The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has revealed the results from its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally, and is putting skin tone imaging in the spotlight as key area of concern for further biometric development.
Held at the S&T’s Maryland testing facilities in September, the Rally was set up to evaluate facial recognition systems in test environments that mimicked real-world settings, namely airports. A particular emphasis was placed on scanning individual faces within a crowd, and S&T researchers also placed a focus on assessing differences in performance across different skin tones.
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