Summer School for Advanced Studies on Biometrics for Secure Authentication: Multimodality and System Integration Alghero, Italy - June, 6-10, 2005 ---------------------------------------------- http://www.computer-vision.191.it/Biomet-School.html SCHOOL COMMITTEE Director: Massimo Tistarelli Computer Vision Laboratory DAP-Universtity of Sassari, Italy Co-Directors: Josef Bigun Department of Computer Science Halmstad University, Sweden Enrico Grosso Computer Vision Laboratory Universtity of Sassari, Italy Important dates: " Submission of applications: March 14th , 2005 " Notification of acceptance: March 31st , 2005 > > Submission of Applications > A filled application form has to be sent to the school together with curriculum vitae, via e-mail to: Massimo Tistarelli - tista@uniss.it or tista@dist.unige.it > > SCOPE: The ability to automatically recognize an individual has always been an ambitious goal in many application domains. In the last decade, several recognition and authentication systems based on biometric measurements have been proposed. Many different biological features have been utilized: fingerprint, face and facial features, retinal scan, iris pattern, hand geometry, dna trace and gait, and others. Not only research tools have been developed, but a notable effort has been made by many industrial companies, making biometrics a very challenging arena, fostering many diverse approaches. This school follows the first successfull Summer School on Biometrics held in 2003, but with a different target. In this second edition, the courses will mainly focus on the multimodal aspects of biometrics providing a clear and indepth picture on the state of the art in biometric recognition/authentication technology, both under the theoretical and scientific point of view as well as in the application domain. Emphasis will be given to multimodality and fusion and to define the maturity of technology for deployment of biometrics in a wide range of applications. Standardization, assessment, evaluation and biometric data protection issues will be also considered. > The school will involve a five days full immersion of lectures as well as practical exercise in the development and use of modules for Biometric systems. > > STUDENT APPLICATION The school will be open to about 30 highly qualified, motivated and pre-selected students. Phd students, post-docs, young researchers or industrial professionals in the field are encouraged to apply. The lectures will be given by several outstanding experts in the field, from both academia and industry. The expected school fees will be in the order of 1,000 , for Phd students and 1,500 , for others (subject to change). The fees will include full board accommodation, all courses and handling material. Applicants may submit a short paper (6 pages maximum, original and unpublished work) on their recent research activity. A scholarship will be given to the best paper presented by the students. The paper will be published, together with the lecturer biom-summer-6-05-call.htmls contributions, in an edited book in the Springer Verlag Lecture Notes Series in Computer Science. for further information visit: http://www.computer-vision.191.it/Biomet-School.html ---------------------------------------------- Prof. Massimo Tistarelli Universit` di Sassari Computer Vision Laboratory Facolt` di Architettura di Alghero Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazione (DAP) Palazzo del Pou Salit - Piazza Duomo 6 07041 Alghero (SS) - Italia T +39 079 9720410 F +39 079 9720420 E tista@uniss.it