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Author Jordi Vitria; Joao Sanchez; Miguel Raposo; Mario Hernandez edit  isbn
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  Title Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Type Book Whole
  Year 2011 Publication 5th Iberian Conference Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6669 Issue Pages  
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  Address Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain  
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  Publisher Springer-Verlag Place of Publication Berlin Editor J. Vitrià; J. Sanchez; M. Raposo; M. Hernandez  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN ISBN 978-3-642-2125 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference IbPRIA  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ VSR2011 Serial 1730  
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Author Mario Rojas; David Masip; Jordi Vitria edit  doi
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  Title Automatic Detection of Facial Feature Points via HOGs and Geometric Prior Models Type Conference Article
  Year 2011 Publication 5th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6669 Issue Pages 371-378  
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  Abstract Most applications dealing with problems involving the face require a robust estimation of the facial salient points. Nevertheless, this estimation is not usually an automated preprocessing step in applications dealing with facial expression recognition. In this paper we present a simple method to detect facial salient points in the face. It is based on a prior Point Distribution Model and a robust object descriptor. The model learns the distribution of the points from the training data, as well as the amount of variation in location each point exhibits. Using this model, we reduce the search areas to look for each point. In addition, we also exploit the global consistency of the points constellation, increasing the detection accuracy. The method was tested on two separate data sets and the results, in some cases, outperform the state of the art.  
  Address Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain  
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-21256-7 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference IbPRIA  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ RMV2011a Serial 1731  
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Author Fadi Dornaika; Bogdan Raducanu edit  doi
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  Title Subtle Facial Expression Recognition in Still Images and Videos Type Book Chapter
  Year 2011 Publication Advances in Face Image Analysis: Techniques and Technologies Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue 14 Pages 259-277  
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  Abstract This chapter addresses the recognition of basic facial expressions. It has three main contributions. First, the authors introduce a view- and texture independent schemes that exploits facial action parameters estimated by an appearance-based 3D face tracker. they represent the learned facial actions associated with different facial expressions by time series. Two dynamic recognition schemes are proposed: (1) the first is based on conditional predictive models and on an analysis-synthesis scheme, and (2) the second is based on examples allowing straightforward use of machine learning approaches. Second, the authors propose an efficient recognition scheme based on the detection of keyframes in videos. Third, the authors compare the dynamic scheme with a static one based on analyzing individual snapshots and show that in general the former performs better than the latter. The authors then provide evaluations of performance using Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Non parametric Discriminant Analysis (NDA), and Support Vector Machines (SVM).  
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  Publisher IGI-Global Place of Publication New York, USA Editor Yu-Jin Zhang  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN ISBN 978-1-6152-0991-0 Medium  
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  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ DoR2011 Serial 1751  
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Author Mario Rojas; David Masip; Jordi Vitria edit  doi
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  Title Predicting Dominance Judgements Automatically: A Machine Learning Approach. Type Conference Article
  Year 2011 Publication IEEE International Workshop on Social Behavior Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 939-944  
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  Abstract The amount of multimodal devices that surround us is growing everyday. In this context, human interaction and communication have become a focus of attention and a hot topic of research. A crucial element in human relations is the evaluation of individuals with respect to facial traits, what is called a first impression. Studies based on appearance have suggested that personality can be expressed by appearance and the observer may use such information to form judgments. In the context of rapid facial evaluation, certain personality traits seem to have a more pronounced effect on the relations and perceptions inside groups. The perception of dominance has been shown to be an active part of social roles at different stages of life, and even play a part in mate selection. The aim of this paper is to study to what extent this information is learnable from the point of view of computer science. Specifically we intend to determine if judgments of dominance can be learned by machine learning techniques. We implement two different descriptors in order to assess this. The first is the histogram of oriented gradients (HOG), and the second is a probabilistic appearance descriptor based on the frequencies of grouped binary tests. State of the art classification rules validate the performance of both descriptors, with respect to the prediction task. Experimental results show that machine learning techniques can predict judgments of dominance rather accurately (accuracies up to 90%) and that the HOG descriptor may characterize appropriately the information necessary for such task.  
