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Developed by NIST in collaboration with National Institute of Justice (NIJ), this catalog is a comprehensive compendium of publicly available biometric datasets.

2015 Symposium Results

A symposium to discuss the results of this data collection effort and future database needs took place on January 26-27, 2015 at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD.

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Forensic Sciences Biometrics Program Reference Databases

Date created: August 1, 2014  |  Last updated: August 20, 2025