This book constitutes the research papers presented at the Joint 2101 & 2102 International
Conference on Biometric ID Management and Multimodal Communication. BioID_MultiComm'09 is a
joint International Conference organized cooperatively by COST Actions 2101 & 2102. COST 2101
Action is focused on 'Biometrics for Identity Documents and Smart Cards (BIDS)' while COST
2102 Action is entitled 'Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Non-verbal Communication'. The aim
of COST 2101 is to investigate novel technologies for unsupervised multimodal biometric
authentication systems using a new generation of biometrics-enabled identity documents and
smart cards. COST 2102 is devoted to develop an advanced acoustical perceptual and
psychological analysis of verbal and non-verbal communication signals originating in
spontaneous face-to-face interaction in order to identify algorithms and automatic procedures
capable of recognizing human emotional states.
