The 2nd International Workshop on Biometrics-as-a-Service (IWBAAS) 2019 will beheld in conjunction with the 17th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC 2019), Fukuoka, Japan, August 5-8, 2019. (see for details http://cyber-science.org/2019/dasc/).
In the recent years, Cloud-based Biometrics is affirming as an advanced user-oriented cloud service protection paradigm, given the biometric strength in stand-alone application and the consequent need of the same level of security in cloud service protection scenarios. Solutions by emerging companies, e.g., BioID, ImageWare Systems, Animetrics and IriTech, further confirm the expectations of its rapid growing. Biometrics-as-a-service has the same benefits as any other cloud-based service. It is cost-effective, scalable, reliable and hardware agnostic, making enhanced security accessible anytime and anywhere. Moreover, legal and privacy issues vary from country to country, thus limiting the progress of this branch of the research on cloud computing. We therefore expect the contributions could also shed light on such less explored aspects.
Nowadays, the massive spread of cloud-based systems is leading the service providers to offer more advanced access protocols to their own users, which may overcome the limitations and the weaknesses of the traditional alphanumeric passwords. Experts all over the world are pushing for cloud-based biometric systems, which are supposed to be one of the upcoming research frontier of the next years. Biometric credentials are difficult to be stolen and do not need to be remembered, so making them suitable for on-the-move authentication scenarios, typical of the current mobile age. On the other hand, the remote storage of a biometric trait on the cloud is function creep-prone, i.e. the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended. Legal and security issues related to the abuse & misuse of a biometric trait obstruct the rapid and widespread diffusion of such practice.
Papers are invited in the following and related areas:
The objective of IWBAAS2019 is to capture the latest advances in this research field, soliciting papers and ideas above the cloud based biometric systems and services. Technical, legal, professional and ethical aspects related to the use of biometrics in cloud environments are also encouraged.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Cloud-based Architectures for Biometric Systems;
- Cloud-based Communication Protocols for Biometric Systems;
- Biometric Security and Privacy Policy;
- Ethical, legal, culture and regulation factors;
- Biometric Storage in the Cloud;
- Biometric Access Control of Cloud Data;
- Mobile Biometrics and Cloud Computing;
- Liveness/Spoofing Detection for Cloud Applications;
- Biometric Cryptography;
- Biometric Encryption in Cloud computing;
- Biometric Fusion in the Cloud;
- Smart spaces and Ambient Intelligence Environments;
- Biometric representation suitable for the Cloud.
Registration & Submission
The registration requirement and procedure for IWBAAS2019 papers will be determined by DASC 2019 Organizing Committee, and the registration fee will be paid directly to DASC 2019. Papers must be written in English, and they have to be Postscript, PDF, or Word format. The complete manuscript should be no more than 6 pages following IEEE conference proceedings style and guidelines. The following information must be provided on a cover sheet: (1) paper title, full name, affiliation of the author(s) (2) full name, affiliation, complete address, phone and fax numbers and email address of the author to be contacted, as well as (3) an abstract (up to 150 words). Papers should be submitted via https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25735&track=97446
Important Dates
- Workshop paper submission deadline:
May 15, 2019May 25, 2019
- Author Notification:
June 05, 2019
- Workshop camera ready paper submission:
June 20, 2019
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