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The Analysis of Facial Beauty: An Emerging Area of Research in Pattern Analysis

  • Andrea Bottino
  • Aldo Laurentini
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6111)

Abstract

Much research presented recently supports the idea that the human perception of attractiveness is data-driven and largely irrespective of the perceiver. This suggests using pattern analysis techniques for beauty analysis. Several scientific papers on this subject are appearing in image processing, computer vision and pattern analysis contexts, or use techniques of these areas. In this paper, we will survey the recent studies on automatic analysis of facial beauty, and discuss research lines and practical applications.

Keywords

Face image analysis facial landmarks attractiveness 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Andrea Bottino
    • 1
  • Aldo Laurentini
    • 1
  1. 1.Dipartimento di Automatica e InformaticaPolitecnico di TorinoTorinoItaly

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