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face recognition flop wghy do I not believe this
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:20:22 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk> Date: July 25, 2007 6:42:40 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: face recognition flop Dave:From the CyTrap Labs Newsletter, responding to an item that I passed on to them from IP:
Research that matters - Bundeskriminalamt conducted a field test of face recognition software at MainzFace reconition software works for fighting terrorismBKA in Germany conducted a large field test to see if face reconition software could be used to catch criminals and terrorist suspects. While the media got it wrong including the BKA's own president Jörg Ziercke - from a scientific perspective - these tests were a success With minimal human interference - false positive ratio was kept quite small - 0.1 percent Face recognition technology if used correctly and according to the country's constitution and privacy laws is an effective tool for catching criminals and stopping hooligans from entering a football stadium.
Full story at: http://blog.cytrap.eu/?p=248 Cheers Brian -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~brian.randell/ ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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