Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Identified Using NEC Solution in Simulation by MSU
NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leader and provider of advanced IT, communications, managed services and biometric solutions announced today that its NeoFace® Facial Recognition Software solution achieved high accuracy and was used to identify a suspect of the Boston Marathon Bombing in an independent study by Michigan State University (MSU) that included a simulation of the post-bombing forensic work. The published results of this study challenge the media reports of the post-Boston Bombing investigation that created a common perception that facial recognition technology is not always reliable as it apparently wasn’t a factor when identifying suspects. The study examined in …
