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Automated Face Recognition Systems (FRSs), developed using deep learning models, are deployed worldwide for identity verification and facial attribute analysis. The performance of these models is determined by a complex interdependence…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Siddharth D Jaiswal , Sagnik Basu , Sandipan Sikdar , Animesh Mukherjee

AI based Face Recognition Systems (FRSs) are now widely distributed and deployed as MLaaS solutions all over the world, moreso since the COVID-19 pandemic for tasks ranging from validating individuals' faces while buying SIM cards to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Siddharth D Jaiswal , Ankit Kr. Verma , Animesh Mukherjee

We present a novel boundary-aware face alignment algorithm by utilising boundary lines as the geometric structure of a human face to help facial landmark localisation. Unlike the conventional heatmap based method and regression based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Wayne Wu , Chen Qian , Shuo Yang , Quan Wang , Yici Cai , Qiang Zhou

Previous generations of face recognition algorithms differ in accuracy for images of different races (race bias). Here, we present the possible underlying factors (data-driven and scenario modeling) and methodological considerations for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-05 Jacqueline G. Cavazos , P. Jonathon Phillips , Carlos D. Castillo , Alice J. O'Toole

Facial shadows often degrade image quality and the performance of vision algorithms. Existing methods struggle to remove shadows while preserving texture, especially under complex lighting conditions, and they lack real-world paired…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Tailong Luo , Jiesong Bai , Jinyang Huang , Junyu Xia , Wangyu Wu , Xuhang Chen

In the field of deep learning applied to face recognition, securing large-scale, high-quality datasets is vital for attaining precise and reliable results. However, amassing significant volumes of high-quality real data faces hurdles such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Omer Granoviter , Alexey Gruzdev , Vladimir Loginov , Max Kogan , Orly Zvitia

Bias has been a constant in face recognition models. Over the years, researchers have looked at it from both the model and the data point of view. However, their approach to mitigation of data bias was limited and lacked insight on the real…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Pedro C. Neto , Naser Damer , Jaime S. Cardoso , Ana F. Sequeira

Face verification remains a challenging problem in very complex conditions with large variations such as pose, illumination, expression, and occlusions. This problem is exacerbated when we rely unrealistically on a single training data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-12-23 Chaochao Lu , Xiaoou Tang

Published academic research and media articles suggest face recognition is biased across demographics. Specifically, unequal performance is obtained for women, dark-skinned people, and older adults. However, these published studies have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-02 Anoop Krishnan , Brian Neas , Ajita Rattani

Many face recognition systems boost the performance using deep learning models, but only a few researches go into the mechanisms for dealing with online registration. Although we can obtain discriminative facial features through the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-29 Hsin-Rung Chou , Jia-Hong Lee , Yi-Ming Chan , Chu-Song Chen

Although deep face recognition has achieved impressive progress in recent years, controversy has arisen regarding discrimination based on skin tone, questioning their deployment into real-world scenarios. In this paper, we aim to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-16 Mei Wang , Yaobin Zhang , Weihong Deng

Face recognition system is one of the esteemed research areas in pattern recognition and computer vision as long as its major challenges. A few challenges in recognizing faces are blur, illumination, and varied expressions. Blur is natural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Anubha Pearline. S , Hemalatha. M

Fair face recognition is all about learning invariant feature that generalizes to unseen faces in any demographic group. Unfortunately, face datasets inevitably capture the imbalanced demographic attributes that are ubiquitous in real-world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Jiali Ma , Zhongqi Yue , Kagaya Tomoyuki , Suzuki Tomoki , Karlekar Jayashree , Sugiri Pranata , Hanwang Zhang

Cross-spectral face recognition (CFR) refers to recognizing individuals using face images stemming from different spectral bands, such as infrared versus visible. While CFR is inherently more challenging than classical face recognition due…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-10 David Anghelone , Cunjian Chen , Arun Ross , Antitza Dantcheva

Whilst face recognition applications are becoming increasingly prevalent within our daily lives, leading approaches in the field still suffer from performance bias to the detriment of some racial profiles within society. In this study, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Seyma Yucer , Samet Akçay , Noura Al-Moubayed , Toby P. Breckon

Recognizing wild faces is extremely hard as they appear with all kinds of variations. Traditional methods either train with specifically annotated variation data from target domains, or by introducing unlabeled target variation data to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Yichun Shi , Xiang Yu , Kihyuk Sohn , Manmohan Chandraker , Anil K. Jain

Face gender classification models often reflect and amplify demographic biases present in their training data, leading to uneven performance across gender and racial subgroups. We introduce pseudo-balancing, a simple and effective strategy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Haohua Dong , Ana Manzano Rodríguez , Camille Guinaudeau , Shin'ichi Satoh

Law enforcement regularly faces the challenge of ranking suspects from their facial images. Deep face models aid this process but frequently introduce biases that disproportionately affect certain demographic segments. While bias…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Andrea Atzori , Gianni Fenu , Mirko Marras

Face recognition is a long standing challenge in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The goal is to create systems that accurately detect, recognize, verify, and understand human faces. There are significant technical hurdles in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Michele Merler , Nalini Ratha , Rogerio S. Feris , John R. Smith

The evaluation of fairness in machine learning systems has become a central concern in high-stakes applications, including biometric recognition, healthcare decision-making, and automated risk assessment. Existing approaches typically rely…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Khalid Adnan Alsayed