DBforBFS 2013 - 1st Workshop on Databases in Biometrics, Forensics and Security Applications

The 1st Workshop on Databases in Biometrics, Forensics and Security Applications (DBforBFS) will be held as satellite workshop of the BTW 2013 at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg in Germany, March 11/12, 2013. The workshop is intended for disseminating knowledge in the areas of databases in the focus for biometrics, forensics and security complementing the regular conference program by providing a place for in-depth discussions of this specialized topic. Motivated by today's challenges from both disciplines several topics include but are not limited to:
approaches increasing the search speed in the database by performing hierarchical searches,
database validation procedures for integrity verification of digital stored content
design aspects to support multimodal biometric evidence and its combination with other forensic evidence
interoperability methodologies and exchange protocols of data of large-scale operational (multimodal) databases of identities and biometric data for forensic case assessment and interpretation, forensic intelligence and forensic ID management
database security evaluation and benchmarks for forensics and biometric applications
the role of databases in emerging applications in Biometrics and Forensics
privacy, policy and legal issues in real world databases of Biometric, Forensic and Security data.
We expect the workshop to facilitate cross-fertilisation of ideas among key stakeholders from academia, industry, practitioners and government agencies. Theoretical and practical coverage of the topics will be considered. We also welcome software and hardware demos. Full and short papers are solicited. Full papers should be max. 15 pages long, short papers 8 pages. Please prepare your manuscripts in the BTW format, see http://www.btw-2013.de/submission-en.html.