30/07/2026
We’re inviting volunteers to take part in an exciting two-part study in collaboration with the Australian Passport Office.
This research aims to build a comprehensive database of facial images to support future work on face perception and recognition, with potential applications in identity verification research.
Part 1:
📍 Location: UNSW Sydney
⏱ Duration: 1 hour
💰 Reimbursement: $25
🪪 You’ll need to bring: a valid passport with a RFID chip (any country) and a device with internet connectivity with at least 5 accessible existing photos of yourself and be willing to share these photos with the UNSW research team.
✅ You will have several photos of your face taken and have your existing
passport photo extracted from your passport by the research team
✅ You will take several videos of yourself speaking different phrases on a phone and laptop
✅ You will provide a few of your own pre-existing face images (e.g., from your phone)
✅ You will edit some of your images taken on the day
Part 2:
📍 Location: Online (made available one week after you complete part 1)
⏱ Duration: 1.25 hours
💰 Reimbursement: $32 GiftPay voucher
✅ You will complete short face recognition tasks
✅ You will rate your own face images and images of a stranger
If you’re interested or would like to know more, please email [email protected] to book your session.
Help advance research into face recognition and identity verification — we’d love to have you involved!
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