Can the Computer Recognise a Child’s Face at Years Apart?
25 April 2017
Do you have around 10 or more images across the ages from 0-19 years old?
Your childhood photographs could make a real contribution to academic research against child exploitation.
1.2Million children are trafficked every year, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the USA received a 432% increase in child sexual abuse images for purpose of identification between 2005 and 2009 (U.S. Department of Justice, 2010).
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Ethical approval
This study has received ethical approval from LJMU’s Research Ethics Committee (REC reference number: 15/CMP/005, date of approval: 30/OCT/2015)
About the researcher
Jessica has a background in Forensic Anthropology BSc (Hons) and Forensic Facial Identification MSc both from the University of Dundee. She is now a part of the FaceLab research group as a PhD student working with the computing school in Liverpool John Moores University.
