CARMEN

Jan 1, 2024 · 1 min read
project

CARMEN develops biometric solutions for non-stop border control for both pedestrians and vehicles in uncontrolled environments.

The project addresses the practical difficulties of “on-the-move” biometrics, including lower-quality live data, lack of time to read ePassports, and real operational constraints outside controlled indoor checkpoints. It aims to make biometric border technologies more accurate, reliable, and deployable in realistic large-scale scenarios.

Heterogenous Face Recognition Presentation Attack Detection Border Management Active
Prof. Sébastien Marcel
Authors
Prof. Sébastien Marcel (he)
Senior Research Scientist
Prof Sébastien Marcel (IEEE Fellow and IAPR Fellow) is a senior research scientist at the Idiap Research Institute (Switzerland), he heads the Biometrics Security and Privacy group and conducts research on face recognition, speaker recognition, vein recognition, attack detection (presentation attacks, morphing attacks, deepfakes) and template protection. He is also Professor at the University de Lausanne (UNIL) at the School of Criminal Justice. He is also the Director of the Swiss Center for Biometrics at Idiap, which conducts certifications of biometric products. He was Associate Editor and Guest Editor of IEEE journals (TBIOM, SPL, TIFS and SPM). He is also the lead Editor of the Springer Handbook of Biometrics Anti-Spoofing (Editions 1, 2 and 3). Since June 2025 he is a member of the Idiap Direction ad interim.