Nail to Nail Fingerprint Capture Challenge
API for participant-specific one-to-many template generation and template matching.
Nail to Nail Fingerprint Capture Challenge

Overview

This is the API for participant-specific one-to-many template generation and template matching algorithms for Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's (IARPA) 2017 Nail to Nail Fingerprint Capture Challenge. This API is based off the API used for Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE) 2012, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), released in the public domain.

Implementation

A pure-virtual (abstract) class called N2N::Interface has been created. Participants must implement all methods of N2N::Interface in a subclass, and submit this implementation as a shared library. The name of the library must follow the instructions in N2N::Interface::getIDs(). A test application will link against the submitted library, instantiate an instance of the implementation by calling N2N::Interface::getImplementation(), and perform various template generation and template matching operations.

Contact

Additional information regarding the Nail to Nail Fingerprint Capture Challenge can be obtained by emailing N2NCh.nosp@m.alle.nosp@m.nge@i.nosp@m.arpa.nosp@m..gov. Additional information regarding this API and the associated software test can be obtained by emailing N2NCh.nosp@m.alle.nosp@m.nge@n.nosp@m.ist..nosp@m.gov.

License

This software was developed at NIST and IARPA by employees of the Federal Government in the course of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this software is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. NIST and IARPA assume no responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other characteristic.