April 2009: ELFT Phase II Final Report Released
NIST announces the publication of ELFT Phase II - An Evaluation of Automated Latent Fingerprint Identification Technologies (NISTIR 7577) which is available here.
**NOTE: Peoplespot is a subsidiary of Eastern Golden Finger Technology Beijing Co., Ltd. - D.B.A.: GFS Systems.
February 2009: Announcing NIST Latent Fingerprint Testing Workshop (2009)
We are pleased to announce NIST Latent Fingerprint Testing Workshop 2009, to be held on March 19 and 20 at NIST. This workshop will present and discuss the results of the recently completed NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT) Phase II -- which evaluated the performance of "lights-out" encoding and matching of latent images. This workshop will also provide a venue for the upcoming NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies: Extended Feature Sets (ELFT-EFS).
November 2008: NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies: Extended Feature Sets
We are pleased to announce ELFT-EFS - the FBI-sponsored NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies: Extended Feature Sets. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of human latent examiner marked fingerprint features on latent fingerprint search accuracy, specifically with respect to the comparative accuracy of image-only searches, image+minutiae searches, and image+e xtended feature searches.
November 2007: Evaluation of Latent Fingerprints Technologies (ELFT) Phase II
Phase II testing commences December of 2007 and expands on Phase I through the use of improved software and larger datasets to give refined estimates of capability. Performance will be explored at both 500 and 1000 ppi, with and without supplementary Regions-of-Interest (ROI) markup. Phase II is limited to those participating in Phase I,
November 2006: Evaluation of Latent Fingerprints Technologies 2007 (ELFT07)
NIST is pleased to announce the NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprints Technologies, ELFT07. The test is aimed at assessing the core capabilities of current automatic latent matching algorithms. The test is described in the the evaluation concept document. The evaluation will assess technologies submitted to NIST as software development kits which implement the Latent Testing API.
Both documents are open for public comment until December 15, 2006. Comments should be submitted using the standard template.
November 2006: Release of NISTIR 7377
NIST is pleased to announce the publication of NISTIR 7377 Summary of NIST Latent Fingerprint Testing Workshop which summarizes the April 2006 workshop held at NIST.
April 2006: Latent Testing Workshop
NIST successfully hosted the first Latent Testing Workshop in April 2006. This workshop was conducted to canvas expert opinion in the area of evaluation of automated latent fingerprint matching algroithms. The full scope is described here and the archived presentations are now available.