Shaohua Kevin Zhou

Unconstrained Face Recognition - International Series on Biometrics Shaohua Kevin Zhou Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006 edition

Jacket Description/Back: Although face recognition has been actively studied over the past decade, the state-of-the-art recognition systems yield satisfactory performance only under controlled scenarios. Recognition accuracy degrades significantly when confronted with unconstrained situations. Examples of unconstrained conditions include illumination and pose variations, video sequences, expression, aging, and so on. Recently, researchers have begun to investigate face recognition under unconstrained conditions that is referred to as unconstrained face recognition. This volume provides a comprehensive view of unconstrained face recognition, especially face recognition from multiple still images and/or video sequences, assembling a collection of novel approaches able to recognize human faces under various unconstrained situations. The underlying basis of these approaches is that, unlike conventional face recognition algorithms, they exploit the inherent characteristics of the unconstrained situation and thus improve the recognition performance when compared with conventional algorithms. Unconstrained Face Recognition is accessible to a wide audience with an elementary level of linear algebra, probability and statistics, and signal processing. Unconstrained Face Recognition is designed primarily for a professional audience composed of practitioners and researchers working within face recognition and other biometrics. Also instructors can use the book as a textbook or supplementary reading material for graduate courses on biometric recognition, human perception, computer vision, or other relevant seminars. Description for Sales People: Face recognition has been actively studied recently, and continues to be a big research challenge. Just recently, researchers have begun to investigate face recognition under unconstrained conditions. This is a comprehensive review of the facial biometric, especially face recognition from video. The underlying basis of these approaches is that, unlike conventional face recognition algorithms, they exploit the inherent characteristics of the unconstrained situation and thus improve the recognition performance when compared with conventional algorithms. Unconstrained Face Recognition is structured to meet the needs of a professional audience of researchers and practitioners in industry. This volume is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science. Table of Contents: Fundamentals, Preliminaries and Reviews.- Fundamentals.- Preliminaries and Reviews.- Face Recognition Under Variations.- Symmetric Shape from Shading.- Generalized Photometric Stereo.- Illuminating Light Field.- Facial Aging.- Face Recognition Via Kernel Learning.- Probabilistic Distances in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space.- Matrix-Based Kernel Subspace Analysis.- Face Tracking and Recognition from Videos.- Adaptive Visual Tracking.- Simultaneous Tracking and Recognition.- Probabilistic Identity Characterization.- Summary and Future Research Directions.- Summary and Future Research Directions. Marc Notes: Originally published: 2006.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Face recognition has been actively studied over the last decade and recently researchers have begun to explore this topic under unconstrained conditions. This work provides a review of these developments and garners a collection of novel approaches that are able to recognise human faces under various unconstrained situations. Publisher Marketing: Face recognition has been actively studied over the last decade and recently researchers have begun to explore this topic under unconstrained conditions. This work provides a review of these developments and garners a collection of novel approaches that are able to recognise human faces under various unconstrained situations.

Contributor Bio:  Chellappa, Rama Rama Chellappa is Minta Martin Professor of Engineering and an affiliate Professor of Computer Science at University of Maryland, College Park. He is also affiliated with the Center for Automation Research and UMIACS, and is serving as the Chair of the ECE department. He is a recipient of the K. S. Fu Prize from the IAPR and the Society, Technical Achievement and Meritorious Service Awards from the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He also received the Technical Achievement and Meritorious Service Awards from the IEEE Computer Society. In 2010, he was recognized as an Outstanding ECE by Purdue University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, IAPR, OSA and AAAS, a Golden Core Member of the IEEE Computer Society, and has served as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Signal Processing Society as well as the President of the IEEE Biometrics Council.