ICE Downloads

ICE 2006 Report: P. Jonathon Phillips, W. Todd Scruggs, Alice J. O’Toole, Patrick J. Flynn, Kevin W. Bowyer, Cathy L. Schott, and Matthew Sharpe. "FRVT 2006 and ICE 2006 Large-Scale Results." NISTIR 7408, March 2007.

Iris Recognition Meta-Analysis: Elaine M. Newton, P.Jonathon Phillips. "Meta-Analysis of Third-Party Evaluations of Iris Recognition." NISTIR 7440, August 2007. An "Overview" of this paper was presented at and appears in the proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS), 27-29 September 2007, where it garnered a "Best Paper" award. The authors also received an invitation to submit this paper to a special issue of the IEEE Trans System, Man and Cybernetics.

ICE 2006 Analysis: Patrick Flynn and P. Jonathon Phillips. "ICE Mining: Quality and Demographic Investigations of ICE 2006 Performance Results" Presentation at Multiple Biometrics Grand Challenge (MBGC) Kick-Off Workshop, 18 April 2008.

Iris Challenge Evaluation

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted and managed the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE) projects. The ICE 2005 was a technology development project for iris recognition. The ICE 2006 was the first large-scale, open, independent technology evaluation for iris recognition. The primary goals of the ICE projects were to promote the development and advancement of iris recognition technology and assess its state-of-the-art capability. The ICE projects were open to academia, industry and research institutes.

•        ICE 2005 consisted of an iris recognition challenge problem that was distributed to potential participants. Self-reported results from the ICE 2005 can be found on this website under ICE Workshop Presentations.

Test Director’s ICE 2006 Presentation

•        ICE 2006 consisted of a large-scale, open, independent technology evaluation of iris recognition technology. To guarantee an accurate assessment, the ICE measured performance with sequestered data (data not previously seen by the researchers or developers). A standard dataset and test methodology was employed so that all participants were evenly evaluated.

The ICE 2005 started in August 2005 and ended in March 2006. The primary goal in ICE 2005, the recognition technology development project, was to promote and advance iris recognition technology that supports existing iris recognition efforts in the U.S. Government.

The ICE 2006 started on 15 June 2006 and results were published in March 2007. The primary goal of ICE 2006 was to determine the state-of-the-art capability of automatic iris recognition technology and to establish a performance baseline against which to measure future progress. Results of this effort may provide design input for future evaluations. The ICE 2006 large-scale evaluation report is available on the ICE 2006 webpage.

Researchers interested in iris recognition may still obtain copies of the ICE 2005 dataset. Please follow the instructions below for requesting ICE data. Keep in mind that the requests must come from a full-time faculty member of a university or a full-time employee of a company. Each organization requesting data will be required to have their legal offices sign the necessary licenses and follow ICE data release rules.

ICE Data Requests

Iris recognition technology researchers and developers from industry, research institutions, and academia may still obtain the the ICE 2005 dataset. Data and software licenses will need to be signed by legal authorities who are approved to sign licenses on behalf of your organization.

To request ICE 2005 data, a full-time employee of a company or research institution, or a full-time faculty member of a university needs to send an email request with the following information to ice@nist.gov:

Organization Name:

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The ICE Test Director was Dr. Jonathon Phillips. If you have any questions about the ICE or ICE data, please refer to the ICE Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) webpage.

ICE 2006 Sponsors

The Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE) 2006 would not have been possible without our sponsors. The ICE 2006 was sponsored by multiple U.S. Government Agencies to include the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Department and Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Director of National Intelligence's Information Technology Innovation Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Institute of Justice, and the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG).

 

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