ABS 2026 AVSS Workshop
Accepted Workshop at IEEE AVSS 2026

Adaptive Biometric Systems: Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Models (ABS 2026)

ABS 2026 is a half-day workshop focused on population-aware biometrics across visual, physiological and behavioral modalities. The goal is to move from average-user pipelines to adaptive systems designed for diverse real-world users and conditions.

Hosted with AVSS 2026 Convitto Palmieri, Lecce, Italy Workshop Day: August 31, 2026
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Call for Papers

ABS 2026 welcomes contributions on adaptive biometric systems that explicitly model population diversity and context constraints.

Visual and signal-based biometric systems are increasingly deployed in surveillance, healthcare, assisted living, education, and human-computer interaction. Yet most pipelines still assume one-size-fits-all behavior and are optimized for an implicit average user. ABS 2026 focuses on population-aware biometrics: sensing, representation, learning, and evaluation protocols tailored to specific user groups and operational constraints.

The workshop invites work on adaptive modeling, multimodal fusion, benchmarking, bias and failure analysis, and real-world deployment across face, gait, person re-identification, ECG, EEG, inertial, and wearable data.

The paper submission templates are available on IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates

Submission format IEEE double-column conference format, up to 6 pages including references (aligned with AVSS paper style).
Submission system Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=abs2026
Review process Peer-reviewed submissions with workshop-level program committee decisions. The paper review process will be double-blind to ensure fairness and impartiality.
Proceedings Accepted papers will be published by IEEE in the AVSS 2026 Proceedings.
Conference Co-located with AVSS 2026, Lecce, Italy. Workshop date: August 31, 2026. Main conference dates: September 1-3, 2026.

Topics of Interest

The workshop covers population-specific biometrics in visual and signal domains, from methods to deployment.

Population-Specific Modeling

  • Biometric systems for children, elderly users, disabled and neurodiverse users
  • Population-aware face recognition and person re-identification
  • Longitudinal modeling across development, aging, and rehabilitation

Behavior and Multimodality

  • Behavioral biometrics and activity-based identity modeling
  • Multimodal fusion adapted to population-specific characteristics
  • Sensing under constrained conditions: occlusions, low cooperation, mobility limits

Signal-Based Biometrics

  • ECG, EEG, inertial and wearable signal-based identity recognition
  • Identity analysis in safety-critical monitoring environments
  • Signal quality and robustness in real deployment settings

Data and Benchmarks

  • Dataset collection and annotation for non-standard populations
  • Benchmark design in healthcare, education, rehabilitation and public spaces
  • Reproducibility and protocol standardization

Reliability and Fairness

  • Bias, performance variability and failure analysis across groups
  • Robustness in population-diverse surveillance and public services
  • Methodological choices for fair and reliable deployment

Ethics and Applications

  • Ethical and legal challenges in sensitive population settings
  • Applications in surveillance, healthcare, assistive technologies and education
  • Biometrics as a design-for-diversity paradigm

Important Dates

Timeline aligned with current AVSS 2026 workshop scheduling and accepted peer workshop timelines.

Paper Submission Deadline

May 8, 2026

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Notification to Authors

June 10, 2026

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Camera-Ready Deadline

July 1, 2026

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ABS 2026 Workshop Day

August 31, 2026

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Dates should be considered operational workshop deadlines and may be fine-tuned according to final AVSS 2026 calendar updates.

Registration

Registration policy for accepted workshop papers at AVSS 2026.

Each accepted paper must be covered by at least one registered author. Registration can be for the FULL event (4 days) at a REGULAR rate (whether the attending author is a student or not) or just for Workshop/Tutorial (1 day) depending on the willingness of the registrant to attend also the main conference or not. When registering, the authors of Workshop papers MUST specify the "Name_of_the_Workshop" and the paper ID (provided by the workshop organizers at the submission time) they are covering. Papers with no associated author registration will not be included in the workshop program and the AVSS2026 program and IEEEXplore Conference proceedings.

Registration page: https://www.avss2026.org/registration/

Program (Half-Day)

Format from the accepted proposal: invited talk, oral sessions, discussion break, and closing.

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome and Introduction

Workshop opening, goals, and positioning of population-aware biometrics within AVSS.

09:15 - 09:50

Invited Talk

Population-aware biometric systems beyond one-size-fits-all models.

09:50 - 10:50

Oral Session I

Three presentations, 15 minutes plus 5 minutes Q&A each.

10:50 - 11:10

Coffee Break and Discussion

Informal exchange on datasets, protocols, and deployment constraints.

11:10 - 12:10

Oral Session II

Three presentations, 15 minutes plus 5 minutes Q&A each.

12:10 - 12:20

Closing Remarks

Summary of key outcomes and roadmap for next ABS editions.

Organizing Committee

ABS 2026 is organized by researchers in biometrics, AI, computer vision, and trustworthy intelligent systems.

Lucia Cimmino

Pegaso University, Italy

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) working on AI, computer vision, biometrics, deepfakes and intelligent automotive systems. Associate Editor for Multimedia Tools and Applications and active organizer of international events including ECAI and IEEE BigData.
lucia.cimmino@unipegaso.it

Carmen Bisogni

University of Salerno, Italy

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), author of 50+ indexed publications, active in computer vision, AI, biometrics, image processing and misinformation detection. Associate Editor and organizer of workshops at ICIAP, AINA and IEEE BigData.
cbisogni@unisa.it

Chiara Pero

Link Campus University, Italy

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) with research in computer vision, pattern recognition, deep learning and biometrics, including security and post-quantum cryptography integration in intelligent systems.
c.pero@unilink.it

Marco Cascio

Link Campus University, Italy

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in computer science with research in AI, vision, biometrics, signal processing, person re-identification, medical image analysis, affective computing, and human-computer interaction. Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing.
m.cascio@unilink.it

Program Committee

International experts from biometrics, signal processing, pattern recognition, and AI systems.

  • Imad Rida (UTC, France)
  • Fei Hao (Shaanxi Normal University, China)
  • David Freire-Obregon (ULPGC, Spain)
  • Jose J. Lorenzo Navarro (ULPGC, Spain)
  • Modesto F. Castrillon Santana (ULPGC, Spain)
  • Hao Wang (Xidian University, China)
  • Federico Becattini (University of Siena, Italy)
  • Fabio Narducci (University of Salerno, Italy)
  • Michele Nappi (University of Salerno, Italy)
  • Zhiyuan Tan (Edinburgh Napier University, UK)
  • Shaohua Wan (UESTC, China)
  • Maria De Marsico (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
  • Florin V. Pop (UPB, Romania)
  • Zhiwei Gao (Northumbria University, UK)
  • Haroon Elahi (SUSTech, China)
  • Md Z. A. Bhuiyan (Fordham University, USA)
  • Oana Geman (Stefan Cel Mare University, Romania)
  • Daniele Lozzi (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
  • Enrico Mattei (University of L'Aquila, Italy)

Venue and Hosting

ABS 2026 is co-located with the 22nd International Conference on Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems.

Workshop Hosting

AVSS 2026 workshop day is scheduled on August 31, 2026 in Convitto Palmieri, Lecce, Italy.

Main Conference

AVSS 2026 main conference dates are September 1-3, 2026. Conference details are available on the official website.

AVSS 2026 Website AVSS Call for Papers

Contact

For workshop-specific requests, contact any organizer directly.

General Organizer Contacts:
Lucia Cimmino: lucia.cimmino@unipegaso.it
Carmen Bisogni: cbisogni@unisa.it
Chiara Pero: c.pero@unilink.it
Marco Cascio: m.cascio@unilink.it