Publications

@article{carofilis-vasco_impact_2023,

title = {Impact of facial occlusions in age estimation algorithms for forensic applications},

author = {Andrés Carofilis-Vasco and Deisy Chaves and Alicia Martínez-Mendoza and Eduardo Fidalgo and Víctor González-Castro and Enrique Alegre},

url = {https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/20673},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Actas de las VIII Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad: Vigo, 21 a 23 de junio de 2023},

pages = {497–498},

abstract = {This study examines age estimation in Child Sexual Exploitation Materials (CSEM) using deep learning. It evaluates six age estimators on facial images with and without occlusion, focusing on how facial occlusion impacts accuracy. Results show that eye occlusion significantly affects age prediction, especially for minors and older adults. The study offers insights for age estimation in forensic applications related to CSEM.},

note = {Publisher: Universidade de Vigo},

keywords = {Age Estimation, CSEM, deep learning, facial occlusion},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{jeuland_assessment_2022,

title = {Assessment of age estimation methods for forensic applications using non-occluded and synthetic occluded facial images},

author = {Elouan Derenee Jeuland and Aitor Del Río Ferreras and Deisy Chaves and Eduardo Fidalgo and Víctor González-Castro and Enrique Alegre},

url = {https://ruc.udc.es/dspace/handle/2183/31412},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

journal = {XLIII Jornadas de Automática},

pages = {972–979},

abstract = {This paper evaluates the performance of six deep-learning-based age estimators for forensic applications, particularly in identifying minors and offenders in Child Sexual Exploitation Materials (CSEM). While deep learning is the state-of-the-art for age estimation, it struggles with minors and older adults due to dataset imbalances. Additionally, offenders often use facial occlusion to obscure identities, further impacting estimator accuracy. The study assesses models on non-occluded and synthetically occluded datasets, revealing that eye occlusion has a greater effect than mouth occlusion. Minors and elderly individuals are the most affected by occlusion, making this research a valuable benchmark for forensic victim profiling.},

note = {Publisher: Universidade da Coruña. Servizo de Publicacións},

keywords = {Age Estimation, CSEM, deep learning, facial occlusion},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{chaves_improving_2020,

title = {Improving age estimation in minors with occluded faces to fight against child sexual exploitation},

author = {Deisy Chaves and Eduardo Fidalgo and Enrique Alegre and Francisco Jañez-Martino and Rubel Biswas},

url = {https://scholar.google.es/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=es&user=yATJZvcAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=title&citation_for_view=yATJZvcAAAAJ:35N4QoGY0k4C},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

urldate = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Proceedings of the 15th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications},

volume = {1},

number = {978-989-758-402-2},

abstract = {Proceedings of the 15th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications},

keywords = {Age Estimation, facial occlusion},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{de_paz_centeno_design_nodate,

title = {DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BRPY: A BIORECOGNITION SYSTEM (FACE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION, AGE ESTIMATION AND GENDER ESTIMATION) BASED ON THE FACE.},

author = {Iván Paz Centeno and Eduardo Fidalgo and Óscar García-Olalla Olivera and Enrique Alegre},

url = {https://www.ehu.eus/documents/3444171/4484752/108.pdf},

journal = {Power},

volume = {5},

pages = {2A},

abstract = {This document outlines the design and implementation of BRPY, an open-source multi-platform program for real-time face detection, recognition, and age and gender estimation. Developed in Python and C++ using OpenBR and OpenCV, it focuses on using the ODroid U3 platform for execution and details the design of the program interface.},

keywords = {Age Estimation, Algorithm, BRPY, Detection, Face, Gender Estimation, OpenBR, Python, Recognition},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}