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Man vs Machine: Can Border Guards Detect a Morphed Passport?

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
27th May 2026

Ask most people whether a trained border guard should be able to spot a forged passport, and they would probably say yes. Passport examiners receive specialist training. They know what to look for. They have years of experience. The research says oth…

Man vs Machine: Can Border Guards Detect a Morphed Passport?

The Morphing Attack: How Two Faces Become One — and What We Can Do About It

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
20th May 202613th May 2026

Every passport embodies a fundamental security principle: one person, one document. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) calls this the unique link — the machine-verifiable biometric feature that binds a travel document to its legitim…

The Morphing Attack: How Two Faces Become One — and What We Can Do About It

Why Your Passport Photo Matters More Than You Think: The Hidden World of Face Image Quality

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
13th May 202613th May 2026

When you submit a photo for a passport application, a driving licence, or an online identity check, you probably assume that as long as it looks like you and meets the basic format requirements, it will do the job. You would be partially right. But t…

Why Your Passport Photo Matters More Than You Think: The Hidden World of Face Image Quality

EINSTEIN co-organising EAB workshop on face morphing

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
11th May 202611th May 2026

On May 26th and 27th EINSTEIN partner University of Bologna with the European Association of Biometricd are organising the online Face Morphing Workshop. he growing deployment of facial recognition systems…Read More >

EINSTEIN co-organising EAB workshop on face morphing

Spotting the Impostor: The Science of Presentation Attack Detection

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
6th May 2026

Biometric systems — face recognition at a border gate, fingerprint verification at a bank, iris scanning at an eGate — are increasingly embedded in everyday life. And wherever a biometric system stands guard, someone will try to fool it. Presentation…

Spotting the Impostor: The Science of Presentation Attack Detection

EINSTEIN to present at Biometric Workshop of the Norweigian Police

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
5th May 2026

On May 20th 2026 the EINSTEIN project will be presented at a specialist law enforcement event bringing together forensic experts from Norwegian and Swedish police, Oslo University Hospital, and NTNU….Read More >

EINSTEIN to present at Biometric Workshop of the Norweigian Police

EINSTEIN joins LEA Projects Cluster

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
31st March 202631st March 2026

EINSTEIN has formally joined the LEA Projects Cluster. The LEA Projects Cluster, led by Privanova, brings together more than 50  EU-funded security research and innovation projects to strengthen Europe’s collective…Read More >

EINSTEIN joins LEA Projects Cluster

EINSTEIN at PTE

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
18th March 20261st May 2026

The EINSTEIN project proudly presented at PTE World in London March 17-18 2026. Thank you to everyone who passed by our booth E14 and saw our demonstratons and discussed about…Read More >

EINSTEIN at PTE

EINSTEIN presents at NBLAW 2026

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
10th March 20261st May 2026

On 4 March 2026, Dr Jonathan Boyle from the University of Reading represented the EINSTEIN project at the 16th Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Annual Workshop (NBLAW 2026), an event organised by…Read More >

EINSTEIN presents at NBLAW 2026

EINSTEIN at Borderless Border Management

Written by
James Ferryman
Posted on
6th March 20265th May 2026

EINSTEIN was presented at the Borderless Border Management 2026 conference, held on 5–6 March in Narva, Estonia. The event brought together leading voices from across Europe, EU agencies, national authorities,…Read More >

EINSTEIN at Borderless Border Management

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