Swiss Biometrics Center (SBC)

As part of the Idiap Research Institute, the Swiss Biometrics Center (SBC) has been established with the core mission of providing testing and evaluation services to the biometrics community. Relying on the considerable research and development expertise of the Biometrics Security and Privacy (BSP) Group at Idiap, the SBC performs tests and evaluations of industrial biometrics products in an independent and unbiased fashion. To this end, the SBC is accredited by the FIDO Alliance, to perform evaluations for their Biometrics Component Certification (BCC) scheme. We are also accredited by Google to evaluate products for Android biometrics certification. Manufacturers of biometrics products can also have their products or prototypes evaluated by us. Such independent evaluations can help manufacturers assess the state of their technology, and drive their own R&D decisions.

Who we are
The SBC is staffed mainly by members of the Biometrics Security and Privacy Group at Idiap. Besides their research backgrounds in biometrics, they have also received specific training on evaluating biometrics products.

Director:  Prof. Sébastien Marcel

Staff:

• Sushil Bhattacharjee
• Samuel Gaist
• Alain Komaty
• Uensal Ozturk
• Ibrahim Ulucan

The Swiss Biometrics Center is supported by: