Students sitting in a biometrics seminar. IEEE Biometrics Council has introduced the Distinguished Lecturers Program (DLP) to support education related activities for the biometrics community. The purpose of DLP is to increase awareness about topics relevant to Biometrics by creating a pool of leading experts who are willing to speak in meetings hosted by IEEE Chapters and Sections. To organize a distinguished lecture, please read the guidelines and submit a completed DLP Speaker Request Form.

DLP Chair

Alice O’Toole

University of Texas at Dallas, USA

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DLP Speakers

Sébastien Marcel

 Idiap research institute, Switzerland

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Davide Maltoni 

University of Bologna, Italy

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Michael King 

Florida Institute of Technology, USA

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Previous DLP Chair (2022 – 2024)

  • Terry Boult, University of Colorado, USA

Previous DLP Speakers (2022 – 2024)

  • Joseph Bigun, Halmstad University, Sweden

  • Kevin W. BowyerUniversity of Notre Dame, USA

  • Mark NixonUniversity of Southampton, UK

  • Sharath Pankanti, Microsoft, USA

  • Venu GovindarajuUniversity at Buffalo, SUNY, USA

  • Xilin ChenInstitute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  • Yasushi YagiOsaka University, Japan