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Class representative autoencoder for low resolution multi-spectral gender classification
M. Singh, S. Nagpal, ,
Published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
2017
Volume: 2017-May
   
Pages: 1026 - 1033
Abstract
Gender is one of the most common attributes used to describe an individual. It is used in multiple domains such as human computer interaction, marketing, security, and demographic reports. Research has been performed to automate the task of gender recognition in constrained environment using face images, however, limited attention has been given to gender classification in unconstrained scenarios. This work attempts to address the challenging problem of gender classification in multi-spectral low resolution face images. We propose a robust Class Representative Autoencoder model, termed as AutoGen for the same. The proposed model aims to minimize the intra-class variations while maximizing the inter-class variations for the learned feature representations. Results on visible as well as near infrared spectrum data for different resolutions and multiple databases depict the efficacy of the proposed model. Comparative results with existing approaches and two commercial off-the-shelf systems further motivate the use of class representative features for classification. © 2017 IEEE.