Media & Public engagement
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My 2018 BJP paper “Smiles in face matching” finds higher recognition accuracy when matching two smiling images of the same person or two different people compared to two neutral images.
- The Independent (2018) Smiling in passport photos could help prevent identity fraud, study suggests
- Daily Express (2018) Passports news: Smiling in your photograph could prevent your identity being stolen
- Business Standard (2018) This is how toothy smiles in photos can prevent identity fraud
- iNews (2018) Why a smiling passport picture would be easier to identify
- Yorkshire Post (2018) Smiling passport photos could help keep identity fraudsters at bay, says report
- DMV (2018) Science: Passport Smiles Deter Identity Fraud