Unified model for age-invariant face recognition with photorealistic face synthesis.
problem Reliable face recognition across ages remains challenging due to significant intra-class variations.
method Unified deep architecture for cross-age face synthesis and recognition, continuous face rejuvenation/aging, disentangled age-invariant face representations.
result Superior performance on CAFR and other cross-age datasets, promising generalizability to unconstrained face recognition.
Study compares neural networks for age and gender recognition, revealing feature importance and robustness.
problem Understanding which facial features are used and how preprocessing affects deep neural networks for age and gender recognition.
method Compared four neural network architectures, evaluated preprocessing robustness, visualized prediction strategies.
result Suitable parameter initialization improves holistic perception of input, leading to state-of-the-art performance in gender recognition.
New dataset for evaluating speech recognition fairness across demographics.
problem Lack of fairness metrics in speech recognition datasets.
method Developed Fair-Speech dataset with diverse demographic information.
result Helps evaluate ASR models for fairness across demographics.
This study compares DR methods with kernel variations for face image analysis.
problem High dimensionality, noise, and correlation in data.
method Reviews and comparative study of PCA, LDA, KPCA, KLDA, SKPCA.
result SKPCA outperforms other methods in gender classification on face databases.
CNNs adapted for brain images predict age with improved accuracy.
problem Applying CNNs to brain images without considering their 3D structure.
method Two modifications to existing CNN architectures tailored for brain images.
result Achieved a mean absolute error (MAE) of 1.4 years compared to 1.6 years for a baseline.
ADReSS Challenge at INTERSPEECH 2020 benchmarks speech recognition for Alzheimer's dementia.
problem Automated recognition of Alzheimer's dementia from spontaneous speech.
method Provides a benchmark speech dataset, defines two tasks (classification and regression), and presents baseline models.
result Demonstrates the feasibility of automated speech recognition for Alzheimer's dementia.
With rapid development of the Internet, web contents become huge. Most of the websites are publicly available, and anyone can access the contents from anywhere such as workplace, home and even schools. Nevertheless, not all the web contents are appropriate for all users, especially children. An example of these content…
New method improves fairness of facial recognition systems.
problem Facial recognition systems exhibit bias across different demographic groups.
method Optimizes centroid-based scores to reduce bias in pre-trained models.
result Demonstrates significant improvement in fairness with minimal loss in accuracy.
As we enter into the big data age and an avalanche of images have become readily available, recognition systems face the need to move from close, lab settings where the number of classes and training data are fixed, to dynamic scenarios where the number of categories to be recognized grows continuously over time, as we…
AI predicts dementia onset from emotional face evaluations.
problem Early detection of dementia in aging societies.
method Behavioral responses analysis and AI regression.
result Encouraging AI-based prediction results for MoCA scores.
New topological methods for hypergraph data improve community detection and pattern recognition.
problem Community detection and pattern recognition in hypergraph data.
method Introducing a new topological space structure of hypergraph data, proposing modified nearest neighbors methods.
result Improved methods for community detection and pattern recognition in hypergraph data.
Method converts age labels into distributions to improve speaker age estimation.
problem Label ambiguity in age labels makes precise speaker age estimation challenging.
method Converts age labels into label distributions and uses label distribution learning.
result Our method outperforms baseline methods by reducing MAE by 10% on a real-world dataset.
Bayesian approach predicts brain-age from EEG sleep states across age.
problem Inconsistent brain-age predictions due to subjective sleep state classification.
method Unified Bayesian Network with Gaussian Mixture Models for EEG sleep states.
result Improved accuracy in brain-age prediction over a wider age range.
Bayesian framework evaluates predictors of subjective visual tasks.
problem Evaluating uncertainty in machine learning predictors for tasks with subjective annotations.
method Bayesian framework to estimate epistemic uncertainty from human labels.
result Framework successfully applied to four image classification tasks.
The paper models retirement spending using biological age instead of chronological age.
problem Retirement spending varies at the same chronological age.
method Developed a stochastic mortality model to adjust for biological age.
result Optimal consumption rates derived using biological age.
