Within the framework of the 2017 40th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP) held during July 5-7, 2017, Barcelona, Spain, we invite you to the 1st International Workshop on Recent Advances in Biometrics and its Applications organized by LIASD Laboratory of the University of Paris 8. The goal of this workshop is to present and discuss the recent fundamental and applied research works providing novel solutions to challenging problems in biometrics. It is a great opportunity to bring researchers and experts together to discuss the current and future state of biometrics and possible areas of further cooperation.