High5Girls-FaceDetection

Introduction

This is the code base for a workshop for Face Detection and Face Recognition.

1. Setting up of the Python environment.
   
2. First we will get familiar with Python in the Start folder.
   
3. Then we will see how good the Face Detection works in the FaceDetection folder.
   
4. Last we will go through Face Recognition by ceating our own dataset and training a Neural Network to recognize our faces n the FaceRecognition folder.

Installation

1. We will set up the conda environment together. The anaconda application can be installed here:

• Anaconda Application
  Additionally, install VSCode:
• VS Code
  

Windows:

2. Open the anaconda application.
3. Go to the "Environments" tab and click Import. Choose the provided high5girls.yaml file from this repository.
4. Switch to the "Home" tab and launch VS Code.
5. When you open this folder in VS Code it will recommend you to install extensions for python and jupyter notebbook. Accept all of them. Happy Coding!

Linux:

The environment can be created with conda create -n high5girls python=3.10 2. Activate the environment via conda activate high5girls 3. Run conda install pip 4. Run the command pip install -r requirements.txt to install the required Python packages.