EU-funded project to boost identification capabilities for law enforcement with AI

The European Union is seeing a new AI-powered security security project focusing on developing techniques that improve identification with the help of biometric data and other information. Its goals are to establish an EU-wide data collection repository for threats and boost the investigation and forensic capabilities of European law enforcement organizations – including Interpol and Europol.

The Identify Attributes Matrix Initiative (IAMI) is co-funded by the EU and run by the Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. The project has 18 participants including biometrics-focused companies Idemia and NEC, research institutions and government departments.

IAMI focuses on creating an Identity-Attributes-Matrix (IAM), a “3D construct” that covers various “identity-related attributes,” including “biometric data, non-biometric identity-related data and analytical results.”