Stages:

1. Getting started with OpenCV
   • tutorial ​http://www.cognotics.com/opencv/servo_2007_series/index.html
   • examples
     
     • ​http://www.cognotics.com/opencv/downloads/camshift_wrapper/index.html
     • fixed bugs in these examples in order to run them.

2. Selection of Face Recognition algorithms
   • PCA (Principal component analysis)
     
     • Jacobi method was choosen for generating eigenvectors.
       
     • ​Brief tutorial
   • ICA (Independent Component Analysis)
     ​http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/wrapper.jsp?arnumber=1058079

3. Implementation
   • face detection and image manipulation using OpenCV functions.
   • serial and parallel implementation for PCA using C, OpenCV and OpenMP.
   • serial and parallel implementation for ICA using Matlab, Matlab Distributed Environment and C wrappers.
     • starting point for ICA's serial code : ​http://mplab.ucsd.edu/~marni/code.html
   • login module:
     • modified the original gdm (Gnome) login screen.
     • used ​GStreamer with webcam source and a normal video sink.
     • the webcam image is output in a GTK widget.
     • GTK window used as wrapper for an X window.

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