What is D4FLY?

D4FLY is a research and innovation project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme “Secure societies – Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens”.

The project focuses on enhancing the quality and efficiency of identity verification at border crossings in all modalities: land, air, and sea by providing faster and more secure border control solutions.

The project consortium is formed by 19 partners from 11 European countries including universities, SMEs, research institutes and border control authorities.

For more information on D4FLY watch the video below.

Research topics

  • Biometric technologies for the verification of traveler’s identities on-the-move through 3D face, iris, and somatotype recognition
  • Smartphone applications for enhanced traveler verification
  • Thermal and multispectral imaging for counter spoofing
  • Advanced morphed face detection algorithms through Convolutional Neural Networks
  • Deep Neural Networks and advanced methods for impostor and document fraud detection
  • Computer vision algorithms for automated passport forgery detection
  • Ethical, legal, social impact assessment of the developed technologies

News

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  • Final Review October 18, 2022 - On Tuesday, 18 October 2022, the #D4FLY consortium met in Brussels to present the project results in the final review meeting. Three years of project work under the conditions of the pandemic were challenging and the consortium is proud that the project was nevertheless able to comply with the originally planned project plan. https://d4fly.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/d4fly-project.mp4#t=1 Read more...

Events

  • The final demonstration of the project results in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. July 27, 2022 - After two years of reduced travel activities due to the pandemic, the re-opened transportation hubs welcomed us back with thousands of passengers . Three years ago, the EU funded the Horizon 2020 research project, D4FLY, which started with the aim of improving document and identity verification techniques and thus developing border crossing solutions that are… Read more...
  • EU Security Projects Joint Webinar on Ethics, Privacy & Data Protection – June 2020 June 15, 2020 - When: June 18-19 12.00 - 16.00 CEST Organisers: SMILE H2020 Action together with PERSONA, MAGNETO, D4FLY, PREVISION, ROXANNE and TRESSPASS H2020 Actions. Description: Seven EU-funded H2020 Actions working on border security and crime-fighting technologies discuss the legal, ethical and societal issues generated by the introduction of AI and biometric technologies in the area of border… Read more...

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