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H2020Staff exchange2020–2024

eBORDER · Secure and Wireless Multimodal Biometric Scanning Device for Passenger Verification Targeting Land and Sea Border Control

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2020-01-01 → 2024-12-31
EU contribution
€1,025,800
Participants
5
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Secure and Wireless Multimodal Biometric Scanning Device for Passenger Verification Targeting Land and Sea Border Control

The use of biometric identification techniques coupled with efficient and secure wireless connections that enable access to EU law enforcement databases are proven techniques for ensuring efficiency and reliability. However, current biometric systems rely on one mode of biometric data that can at times lead to false identification, in particularly under uncontrolled conditions during live sample acquisition (vehicular scenarios). Moreover, the current crop of scanning devices is limited in coverage and typically have fixed links, thus confining the range of border control applications and compromising the comfort of passengers. In this context, we aim to go beyond legacy systems and propose an innovative passenger-centric biometric system that authenticates “on the fly”, or so called zero footprint. In this context, eBORDER addresses four key objectives: O1: Advanced biometric verification algorithms targeting face and fingerprints biometric traits for land and sea border crossing checks. O2: Biometric data fusion for enhanced passenger identification O3: Device and wireless security for next generation mobile passenger identification devices O4 Implementation and validation of eBORDER in laboratory environment It has been proved that the analytical models used in theory and simulations fail to capture exactly the uncontrolled environment during samples acquisition and the dynamics of the wireless medium, while the simplifying assumptions related to computational complexity and similar practical aspects are often unrealistic. Therefore, we plan to implement the eBORDER architecture and the relevant mobile applications and demonstrate attainable performance benefits through experimentation in deployed real-life testbeds. The objective is to validate the high-performance benefits (in terms of efficiency, reliability, and security) provided by the theory-driven techniques.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Every year a large number of visitors enter the European Union (EU) by cars, buses, trains or ships through land-border crossing points or sea ports bringing significant economic benefits; in particular, 9% of Europe’s GDP comes from tourism. This trend is set to continue, as Europe further considers visa liberalization agreements in a bid to sustain their competitive stance in the global tourism market. This will create major implications on the security and border management in the EU, as well as diminishing the Quality of Experience for passenger travel. Existing directives for controlling border crossing is to conduct checks using biometric data in conjunction with VIS (Visa Information Systems), as specified in the Schengen Border Code. However, current biometric systems rely on one mode of biometric data, that can at times can lead to false identification, in particular under uncontrolled conditions during live sample acquisition. Moreover, the current crop of scanning devices are limited in coverage and typically have fixed links, thus confining the range of border control applications and compromising the comfort of passengers. We aim to go beyond and propose an innovative passenger-centric biometric system that authenticates “on the fly”. We combine the scientific field of wireless security, biometric recognition and data fusion to develop a secure and wireless multimodal biometric scanning device for passenger verification targeting land and sea border control applications. The research approach is the basis for a RISE training action that we refer to as eBORDER, that is foreseen to enhance both the career potential of staff members and innovation capacity at the institutional level. In this context, this action brings together key players from industry and academia with complementary expertise on security, biometrics, data fusion and practical experimentation to train staff by research through intersectorial and international staff exchanges.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES · GLORIA E VERA CRUZCoordinatorPortugal
  • ACTICOM GMBH · BerlinGermany
  • IQUADRAT INFORMATICA SL · BarcelonaSpain
  • PANEPISTIMIO PATRON · RIO PATRASGreece
  • UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD · BradfordUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union