title: Learning invariant face recognition from examples.
abstract: Autonomous learning is demonstrated by living beings that learn visual invariances during their visual experience. Standard neural network models do not show this sort of learning. On the example of face recognition in different situations we propose a learning process that separates learning of the invariance proper from learning new instances of individuals. The invariance is learned by a set of examples called model, which contains instances of all situations. New instances are compared with these on the basis of rank lists, which allow generalization across situations. The result is also implemented as a spike-time-based neural network, which is shown to be robust against disturbances. The learning capability is demonstrated by recognition experiments on a set of standard face databases.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. marco.k.mueller@rub.de
authors.forename: Marco K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tremer
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bodenstein
authors.forename: Rolf P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Würtz
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D021641:Recognition, Psychology