Enrique G. Ortiz
← WorkProduct · 2020 · Sighthound

DAGER: Deep Age, Gender and Emotion Recognition

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Problem

Commercial identity systems needed age, gender, and emotion estimation accurate enough to make decisions on — and it had to run on the device, not in a datacenter.

Approach

A multi-task convolutional network sharing one backbone across all attributes, so the marginal cost of each additional prediction stayed near zero. Tuned end to end for on-device inference rather than benchmark accuracy.

Result

Under 1% false accept and reject rates in commercial deployments, including in-car identification. Powered the full Sighthound facial analytics product line.