July 24th, 2018

On Tuesday July 24, 2018, took place the SpeechXRays workforce use case kick-off event entitled Romanian Voice and Face Recognition, at the National Physics Library in Magurele. The event was part of the research project SpeechXRays. Multi-channel biometrics combining acoustic and machine vision analysis of speech, lip movement and facewhich has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 653586. The consortium of the SpeechXRays project is headed by IDEMIA France and consists of SIVECO (Romania), Tech Inspire (United Kingdom), Realeyes (Estonia), Forthnet (Greece), IFIN-HH (Romania), FORTH (Greece), University College London (United Kingdom), Institut Mines-Télécom (France), and VoiceTrust (Germany).

The SpeechXRays workforce use case kick-off event marks the testing of the SpeechXRays biometrics authentication platform within IFIN-HH through a series of presentations dedicated to the project at large, the face- and voice-based biometrics solutions, the legal framework of personal data processing and the testing process. The event included a live demo of the biometrics authentication platform and a round table discussion on security in the digital world. The event was organized by IFIN-HH and Magurele High Tech Cluster, jointly with IDEMIA France, the coordinator of the SpeechXRays project, and SIVECO Romania, the integrator of the SpeechXRays biometrics authentication platform. At the end of the event the participants tested the SpeechXRays biometrics authentication platform.