[CST-2] Neural Computing - face recognition

[Ritchie Hughes]

Hi Matthew,

I _think_ that slide was just meant to illustrate part of the idea behind
eigenfaces... he also mentioned stuff about the "typical" face varying
between cultures, etc.

Ritchie

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cst-2-admin@srcf.ucam.org [mailto:cst-2-admin@srcf.ucam.org]On
> Behalf Of Matthew Richards
> Sent: 02 June 2001 12:00
> To: cst-2@srcf.ucam.org
> Subject: [CST-2] Neural Computing - face recognition
>
>
> In the lecture on face recognition, Dr Daugman showed some slide (not in
> the notes) that showed various faces arranged in a circle, the idea being
> that if you followed a line towards the centre of the circle the faces
> would look more and more like the "typical" face in the centre, and then
> once past the centre they become more like the "opposite" of the original
> face - I think he called these "antifaces".
>
> Now, I rather got the impression that this circle was part of some
> experiment that supported the theory that our brains encode faces by their
> differences from an average face.  However, I didn't gather what the
> experiment was, or what the results were.  Did anyone manage to take in
> enough of what he said to know the answer?
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
>
>
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