Handbook of Face Recognition, 2nd Edition

This highly anticipated new edition provides a comprehensive account of face recognition research and technology, spanning the full range of topics needed for designing operational face recognition systems. After a thorough introductory chapter, each of the following chapters focus on a specific topic, reviewing background information, up-to-date techniques, and recent results, as well as offering challenges and future directions. Features: fully updated, revised and expanded, covering the entire spectrum of concepts, methods, and algorithms for automated face detection and recognition systems; provides comprehensive coverage of face detection, tracking, alignment, feature extraction, and recognition technologies, and issues in evaluation, systems, security, and applications; contains numerous step-by-step algorithms; describes a broad range of applications; presents contributions from an international selection of experts; integrates numerous supporting graphs, tables, charts, and performance data.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: Face Image Modeling and Representation
Chapter 2: Face Recognition in Subspaces
Chapter 3: Face Subspace Learning
Chapter 4: Local Representation of Facial Features
Chapter 5: Face Alignment Models
Chapter 6: Morphable Models of Faces
Chapter 7: Illumination Modeling for Face Recognition
Chapter 8: Face Recognition Across Pose and Illumination
Chapter 9: Skin Color in Face Analysis
Chapter 10: Face Aging Modeling

Part II: Face Recognition Techniques
Chapter 11: Face Detection
Chapter 12: Facial Landmark Localization
Chapter 13: Face Tracking and Recognition in Video
Chapter 14: Face Recognition at a Distance
Chapter 15: Face Recognition Using Near Infrared Images
Chapter 16: Multispectral Face Imaging and Analysis
Chapter 17: Face Recognition Using 3D Images
Chapter 18: Facial Action Tracking
Chapter 19: Facial Expression Recognition
Chapter 20: Face Synthesis

Part III: Performance Evaluation: Machines and Humans
Chapter 21: Evaluation Methods in Face Recognition
Chapter 22: Dynamic Aspects of Face Processing in Humans
Chapter 23: Face Recognition by Humans and Machines
Part IV: Face Recognition Applications
Chapter 24: Face Recognition Applications
Chapter 25: Large Scale Database Search
Chapter 26: Face Recognition in Forensic Science
Chapter 27: Privacy Protection and Face Recognition