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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 <span class="highlight">using</span> 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 for 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 for some
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/319/5862/499b/DC1/1#page=8
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/data/319/5862/499b/DC1/1#page=8
adding functionality to it, and they’ve got this very nice celebrity look-alike service. So they’re hosting a huge database <span class="highlight">of</span> famous <span class="highlight">face</span> images, they have about 30,000 images on their database. And the idea is that you as a user can upload a photograph <span class="highlight">of</span> your own <span class="highlight">face</span>, and it will compare the uploaded image <span class="highlight">of</span> you to all the images in its database and show you which celebrity you most closely resemble. Now this process is driven by <span class="highlight">one</span> <span class="highlight">of</span> the industry standard <span class="highlight">face</span> <span class="highlight">recognition</span> systems called FaceVACS. And
ESL Cafe: Conversational Language #6
> Back to Grammar Lessons Page Conversational Language (#6), by Dennis Oliver Conversational Language (#6): Short Reactions Written language and conversational language are often quite different. In fact, what's normal, common, and acceptable in spoken language is often considered to be...
 Smithsonian: The Plant Press Newsletter Volume 8.3
Mexico. Though the Rzedowskis were unable to attend, the award was accepted on their behalf by Victoria Sosa from the Instituto de Ecología in Xalapa. According to Sosa, the Rzedow- skis feel that a “fundamental priority” for botanists everywhere is the comple- tion of a fl...
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Mexico. Though the Rzedowskis were unable to attend, the award was accepted on their behalf by Victoria Sosa from the Instituto de Ecología in Xalapa. According to Sosa, the Rzedow- skis feel that a “fundamental priority” for botanists everywhere is the comple- tion of a flora of the world. The Rzedowskis were recognized for writing an impres- sive catalog of the flora of one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas (see related article, page 10). The first invited speaker was Vicki Funk, Senior Scientist at
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Mexico. Though the Rzedowskis were unable to attend, the award was accepted on their behalf by Victoria Sosa from the Instituto de Ecología in Xalapa. According to Sosa, the Rzedow- skis feel that a “fundamental priority” for botanists everywhere is the comple- tion <span class="highlight">of</span> a flora <span class="highlight">of</span> the world. The Rzedowskis were recognized for writing an impres- sive catalog <span class="highlight">of</span> the flora <span class="highlight">of</span> <span class="highlight">one</span> <span class="highlight">of</span> the world’s largest metropolitan <span class="highlight">areas</span> (see related article, page 10). The first invited speaker was Vicki Funk, Senior Scientist at
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taxonomists <span class="highlight">face</span> universal questions as well as the traditional taxon based ones. In addition to “How many species are there?” and “Where do they grow?”, we also contribute answers to questions such as “What are the global patterns <span class="highlight">of</span> diversity in the group?”, “How important are certain taxa?”, “Are ende- micity levels real?”, “What taxa should be conserved?” and “Can <span class="highlight">one</span> taxon serve as the surrogate <span class="highlight">of</span> another?” <span class="highlight">One</span> major source <span class="highlight">of</span> information for helping answer such questions is a flora. Floras have a long and rich
Smithsonian: Magazine: Aerosol Art
present the notion that individuality and portraiture might not be someone's face or body," she says. Conlon agrees: "Graffiti is based on choosing a name and making it as prolific as possible." Subscribe now for more of Smithsonian's coverage on history, science and na...
ESL Cafe: Conversational Language #13
the vowel sound of "hat") or "yeh" (with the vowel sound of "get"). Uh-huh In this variation, the vowel sound in both syllables is the same as the vowel sound in "but" or "hug." Note: The "h" at the beginning of...
Who wrote the Book of Life?
life forms that have at one time or another shown their face on our planet. "Some fossils in the ancient Burgess shale are so alien we can't determine which end of the creatures are up, and yet these monsters evolved right here on Earth from the same origins that we did,&...
ESL Cafe: Conversational Language #7
polite language is appropriate. In such situations, any of these variations might seem disrespectful. 3. All of these informal variations on "Yes" are frequently used in one-word answers: A: Are you tired? B: Yeah. / Yep. / Uh-huh. / Um-hmm. > Back...
ESL Cafe: Special Expressions with Body Parts #3
Links! > Back to Grammar Lessons Page Special Expressions with Body Parts (#3), by Dennis Oliver expressions with face (#1) Here are more idioms and expressions using body parts, but this time, they use face. expression meaning face (noun-- figurative meaning) r...
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