Anarghya Mitra and Zelun Luo Real-time Video-based Face Identity and Expression Recognition Anarghya Mitra and Zelun Luo Mentor – Jia-Bin Huang Advisor – Professor Narendra Ahuja

Learned thus far Survey Face detection Face recognition Expression recognition Implemented baseline face tracking using OpenCV APIs

Materials Academic papers – Tutorials – Face recognition: A literature survey Image sets alignment for Video-Based Face Recognition Dictionary-Based Face Recognition from Video A Survey of Recent Advances in Face Detection Development of Research on Facial Expression Recognition Tutorials – Haar Cascade Classifiers in OpenCV

Goals Improve an aspect of current expression recognition and facial tracking techniques in terms of accuracy or efficiency Implement a working system for facial detection and expression recognition Design a method to make current techniques robust to illumination, blur and pose