Face Recognition Vendor Test

A standard dataset and test methodology was employed so that all participants were evenly evaluated.

The FRVT 2006 was sponsored by multiple U.S. Government agencies and was conducted and managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

One of the goals of the FRVT 2006 was to independently determine if the objectives of the Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC) were achieved.

One of the objectives of the FRGC was to develop face recognition algorithms capable of performance an order of magnitude better than FRVT 2002.

[3] The Face Recognition Prize Challenge (FRPC) assessed face recognition algorithms on photographs collected without tight quality constraints, e.g. images collected from individuals who are not cooperating or do not know they are photographed.

Prizes were also awarded for speed and for verification against a set of cooperative portrait photos.