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Welcome to the NIST Biometrics Education website! NIST’s Image Group and Public Affairs Office are excited to launch a series of educational material on biometrics.

Status Updates

[2024-04-02] We publish our first short video, which provides a high-level introduction to key metrics used to measure the accuracy of biometric verification technologies.

Educational Material


False Positive and False Negative Rates
[In this video, we talk about what false positive and false negative rates are, the trade-off
between them, and why it is important to understand both quantities when evaluating
the technology.]

Contact Information

Inquiries and comments may be submitted to frvt@nist.gov.