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DOC: M1/02-0210
Date: September 12, 2002
Reply to: Ron Sutton
Phone: 407-306-4771

email: ronald.d.sutton@lmco.com

Call for Participants to Serve on the M1 Ad-Hoc Group on Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting (AHGBPTR)


Reference M1 meeting held on 21-22 August, 2002:

          (Hogan / Elliott)

Motion:  Establish standards of measurements, (FTE/FRR/FTE).

 M1 forms an Ad Hoc Group on Biometric Performance Testing, Quality and Definitions with the following terms of reference:

1) M1 AHG Chair – Ron Sutton

2) Duration - The AHG will work between M1 Meeting # 3 (August 21-22, 2002) and M1 Meeting # 5 (TBD).

3) Tasks -

3a) create a draft project proposal for ballot by M1 as a category D project addressing standardized definitions of biometric “system” performance measurements, including FTE, FMR, FNMR etc., standard shared data sets, standardized test procedures and standards for reporting test results.

3b) concurrently produce a draft US contribution to JTC1/SC37 for an NP, when it has defined appropriate submissions prior to October 31 st , to the IR.

Discussion: Issue related to the scope of the project, as well as the focus of the internal or external testing. Mr. Podio, seeking to authorize an ad-hoc to produce the scope of the NP’s.

Vote on the Motion: Unanimous consent.

The motion passes. Mr. Podio appoints Mr. Sutton as chair of the Ad hoc committee.

 

Call for Participation

 

This call is being issued to the members for response. M1 Members interested in participation on the Ad-Hoc Group should notify Ron Sutton (mailto: ronald.d.sutton@lmco.com). For logistics purposes please respond as soon as possible, but no later than October 12, 2002.  I would like to prepare ‘straw-man’ versions of the draft project proposal and draft US contribution and circulate them for comments as soon as practical.  If you would like to contribute to these efforts, please notify me as soon as possible.


Contributions to the AHG
/ AHGBPTR work or suggestions for new project proposals should be sent to: mailto:ctilton@saflink.com.

 

REF: 

M1/02-0174:  Draft Minutes for the Third Meeting of INCITS Technical Committee M1, Biometrics, Meeting Number 3,
August 21 - 22, 2002 

M1/02-0192:  Proposal for the Creation of Standard Methods of Measuring and Reporting Biometric Algorithm Performance Metrics