Comparative Analysis of Illumination Normalizations on Principal Component Analysis Based Feature Extraction for Face Recognition

Principle Component Analysis (PCA) is an appearance-based technique for extraction of feature extraction that is commonly used in computer vision and image processing. This technique suffers from illumination variations, thus knowing which illumination control method to be used in PCA-based face recognition system is very important. This paper applies three selected normalization techniques; Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), Adaptive Histogram Equalization (AHE) and Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) to normalize face images. PCA was further used to extract features from the normalized face images. Euclidean distance was used to classify extracted features. The best recognition accuracy of 91.84% was obtained in DCT for ORL Database, while the best accuracy of 76% was achieved in DCT for FERET Database. The highest FAR of 0.9 was achieved in DCT for ORL Database, while the highest FAR of 0.5 was obtained in DCT and AHE for FERET Database. The highest FRR of 0.2821 was achieved in CLAHE for ORL Database, while 0.3000 was obtained in AHE for FERET Database. It was concluded that illumination control approaches have predominant effect on PCA–based facial recognition system. Keywords— Adaptive Histogram Equalization, Contrast Adaptive Histogram Equalization, Discrete Cosine Transform Illumination Normalization, Principal Component Analysi

Iris Feature Extraction for Personal Identification using Fast Wavelet Transform (FWT) 1

Iris is the annular region of the eye bounded by the pupil and the sclera(white of the eye) on either side. The iris has many interlacing features such as stripes, freckles, coronas, radial furrow, crypts, zigzag collarette, rings etc collectively referred to as texture of the iris. This texture is well known to provide a signature that is unique to each subject. All these features are extracted using different algorithms i.e features extraction is the process of extracting information from the iris image. Iris feature extraction is the crucial stage of the whole iris recognition process for personal identification. This is a key process where the two dimensional image is converted to a set of mathematical parameters. The significant features of the iris must be encoded so that comparisons between templates can be made. In this study the feature of the iris is extracted using Fast Wavelet Transform (FWT). The algorithm is fast and has a low complexity rate. The system encodes the features to generate its iris feature codes

Evaluation of the scholastic performance of students in 12 programs from a private university in the south-west geopolitical zone in Nigeria

Cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is a system for calculation of GPA scores and is one way to determine a student's academic performance in a university setting. In Nigeria, an employer evaluates a student's academic performance using their CGPA score. For this study, data were collected from a student database of a private school in the south-west geopolitical zone in Nigeria. Regression analysis, correlation analysis, and analysis of variance (F-test) were employed to determine the study year that students perform better based on CGPA. According to the results, it was observed that students perform much better in year three (300 Level) and year four (400 Level) compared to other levels. In conclusion, we strongly recommend the private university to introduce program that will improve the academic performance of students from year one (100 level)