Learning from humans: Computational modeling of face recognition

Christian Wallraven, Adrian Schwaninger, Heinrich H. Bülthoff

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we propose a computational architecture of face recognition based on evidence from cognitive research. Several recent psychophysical experiments have shown that humans process faces by a combination of configural and component information. Using an appearance-based implementation of this architecture based on low-level features and their spatial relations, we were able to model aspects of human performance found in psychophysical studies. Furthermore, results from additional computational recognition experiments show that our framework is able to achieve excellent recognition performance even under large view rotations. Our interdisciplinary study is an example of how results from cognitive research can be used to construct recognition systems with increased performance. Finally, our modeling results also make new experimental predictions that will be tested in further psychophysical studies, thus effectively closing the loop between psychophysical experimentation and computational modeling.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)401-418
    Number of pages18
    JournalNetwork: Computation in Neural Systems
    Volume16
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005 Dec

    Keywords

    • Configural and component information
    • Face recognition
    • Local features

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Neuroscience (miscellaneous)

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