OODFace: Benchmarking Robustness of Face Recognition under Common Corruptions and Appearance Variations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02479v1
• Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:42:31 GMT
• Title: OODFace: Benchmarking Robustness of Face Recognition under Common Corruptions and Appearance Variations
• Authors: Caixin Kang, Yubo Chen, Shouwei Ruan, Shiji Zhao, Ruochen Zhang, Jiayi Wang, Shan Fu, Xingxing Wei,
• Abstract summary: Existing open-source models and commercial algorithms lack robustness in certain real-world Out-of-Distribution (OOD) scenarios. We introduce OODFace, which explores the OOD challenges faced by facial recognition models from two perspectives. We conduct extensive experiments on 19 different facial recognition models and 3 commercial APIs, along with extended experiments on face masks.
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• Abstract: With the rise of deep learning, facial recognition technology has seen extensive research and rapid development. Although facial recognition is considered a mature technology, we find that existing open-source models and commercial algorithms lack robustness in certain real-world Out-of-Distribution (OOD) scenarios, raising concerns about the reliability of these systems. In this paper, we introduce OODFace, which explores the OOD challenges faced by facial recognition models from two perspectives: common corruptions and appearance variations. We systematically design 30 OOD scenarios across 9 major categories tailored for facial recognition. By simulating these challenges on public datasets, we establish three robustness benchmarks: LFW-C/V, CFP-FP-C/V, and YTF-C/V. We then conduct extensive experiments on 19 different facial recognition models and 3 commercial APIs, along with extended experiments on face masks, Vision-Language Models (VLMs), and defense strategies to assess their robustness. Based on the results, we draw several key insights, highlighting the vulnerability of facial recognition systems to OOD data and suggesting possible solutions. Additionally, we offer a unified toolkit that includes all corruption and variation types, easily extendable to other datasets. We hope that our benchmarks and findings can provide guidance for future improvements in facial recognition model robustness.

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