Executing Baseline Algorithms

This section explains how to execute face presentation attack detection (PAD) algorithms implemented in bob.pad.face.

Running Baseline Experiments

To run the baseline PAD experiments, the spoof.py script located in bin directory is used. To see the description of the script you can type in the console:

$ spoof.py --help

This script is explained in more detail in Running Presentation Attack Detection Experiments.

Usually it is a good idea to have at least verbose level 2 (i.e., calling spoof.py --verbose --verbose, or the short version spoof.py -vv).

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Running in Parallel

To run the experiments in parallel, you can define an SGE grid or local host (multi-processing) configurations as explained in Running in Parallel.

In short, to run in the Idiap SGE grid, you can simply add the --grid command line option, with grid configuration parameters. To run experiments in parallel on the local machine, simply add a --parallel <N> option, where <N> specifies the number of parallel jobs you want to execute.

Database setups and baselines are encoded using Configuration Files, all stored inside the package root, in the directory bob/pad/face/config. Documentation for each resource is available on the section Resources.

Warning

You cannot run experiments just by executing the command line instructions described in this guide. You need first to procure yourself the raw data files that correspond to each database used here in order to correctly run experiments with those data. Biometric data is considered private date and, under EU regulations, cannot be distributed without a consent or license. You may consult our Databases resources section for checking currently supported databases and accessing download links for the raw data files.

Once the raw data files have been downloaded, particular attention should be given to the directory locations of those. Unpack the databases carefully and annotate the root directory where they have been unpacked.

Then, carefully read the Databases section of Installation Instructions on how to correctly setup the ~/.bob_bio_databases.txt file.

Use the following keywords on the left side of the assignment (see Databases):

[YOUR_REPLAY_ATTACK_DIRECTORY] = /complete/path/to/replayattack-database/

Notice it is rather important to use the strings as described above, otherwise bob.pad.base will not be able to correctly load your images.

Once this step is done, you can proceed with the instructions below.

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Baselines on REPLAY-ATTACK database

This section summarizes the results of baseline face PAD experiments on the REPLAY-ATTACK (replayattack) database. The description of the database-related settings, which are used to run face PAD baselines on the Replay-Attack is given here Replay-Attack Database. To understand the settings in more details you can check the corresponding configuration file : bob/pad/face/config/replay_attack.py.

LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at LBP features of facial region + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK.

To run this baseline on the replayattack database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py replay-attack lbp-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

If you are in idiap you can use SGE grid to speed-up the calculations. Simply add --grid idiap argument to the above command. For example:

$ spoof.py replay-attack lbp-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS> \
--grid idiap

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/lbp_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier + REPLAY-ATTACK database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for replayattack database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	15.117	15.609

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK.

To run this baseline on the replayattack database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py replay-attack qm-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/qm_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "IQM features of facial region + SVM classifier + REPLAY-ATTACK database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for replayattack database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	3.987	4.571

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK.

To run this baseline on the replayattack database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py replay-attack frame-diff-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/frame_diff_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "10 features for each window in Frame Differences + SVM classifier + REPLAY-ATTACK database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for replayattack database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	11.752	13.195

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Baselines on REPLAY-MOBILE database

This section summarizes the results of baseline face PAD experiments on the Replay-Mobile database. The description of the database-related settings, which are used to run face PAD baselines on the Replay-Mobile is given here Replay-Mobile Database. To understand the settings in more details you can check the corresponding configuration file : bob/pad/face/config/replay_mobile.py.

LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at LBP features of facial region + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK. Note, that the same PAD pipe-line was used to run experiments on the Replay-Attack database.

To run this baseline on the Replay-Mobile database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py replay-mobile lbp-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/lbp_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier + Replay-Mobile database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the Replay-Mobile database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	13.814	17.174

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK. Note, that the same PAD pipe-line was used to run experiments on the Replay-Attack database.

To run this baseline on the Replay-Mobile database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py replay-mobile qm-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/qm_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "IQM features of facial region + SVM classifier + Replay-Mobile database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the Replay-Mobile database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	1.747	4.074

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK. Note, that the same PAD pipe-line was used to run experiments on the Replay-Attack database.

