[Soc-coordination] Face Authentication : GSOC-2009 applicant

[Obey Arthur Liu]

kusum kumar a écrit :
> On 3/22/09, Obey Arthur Liu <arthur at milliways.fr> wrote:
>> kusum kumar a écrit :
>>> the next time onwards the module checks for the similarities in
>>> feature vectors of the user trying to login and can be used to login
>>> through face authentication .
>> Could you explain what these "feature vectors" are ?
>>
>> I have just though about the whole idea
>>> and started working on the algorithms of face-detection and
>>> recognition .
>> This is what worries me. Facial recognition is an academic research
>> area, not a toy.
>>

> Hello Obey Arthur Liu Sir,
> 
> Thank you for showing me your concern over the project .This has
> motivated me a lot.
> I am as you would have noticed by now not so experienced . My
> understanding of face vectors are the depth of skin at various point ,
> the varied color changes on the face (like the eyes are black) ,so
> they can be identified as a paticular spot on the face. The nose lies
> bit extended ,also  waguely we can say the distance between the eyes ,
> eyes and nose etc. With little help and guidance i am sure I would
> progress very well over the project.
> 
> You are very true to the fact that "Facial recognition is an academic research
> area, not a toy." . I will try my level best to bring out the best
> possible algorithm and code for the above.This won't stop with GSOC .
> I wish to further continue my research over it in the future. GSOC
> 2009  would be the platform to be under the most experienced and
> renowned Professionals and start and excel over a subject of Interest.
> 
> "Face Recognition" subject has been very intriguing to me over the
> last 6 months (since i got to know about it).  I would be very
> grateful if you could suggest me on the above .
> 

Honestly, I don't believe you or anyone can conjure a production-ready
free facial recognition implementation in 3 months or that this is a
project fit for Debian.
By the way, Ubuntu was removed from the selected organizations for GSoC
2009 yesterday.

-- 
Obey Arthur Liu
<http://www.milliways.fr>

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