Face perception, Biometrics, Surveillance, Facial recognition system, United States, Null hypothesis

The Critics Were Wrong: NIST Data Shows the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms Are Neither Racist Nor Sexist

On May 26, 2020
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@jluan the critics were wrong! i mean, they were right a little bit. but important to keep in mind that they were also wrong (from here: https://t.co/4tvqyzRJHf)
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Patrick Grother, Mei Ngan, and Kayee Hanaoka, Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 3: Demographic Effects (Washington, DC: National Institute of Standards and Technology, December 2019), 3, https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2019/NIST.IR.8280.pdf#page=6. Algorithms that had lower ...

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On May 26, 2020
@davegershgorn shared
@jluan the critics were wrong! i mean, they were right a little bit. but important to keep in mind that they were also wrong (from here: https://t.co/4tvqyzRJHf)
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The Critics Were Wrong: NIST Data Shows the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms Are Neither Racist Nor Sexist

The Critics Were Wrong: NIST Data Shows the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms Are Neither Racist Nor Sexist

Patrick Grother, Mei Ngan, and Kayee Hanaoka, Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 3: Demographic Effects (Washington, DC: National Institute of Standards and Technology, December ...

The Critics Were Wrong: NIST Data Shows the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms Are Neither Racist Nor Sexist

The Critics Were Wrong: NIST Data Shows the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms Are Neither Racist Nor Sexist

A close look at data from a new NIST report reveals that the best facial recognition algorithms in the world are highly accurate and have vanishingly small differences in their rates of ...

How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias

How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias

Some algorithms were up to 100 times better at identifying white faces

Rank One Computing outpaces industry in memory requirements

Rank One Computing outpaces industry in memory requirements

For the first time in the January 6th, 2020 report, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) “Ongoing” benchmark is reporting the peak ...

Remarks By Michael Kratsios, U.S. CTO, at Center for Data Innovation Forum on AI

Remarks By Michael Kratsios, U.S. CTO, at Center for Data Innovation Forum on AI

The following remarks were delivered by Michael Kratsios, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, at the Center for Data Innovation event How the United States Can Maintain Its Lead ...

NIST study shows inaccuracy, bias in facial-recognition scans

NIST study shows inaccuracy, bias in facial-recognition scans

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced the release of its "Face Recognition Vendor Test Part 3: Demographic Effects," which revealed many facial-recognition systems ...

The tech industry doesn’t have a plan for dealing with bias in facial recognition

The tech industry doesn’t have a plan for dealing with bias in facial recognition

We surveyed a dozen firms to see what they were doing about this problem. Experts say: not enough

NIST Study Evaluates Effects of Race, Age, Sex on Face Recognition Software

NIST Study Evaluates Effects of Race, Age, Sex on Face Recognition Software

Results captured in the report, Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 3: Demographic Effects (NISTIR 8280), are intended to inform policymakers and to help software developers better ...

Innovatrics Algorithm Bests Competition in NIST Facial Recognition Testing

Innovatrics Algorithm Bests Competition in NIST Facial Recognition Testing

Innovatrics’s facial recognition algorithm beat out more than 100 competitors to take first place in the 'wild images' category of NIST's FRVT