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Single sample face recognition using deep learning: a survey

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Face recognition has become popular in the last few decades among researchers across the globe due to its applicability in several domains. This problem becomes more challenging when only a single training image is available and is popularly known as single sample face recognition (SSFR) problem. SSFR becomes even more complex when images are captured under varying illumination conditions, different poses, occlusion, and expression. Further, deep learning methods have shown performance at par with humans recently. Due to the emergence of deep learning methods in the last decade, it has been made possible to recognize faces with excellent accuracy even in a single sample scenario. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of SSFR using deep learning. We also propose a novel taxonomy and broadly divide these methods into three categories viz. virtual sample generation, feature-based, and hybrid methods. Performance comparison of these methods as reported in the literature has also been performed. Finally, we review publicly available databases used by the researchers and give some important future research directions which will help aspiring researchers in this fascinating area.

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Abbreviations

AI/ML:

Artificial intelligence/machine learning

ANN:

Artificial neural network

CNN:

Convolutional neural network

CPU:

Central processing unit

DCNN:

Deep convolutional neural network

DNN:

Deep neural network

DPC:

Decision pyramid classifier

EK-LFH:

ETRI-KAIST labeled faces in the heterogeneous environment

FLD:

Fisher linear discriminant

FR:

Face recognition

FV:

Face verification

GAN:

Generative adversarial network

GFN:

Gabor feedforward network

GPU:

Graphics processing unit

KLD:

Kullback–Leibler divergence

LDA:

Linear discriminant analysis

LDP:

Locality dispersion projection

LFW:

Labelled faces in the wild

NLP:

Natural language processing

ORL:

Olivetti research laboratory

OSPP:

One sample per person

PCA:

Principal component analysis

ReLU:

Rectified linear unit

RNN:

Recurrent neural network

SID:

Single image deraining

SIFT:

Scale-invariant feature transform

SOD:

Salient object detection

SOM:

Self organizing map

SRC:

Sparse representation classifier

SSFR:

Single sample face recognition

SSFRDL:

Single sample face recognition using deep learning

SVD:

Singular value decomposition

SVM:

Support vector machine

UFI:

Unconstrained facial images

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Tomar, V., Kumar, N. & Srivastava, A.R. Single sample face recognition using deep learning: a survey. Artif Intell Rev 56 (Suppl 1), 1063–1111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-023-10551-y

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