# IARPA Odin **Domain:** Austin Research / Programs **Doc Type:** Research entity **Source basis:** Supplied research cluster with linked references; see the [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|evidence map]] for verification scope. **IARPA Odin** researched detection of [[wiki/Biometric Presentation Attack Detection|biometric presentation attacks]] against face, iris, and fingerprint systems. It addresses the authenticity of evidence presented to an identity sensor, including attacks that differ from examples seen during training. The official program record dates Proposers’ Day to March 11, 2016 and the Thor/Loki solicitations to June 16, 2016. [[wiki/Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity|IARPA]] publicly announced the program in October 2017. Thor and Loki structure defensive detection and adversarial vulnerability research; the corpus distinguishes their public and classified performer environments. IARPA lists [[wiki/Michigan State University|Michigan State University]], [[wiki/USC Information Sciences Institute|USC Information Sciences Institute]], [[wiki/HID Global|HID Global]], and [[wiki/SRI International|SRI International]] as prime performers; [[wiki/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory|Johns Hopkins APL]] and [[wiki/National Institute of Standards and Technology|NIST]] provided testing and evaluation. HID supplies a named Austin corporate connection. The program summary’s 97 percent detection at 0.2 percent false alarms is a performance **target**, not an asserted achieved result. This is the adversarial-identity branch of the Austin comparison. Trusted identity evidence matters to access and decision systems, while scientific VVUQ addresses confidence in models. Both qualify evidence, but measure different objects and failure modes. ## Connected entries [[wiki/Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity|Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity]] · [[wiki/HID Global|HID Global]] · [[wiki/Biometric Presentation Attack Detection|Biometric Presentation Attack Detection]] · [[wiki/Michigan State University|Michigan State University]] · [[wiki/USC Information Sciences Institute|USC Information Sciences Institute]] · [[wiki/SRI International|SRI International]] · [[wiki/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory|Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory]] · [[wiki/National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Institute of Standards and Technology]] · [[wiki/Task Force ODIN|Task Force ODIN]] · [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Functional Map of the World|Functional Map of the World]] · [[wiki/Office of Biometric Identity Management|Office of Biometric Identity Management]] ## Sources and corpus context - [[research/The Austin Executable Loop|The Austin Executable Loop — master document]] - [[research/Oden Institute - Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism|Oden Institute - Machine Learning, Medicine, and Terrorism]] - [[research/ODIN - Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize|ODIN - Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize]] - [IARPA Odin Program](https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs/odin) - [IARPA Odin Program Slick Sheet](https://www.iarpa.gov/images/OA-Slicksheets/ODIN_SlickSheet_FINAL_05072021_Prepubapproved.pdf) - [IARPA Launches Odin Program to Harden Biometric Technology Against Attacks](https://www.iarpa.gov/newsroom/article/iarpa-launches-odin-program-to-harden-biometric-technology-against-attacks) **Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Research Evidence Map|Austin Research Evidence Map]]