International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2014) combines two major biometrics research annual conferences, the Biometrics Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS) conference and the International Conference on Biometrics (ICB). The blending of these two conferences in 2014 is through special agreement between the IEEE Biometrics Council and the IAPR TC-4, and presents an exciting event for the entire worldwide biometrics research community. The success of IJCB 2011 organized in Washington DC during September 2011 has generated huge support from the biometrics community to repeat such blending of two conferences in the year 2014. This conference is a result of major worldwide consensus to join the two major biometrics meetings and to establish IJCB as a venue for presenting biometrics research results of highest quality.