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diff --git a/site/content/pages/about/credits.md b/site/content/pages/about/credits.md deleted file mode 100644 index bc2283fd..00000000 --- a/site/content/pages/about/credits.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ ------------- - -status: published -title: MegaPixels Press and News -desc: MegaPixels Press and News -slug: press -cssclass: about -published: 2018-12-04 -updated: 2018-12-04 -authors: Adam Harvey - ------------- - -# Credits - -<section class="about-menu"> -<ul> - <li><a href="/about/">About</a></li> - <li><a href="/about/press/">Press</a></li> - <li><a class="current" href="/about/credits/">Credits</a></li> - <li><a href="/about/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li> - <li><a href="/about/terms/">Terms and Conditions</a></li> - <li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> -</ul> -</section> - - -#### Team - -- Research and image analysis: Adam Harvey -- Development and visualizations: Jules LaPlace -- Produced in Partnership with Mozilla -- Contributing researchers: Berit Gilma, Mathana Stender - -#### Code - -<<<<<<< HEAD -- This site uses D3.js, C3.js, and ThreeJS for visualizations. -- Data aggregation uses Pandas and PDFMiner.Six. -======= -- This site uses D3 and C2 for visuzations -- Add more here ->>>>>>> 26646e6adf3833f6282e9515c14ad61e485440c0 - -#### Data - -- link to github -- how it was gathered
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/site/content/pages/about/disclaimer.md b/site/content/pages/about/disclaimer.md deleted file mode 100644 index f82a09a0..00000000 --- a/site/content/pages/about/disclaimer.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ ------------- - -status: published -title: Disclaimer -desc: MegaPixels Disclaimer -slug: disclaimer -cssclass: about -published: 2018-12-04 -updated: 2018-12-04 -authors: Adam Harvey - ------------- - -# Disclaimer - -<section class="about-menu"> -<ul> -<li><a href="/about/">About</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/press/">Press</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/credits/">Credits</a></li> -<li><a class="current" href="/about/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/terms/">Terms and Conditions</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> -</ul> -</section> - -(TEMPORARY PAGE) - -Last updated: December 04, 2018 - -The information contained on MegaPixels.cc website (the "Service") is for academic and artistic purposes only. - -MegaPixels.cc assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents on the Service. - -In no event shall MegaPixels.cc be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Service or the contents of the Service. MegaPixels.cc reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modification to the contents on the Service at any time without prior notice. - -## External links disclaimer - -MegaPixels.cc website may contain links to external websites that are not provided or maintained by or in any way affiliated with MegaPixels.cc - -Please note that the MegaPixels.cc does not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any information on these external websites. diff --git a/site/content/pages/about/faq.md b/site/content/pages/about/faq.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b780262 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/content/pages/about/faq.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +------------ + +status: published +title: MegaPixels Press and News +desc: MegaPixels Press and News +slug: faqs +cssclass: about +published: 2018-12-04 +updated: 2018-12-04 +authors: Adam Harvey + +------------ + +# FAQs + +<section class="about-menu"> +<ul> +<li><a href="/about/">About</a></li> +<li><a class="current" href="/about/faq/">FAQs</a></li> +<li><a href="/about/press/">Press</a></li> +<li><a href="/about/terms/">Terms</a></li> +<li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy</a></li> +</ul> +</section> + +[ page under development ] diff --git a/site/content/pages/about/index.md b/site/content/pages/about/index.md index 4fec0777..5fc147c9 100644 --- a/site/content/pages/about/index.md +++ b/site/content/pages/about/index.md @@ -16,41 +16,63 @@ authors: Adam Harvey <section class="about-menu"> <ul> <li><a class="current" href="/about/">About</a></li> +<li><a href="/about/faq/">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/about/press/">Press</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/credits/">Credits</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/terms/">Terms and Conditions</a></li> -<li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> +<li><a href="/about/terms/">Terms</a></li> +<li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy</a></li> </ul> </section> -(PAGE UNDER DEVELOPMENT) +MegaPixels is an independent art and research project by Adam Harvey and Jules LaPlace investigating the ethics and individual privacy implications of publicly available face recognition datasets, and their role in industry and governmental expansion into biometric surveillance technologies. -<p><div style="font-size:20px;line-height:36px">Ever