The average face of people in different parts of the world.

Overview

We are exploring the relationship between human appearance and geographic location through large-scale analysis of images uploaded to social networking websites.

Related Papers

1. Bessinger Z, Jacobs N. 2019. A Generative Model of Worldwide Facial Appearance. In: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). DOI: 10.1109/WACV.2019.00172.
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   @inproceedings{bessinger2019gps2face,
     annotation = {geofaces,contextualeyes,social_media},
     author = {Bessinger, Zachary and Jacobs, Nathan},
     booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
     pdf = {https://zachbessinger.com/assets/papers/bessinger2019generative.pdf},
     project = {https://zachbessinger.com/publications/bessinger2019generative/},
     title = {A Generative Model of Worldwide Facial Appearance},
     note = {(oral)},
     doi = {10.1109/WACV.2019.00172},
     year = {2019}
   }
   

2. Bessinger Z, Stauffer C, Jacobs N. 2016. Who Goes There? Approaches to Mapping Facial Appearance Diversity. In: ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL). DOI: 10.1145/2996913.2996997.
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   @inproceedings{bessinger2016wgt,
     annotation = {dataset_wgt,geolookbook,geofaces,ugrad,amazon,nvidia,social_media},
     author = {Bessinger, Zachary and Stauffer, Chris and Jacobs, Nathan},
     booktitle = {ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL)},
     title = {Who Goes There? {Approaches} to Mapping Facial Appearance Diversity},
     pdf = {https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-5J0puHLPsM7cYDwWjf9fu8RP9qeaT9h},
     doi = {10.1145/2996913.2996997},
     year = {2016}
   }
   

3. Salem T, Workman S, Zhai M, Jacobs N. 2016. Analyzing Human Appearance as a Cue for Dating Images. In: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). 1–8. DOI: 10.1109/WACV.2016.7477678.
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   @inproceedings{salem2016face2year,
     annotation = {dataset_face2year,geofaces,contextualeyes,nvidia,social_media},
     author = {Salem, Tawfiq and Workman, Scott and Zhai, Menghua and Jacobs, Nathan},
     booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
     pages = {1--8},
     pdf = {https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CC61uyv6tWhUUex7ISAFHdPzdJC7XKSP/view?usp=sharing},
     doi = {10.1109/WACV.2016.7477678},
     project = {https://tsalem.github.io/audio-mapping/face2year/},
     title = {Analyzing Human Appearance as a Cue for Dating Images},
     note = {Acceptance rate: 42.3\%},
     year = {2016}
   }
   

4. Islam MT, Greenwell C, Souvenir R, Jacobs N. 2015. Large-Scale Geo-Facial Image Analysis. EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (JIVP) 2015:1–14. DOI: 10.1186/s13640-015-0070-9.
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   @article{geofacial,
     annotation = {dataset_geofaces,geofaces,spotlight,contextualeyes,social_media},
     author = {Islam, Mohammad T. and Greenwell, Connor and Souvenir, Richard and Jacobs, Nathan},
     doi = {10.1186/s13640-015-0070-9},
     journal = {EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (JIVP)},
     month = jun,
     note = {Impact factor: 1.060},
     number = {1},
     pages = {1--14},
     pdf = {http://jivp.eurasipjournals.com/content/2015/1/17},
     project = {https://mvrl.cse.wustl.edu/research/geofaces/},
     thumbnail = {/thumbnails/geofacial.jpg},
     title = {Large-Scale Geo-Facial Image Analysis},
     volume = {2015},
     year = {2015},
     bdsk-url-1 = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13640-015-0070-9}
   }
   

5. Islam MT, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2015. Face2GPS: Estimating Geographic Location from Facial Features. In: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP). DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2015.7351072.
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   @inproceedings{islam2015face2gps,
     annotation = {geofaces,contextualeyes,deeplearning,localization,social_media},
     author = {Islam, Mohammad T. and Workman, Scott and Jacobs, Nathan},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)},
     note = {Acceptance rate: 45\% (overall)},
     project = {https://mvrl.cse.wustl.edu/research/geofaces/},
     pubtype = {oral presentation},
     doi = {10.1109/ICIP.2015.7351072},
     title = {{Face2GPS}: Estimating Geographic Location from Facial Features},
     pdf = {https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-64CTPJw8LpyId7X7baIkXwY3JHpp_9v},
     year = {2015}
   }
   

6. Greenwell C, Spurlock S, Souvenir R, Jacobs N. 2014. GeoFaceExplorer: Exploring the Geo-Dependence of Facial Attributes. In: ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Crowdsourced and Volunteered Geographic Information (GEOCROWD). 32–37. DOI: 10.1145/2676440.2676443.
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   @inproceedings{greenwell2014faceattributes,
     annotation = {workshop,ugrad,geofaces,contextualeyes,social_media},
     author = {Greenwell, Connor and Spurlock, Scott and Souvenir, Richard and Jacobs, Nathan},
     booktitle = {ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Crowdsourced and Volunteered Geographic Information (GEOCROWD)},
     doi = {10.1145/2676440.2676443},
     pages = {32--37},
     pdf = {https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWiQXyf2e5IXjNA5blyw60wbfl5vTJW_/view?usp=sharing},
     project = {https://mvrl.cse.wustl.edu/research/geofaces/},
     title = {{GeoFaceExplorer}: Exploring the Geo-Dependence of Facial Attributes},
     year = {2014}
   }
   

7. Islam MT, Workman S, Wu H, Souvenir R, Jacobs N. 2014. Exploring the Geo-Dependence of Human Face Appearance. In: IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). 1042–1049. DOI: 10.1109/WACV.2014.6835989.
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   @inproceedings{islam14faces,
     annotation = {geofaces,contextualeyes,social_media},
     author = {Islam, Mohammad T. and Workman, Scott and Wu, Hui and Souvenir, Richard and Jacobs, Nathan},
     booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
     doi = {10.1109/WACV.2014.6835989},
     note = {Acceptance rate: 40\%},
     pages = {1042--1049},
     pdf = {https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fTi8DErADSplztfqkiQreq3whILSFkHo/view?usp=sharing},
     title = {Exploring the Geo-Dependence of Human Face Appearance},
     year = {2014},
     bdsk-url-1 = {https://doi.org/10.1109/WACV.2014.6835989}
   }
   

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• Nathan Jacobs
• Richard Souvenir
• Mohammad T. Islam
• Connor Greenwell
• Scott Spurlock
• Hui Wu