Our team won the second prize of the Safe Aging with SPHERE Challenge organized by SPHERE, in conjunction with ECML-PKDD and Driven Data. The goal of the competition was to recognize activities performed by humans, using sensor data. This paper presents our solution. It is based on a rich pre-processing and state of th…
Local semi-supervised method improves brain tissue classification in child MRI.
problem Inaccurate detection of brain tissue classes due to intensity variations in early developing brains.
method Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis (KFDA) combined with SSIM for perceptual image quality assessment.
result Optimal brain partitioning into subdomains with different average intensity values and separating surfaces between brain parts.
SFCNeXt estimates brain age from small MRI datasets.
problem Efficiently estimating brain age from limited MRI data.
method Simple fully convolutional network (SFCNeXt) with SPEC and HRL.
result SFCNeXt outperforms complex models in small sample size scenarios.
The paper uses AI to analyze ECG data, revealing age-related changes and identifying key features.
problem Investigating age-related changes in ECG data to distinguish healthy from disease-related changes.
method Employed deep-learning and tree-based models on raw ECG signals and features from a diverse age group.
result Identified age-related declines in breathing rates and high SDANN values in elderly individuals.
Machine learning analysis of neuroimaging data can accurately predict chronological age in healthy people and deviations from healthy brain ageing have been associated with cognitive impairment and disease. Here we sought to further establish the credentials of "brain-predicted age" as a biomarker of individual differe…
Bayesian CNN estimates uncertainty in bone age prediction.
problem Uncertainty quantification in age estimation models.
method Variational Inference for Bayesian CNNs.
result Model uncertainty distinguished from data uncertainty.
Study uses deep learning with attention to predict fetal brain gestational age.
problem Accurately predicting fetal brain gestational age for early diagnosis.
method Attention-based deep learning model combining multi-view MRI data.
result Age prediction performance with R2 = 0.94 using multi-view MRI and attention.
Improved sex and age-specific model for Parkinson's diagnosis.
problem Accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's disease for better patient care.
method Sex-specific and age-dependent handwriting classification model.
result Significantly improved accuracy (83.75% for females, 79.55% for older age group) compared to generalized model.
Paper tackles deconfounding age effects in dementia detection models.
problem Dementia detection models are affected by age, leading to potential non-generalizable accuracies.
method Proposes fair representation learning to learn age-invariant representations.
result Best models compromise accuracy by only 2.56% and 1.54% on clinical datasets.
3D CNN accurately classifies infant neurodevelopmental age from MRI scans.
problem Estimating neurodevelopmental age in infants from MRI data.
method 3D Convolutional Neural Network (3D CNN) trained on MRI images of 112 infants.
result 3D CNN achieves 99% sensitivity and 98.3% specificity in age classification.
Develops a method to analyze SARS-CoV-2 viral load vs. age, finding a significant increase.
problem Determining if SARS-CoV-2 viral load depends on patient age.
method Flexible, non-parametric, hierarchical, Bayesian, causal model.
result Statistically significant increase in viral load with age, but only for one dataset.
Privacy-preserving method protects user speech data from cloud services.
problem Privacy compromise in cloud-based speech analysis.
method Collects and sanitizes speech data before sharing, using transformation functions and voice conversion.
result Identification of sensitive emotional state reduced by ~96%.
Optimizes consumption, investment, and healthcare spending for aging populations.
problem Maximizing utility in an aging population with changing mortality rates.
method Solves an optimal stochastic control problem using a novel version of Perron's method.
result Endogenous mortality law that is asymptotically exponential in the old-age limit.
Twitter provides an open and rich source of data for studying human behaviour at scale and is widely used in social and network sciences. However, a major criticism of Twitter data is that demographic information is largely absent. Enhancing Twitter data with user ages would advance our ability to study social network …
Extends Aff-Wild database for affect recognition in real-world settings.
problem Complex human emotional states in real-world settings.
method Developed deep neural architectures with attention mechanism for emotion recognition.
result Improved performance in emotion recognition using Aff-Wild2.
Model learns aging rates from single cross-sectional data.
problem Cross-sectional data limits traditional time-series methods.
method Latent-variable model with order-isomorphic nonlinear function.
result Reconstructs aging rates from single cross-sectional data.
Novel U-learning method for predicting continuous outcomes from high-dimensional data.
problem Challenges in making valid inferences on predictions from high-dimensional inputs.
method U-learning via combinatory multi-subsampling for ensemble predictions and confidence intervals.
result Valid inferences on predictions from Lasso and neural networks.
