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Homeland Security

NIST Study Finds Demographics Make a Difference in Face Recognition Algorithms

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 7th, 2020

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NIST Study Finds Demographics Make a Difference in Face Recognition Algorithms

Vision-Box biometric eGate solution at Los Angeles International Airport. Photo: Vision-Box

Face recognition algorithms produce different rates of accuracy based on sex, age, and race or country of birth although algorithms that are more accurate generally produce fewer errors, says a new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST says the study on demographic effects is the “first of-its-kind and is the third report so far by NIST under its Face Recognition Vendor Test effort. It concludes that “We found empirical evidence for the existence of demographic…

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