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Look at the eigenfaces!
Review written by: W Boudville From Terra, Sol 3
Evolution gives us a profound and hardwired ability to recognise others of our own species. A fundamental trait vital to any species which has eyes. This also has had the effect of making effective face recognition a very hard task for computers. Which has not deterred many researchers from tackling the problem.

This book is a timely summary of our current understanding. Each chapter has a bulky list of references that will aid researchers. Along with many photos and diagrams that illustrate the various algorithms. The editors have also thoughtfully provided a central selection of colour plates for enhanced viewing. The illustrations in the rest of the text are in black and white.

The maths in various methods is impressive. As in convoluting for general materials. Or the key concept of an eigenface. So important is this that it is covered early, in the entirety of chapter 2. The term is a natural extension of eigenvalue and eigenvector, used in linear algebra and differential systems. Suffice it to say that you should already be fluent in the latter, otherwise much of this book will be meaningless.