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Dermatoses vasculaires : Questions médicales fréquentes
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Pattern Recognition, Automated
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Identifying an individual based on their physical/behavioral characteristics is known as biometric recognition. Gait is one of the most reliable biometrics due to its advantages, such as being perceiv...
Emotion recognition through speech is a technique employed in various scenarios of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Existing approaches have achieved significant results; however, limitations persist...
Recent works have made significant progress in novelty detection, i.e., the problem of detecting samples of novel classes, never seen during training, while classifying those that belong to known clas...
Facial expression recognition using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) is a prevalent research area, and the network's complexity poses obstacles for deployment on devices with limited computational...
Deep learning-based Hand Gesture Recognition (HGR) via surface Electromyogram (sEMG) signals have recently shown considerable potential for development of advanced myoelectric-controlled prosthesis. A...