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48 results for face image analysis

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.

Extends L2-norm LDA to 2D inputs using Bhattacharyya bound.

problem L2-norm LDA loses useful image information for 2D inputs.
method 2DBLDA maximizes matrix-based between-class distance and minimizes within-class distance, optimizing Bhattacharyya error bound.
result 2DBLDA improves image recognition and face reconstruction.

The tremendous success of deep learning for imaging applications has resulted in numerous beneficial advances. Unfortunately, this success has also been a catalyst for malicious uses such as photo-realistic face swapping of parties without consent. Transferring one person's face from a source image to a target image of…

2019-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Humans are able to imagine a person's voice from the person's appearance and imagine the person's appearance from his/her voice. In this paper, we make the first attempt to develop a method that can convert speech into a voice that matches an input face image and generate a face image that matches the voice of the inpu…

2019-04-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We are interested in attribute-guided face generation: given a low-res face input image, an attribute vector that can be extracted from a high-res image (attribute image), our new method generates a high-res face image for the low-res input that satisfies the given attributes. To address this problem, we condition the …

2017-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved image learning using elliptically contoured tensor-variate distributions.

problem Inadequate statistical analysis for tensor-valued data, especially with heavier or lighter tails.
method Developed a family of elliptically contoured tensor-variate distributions and derived their properties and procedures for estimation.
result Tensor-variate classification rules and tensor-on-tensor regression better predict and characterize data than TVN-based methods.

Content based image retrieval, a technique which uses visual contents of image to search images from large scale image databases according to users' interests. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on recent technology used in the area of content based face image retrieval. Nowadays digital devices and photo shari…

2014-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes a new subspace learning method, named Quantized Fisher Discriminant Analysis (QFDA), which makes use of both machine learning and information theory. There is a lack of literature for combination of machine learning and information theory and this paper tries to tackle this gap. QFDA finds a subspac…

2019-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

This study analyzes bias in face generation models and proposes mitigation techniques.

problem Bias in face generation models that may misrepresent certain social groups.
method Three approaches: generators, attribute modifier, and post-processing bias mitigators.
result Generators suffer from bias across all social groups, while post-processing mitigators show different feature concentration.

The study improves the assessment of fairness in face recognition using ROC curves and statistical guarantees.

problem Improving the assessment of fairness in face recognition systems.
method Proves asymptotic guarantees for empirical ROC curves and fairness metrics, and introduces a recentering technique to avoid bootstrap pitfalls.
result Demonstrates the practical relevance of the methods for assessing fairness in face recognition systems.

Energy-based models can generate complex images by combining simpler concepts.

problem Generating natural images that satisfy complex logical combinations of concepts.
method Energy-based models combine probability distributions of simpler concepts to generate compositions.
result Energy-based models can generate images that satisfy conjunctions, disjunctions, and negations of concepts.

This work generates synthetic 3D thermal facial data using 2D facial data and deep learning.

problem Creating large datasets for deep learning in computer vision.
method 3D facial modelling techniques and deep learning methodologies.
result Synthetic 3D thermal facial data created for deep learning applications.

Paper proposes a method to encrypt faces while maintaining visual similarity.

problem Protecting personal data from unauthorized face recognition.
method Targeted identity-protection iterative method (TIP-IM) to generate adversarial identity masks.
result TIP-IM provides 95%+ protection success rate against face recognition models.

This paper reviews methods for constructing confidence intervals for error rates in 1:1 matching tasks.

problem Challenges in assessing uncertainty of error rates in matching algorithms, especially when data are dependent and error rates are low.
method Derives and examines statistical properties of methods for constructing confidence intervals for error rates in 1:1 matching tasks.
result Coverage and interval width vary with sample size, error rates, and data dependence.

CuMPerLay vectorizes CMP for deep learning, improving image analysis.

problem Complex multifiltration structures hinder using CMP in deep learning.
method Introduces a new algorithm for vectorizing MP homologies of cubical complexes.
result Differentiable vectorization enables robust topological feature vectors for deep learning.