Estimates future ICU demand using age-structured data and logistic modeling.
problem Projecting future ICU demand from low-quality data.
method Age-structured sampling, logistic fit, subnotification factor correction.
result Corrected logistic curve projects future ICU demand.
The human face constantly conveys information, both consciously and subconsciously. However, as basic as it is for humans to visually interpret this information, it is quite a big challenge for machines. Conventional semantic facial feature recognition and analysis techniques are already in use and are based on physiol…
Predicts gender and age from mobile phone data for marketing.
problem Enhance marketing offers by predicting customer demographics.
method Machine learning algorithms applied to CDRs, CRM, and billing info.
result 85.6% accuracy in gender prediction, 65.5% in age prediction.
AG-RL uses action grammars to improve reinforcement learning efficiency.
problem Improving sample efficiency in reinforcement learning.
method Integrates action grammars into reinforcement learning algorithms to enhance performance.
result Significant improvement in performance across multiple Atari games.
Italy's daily COVID-19 cases stratified by age groups.
problem Analyzing the spread and impact of COVID-19 across different age groups.
method Stratified daily data of COVID-19 cases by age classes.
result Detailed insights into how age affects COVID-19 outcomes.
Predicts user age and gender on Tumblr using rich content.
problem Challenges in targeting specific demographic groups on Tumblr.
method Graph based and deep learning models, including network embedding, label propagation, CNN, and MLP.
result Significantly improved accuracy for age and gender predictions.
Pairwise quantile regression tackles similarity scoring in biometric systems.
problem Analyzing errors in similarity scoring for facial recognition.
method Established theoretical guarantees for pairwise quantile regression solutions, leveraging sharp concentration results for U-processes. result Proved generalization bounds and identified conditions for fast learning rates.
A new FL algorithm reduces communication overhead by selectively updating model parameters.
problem Data heterogeneity and communication overhead in federated learning.
method Uses age of information metric to selectively update model parameters and group clients with similar data.
result Our method can expedite training and surpass other communication-efficient strategies in efficiency.
AGE improves graph embedding by smoothing features and iteratively enhancing node embeddings.
problem Challenges in attributed graph embedding, especially in preserving optimal low-pass characteristics and robustness.
method AGE, a novel framework combining Laplacian smoothing and adaptive encoding, addresses these issues.
result AGE consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods on node clustering and link prediction tasks.
Study reveals that cryptocurrency price variations follow power-law distributions, influenced by age and market capitalization.
problem Understanding the statistical properties of cryptocurrencies, especially their price variations.
method Comprehensive investigation of over 7000 digital currencies, analyzing their price returns over time.
result Cryptocurrency price returns follow power-law distributions, with age and market capitalization influencing these distributions.
This paper accelerates gradient methods to find local minima in non-convex optimization.
problem Finding local minima in non-convex optimization problems.
method Polyak's Heavy Ball method and Nesterov's Accelerated Gradient method for extracting negative curvature.
result A new AG algorithm converges to second-order stationary points with improved iteration complexity.
Paper proposes a new approach to predict power system asset class failures.
problem Predicting failures for different asset classes in power systems is critical for cost-effective asset management.
method Combines unsupervised (K-means clustering) and supervised (logistic regression) learning methods using asset condition data.
result The proposed approach outperforms standard methods in predicting asset class failures.
Machine learning models predict brain age with systematic bias, corrected in this study.
problem Systematic bias in machine learning regression models for brain age prediction.
method General constrained optimization approach to correct bias.
result Our method effectively eliminates the bias from brain age predictions.
Proposes a new model for mortality forecasting considering age groups and cohort effects.
problem Longevity risk due to ageing population.
method Mixed-effects time-series approach with age groups dependency and random cohort effects.
result Remarkable improvements in forecast accuracy compared to the CBD model.
Optimal annuitization strategy depends on age, labor income, and mortality risk.
problem Maximizing utility from consumption and labor income under age-dependent mortality.
method Dynamic programming approach to derive closed-form solutions.
result Post-retirement labor income acts as a substitute for annuitization.
VNNs transfer well across datasets for brain age prediction using cortical thickness features.
problem Predicting brain age using anatomical features.
method Transferability of coVariance neural networks (VNNs) in brain age prediction.
result VNNs can assign anatomical interpretability to elevated brain age gap in AD.