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"David  Miller" <clothink121@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message <hea3pn$qe7$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hello there, 
> 
> Hello I am starting a project on face recognition (yeah!!), but the problem is I am in very early stages also a newbie when it comes to matlab. I do not have a strong maths background know that matlab is the best language to use to implement a facial recognition system. 
> 
> I was wondering if you could give me advice on what the best face recognition technique, but not too advance that it would take ages to program. This project is for a degree as you can understand there also exams I have to sit. 
> 
> I have researched eigenfaces and hidden marklov model. I have heard that these methods are extremely mathematical and will take an immense time to program. Is there any techniques that are not mathematically intensive and carried out with a time period of say 2 months. 
> 
> Any help will me hugely appreciated.
> 
> David 
> 
> p.s. I keep my post short next time 

It is better to have a long post that explains your problem, than a short one which doesn't provide all the information required to provide an answer.

Regarding your Face Recognition problem, look here

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?term=Face+Recognition

for some very well regarded solutions/partial solutions. Try them, understand them and base your program on your understanding of them - don't plaigarize them; your professor probably visits this site;-)

Regards

Dave Robinson