Automated Border Control Gates for Europe

PROJECT NEWSLETTER 18 (09/2017)ABC4EU was a part of the EAB RESEARCH PROJECTS CONFERENCE (EAB-RPC) 2017

On Monday, 18th of September, our project was presented at the Research projects Conference organized by Eu-ropean Association for Biometrics (in cooperation with Joint Research Center (DG-JRC) of the European Commis-sion, and Fraunhofer IGD). The con-ference is currently the largest event on research funded by the European Union in the area of Biometrics and Identity Management and this year, it was held in Darmstadt, Germany. We would like to thank Daniel Cuesta Cantarero (Indra Sistemas), Laura Betan-zos (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Enrique Cabello (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Andre Queimado (Vision-Box) and Mari-ano Martin Zamorano (Eticas) for pre-senting the results, examples and impact of biometrics research of the project. From the presentation of Laura Betanzos from PricewaterhouseCoopers Spain, we got an insight in the way results were obtained and how the first AB-C4EU proof of concept biometrics were collected at the port of Algeciras (Puer-to de la Bahia de Algeciras) in February 2017, and airports of Madrid (Adolfo Suárez Madrid – Barajas) in December 2017 and Lisbon (Humberto Delgado) in December 2016 and January 2017. The results are presented in the chart below:

Figure 1: Demographic results ob-tained in the pilots between De-cember 2016 and January 2017. (Content taken from the presenta-tion of Laura Betanzos at EAB 2017)

Fingerprint captures and facial image captures were collected through enrol-ment station analysis, enrolment kiosk analysis, kiosk and two steps ABC anal-ysis, single step ABC analysis and mo-bile device for fingerprint capture. In the terms of success, biometric scores proved that fingerprint score on the single step ABC had a 46% success rate all together and facial image scores var-ied from 72% success rate (doc- chip; single-step ABC) to 100% success rate (doc-chip; kiosk). Obtained results will feed the final version of validation plans and the final pilot will be arranged, where a wider sample of travellers and wider variety of visas and origins will be included in order to provide more possible scenarios and results.

From the area of data protection and privacy in biometric smart borders, Mariano Martin Zamorano from Eticas highlighted the importance of the legal framework, where regulations of free movement as well as community and member state data protection regula-tion have to be considered previous to any pilots and evaluations. In terms of architecture, ABC4EU enables proactivi-ty not reactivity, privacy as a default set-ting which is already embedded into de-sign, end-to-end security (full lifecycle protection), full functionality, visibility and transparency and at the same time, respect for user privacy. At the same time when previously mentioned pilots were performed, the participants were also surveyed about their experience and a vast majority responded that they

liked the experience and almost every-body thinks it is very easy and conven-ient to use. The final conclusion was that automation would lead to convenience, accessibility and ease of use, but there is still place for some improvements – the integration level of legal principles and social values must be assessed com-pletely in order to successfully complete the evaluation. The final pilots will be performed in Algeciras (Spain), Lisbon (Portugal), and Calafat (Romania) be-tween October 2017 and January 2018.

UPCOMING EVENTS

ABC4EU stand at the exhibition of Nordic Business Side-Event on the 2nd of October in Helsinki, Finland

Nordic Business Forum has been named one of the most exquisite business seminars in Europe and it is in Helsinki, Finland annually. Due to its reputation and diverse program, it attracts business enthusiasts and pro-fessionals from the whole world. This year’s discussion will revolve around leadership, purpose and responsibil-ity and keynote speakers will be Will Smith, Sir Richard Branson and Nick Vujicic, to name a few. As a part of 3 UAS R&D Excellence, ABC4EU will be presenting Laurea UAS’ security research and develop-ment work at Nordic Business Forum’s Side-Event on the 2nd of October, at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 312797.

Automated Border Control Gates for Europe

PROJECT NEWSLETTER 18 (09/2017)The collaboration between three universities of applied sciences Laurea, Metropolia and Haaga-Helia presents research, development and innovation work and gives insight to the stake-holders and students to integrate with the R&D work which is based on the modern methods of learning. We will be participating in the exhibi-tion where more information about the pilots and the research will presented to the wider audience.

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ABC4EU stand at Security, Research, Education & Innovation event (SRIEE) on the 14th and 15th of November in Tallinn, Estonia This year’s edition of Security, Research, Education and Innovation event (SRIEE) will be consisted of Security Research Conference (organized by European Commission), Security Innovation Room with an exhibition of regional innova-tion projects, Discussion Clubs and

CENTRIC event with a show-case presentation.

Main focus will be on reducing gap be-tween research and the market in order to help innovative solutions meeting and satisfying the needs of practition-ers and other users. The topics dis-cussed in the conference will be related to the future of security research, responding to terrorist attacks, cyber-crime, managing multi-country disaster situations and other topics related to security research. ABC4EU will have its own stand at the exhibition where the project will present the development so far and the way ahead.

The event is organized by Estonian Academy of Security Sciences and Esto-nian Ministry of the Interior in collabo-ration with European Commission.

More information about event is availa-ble at https://www.sriee2017.com/

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and

demonstration under grant agreement no 312797./ABC4EU