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 the country recorded as United States of America, during January 2003. It comes out of an organisation categorised as academia.

It works in the domain of Vision, and is recorded as performing the task of 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: historical significance.

Answers

Statistical Shape Constellations — common questions

01

Statistical Shape Constellations— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Vision, and is recorded as handling the task of 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

Statistical Shape Constellations— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This 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

Statistical Shape Constellations— is it open source?

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

04

Statistical Shape Constellations— how many parameters does it have?

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

05

Statistical Shape Constellations— who created it?

It was published by California Institute of Technology, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as academia.

06

Statistical Shape Constellations— when was it released?

It 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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