Probabilistic modeling for object recognition

Closed weights Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) June 1998

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Origin

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

Organisation
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
23 June 1998
Authors
H Schneiderman, T Kanade

What it does

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Domain
Vision
Task
Face recognition

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

Section 5.1: "We formed training sets from 991 faces images and 1,552 non-face images." "For each face image we generated 120 synthetic variations" 991*120+1552 = 120472

How it is classified

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Citations
602

Sources

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

Reference
Probabilistic modeling of local appearance and spatial relationships for object recognition
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

Probabilistic modeling for object recognition was published by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in the country recorded as United States of America, during June 1998. The category the publisher falls under is academia.

It works in the domain of Vision, and is recorded as performing the task of face recognition.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Answers

Probabilistic modeling for object recognition — common questions

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Probabilistic modeling for object recognition— who created it?

It was published by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as academia.

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Probabilistic modeling for object recognition— when was it released?

It was published in June 1998. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

03

Probabilistic modeling for object recognition— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Vision, and is recorded as handling the task of face recognition. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

04

Probabilistic modeling for object recognition— 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.

05

Probabilistic modeling for object recognition— 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.

06

Probabilistic modeling for object recognition— 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.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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