Synthetic Realities and Data in Biometric Analysis and Security
Ignoring the Decoy: Exposing and Tackling Forensic Distractions in Image Forgery Localization using Masked Convolutions-
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[bibtex]@InProceedings{Staelens_2026_WACV, author = {Staelens, Xander and Lambert, Peter and Van Wallendael, Glenn and Mareen, Hannes}, title = {Ignoring the Decoy: Exposing and Tackling Forensic Distractions in Image Forgery Localization using Masked Convolutions}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {924-932} }
Towards Inclusive Biometrics: Synthetic Generation of Vitiligo Faces and Their Impact on Face Image Quality-
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[bibtex]@InProceedings{Dorsch_2026_WACV, author = {D\"orsch, Andr\'e and Liang, Andrea Laguna and Rathgeb, Christian and Busch, Christoph}, title = {Towards Inclusive Biometrics: Synthetic Generation of Vitiligo Faces and Their Impact on Face Image Quality}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {915-923} }
SynCAF: Synthetic Counterfactual Activations for Fairness in Facial Cognition Signals-
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[bibtex]@InProceedings{Agrawal_2026_WACV, author = {Agrawal, Kushbu and Rajput, Nalin and Ramachandra, Raghavendra and Tyagi, Sumarga Kumar Sah and Jain, Deepak Kumar and Walambe, Rahee and Kotecha, Ketan}, title = {SynCAF: Synthetic Counterfactual Activations for Fairness in Facial Cognition Signals}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {966-974} }
Orthogonal Projection Steering for Bias Mitigation and ICAO Compliance in Diffusion Transformers-
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[bibtex]@InProceedings{Mudgalgundurao_2026_WACV, author = {Mudgalgundurao, Raghavendra and Khurana, Aryan and Schuch, Patrick and Ramachandra, Raghavendra and Raja, Kiran}, title = {Orthogonal Projection Steering for Bias Mitigation and ICAO Compliance in Diffusion Transformers}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {956-965} }
Mitigating Longitudinal Performance Degradation in Child Face Recognition Using Synthetic Data-
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[arXiv]
[bibtex]@InProceedings{Hossain_2026_WACV, author = {Hossain, Afzal and Schuckers, Stephanie}, title = {Mitigating Longitudinal Performance Degradation in Child Face Recognition Using Synthetic Data}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {975-983} }
Faces of Deception - a multi-level analysis of lip-sync-based fake ads involving politicians and their impact on content semantics and recognition systems-
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[bibtex]@InProceedings{Trokielewicz_2026_WACV, author = {Trokielewicz, Ewelina Bartuzi - and Roszczewska, Katarzyna and Martinek, Alicja}, title = {Faces of Deception - a multi-level analysis of lip-sync-based fake ads involving politicians and their impact on content semantics and recognition systems}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {946-955} }
GenEAva: Generating Cartoon Avatars with Fine-Grained Facial Expressions from Realistic Diffusion-based Faces-
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[arXiv]
[bibtex]@InProceedings{Yu_2026_WACV, author = {Yu, Hao and Mallick, Rupayan and Betke, Margrit and Bargal, Sarah Adel}, title = {GenEAva: Generating Cartoon Avatars with Fine-Grained Facial Expressions from Realistic Diffusion-based Faces}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {904-914} }
The SAFE Image Authenticity Challenge: Detecting and Localizing Partial and Fully Synthetic Manipulations-
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[bibtex]@InProceedings{Nguyen_2026_WACV, author = {Nguyen, Tai and Crisman, Jill and Hostetler, Jesse and Cassani, Laura and Davinroy, Michael and Bautista, Peter and Stamm, Matthew}, title = {The SAFE Image Authenticity Challenge: Detecting and Localizing Partial and Fully Synthetic Manipulations}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {933-945} }