The document outlines the National Science and Technology Council's interagency working group's coordination on research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) related to biometrics as of September 21, 2004. It details the formation of four subgroups to filter numerous potential RDT&E topics, focusing on areas such as face and fingerprint recognition, human-system interfaces, and social/legal/privacy considerations. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for standards and coordination for effective data sharing and evaluation in the biometric field.

1. National Science & Technology Council
Interagency Working Group on Biometrics
Interagency RDT&E
Coordination
September 21, 2004
Duane Blackburn
dblackbu@ostp.eop.gov
duane.blackburn@ic.fbi.gov
National Science and Technology Council

2. Topic Selection
(1)
(2)
(3)
Priority Interagency
RDT&E Topics (4)
Voluminous Pool
of Potential
RDT&E Topics Filter Criteria: 4 Subgroups formed:
• Applicable to (1) Modalities
multiple federal (2) Systems & Human-System Interface
mission areas (3) Fusion Test Infrastructure and Evaluation
• Interagency (4) Social / Legal / Privacy
coordination
beneficial
National Science and Technology Council

3. Topic Selection
(A) Social/Legal/Privacy Subgroup
(B) Interagency Coordination Topics:
• Face Recognition Research
• Fingerprint Recognition Research
• Iris Recognition Research
• Other Biometric Research
• Multi-modal Fusion Research
• Decision Support Tools
• Operational & System Vulnerabilities
• Human-System Interface
• Infrastructure for RDT&E Data Sharing
• Data & Metadata collection for RDT&E
• Test & Evaluation of Biometrics
Subgroup Analysis • Application Description
(C) Additional Cross-Cutting Areas:
• Standards
• Solicitations
Coordination Activities
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