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IAPR/IEEE Winter School on Biometrics 2026
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5-day Programme
The time listed below is in Beijing Time (GMT +8)
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Day 1
(Jan 25)
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
08:50 - 10:30
Opening +
Tieniu Tan, Reflections and Outlook of Artificial Intelligence
(Chair: P C Yuen)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Chen Change Loy, Generative AI for Vision Applications
[slides]
50.9MB
(Chair: P C Yuen)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Ajay Kumar, Contactless Palmprint Recognition
(Chair: Zitong Yu)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
Dong Xu, Diffusion-based approaches for Scalable Vector Graphics Generation and Robot Manipulation
(Chair: Cunjian Chen)
17:30 - 18:30
Mentoring session
Day 2
(Jan 26)
09:00 - 10:30
Anil Jain, Biometrics: Successes, Innovations and Challenges
[slides]
7.4MB
(Chair: P C Yuen)
(Online Lecture)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Vishal M Patel, Generative Biometrics
[slides]
12.1MB
(Chair: P C Yuen)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Hands-on Session with OpenCV
(Chair: Huafeng Qin)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
Mark Nixon, Gait and Soft Biometrics
[slides]
10.5MB
(Chair: Shiqi Yu)
17:30 - 18:30
Poster Session
Day 3
(Jan 27)
09:00 - 10:30
Josef Kittler, Self-supervised Learning
[slides]
35.6MB
(Chair: Norman Poh)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Xiaoming Liu, Human Recognition in the Era of Foundation Models
[slides]
22.3MB
(Chair: Norman Poh)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Kaiyang Zhou, Multimodal Foundation Models
[slides]
97.2MB
(Chair: Zhenan Sun)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
Zhenan Sun, Iris Recognition
[slides]
17.1MB
(Chair: Lunke Fei)
Day 4
(Jan 28)
09:00 - 10:30
Massimo Tistarelli, Multimodal LLM for Faces
(Chair: Norman Poh)
10:30 - 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15
Davide Maltoni, Fingerprint Recognition and Continuous Learning
[slides 1]
5.69MB
[slides 2]
0.97MB
(Chair: Norman Poh)
12:15 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 19:00
Social Program
Day 5
(Jan 29)
09:00 - 10:30
Arun Ross, Leveraging Foundation Models for Biometric Tasks
[slides]
6.09MB
(Chair: P C Yuen)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Norman Poh, Common Attack Vectors Made Possible by GenAI and Countermeasures
[slides]
3.49MB
(Chair: P C Yuen)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
P C Yuen, Remote Photoplethysmography Based 3D Facial Mask Presentation Attack Detection
[slides]
12.8MB
(Chair: Zhenhua Feng)
15:30 - 16:30
Project presentation +
Final prize presentation
16:30 - 16:45
Closing remarks
Day 1
08:30 - 09:00
08:50 - 10:30
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:30
Chair
P C Yuen
P C Yuen
Zitong Yu
Cunjian Chen
Jan 25 (Sun)
Registration
Opening +
Tieniu Tan
(Nanjing University, China
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Reflections and Outlook of Artificial Intelligence
10:30
-
11:00
Chen Change Loy
(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Generative AI for Vision Applications
[slides]
50.9MB
12:30
-
14:00
Ajay Kumar
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China)
Contactless Palmprint Recognition
15:30
-
16:00
Dong Xu
(The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
Diffusion-based approaches for Scalable Vector Graphics Generation and Robot Manipulation
Mentoring session
Day 2
09:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:30
Chair
P C Yuen
P C Yuen
Huafeng Qin
Shiqi Yu
Shiqi Yu
Jan 26 (Mon)
Anil Jain
(Michigan State University, US)
Biometrics: Successes, Innovations and Challenges
[slides]
7.4MB
(Online Lecture)
10:30
-
11:00
Vishal M Patel
(Johns Hopkins University, US)
Generative Biometrics
[slides]
12.1MB
12:30
-
14:00
Hands-on Session with OpenCV
15:30
-
16:00
Mark Nixon
(University of Southampton, UK)
Gait and Soft Biometrics
[slides]
10.5MB
Poster Session
Day 3
09:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30
Chair
Norman Poh
Norman Poh
Zhenan Sun
Lunke Fei
Jan 27 (Tue)
Josef Kittler
(University of Surrey, UK)
Self-supervised Learning
[slides]
35.6MB
10:30
-
11:00
Xiaoming Liu
(UNC Chapel Hill, US)
Human Recognition in the Era of Foundation Models
[slides]
22.3MB
12:30
-
14:00
Kaiyang Zhou
(Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)
Multimodal Foundation Models
[slides]
97.2MB
15:30
-
16:00
Zhenan Sun
(Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Iris Recognition
[slides]
17.1MB
Day 4
09:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15
Lunch break
14:00 - 19:00
Chair
Norman Poh
Norman Poh
Shiqi Yu
Jan 28 (Wed)
Massimo Tistarelli
(University of Sassari, Italy)
Multimodal LLM for Faces
10:30
-
10:45
Davide Maltoni
(University of Bologna, Italy)
Fingerprint Recognition and Continuous Learning
[slides 1]
5.69MB
[slides 2]
0.97MB
12:15
-
14:00
Social Program
Day 5
09:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:45
Chair
P C Yuen
P C Yuen
Zhenhua Feng
Shiqi Yu
P C Yuen
Jan 29 (Thu)
Arun Ross
(Michigan State University, US)
Leveraging Foundation Models for Biometric Tasks
[slides]
6.09MB
10:30
-
11:00
Norman Poh
(Trust Stamp)
Common Attack Vectors Made Possible by GenAI and Countermeasures
[slides]
3.49MB
12:30
-
14:00
P C Yuen
(Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)
Remote Photoplethysmography Based 3D Facial Mask Presentation Attack Detection
[slides]
12.8MB
Project presentation +
Final prize presentation
Closing Remarks