since government agencies began developing face recognition in the early 1960's, datasets of face images have always been central to technological advancements. Today, these datasets no longer originate in labs, but instead from family photo albums posted on photo sharing sites, surveillance cameras on college campuses, search engine queries for celebrities, cafe livestreams, and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/22/16180080/transgender-youtubers-ai-facial-recognition-dataset">personal videos</a> posted on YouTube. </div></p> - -Collectively, facial recognition datasets are now gathered "in the wild". - -<p>MegaPixels is art and research by <a href="https://ahprojects.com">Adam Harvey</a> about facial recognition datasets that unravels their histories, futures, geographies, and meanings. Throughout 2019 this site this site will publish research reports, visualizations, raw data, and interactive tools to explore how publicly available facial recognition datasets contribute to a global supply chain of biometric data that powers the global facial recognition industry.</p> - -During the last year, hundreds of these facial analysis datasets created "in the wild" have been collected to understand how they contribute to a global supply chain of biometric data that is powering the global facial recognition industry. - -The MegaPixels website is produced in partnership with [Mozilla](https://mozilla.org). +The MegaPixels site is made possible with support from <a href="http://mozilla.org">Mozilla</a> <div class="flex-container team-photos-container"> <div class="team-member"> - <img src="https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/about/assets/adam-harvey-3d.jpg" /> <h3>Adam Harvey</h3> - <p>is Berlin-based American artist and researcher. His previous projects (CV Dazzle, Stealth Wear, and SkyLift) explore the potential for countersurveillance as artwork. He is the founder of VFRAME (visual forensics software for human rights groups), the recipient of 2 PrototypeFund grants, and is a researcher in residence at Karlsruhe HfG. - <br> - <a href="https://ahprojects.com">ahprojects.com</a> + <p>is Berlin-based American artist and researcher. His previous projects (CV Dazzle, Stealth Wear, and SkyLift) explore the potential for counter-surveillance as artwork. He is the founder of VFRAME (visual forensics software for human rights groups) and is a currently researcher in residence at Karlsruhe HfG.</p> + <p><a href="https://ahprojects.com">ahprojects.com</a></p> </p> </div> <div class="team-member"> - <img src="https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/about/assets/jules-laplace-3d.jpg" /> <h3>Jules LaPlace</h3> - <p>is an American creative technologist also based in Berlin. He was previously the CTO of a digital agency in NYC and now also works at VFRAME, developing computer vision for human rights groups. Jules also builds creative software for artists and musicians. - <br> - <a href="https://asdf.us/">asdf.us</a> + <p>is an American technologist and artist also based in Berlin. He was previously the CTO of a digital agency in NYC and now also works at VFRAME, developing computer vision and data analysis software for human rights groups. Jules also builds experimental software for artists and musicians. </p> + <p><a href="https://asdf.us/">asdf.us</a></p> </div> </div> + +MegaPixels.cc is an independent research project about publicly available face recognition datasets. This website is based, in part, on earlier installations and research projects about facial recognition datasets in 2016-2018, which focused particularly on the MegaFace dataset. Since then it has evolved into a large-scale survey of publicly-available face and person analysis datasets, covering their usage, geographies, and ethics. + +An academic report and presentation on the findings is forthcoming. This site is published to make the research more accessible to a wider audience and to include visualizations and interactive features not possible in PDF publications. Continued research on MegaPixels is supported by a 1 year Researcher-in-Residence grant from Karlsruhe HfG. + +When possible, and once thoroughly verified, data generated for MegaPixels will be made available for download on [github.com/adamhrv/megapixels](https://github.com/adamhrv/megapixels) + +=== columns 3 + +#### Team + +- Adam Harvey: Concept, research, design, computer vision +- Jules LaPlace: Information and systems architecture, data retrieval, web applications + +=========== + +#### Contributing Researchers + +- Berit Gilma: Dataset statistics and discovery +- Beth (aka Ms. Celeb): Dataset usage verification and research +- Mathana Stender: Commercial usage verification and research on LFW + +=========== + +#### Code and Libraries + +- [Semantic Scholar](https://semanticscholar.org) for citation aggregation +- Leaflet.js for maps +- C3.js for charts +- ThreeJS for 3D visualizations +- PDFMiner.Six and Pandas for research paper data analysis + +=== end columns + +Please direct questions, comments, or feedback to [mastodon.social/@adamhrv](https://mastodon.social/@adamhrv)
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