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Face-free dataset of vegetables improves presentation attack detection

Researchers have developed a novel approach to face presentation attack detection (PAD) by training models on a dataset of tomatoes, potatoes, and onions (TPO) instead of faces. This face-free dataset, comprising bona fide, print, and replay recordings of vegetables, allows for the learning of transferable PAD representations. A detector trained on TPO achieved an average AUC of 92.70% across standard cross-dataset face PAD benchmarks, demonstrating its effectiveness and suggesting that PAD representations can capture presentation process characteristics independent of facial content. Incorporating TPO into existing face PAD training also consistently improved cross-dataset performance, highlighting its value for privacy-preserving and identity-independent PAD development. AI

IMPACT This research suggests that presentation attack detection models can be trained effectively without facial data, potentially leading to more privacy-preserving and identity-independent security systems.

RANK_REASON Research paper detailing a novel dataset and methodology for presentation attack detection.

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  1. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Onions: Questioning the Need for Faces in Face Presentation Attack Detection

    Face-free presentation attack datasets enable transferable PAD representations that improve cross-dataset detection without relying on facial content.

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Guray Ozgur, Fadi Boutros, Naser Damer ·

    Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Onions: Questioning the Need for Faces in Face Presentation Attack Detection

    arXiv:2608.21455v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Face presentation attack detection (PAD) is traditionally formulated as a face-specific problem, although many of the visual artifacts introduced by print, replay, and recapture processes are not inherently tied to facial appearance…