New Delhi, March 28
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), in collaboration with IIIT-Hyderabad has launched a large-scale competition to test fingerprint-based authentication solutions in biometric algorithms, said the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
The competition invites global researchers and developers to enhance their biometric models using UIDAI's unique, field-collected dataset to improve accuracy in real-world conditions.
The first phase of the Biometric SDK Benchmarking challenge focuses on fingerprint authentication. It calls for testing 1:1 matching algorithms for children aged 5-10 years, with updates after 5-10 years.
The competition will enable the participants to understand the performance of their algorithms -- evaluated against a large anonymised biometric dataset within a secured UIDAI sandbox.
“UIDAI ensures that participant submissions are evaluated securely, with anonymised datasets and no sharing of data with participants,” the Ministry said.
“The challenge offers prizes worth Rs 7.7 lakhs ($9,000) and the opportunity to collaborate with UIDAI in advancing biometric technologies,” it added.
The challenge, which began on March 25, will run till May 25. Those willing to participate can register themselves on the UIDAI website.
The Ministry said that after the fingerprint challenge, UIDAI will also launch SDK benchmarking competitions for iris and face authentication.