Workshop Program

Program Outline

Time in Montreal,
QC, Canada

09:00

09:05

10:00


Opening Session

Keynote Talk 1

Coffee break



"Demographic Differentials in Face Recognition Systems: Applied Research Challenges"
Yevgeniy Sirotin, PhD (Maryland Test Facility / IDSL / SAIC )

10:10


Oral Session


  • "Evaluating Proposed Fairness Models for Face Recognition Algorithms"
    Eli J Laird, John J. Howard, Yevgeniy Sirotin, Rebecca Rubin

  • "Fairness Index Measures to Evaluate Bias in Biometric Recognition"
    Ketan Kotwal, SĂ©bastien Marcel

  • "Disparate Impact in Facial Recognition Stems from the Broad Homogeneity Effect: A Case Study and Method to Resolve "
    Eli J Laird, John J. Howard, Yevgeniy Sirotin

  • "The Influence of Gender and Skin Colour on the Watchlist Imbalance Effect in Facial Identification Scenarios" Jascha Kolberg, Christian Rathgeb, Christoph Busch

11:50

12:00

12:55

Coffee Break

Keynote Talk 2

Closing Session


"Where are we on measuring bias? "
Ignacio Serna (Autonomous University of Madrid / California Institute of Technology)