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…

2015-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Recognizing facial expressions from static images or video sequences is a widely studied but still challenging problem. The recent progresses obtained by deep neural architectures, or by ensembles of heterogeneous models, have shown that integrating multiple input representations leads to state-of-the-art results. In p…

2018-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Image generating neural networks are mostly viewed as black boxes, where any change in the input can have a number of globally effective changes on the output. In this work, we propose a method for learning disentangled representations to allow for localized image manipulations. We use face images as our example of cho…

2019-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Detect facial keypoints is a critical element in face recognition. However, there is difficulty to catch keypoints on the face due to complex influences from original images, and there is no guidance to suitable algorithms. In this paper, we study different algorithms that can be applied to locate keyponits. Specifical…

2017-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

SGMs can generate samples from low-dimensional data manifolds.

problem Understanding the conditions under which SGMs can produce samples from a low-dimensional data manifold.
method Analyzing the conditions for SGMs to approximate the scores and generate samples from a manifold.
result Precise conditions for SGMs to generate samples from a low-dimensional data manifold.

Traditional nearest points methods use all the samples in an image set to construct a single convex or affine hull model for classification. However, strong artificial features and noisy data may be generated from combinations of training samples when significant intra-class variations and/or noise occur in the image s…

2014-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances 2D face recognition with 3D features using active illumination.

problem Improving robustness of 2D face recognition to spoofing attacks and low-light conditions.
method Projecting a high spatial frequency pattern onto the face to recover 3D information and a 2D image simultaneously.
result Significantly boosts face recognition performance and dramatically improves robustness to spoofing attacks.

We present an unsupervised approach for learning to estimate three dimensional (3D) facial structure from a single image while also predicting 3D viewpoint transformations that match a desired pose and facial geometry. We achieve this by inferring the depth of facial keypoints of an input image in an unsupervised manne…

2018-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Automatic video modification to hide faces while maintaining pose, illumination, and expression.

problem Face de-identification in video to protect identities.
method A novel feed-forward encoder-decoder network architecture conditioned on facial image high-level representation.
result Fully automatic video modification at high frame rates with minimal distortion.

Improves neural network mapping functionality using latent feature generation.

problem Improving neural network performance in visual recognition tasks.
method Reversible learning for generating and learning latent features.
result The proposed method outperforms existing state-of-the-art methods in visual recognition.

A recent Cell paper [Chang and Tsao, 2017] reports an interesting discovery. For the face stimuli generated by a pre-trained active appearance model (AAM), the responses of neurons in the areas of the primate brain that are responsible for face recognition exhibit strong linear relationship with the shape variables and…

2018-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent work shows unequal performance of commercial face classification services in the gender classification task across intersectional groups defined by skin type and gender. Accuracy on dark-skinned females is significantly worse than on any other group. In this paper, we conduct several analyses to try to uncover t…

2018-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a fast non-invasive tool for diagnosing pediatric sleep apnea.

problem Diagnosing pediatric obstructive sleep apnea using an overnight sleep study is often impractical.
method Combines persistent homology, geometric shape analysis, and convolutional neural networks to classify facial images.
result Facial features associated with obstructive sleep apnea can be recognized for diagnosis.

We present a method for synthesizing a frontal, neutral-expression image of a person's face given an input face photograph. This is achieved by learning to generate facial landmarks and textures from features extracted from a facial-recognition network. Unlike previous approaches, our encoding feature vector is largely…

2017-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Recently the GAN generated face images are more and more realistic with high-quality, even hard for human eyes to detect. On the other hand, the forensics community keeps on developing methods to detect these generated fake images and try to guarantee the credibility of visual contents. Although researchers have develo…

2019-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Online selection of dynamic features has attracted intensive interest in recent years. However, existing online feature selection methods evaluate features individually and ignore the underlying structure of feature stream. For instance, in image analysis, features are generated in groups which represent color, texture…

2016-08-21abs ↗pdf ↗