1st International Workshop on Adaptive Biometric Systems: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Models (ABS 2026) Call for Papers
Call for Papers -
1st International Workshop on Adaptive Biometric Systems: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Models (ABS 2026)
Website: https://www.abs2026-workshop.org/
In conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Advanced
Visual and Signal-Based Systems (AVSS2026)
31 August -1, 2, 3 September 2026 Lecce, Italy.
AVSS 2026 will be a hybrid event, so the workshop can be attended
either in person or remotely.
About The Workshop on Adaptive Biometric Systems:
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Models (ABS 2026)
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The workshop focuses on population-aware biometrics: systems whose
sensing, representation, learning, and evaluation protocols are
explicitly tailored to specific user groups and contextual constraints
across visual, physiological, and behavioral modalities, including
face, gait, person re-identification, ECG, EEG, inertial, and wearable
data. ABS 2026 aims to bring together researchers working on adaptive
biometric modeling, multimodal fusion, benchmarking, bias and failure
analysis, and real-world deployment in safety-critical and socially
relevant domains. By framing population variability as a design
principle rather than a post hoc correction, the workshop will
consolidate an emerging research direction, foster cross-domain
dialogue, and identify shared datasets, protocols, and evaluation
practices for biometric systems operating beyond one-size-fits-all
models.
Topics
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Biometric systems tailored to specific population groups, such as
children, elderly users, people with disabilities, and
neurodiverse users
Population-aware face recognition, person re-identification, and
identity analysis in real-world scenarios such as public spaces,
educational institutions, healthcare facilities, rehabilitation
centers, and semi-controlled surveillance environments
Behavioral biometrics and activity-based identity modeling across
diverse user groups, including applications in continuous
authentication, user monitoring, learning analytics,
rehabilitation tracking, and interactive systems
Visual, audio, and multi-sensor biometric sensing under atypical
or constrained conditions, such as limited cooperation, reduced
mobility, occlusions, sensor noise, or non-standard interaction
modalities in assistive, medical, educational, and surveillance
systems
Signal-based biometric modeling and identity recognition using
physiological and behavioral signals (e.g., ECG, EEG, inertial and
wearable sensor data, fall detection signals), with applications
in monitoring, safety-critical environments, and real-world
surveillance systems
Multimodal biometric fusion adapted to population-specific
characteristics, with applications aimed at improving robustness
and reliability in monitoring systems, assistive environments, and
safety-critical contexts
Dataset collection, annotation, and benchmarking for non-standard
populations, including data acquired in educational settings,
healthcare and rehabilitation environments, assisted living
facilities, and public or semi-public spaces
Bias, performance variability, and failure analysis across
population groups, with implications for deployment in
population-diverse scenarios such as large-scale surveillance,
public services, and inclusive technologies
Longitudinal biometric modeling across developmental, aging, or
rehabilitation processes, including applications in child
development monitoring, aging-related identity changes, and
recovery assessment in medical and assistive contexts
Biometric systems in population-specific application domains,
including surveillance, assistive technologies, healthcare,
education, and rehabilitation, where user diversity represents a
primary design constraint
Ethical, legal, and methodological challenges in
population-specific biometric research, particularly in sensitive
contexts involving minors, vulnerable individuals, or long-term
monitoring
**Important Dates**
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Paper deadline: 8 May 2026
Author notification: 10 June 2026
Camera-ready deadline: 1 July 2026
Workshop day: 31 August 2026
Submission Guidelines
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Submissions must be written in English and prepared according to the
IEEE double-column conference format, with a maximum length of 6 pages
including references, tables and figures in line with the AVSS paper
style.
Authors should use the official IEEE conference templates available at:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates
All papers must be submitted through the official ABS 2026 submission
system (Easy Chair):
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=abs2026
Submissions will undergo a peer-review process managed by the workshop
program committee. Each paper will be evaluated based on relevance,
technical quality, originality, and clarity.
Please note that papers accepted for presentation during the workshops
will be published by IEEE in the AVSS 2026 Proceedings.
Workshop Co-Chairs
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Lucia Cimmino (Pegaso University, Italy), lucia.cimmino@unipegaso.it
Carmen Bisogni ( University of Salerno, Italy ), cbisogni@unisa.it
Chiara Pero (Link Campus University, Italy ), c.pero@unilink.it
Marco Cascio (Link Campus University, Italy, m.cascio@unilink.it