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Science Podcast: Accurate Automatic Face Recognition; Complete Synthesis of a Genome; Unde...
facial recognition to 100% by using what they call an "averaged" face. In the future, it could mean a new kind of photo for your passport. I spoke to Jenkins from his office at the University of Glasgow. Interviewee - Rob Jenkins As you know, there&rsqu...
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facial recognition to 100% by using what they call an "averaged" face. In the future, it could mean a new kind of photo for your passport. I spoke to Jenkins from his office at the University of Glasgow. Interviewee - Rob Jenkins As you know, there’s increasing interest in security applications and security infrastructure and biometrics in general. The problem is, a lot of the face recognition systems that are out there simply don’t work at anything like the level that people think they do. So for some
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/319/5862/499b/DC1/1#page=7
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/319/5862/499b/DC1/1#page=7
facial <span class="highlight">recognition</span> to 100% by using what they call an "averaged" <span class="highlight">face</span>. In the future, it could mean a new kind <span class="highlight">of</span> photo <span class="highlight">for</span> your passport. I spoke to Jenkins from his office at the University <span class="highlight">of</span> Glasgow. Interviewee - Rob Jenkins As you know, there’s increasing interest in security applications and security infrastructure and biometrics in general. The problem is, a lot <span class="highlight">of</span> the <span class="highlight">face</span> <span class="highlight">recognition</span> systems that are out there simply don’t work at anything like the level that people think they do. So <span class="highlight">for</span> some
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www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/319/5862/499b/DC1/1#page=8
we realized that we could exploit this setup to try to get at the performance level <span class="highlight">of</span> that <span class="highlight">face</span> <span class="highlight">recognition</span> system on images <span class="highlight">of</span> real world variability. So these are images that contain all the variability in lighting and so on that we are used to dealing with in the real world. But it’s exactly that <span class="highlight">information</span> that usually trips up the automatic systems. And so the logic behind this was that if the system is performing well, and we feed it a photograph <span class="highlight">of</span> Bill Clinton, it should tell us that the closest
 Smithsonian: The Plant Press Newsletter Volume 7.4
the core themes defined by the plan, “Discovering and Understanding Life’s Diversity.” Scientists have been making use of these collections for over 150 years to answer just such thorny prob- lems. The Strategic Plan has also adopted the viewpoint of Joseph Hen...
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the core themes defined by the plan, “Discovering and Understanding Life’s Diversity.” Scientists have been making use of these collections for over 150 years to answer just such thorny prob- lems. The Strategic Plan has also adopted the viewpoint of Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, namely that the dissemina- tion of research results, or “getting the message out” as it was phrased, is an equally important component of the strategic plan. Considering this mandate, it seems an
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http://botany.si.edu/pubs/plantpress/vol7no4.pdf#page=1
botany.si.edu/pubs/plantpress/vol7no4.pdf#page=1
the core themes defined by the plan, “Discovering and Understanding Life’s Diversity.” Scientists have been making use <span class="highlight">of</span> these collections <span class="highlight">for</span> over 150 years to answer just such thorny prob- lems. The Strategic Plan has also adopted the viewpoint <span class="highlight">of</span> Joseph Henry, the first Secretary <span class="highlight">of</span> the Smithsonian Institution, namely that the dissemina- tion <span class="highlight">of</span> research results, or “getting the message out” as it was phrased, is an equally important <span class="highlight">component</span> <span class="highlight">of</span> the strategic plan. Considering this mandate, it seems an
Stellar nurseries for baby planets
conception of how gas and dust around a newborn star evolves into a planetary system. The three frames represent the appearance of a nearly edge-on system at three stages of protoplanetary evolution. Click here for a larger view of the edge on system...
Fading embers hold clues to puzzle of gamma-ray bursts
lasting ~400 s. An abrupt change in spectral shape is found when the tail becomes noticeable. Our analysis reveals that the spectral evolution in the tail of the burst mimics that of a cooling synchrotron spectrum, similar to the spectral evolution of the low-energy after...
Sled dogs carry astrobiology to dizzying heights
White Mountains. It was the first step in a new educational program called "Life on the Edge," which aims to expose grade school students to some of the basic principles of astrobiology and to explore the possibilities for life elsewhere in the Solar System. Ri...
Smithsonian: The Plant Press Newsletter Volume 1.3
reduce options for its protection. In addition, islands or island groups, which often have high rates of endemicity, face particularly high levels of threat to their flora. Seven out of the top ten areas listed according to per- centage of threatened flora a...
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reduce options for its protection. In addition, islands or island groups, which often have high rates of endemicity, face particularly high levels of threat to their flora. Seven out of the top ten areas listed according to per- centage of threatened flora are islands: St. Helena, Mauritius, Seychelles, Jamaica, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, and Reunion. A great number of plant species known to have medicinal value are at risk of disappearing, leaving their healing potential unfulfilled. For instance, 75% of the
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http://botany.si.edu/pubs/plantpress/vol1no3.pdf#page=1
botany.si.edu/pubs/plantpress/vol1no3.pdf#page=1
reduce options <span class="highlight">for</span> its protection. In addition, islands or island groups, which often have high rates <span class="highlight">of</span> endemicity, <span class="highlight">face</span> particularly high levels <span class="highlight">of</span> threat to their flora. Seven out <span class="highlight">of</span> the top ten areas listed according to per- centage <span class="highlight">of</span> threatened flora are islands: St. Helena, Mauritius, Seychelles, Jamaica, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, and Reunion. A great number <span class="highlight">of</span> plant species known to have medicinal value are at risk <span class="highlight">of</span> disappearing, leaving their healing potential unfulfilled. <span class="highlight">For</span> instance, 75% <span class="highlight">of</span> the
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