FACE RECOGNITION

face recognition has received substantial attention from researchers in biometrics, pattern recognition, and computer vision communities. The machine learning and computer graphics communities are also increasingly involved in face recognition. This common interest among researchers working in diverse fields is motivated by our remarkable ability to recognize people and the fact that human activity is a primary concern both in everyday life and in cyberspace. Besides, there are a large number of commercial, security, and forensic applications requiring the use of face recognition technologies. These applications include automated crowd surveillance, access control, mugshot identification (e.g., for issuing driver licenses), face reconstruction, design of human computer interface (HCI), multimedia communication (e.g., generation of synthetic faces) and content-based image database management. A number of commercial face recognition systems have been deployed, such as Cognitec, Eyematic, Viisage, and Identix.