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This paper describes a new technique for finding disentangled semantic directions in the latent space of StyleGAN. Our method identifies meaningful orthogonal subspaces that allow editing of one human face attribute, while minimizing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Chen Naveh , Yacov Hel-Or

Facial recognition technology (FRT) is increasingly used in criminal investigations, yet most evaluations of its accuracy rely on high-quality images, unlike those often encountered by law enforcement. This study examines how five common…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Maria Cuellar , Hon Kiu , To , Arush Mehrotra

Semantic face image manipulation has received increasing attention in recent years. StyleGAN-based approaches to face morphing are among the leading techniques; however, they often suffer from noticeable blurring and artifacts as a result…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Na Zhang , Xudong Liu , Xin Li , Guo-Jun Qi

The unprecedented increase in the usage of computer vision technology in society goes hand in hand with an increased concern in data privacy. In many real-world scenarios like people tracking or action recognition, it is important to be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Maxim Maximov , Ismail Elezi , Laura Leal-Taixé

This work integrates StyleGAN, DragGAN and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to enhance the latent space efficiency and controllability of GAN-generated images. Style-GAN provides a structured latent space, DragGAN enables intuitive image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Kirsten Odendaal , Neela Kaushik , Spencer Halverson

In this work, we introduce a new approach for face stylization. Despite existing methods achieving impressive results in this task, there is still room for improvement in generating high-quality artistic faces with diverse styles and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Mengtian Li , Yi Dong , Minxuan Lin , Haibin Huang , Pengfei Wan , Chongyang Ma

In recent years, the increasing availability of personal data has raised concerns regarding privacy and security. One of the critical processes to address these concerns is data anonymization, which aims to protect individual privacy and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Fabio Hellmann , Silvan Mertes , Mohamed Benouis , Alexander Hustinx , Tzung-Chien Hsieh , Cristina Conati , Peter Krawitz , Elisabeth André

Most existing Face Forgery Detection (FFD) models assume access to raw face images. In practice, under a client-server framework, private facial data may be intercepted during transmission or leaked by untrusted servers. Previous privacy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Guoqing Ma , Xun Lin , Hui Ma , Ajian Liu , Yizhong Liu , Wenzhong Tang , Shan Yu , Chenqi Kong , Yi Yu

StyleGAN is a state-of-art generative adversarial network architecture that generates random 2D high-quality synthetic facial data samples. In this paper, we recap the StyleGAN architecture and training methodology and present our…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-25 Viktor Varkarakis , Shabab Bazrafkan , Peter Corcoran

In today's digital age, concerns about the dangers of AI-generated images are increasingly common. One powerful tool in this domain is StyleGAN (style-based generative adversarial networks), a generative adversarial network capable of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-21 Julia Laubmann , Johannes Reschke

With billions of personal images being generated from social media and cameras of all sorts on a daily basis, security and privacy are unprecedentedly challenged. Although extensive attempts have been made, existing face image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Tao Li , Lei Lin

Face photo-sketch synthesis and recognition has many applications in digital entertainment and law enforcement. Recently, generative adversarial networks (GANs) based methods have significantly improved the quality of image synthesis, but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-31 Yuke Fang , Jiani Hu , Weihong Deng

The secure analysis of dermatological images in clinical environments is fundamentally restricted by the critical trade-off between patient privacy and the preservation of diagnostic fidelity. Traditional de-identification techniques often…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Konstantinos Moutselos , Ilias Maglogiannis

In the past decades, the excessive use of the last-generation GAN (Generative Adversarial Networks) models in computer vision has enabled the creation of artificial face images that are visually indistinguishable from genuine ones. These…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-04 Ehsan Nowroozi , Mauro Conti , Yassine Mekdad

Recent advances in generative adversarial networks (GANs) have led to remarkable achievements in face image synthesis. While methods that use style-based GANs can generate strikingly photorealistic face images, it is often difficult to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Safa C. Medin , Bernhard Egger , Anoop Cherian , Ye Wang , Joshua B. Tenenbaum , Xiaoming Liu , Tim K. Marks

Since the introduction of the GDPR and CCPA legislation, both public and private facial image datasets are increasingly scrutinized. Several datasets have been taken offline completely and some have been anonymized. However, it is unclear…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Sander R. Klomp , Matthew van Rijn , Rob G. J. Wijnhoven , Cees G. M. Snoek , Peter H. N. de With

Face images are rich data items that are useful and can easily be collected in many applications, such as in 1-to-1 face verification tasks in the domain of security and surveillance systems. Multiple methods have been proposed to protect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Ahmadreza Mosallanezhad , Yasin N. Silva , Michelle V. Mancenido , Huan Liu

Face anti-spoofing is crucial for ensuring the security and reliability of face recognition systems. Several existing face anti-spoofing methods utilize GAN-like networks to detect presentation attacks by estimating the noise pattern of a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Bin Zhang , Xiangyu Zhu , Xiaoyu Zhang , Zhen Lei

There are five features to consider when using generative adversarial networks to apply makeup to photos of the human face. These features include (1) facial components, (2) interactive color adjustments, (3) makeup variations, (4)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-25 Daichi Horita , Kiyoharu Aizawa

Anonymization of medical images is necessary for protecting the identity of the test subjects, and is therefore an essential step in data sharing. However, recent developments in deep learning may raise the bar on the amount of distortion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-23 David Abramian , Anders Eklund