To run this baseline on the Replay-Mobile database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py replay-mobile frame-diff-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/frame_diff_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "10 features for each window in Frame Differences + SVM classifier + Replay-Mobile database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the Replay-Mobile database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	10.801	10.414

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Baselines on MSU MFSD database

This section summarizes the results of baseline face PAD experiments on the MSU MFSD database. The description of the database-related settings, which are used to run face PAD baselines on the MSU MFSD is given here MSU MFSD Database. To understand the settings in more details you can check the corresponding configuration file : bob/pad/face/config/msu_mfsd.py.

LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at LBP features of facial region + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK. Note, that the same PAD pipe-line was used to run experiments on the Replay-Attack database.

To run this baseline on the MSU MFSD database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py msu-mfsd lbp-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/lbp_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier + MSU MFSD database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the MSU MFSD database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	27.402	21.399

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK. Note, that the same PAD pipe-line was used to run experiments on the Replay-Attack database.

To run this baseline on the MSU MFSD database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py msu-mfsd qm-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/qm_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "IQM features of facial region + SVM classifier + MSU MFSD database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the MSU MFSD database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	3.665	4.944

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM for REPLAY-ATTACK. Note, that the same PAD pipe-line was used to run experiments on the Replay-Attack database.

To run this baseline on the MSU MFSD database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py msu-mfsd frame-diff-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/frame_diff_svm.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "10 features for each window in Frame Differences + SVM classifier + MSU MFSD database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the MSU MFSD database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	25.839	17.050

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Baselines on Aggregated Database

This section summarizes the results of baseline face PAD experiments on the Aggregated Database. The description of the database-related settings, which are used to run face PAD baselines on the Aggregated Db is given here Aggregated Database. To understand the settings in more details you can check the corresponding configuration file : bob/pad/face/config/aggregated_db.py.

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LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at LBP features of facial region + SVM for Aggregated Database.

To run this baseline on the Aggregated Database database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py aggregated-db lbp-svm-aggregated-db \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/lbp_svm_aggregated_db.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier + Aggregated database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the Aggregated Database database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	17.490	19.705

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM for Aggregated Database.

To run this baseline on the Aggregated Database database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py aggregated-db qm-svm-aggregated-db \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/qm_svm_aggregated_db.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "IQM features of facial region + SVM classifier + Aggregated database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the Aggregated Database database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	12.710	15.253

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM classifier

Detailed description of this PAD pipe-line is given at Frame differences based features (motion analysis) + SVM for Aggregated Database.

To run this baseline on the Aggregated Database database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py aggregated-db frame-diff-svm-aggregated-db \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

Tip

Similarly to the tip above you can run this baseline in parallel.

To understand the settings of this baseline PAD experiment you can check the corresponding configuration file: bob/pad/face/config/frame_diff_svm_aggregated_db.py

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "10 features for each window in Frame Differences + SVM classifier + Aggregated Db" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the Aggregated Database database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	35.219	43.029

The ROC curves for the particular experiment can be downloaded from here:

ROC curve

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Baselines on other databases

This section summarizes the results of baseline face PAD experiments on other databases.

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MIFS database + LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier

To run this baseline on the MIFS database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py mifs lbp-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "LBP features of facial region + SVM classifier + MIFS database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the MIFS database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	27.143	32.353

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MIFS database + Image Quality Measures as features of facial region + SVM classifier

To run this baseline on the MIFS database, using the grandtest protocol, execute the following:

$ spoof.py mifs qm-svm \
--sub-directory <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>

To evaluate the results computing EER, HTER and plotting ROC you can use the following command:

bob pad evaluate \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-dev  \
<PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/grandtest/scores/scores-eval \
--legends "IQM features of facial region + SVM classifier + MIFS database" \
-e \
--criterion eer \
-o <PATH_TO_STORE_THE_RESULTS>/ROC.pdf

The EER/HTER errors for the MIFS database are summarized in the Table below:

Protocol	EER,%	HTER,%
grandtest	34.286	28.676

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