About us
Griaule is the largest company in the Americas specializing in biometric recognition systems and offers the technology that guarantees confidence in Brazilian identity cards and elections for over 20 years.
In 2002, electrical engineer Iron Daher founded Griaule in Goiânia with the goal of developing biometric systems. Two years later, the company was selected to join the Business Incubator of Unicamp (State University of Campinas), where it remained for three years, on the campus located in the interior of São Paulo. Griaule also had the support of funding agencies such as the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp) and the Financing Agency for Studies and Projects (Finep).
Iron decided to start the company after being motivated by mathematical models of the human neuron which, combined in several layers, could be used for fingerprint identification. At Unicamp, he applied the theory with good practical results, creating an efficient recognition algorithm for various biometric methods, such as iris, fingerprints and palm prints, and facial images. Proximity to the university attracted young talents to join his team. In a short time, Griaule was providing biometrics technology to more than 40 countries and already had its own office in Campinas, which remains the company's headquarters.
Today, Griaule operates in 70 countries and has more than 4,000 customers, including the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil, the Federal Police, the government of Mexico, and the Pentagon of the United States. Griaule's technology is also used for civil identification and in the fight against crime in the state governments of Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, and Bahia. The company has twice been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the Americas, in the list “America’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies”.
Griaule maintains its technology up-to-date through continuous investments in research and innovation, including fostering research projects in partnership with Unicamp. For 20 years, Griaule has been developing the technology that ensures the reliability of Brazilian identity cards and elections. It also created an investigation solution used by the Federal Police, a kind of 'Brazilian CSI'.
CERTIFICATIONS
Griaule is the only biometric technology company in the Americas to hold the following certifications.
ELFT
Assessment conducted by NIST that tests and compares the effectiveness of biometric identification systems for latent and palmprint fingerprints. This assessment is crucial for determining the accuracy and reliability of the algorithms used in Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS).
FRTE 1:1
Program conducted by NIST that evaluates the accuracy and performance of facial recognition algorithms in the identity verification task, with comparison made between two facial images (one-to-one).
FRTE 1:N
Program conducted by NIST that evaluates the accuracy, effectiveness, and performance of facial recognition algorithms in the task of identifying a person among a large set of individuals (one-to-many search).
FATE PAD
Assessment conducted by NIST that tests and compares the effectiveness of biometric identification systems for latent and palmprint fingerprints. This assessment is crucial for determining the accuracy and reliability of the algorithms used in Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS).
LiveScan
Ensures that electronic fingerprint capture devices (LiveScan), along with their systems, meet the quality and interoperability standards established by the FBI. The certification is important to ensure that fingerprint capture systems are accurate, reliable, and compatible with the FBI's security and efficiency requirements.
WSQ
Process that ensures that grayscale fingerprint image compression algorithms meet the quality and interoperability standards defined by the FBI. WSQ is widely used for compressing and decompressing fingerprint images due to its efficiency and ability to preserve essential fingerprint details.
MINEX III
It is a program conducted by NIST that evaluates the interoperability and accuracy of fingerprint minutiae matching algorithms, which are the characteristic points used to identify fingerprints. This certificate is one of the most important tests in the biometric industry.
FpVTE
Assessments conducted by NIST to test and compare the performance of fingerprint recognition systems. The main objective of these assessments is to promote the continuous improvement of technologies and ensure that they meet the accuracy, reliability, and interoperability requirements necessary for security applications and automated fingerprint identification.
FVC 2006
International competition created to evaluate and compare fingerprint verification algorithms. Organized by a consortium of universities and research institutions, FVC provides an environment to test the effectiveness, accuracy, and robustness of algorithms developed by different vendors and researchers in the field of biometrics.
JPEG 2000
Certification conducted by the FBI in partnership with NIST that assesses the conformity of JPEG 2000 codecs for compressing fingerprint images to 1000 ppi. This certification guarantees interoperability, preservation of image quality and compatibility with the technical requirements of the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system.
FpVTE
Assessments conducted by NIST to test and compare the performance of fingerprint recognition systems. The main objective of these assessments is to promote the continuous improvement of technologies and ensure that they meet the accuracy, reliability, and interoperability requirements necessary for security applications and automated fingerprint identification.
FVC 2006
International competition created to evaluate and compare fingerprint verification algorithms. Organized by a consortium of universities and research institutions, FVC provides an environment to test the effectiveness, accuracy, and robustness of algorithms developed by different vendors and researchers in the field of biometrics.
TIMELINE
TEAM
Iron Daher
CEO, Founder
Leads strategic planning and has a background in Entrepreneurship from Stanford University (USA). He has managed R&D projects with FAPESP (PIPE) and the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) and is an IEEE Certified Biometric Professional (CBP)
Thiago Ribeiro
Business Director, Partner
Leads business development and strategic partnerships. He has training in an international program from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and holds a degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). He is also a specialist in Digital Product Management from the Kellogg School of Management (USA)
João Weber
Project Director, Partner
Leads the project area and has executive education from the Kellogg School of Management (USA). He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from North Dakota State University (USA) and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Eduardo Felix
Service Director, Partner
He leads the support and maintenance area, with a specialization in Computer Science from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). He is a Computer Scientist graduated from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) and holds 10 technical certifications from Oracle, Microsoft, and Hadoop
Cristian Moecke
Chief Technology Officer, Partner
He leads the research and development area, with a Master's degree in Computing from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). He worked as a researcher at the Center for Advanced Security Research at the University of Darmstadt (Germany) and has 15 years of experience in developing critical security solutions
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