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status: draft
title: FERET: FacE REcognition 
desc: LFW: Labeled Faces in The Wild
slug: lfw
published: 2019-2-23
updated: 2019-2-23
authors: Adam Harvey

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# FacE REcognition Dataset (FERET)

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- Years: 1993-1996
- Images: 14,126
- Identities: 1,199 
- Origin: Fairfax, MD
- *Facial Recognition Evaluation* (FERET) is develop, test, and evaluate face recognition algorithms
- The goal of the FERET program was to develop automatic face recognition capabilities that could be employed to assist security, intelligence, and law enforcement personnel in the performance of their duties.
- https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/face-recognition-technology-feret

### "The FERET database and evaluation procedure for face-recognition algorithms"

- Images were captured using Kodak Ultra film
- The facial images were collected in 11 sessions from August 1993 to December 1994. Conducted at George Mason University and at US Army Research Laboratory facilities, 

### FERET (Face Recognition Technology) Recognition Algorithm Development and Test Results

- "A release form is necessary because of the privacy laws in the United States."

## Funding

The FERET program is sponsored by the U.S. Depart- ment of Defense’s Counterdrug Technology Development Program Office. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the technical agent for the FERET program. ARL designed, administered, and scored the FERET tests. George Mason University collected, processed, and main- tained the FERET database. Inquiries regarding the FERET database or test should be directed to P. Jonathon Phillips.