Friday, May 2, 2008

SIGGRAPH New Technology: From Enhancing Facial Attractiveness to Virtual Maps

Gideon Dror's group from Tel Aviv is presenting their work on a computer model for enhancement at SIGGRAPH 2008.  The paper is:


Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness
In this work, a data-driven approach to enhancing the attractiveness of human faces in frontal photographs is explored while maintaining close similarity with the original image.
Authors: Tommer Leyvand, Daniel Cohen-Or (Tel-Aviv University, Gideon Dror (Academic College of Tel-Aviv),Dani Lischinski(The Hebrew University)


SIGGRAPH 2008 will bring an estimated 30,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents to Los Angeles, California, USA for the industry's most respected technical and creative programs focusing on research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web from Monday, 11 August through Friday, 15 August 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.


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SIGGRAPH New Technology: From Enhancing Facial Attractiveness to Virtual Maps