There is a claim 6that a system can solve face recognition problem using just one photo. See a brief announcement here. Such claims have appeared in context of object recognition in general and face recognition in particular. Based on the history, I have difficulty believing, but thought of sharing this.
MIT News had an article that comments on the test images and standards used in object recognition research in computer vision. “With only two types of objects to distinguish, this test should have been easier for the ‘toy’ computer model, but it proved harder,” Cox says. The team’s conclusion: “Our model did well on the [...]
Narayana Murthy, Ratan Tata, PRS Oberoi, and LN Mittal are among the people who have been honoured by Government of India by Padma Vibhusha — the second highes honour (the highest is Bharat Ratna). Nice to see that Government has started honouring industrialist who are really behind the progress India is making and are really [...]
Bill Gates keeps springing surprises (good ones) on people like me. See his new act in Davos. He is now going to help poor farmers. Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates announced a new direction Friday as he pledged $306 million in grants to develop farming in poor countries, leading the charge for corporate responsibility at a [...]
We Indians always argued that Divorces are for Westerners — we have solid marriages and we know how to make them work. I happened to have different opinion — all people and all marriages are same. Once a society evolves when divorve is no taboo and women have opportunities for second marriages and to live [...]