UAE IRIS Expellees Tracking and Border Control System

Ministry of Interior

Abu Dhabi Police HQ
United Arab Emirates

The UAE Iris Expellees Tracking and
Border Control System
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The Future of Secure Document 2004 - Florida, USA UAE Iris Expellee Tracking System

Outline
 The Challenge ….
 The Solution ….
 The Technical Architecture ….
 The Future …


The Challenge


The Challenge
Return of expelled foreigners
Country Foreign Country

1 Foreigner “X”
expelled from
2
UAE Foreigner“X”
changes name
Foreigner“X” and issues new
3
returns to passport
UAE


Analysis
 Traditional computer lists depends on:
– Name, passport#, DoB, etc...
 Information can be changed after expulsion
– Obtain different passport, new nationality …
 Expelled person is back in the country!


Our Need
 A Biometric System to scan all incoming
arrivals (with new visas) and to tell us if
person was expelled before?


Biometric Specifications
 A Biometric that:
– Can identify a single person from a large population of
people.
– Does not change over time.
– Fast to acquire and easy to use.
– Can respond in real-time needed for mass transit locations
(Airports.)
– Safe and non-invasive (disease control)
– Can scale in millions and maintain top performance.
– Is affordable.


The Solution


Iris Recognition Technology

 Our research led us to IRT
Iris Recognition is the only technology that
produces a single person match out of a very
large population in real-time.


What is IRIS?
Cornea
‫قرنية العين‬

Retina Iris
‫شبكية العين‬ ‫قزحية العين‬


Why IRIS?
 Human IRIS formed by 6-9 months of age and
remains unchanged
 Accuracy & Uniqueness: the probability of two
IRIS producing the same code is minimal
compared to other biometrics.


Why IRIS?
 Fast: > 500K comparisons per sec.
 Safe: contact less
 Convenience: works with sunglasses, sore
eyes, contact-lenses
 Intelligent: eye must be live!


Capturing Process
1) Capturing mode 2) Specify area 3) generate IRIS code

512 Bytes Iris Code TM

8 Tracks

3 ‫أ‬
1 ‫التقاط الصورة‬ 2 ‫تحديد منطقة القزحية‬ ‫إنشاء اليرس كود‬


Independent Performance Test

Testing Body Comparisons False Match

Sandia Labs, USA 1996 19,701 None
British Telecom, UK 1997 222,743 None
Sensar Corp., USA 1999 499,500 None
Joh. Enschede, NL 2000 19,900 None
Prof. John Daugman, UK 2000 2,300,000 None
National Physical Labs, UK 2000 2,750,000 None
Prof. John Daugman, UK 2002 9,200,000 None

UAE Expellee System 1.5 trillion None


National Physical Labs Results


The Implementation


Implementation

Pilot Approach Jun. 2001 to Oct. 2002
Oct. 2002 to Dec. 2002

Mass Rollout Jan. 2003 to Apr. 2003


The Pilot Approach: Phase I

Infrastructure
Setup
1

Systems
Installation 2

Enrollment
3

Al-Ain Wathbah Sadar

Local Local Local
Database Database Database


The Pilot Approach: Phase II

Local
Database
Local
Database
Local
Database
Central
Database

x 3

= 50 People were Caught


UAE

Iris
National Store
Rollout

15 Deportation Centers = 36 Cameras 17 Border Centers = 27 Cameras
(7 Int. Airports, 3 Land Ports, 7 Sea Ports)
Another 40 Cameras. Total=110

The Architecture


Expellees Enrollment

Deportation Center 1

Iris Station
Expellees Iris Database

Expellee


Typical Deportation Center
System: 0001
Site: 1
Country: XXX

Iris Workstation Iris Workstation Iris Workstation Iris Workstation

Iris Dispatcher

Iris
Store

IMerge Remote IEngine IEngine
2 1
IExport


Central Iris Farm Servers


Dubai Airport


The Search Operation

Frontal View (Idle)


Iris Capture


Person Not Found
Cleared By Iris System


Person Found
Found By Iris System


Failed to Acquire Iris
Iris Not Captured Correctly


Connection Lost
Iris System Stopped
From Central


Statistics
 Database Size (IrisCodeTM ): > 500,000
 Searches carried out: 3,600,000
 Searches Per Day: > 8530
 Daily cross comparisons: 1.9 billion
Next 12 months: 4.2 billion
 Total Comparisons: > 1.5 trillion
 Persons Caught: >24,500
 Persons Caught Per Day: 20-30
 Search Speed, turn around seconds: < 1.3


Successful identification
Data when deported

Name: Mohamed Juma Ramadan
Nationality: Afghanistan
IRIS # - UAE0001-5-797
Date: 12/08/2003
Deported from: Abu Dhabi

Data when came back
Name: Esmat Allah Qurban Ali

Passport Number: 1250941
Caught at: Dubai Int. Airport
Date: 15/08/2003

Successful identification
Data when deported

Name: Latifa Begum
Nationality: Srilankan
IRIS # - UAE0001-20-7307
Date: 24/03/2003
Deported from: Dubai

Data when came back
Name: Latifa Fayrooz Khan
Nationality: Indian
Passport Number: 3500147
Caught at: Dubai Int. Airport
Date: 15/10/2003


The Future


GCC Expellees List
 Apply the same system throughout the Gulf
Cooperation Council – GCC
 Unified Expellees List
 Iris-Based


Central Iris Repository (Recognition)
Iris Repository Police Cntr. 1
Citizen Irises Deported ‫؟‬
Irises

Police Cntr. 2
‫؟‬
Black
Illegal List Inmate Irises IFinder
Foreigners Host
Border Pt. 1
‫؟‬

Residents Country Deportation
Irises Visitors Irises Cntr. 1

National ID Project


Passport


e-Gates at Borders

Electronically operated gates ….


Thank You

email: alkhouri@adpolice.gov.ae


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