Rights groups weigh in on NIST’s evaluation metrics for facial age estimation

Human rights organizations are taking an interest in the metrics used to evaluate age estimation by an American government body.

A call for comments on assessments of age estimation systems using face biometrics from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has been answered by seven organizations, with 49 comments submitted in total, NIST Biometric Standards and Testing Lead Patrick Grother told Biometric Update in an email. NIST called for feedback on its proposed new track for the Face …

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