  Address Santa Barbara, CA  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-1-4244-9140-7 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference SBA  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ RMV2011b Serial 1760  
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Author Bogdan Raducanu; Fadi Dornaika edit  doi
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  Title A Discriminative Non-Linear Manifold Learning Technique for Face Recognition Type Book Chapter
  Year 2011 Publication Informatics Engineering and Information Science Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 254 Issue 6 Pages 339-353  
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  Abstract In this paper we propose a novel non-linear discriminative analysis technique for manifold learning. The proposed approach is a discriminant version of Laplacian Eigenmaps which takes into account the class label information in order to guide the procedure of non-linear dimensionality reduction. By following the large margin concept, the graph Laplacian is split in two components: within-class graph and between-class graph to better characterize the discriminant property of the data.
Our approach has been tested on several challenging face databases and it has been conveniently compared with other linear and non-linear techniques. The experimental results confirm that our method outperforms, in general, the existing ones. Although we have concentrated in this paper on the face recognition problem, the proposed approach could also be applied to other category of objects characterized by large variance in their appearance.
 
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  Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1865-0929 ISBN 978-3-642-25482-6 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICIEIS  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ RaD2011 Serial 1804  
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Author Mario Rojas; David Masip; A. Todorov; Jordi Vitria edit  url
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  Title Automatic Prediction of Facial Trait Judgments: Appearance vs. Structural Models Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication PloS one Abbreviated Journal Plos  
  Volume 6 Issue 8 Pages e23323  
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  Abstract JCR Impact Factor 2010: 4.411
Evaluating other individuals with respect to personality characteristics plays a crucial role in human relations and it is the focus of attention for research in diverse fields such as psychology and interactive computer systems. In psychology, face perception has been recognized as a key component of this evaluation system. Multiple studies suggest that observers use face information to infer personality characteristics. Interactive computer systems are trying to take advantage of these findings and apply them to increase the natural aspect of interaction and to improve the performance of interactive computer systems. Here, we experimentally test whether the automatic prediction of facial trait judgments (e.g. dominance) can be made by using the full appearance information of the face and whether a reduced representation of its structure is sufficient. We evaluate two separate approaches: a holistic representation model using the facial appearance information and a structural model constructed from the relations among facial salient points. State of the art machine learning methods are applied to a) derive a facial trait judgment model from training data and b) predict a facial trait value for any face. Furthermore, we address the issue of whether there are specific structural relations among facial points that predict perception of facial traits. Experimental results over a set of labeled data (9 different trait evaluations) and classification rules (4 rules) suggest that a) prediction of perception of facial traits is learnable by both holistic and structural approaches; b) the most reliable prediction of facial trait judgments is obtained by certain type of holistic descriptions of the face appearance; and c) for some traits such as attractiveness and extroversion, there are relationships between specific structural features and social perceptions
 
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  Publisher Public Library of Science Place of Publication Editor  
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  Call Number Admin @ si @ RMT2011 Serial 1883  
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Author Ruth Aylett; Ginevra Castellano; Bogdan Raducanu; Ana Paiva; Marc Hanheide edit  url
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  Title Long-term socially perceptive and interactive robot companions: challenges and future perspectives Type Conference Article
  Year 2011 Publication 13th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 323-326  
  Keywords human-robot interaction, multimodal interaction, social robotics  
  Abstract This paper gives a brief overview of the challenges for multi-model perception and generation applied to robot companions located in human social environments. It reviews the current position in both perception and generation and the immediate technical challenges and goes on to consider the extra issues raised by embodiment and social context. Finally, it briefly discusses the impact of systems that must function continually over months rather than just for a few hours.  
