Human skin detection in images is desirable in many practical applications, eg, human–
computer interaction and adult-content filtering. However, existing methods are mainly suffer …

Human body segmentation is essential for many practical applications, eg, video
surveillance analysis in intelligent urban. However, existing methods mainly suffer from …

Taking self-portraits with a digital camera is a popular way to present oneself through
photography. Traditional techniques for taking self-portraits, such as use of self-timers or …

This paper experimentally investigates the effect of global recombination operators on
multirecombination Evolution Strategies ((/spl mu///spl rho/,/spl lambda/)-ES). For ES, each …

This paper studies the composition in portrait paintings and develops an algorithm to
improve the composition of portrait photographs based on example portrait paintings. A …

Human expectations and practices are key aspects to consider when develo** semi-
automatic methods to select important photos from personal collections, eg for creating an …

The field of genealogy has embraced the move towards digitisation, with increasingly large
quantities of historical photographs being digitised in an effort to both preserve and share …

Most existing digital camera user interfaces place little emphasis on self-portrait options.
Therefore, it is not always easy to take self-portraits using conventional user interfaces. For …

Aesthetic principles are inerent to the human being. However, it is difficult to imagine a
machine which can simulate human intuition and opinions. In this project, I address the …

Clothing style analysis is a critical step for understanding images of people. To automatically
identify the style of clothing that people wear is a challenging task due to various poses of …