Project description
Advanced biometric technologies for effective border control
Travellers cross borders under various conditions and constraints, but existing control solutions require advanced technology to address the increasing risks associated with large-scale border crossings. The EU-funded PopEye project aims to enhance security at EU borders by implementing advanced biometric technologies for on-the-move identity verification while also improving the travel experience. Additionally, the project focuses on increasing the efficiency of Border Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). PopEye will introduce new biometric technologies, including gait recognition, to maximise impact and return on investment. The project will support both EU and third-country nationals, ensuring compliance with regulations such as GDPR and the AI Act, while securing data protection and preventing bias and discrimination.
Objective
PopEye unique value proposition focuses on a) strengthening the security at the external EU borders through fusing robust biometric technologies for verification and identification, b) maximising the travellers’ experience when crossing the external EU borders through unobtrusive on-the-move biometric technologies, c) improving the productivity of Border Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies in performing identification and verification of people on the move and without stopping them, at up to 200m distance, when multiple travellers cross borders, on foot or inside the same vehicle, in different nature e.g. open-air conditions, night, time, time constraints, space constraints, etc. PopEye will introduce novel and robust biometric technologies in the five areas identified by the aforementioned Frontex report combined with gait recognition, in order to maximise the impact and the return on investment in short term. PopEye through the proposed technologies will support both EU and Third Country Nationals (TCN) citizens, will be compliant with existing and upcoming regulations such as GDPR and AI Act, will comply with the Ethics Guidelines on Trustworthy AI (2019), will empower the EU values and fundamental rights, including on data protection and avoid bias and discrimination.
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- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitydata protection
- social scienceslawlaw enforcement
- social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalities
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
1210 Wien
Austria