  Address Alicante  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher ACM Place of Publication Editor  
  Language Summary Language Original Title  
  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN ISBN 978-1-4503-0641-6 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICMI  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ ACR2011 Serial 1888  
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Author Fadi Dornaika; Alireza Bosaghzadeh; Bogdan Raducanu edit   pdf
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  Title LSDA Solution Schemes for Modelless 3D Head Pose Estimation Type Conference Article
  Year 2012 Publication IEEE Workshop on the Applications of Computer Vision Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 393-398  
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  Address Breckenridge; USA;  
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  Area Expedition Conference WACV  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ DBR2012 Serial 1889  
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Author Bogdan Raducanu; Fadi Dornaika edit   pdf
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  Title Appearance-based Face Recognition Using A Supervised Manifold Learning Framework Type Conference Article
  Year 2012 Publication IEEE Workshop on the Applications of Computer Vision Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 465-470  
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  Abstract Many natural image sets, depicting objects whose appearance is changing due to motion, pose or light variations, can be considered samples of a low-dimension nonlinear manifold embedded in the high-dimensional observation space (the space of all possible images). The main contribution of our work is represented by a Supervised Laplacian Eigemaps (S-LE) algorithm, which exploits the class label information for mapping the original data in the embedded space. Our proposed approach benefits from two important properties: i) it is discriminative, and ii) it adaptively selects the neighbors of a sample without using any predefined neighborhood size. Experiments were conducted on four face databases and the results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly outperforms many linear and non-linear embedding techniques. Although we've focused on the face recognition problem, the proposed approach could also be extended to other category of objects characterized by large variance in their appearance.  
  Address Breckenridge; CO; USA  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher IEEE Xplore Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 1550-5790 ISBN 978-1-4673-0233-3 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference WACV  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ RaD2012d Serial 1890  
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Author Juan Ramon Terven Salinas; Joaquin Salas; Bogdan Raducanu edit   pdf
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  Title New Opportunities for Computer Vision-Based Assistive Technology Systems for the Visually Impaired Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Computer Abbreviated Journal COMP  
  Volume 47 Issue 4 Pages 52-58  
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  Abstract Computing advances and increased smartphone use gives technology system designers greater flexibility in exploiting computer vision to support visually impaired users. Understanding these users' needs will certainly provide insight for the development of improved usability of computing devices.  
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  ISSN 0018-9162 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Admin @ si @ TSR2014a Serial 2317  
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Author Fadi Dornaika; Alireza Bosaghzadeh; Bogdan Raducanu edit   pdf
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  Title Efficient Graph Construction for Label Propagation based Multi-observation Face Recognition Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication Human Behavior Understanding 4th International Workshop Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8212 Issue Pages 124-135  
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  Abstract Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding
Human-machine interaction is a hot topic nowadays in the communities of multimedia and computer vision. In this context, face recognition algorithms (used as primary cue for a person’s identity assessment) work well under controlled conditions but degrade significantly when tested in real-world environments. Recently, graph-based label propagation for multi-observation face recognition was proposed. However, the associated graphs were constructed in an ad-hoc manner (e.g., using the KNN graph) that cannot adapt optimally to the data. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for efficient and adaptive graph construction that can be used for multi-observation face recognition as well as for other recognition problems. Experimental results performed on Honda video face database, show a distinct advantage of the proposed method over the standard graph construction methods.
 
  Address Barcelona  
  Corporate Author Thesis  
  Publisher Springer International Publishing Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-319-02713-5 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference HBU  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ DBR2013 Serial 2315  
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Author Bogdan Raducanu; Fadi Dornaika edit   pdf
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  Title Embedding new observations via sparse-coding for non-linear manifold learning Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal PR  
  Volume 47 Issue 1 Pages 480-492  
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  Abstract Non-linear dimensionality reduction techniques are affected by two critical aspects: (i) the design of the adjacency graphs, and (ii) the embedding of new test data-the out-of-sample problem. For the first aspect, the proposed solutions, in general, were heuristically driven. For the second aspect, the difficulty resides in finding an accurate mapping that transfers unseen data samples into an existing manifold. Past works addressing these two aspects were heavily parametric in the sense that the optimal performance is only achieved for a suitable parameter choice that should be known in advance. In this paper, we demonstrate that the sparse representation theory not only serves for automatic graph construction as shown in recent works, but also represents an accurate alternative for out-of-sample embedding. Considering for a case study the Laplacian Eigenmaps, we applied our method to the face recognition problem. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed out-of-sample embedding, experiments are conducted using the K-nearest neighbor (KNN) and Kernel Support Vector Machines (KSVM) classifiers on six public face datasets. The experimental results show that the proposed model is able to achieve high categorization effectiveness as well as high consistency with non-linear embeddings/manifolds obtained in batch modes.  
