Statistical Shape Constellations

Closed weights California Institute of Technology January 2003

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
California Institute of Technology
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
1 January 2003
Authors
M. Weber, M. Welling, and P. Perona

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Vision
Task
Image classification

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
Historical significance
Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
949

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Unsupervised Learning of Models for Recognition
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

About this model

Statistical Shape Constellations was published by California Institute of Technology, in United States of America, in January 2003. It comes out of academia.

It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing image classification.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Training and provenance

Its inclusion criterion is historical significance.

Answers

Statistical Shape Constellations — common questions

01

What is Statistical Shape Constellations used for?

Statistical Shape Constellations works in Vision, and is recorded as handling image classification. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

02

What GPU do I need to run Statistical Shape Constellations?

None. Statistical Shape Constellations is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

03

Is Statistical Shape Constellations open source?

The licensing for Statistical Shape Constellations was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

04

How many parameters does Statistical Shape Constellations have?

No parameter count has been published for Statistical Shape Constellations, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

05

Who created Statistical Shape Constellations?

Statistical Shape Constellations was published by California Institute of Technology, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

06

When was Statistical Shape Constellations released?

Statistical Shape Constellations was published in January 2003. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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