ADVISORY/NIST To Host Biometrics Conference.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...Monday (Sept. 22-24) BC 2003 GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003 Automated methods of recognizing a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics are expected to play an increasing role in arenas ranging from international border control to airport security. These biometric systems use technologies such as fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been matching, face recognition or iris identification. The National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. is holding the Biometric Consortium's fall conference, BC 2003, to showcase recent advances in the field and examine technological and security issues facing the biometrics industry. Speakers will include executives from the biometrics industry, university researchers and representatives of federal agencies ranging from NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. to the National Security Agency. The conference will include a special session on research that will address topics such as the societal so·ci·e·tal adj. Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society. so·ci  e·tal·ly adv.Adj. and political implications of deploying biometric systems, ways to measure effectiveness of various technologies, the challenges raised by countermeasures That form of military science that, by the employment of devices and/or techniques, has as its objective the impairment of the operational effectiveness of enemy activity. See also electronic warfare. and spoofing (1) Faking the sending address of a transmission in order to gain illegal entry into a secure system. See e-mail spoofing. (2) Creating fake responses or signals in order to keep a session active and prevent timeouts. , and how biometric systems are starting to be deployed in some elementary and high schools. The conference will take place September 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. It will include more than 70 biometric technology exhibits. For more information, including a conference program and online registration, go to www.biometrics.org/bc2003. Due to increased security at federal conferences, those who wish to attend must register ahead of time and produce photo identification to be admitted. |
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