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  Call Number Admin @ si @ RaD2013b Serial 2316  
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Author Isabel Guitart; Jordi Conesa; Luis Villarejo; Agata Lapedriza; David Masip; Antoni Perez; Elena Planas edit   pdf
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  Title Opinion Mining on Educational Resources at the Open University of Catalonia Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication 3rd International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches. In conjunction with CISIS 2013: The 7th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 385 - 390  
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  Abstract In order to make improvements to teaching, it is vital to know what students think of the way they are taught. With that purpose in mind, exhaustively analyzing the forums associated with the subjects taught at the Universitat Oberta de Cataluya (UOC) would be extremely helpful, as the university's students often post comments on their learning experiences in them. Exploiting the content of such forums is not a simple undertaking. The volume of data involved is very large, and performing the task manually would require a great deal of effort from lecturers. As a first step to solve this problem, we propose a tool to automatically analyze the posts in forums of communities of UOC students and teachers, with a view to systematically mining the opinions they contain. This article defines the architecture of such tool and explains how lexical-semantic and language technology resources can be used to that end. For pilot testing purposes, the tool has been used to identify students' opinions on the UOC's Business Intelligence master's degree course during the last two years. The paper discusses the results of such test. The contribution of this paper is twofold. Firstly, it demonstrates the feasibility of using natural language parsing techniques to help teachers to make decisions. Secondly, it introduces a simple tool that can be refined and adapted to a virtual environment for the purpose in question.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-0-7695-4992-7 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ALICE  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number GCV2013 Serial 2268  
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Author Cesar Isaza; Joaquin Salas; Bogdan Raducanu edit   pdf
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  Title Synthetic ground truth dataset to detect shadow cast by static objects in outdoor Type Conference Article
  Year 2012 Publication 1st International Workshop on Visual Interfaces for Ground Truth Collection in Computer Vision Applications Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages art. 11  
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  Abstract In this paper, we propose a precise synthetic ground truth dataset to study the problem of detection of the shadows cast by static objects in outdoor environments during extended periods of time (days). For our dataset, we have created a virtual scenario using a rendering software. To increase the realism of the simulated environment, we have defined the scenario in a precise geographical location. In our dataset the sun is by far the main illumination source. The sun position during the simulation time takes into consideration factors related to the geographical location, such as the latitude, longitude, elevation above sea level, and precise image capturing day and time. In our simulation the camera remains fixed. The dataset consists of seven days of simulation, from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Images are captured every 10 seconds. The shadows' ground truth is automatically computed by the rendering software.  
  Address Capri, Italy  
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  Publisher ACM Place of Publication Editor  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN ISBN 978-1-4503-1405-3 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference VIGTA  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ ISR2012a Serial 2037  
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Author Ekaterina Zaytseva; Jordi Vitria edit   pdf
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  Title A search based approach to non maximum suppression in face detection Type Conference Article
  Year 2012 Publication 19th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Abbreviated Journal  
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  Abstract Poster
paper TA.P5.12
Face detectors typically produce a large number of false positives and this leads to the need to have a further non maximum suppression stage to eliminate multiple and spurious responses. This stage is based on considering spatial heuristics: true positive responses are selected by implicitly considering several restrictions on the spatial distribution of detector responses in natural images. In this paper we analyze the limitations of this approach and propose an efficient search method to overcome them. Results show how the application of this new non-maximum suppression approach to a simple face detector boosts its performance to state of the art results.
 
  Address Orlando; USA; September 2012  
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  ISSN 1522-4880 ISBN 978-1-4673-2534-9 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference ICIP  
  Notes (down) OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ ZaV2012 Serial 2060  
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