlands Forensic Institute & University of Amsterdam

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                           EXTENDED VERSIONS & PRIZES

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Extended versions:

Authors of the best papers will be invited to publish extended versions in a special issue in IEEE TBIOM.

Awards:

The best IWBF 2020 paper will be awarded a monetary prize – "Computers Journal Best Paper Award" – sponsored by

MDPI's Computers.

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                                                             DEMOS SESSION & DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

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Demos:

The IWBF 2020 organisers invite academia, industry researchers and practitioners to showcase their work in biometrics and

forensics through demonstrations. We are searching for interactive displays of innovative methods, systems and applications

within the workshop’s topics of interest. 

The accepted submissions will be published in the workshop proceedings at IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

Questions about the Demos should be addressed by email to Demo Chair, João Ribeiro Pinto (joao.t.pinto@inesctec.pt).

Doctoral Consortium:

The IWBF Doctoral Consortium is a great opportunity for current/prospective Ph.D. students to present their ideas and/or

ongoing research, meet other researchers and obtain feedback from well-known advisers about possible directions for their

future research.

One mentor will be nominated for each candidate/student and the discussions will be organized into both bilateral and

multilateral meetings.

The accepted submissions will be presented at the Doctoral Consortium and published in the workshop  proceedings at

IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

Questions about the Doctoral Consortium should be addressed by email to Program Chair & Doctoral Consortium Chair,

Hugo Proença (hugomcp@di.ubi.pt).

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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