FACEVAR

Face Recognition: Understanding the role of within-person variability

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF YORK    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙496˙263 €
EC contributo	1˙496˙263 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2012-ADG_20120411
Funding Scheme	ERC-AG
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-06-01   -   2017-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN  Organization address address: KING'S COLLEGE REGENT WALK city: ABERDEEN postcode: AB24 3FX contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Kerry Cognome: Kidd Email: send email Telefono: +44 1224 273739	UK (ABERDEEN)	beneficiary	423˙616.82
2	UNIVERSITY OF YORK  Organization address address: HESLINGTON city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE postcode: YO10 5DD contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Cate Cognome: Cowton Email: send email Telefono: 441904000000	UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE)	hostInstitution	1˙072˙646.18
3	UNIVERSITY OF YORK  Organization address address: HESLINGTON city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE postcode: YO10 5DD contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Anthony Michael Cognome: Burton Email: send email Telefono: +44 1904 323 140 Fax: +44 1904 323 181	UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE)	hostInstitution	1˙072˙646.18

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

This project represents a new way to look at the problem of human face recognition. Despite a large amount of research on this topic, we still do not understand the most fundamental aspect of face processing: how can we identify the people we see? This is a key problem in human perception, but it also has practical implications in forensic and security settings. This project has its roots in a simple observation: pictures of the same face can look very different indeed. In the standard approach to face recognition, this commonplace fact is treated as an inconvenience. Differences between pictures of the same person are regarded as ‘noise’, and either ignored, or eliminated by systematically controlling the images used for research. This research programme takes exactly the converse approach. Instead of trying to control away this variability, we wish to study it explicitly. Under this approach, the focus is not how to ‘tell people apart’, but instead how to ‘tell people together’ – how to bring together superficially different images into a coherent representation. Early work suggests that a very important component of familiar face recognition is the ability to generalize over superficial image differences – differences which tend to fool unfamiliar viewers, as well as automatic computer-based systems. The current failure to address this variability may account for the slow progress in face identification – progress which has fallen behind the understanding of other aspects of face processing such as social perception. By studying this missing component of face recognition, a novel theoretical model will be developed which has the potential to make a significant contribution.