Facial Recognition in the Classroom? Indian Students: Not New Anymore!
The topic of "face recognition in the classroom" has recently become a hot search on Weibo. Whether students are sleeping, playing with their phones or doing other small actions in class, they will be captured by the monitoring system in real time. Students have lamented that "being a student is too difficult!" In fact, classroom monitoring systems are not new in Asia. Delhi, India, has announced that all public schools must install cameras to monitor students' status in class. This project was launched in July this year.
This school season, located in NanjingChina Pharmaceutical University(hereinafter referred to as "Pharmacy University") students will all realize The importance of face.
Whether it is the door of the student dormitory, the library, or the laboratory building, you have to use the facial recognition access control to "scan your face" to enter. According to the director of the Library and Information Center of the Pharmaceutical University, in the future, "scan your face" to eat and "scan your face" to borrow books will also be realized.
This facial recognition system has been installed in two pilot classrooms of the school. It can automatically identify students' attendance and early leave. Therefore, for students of the School of Pharmacy,Skipping classes and asking roommates to help sign in will become history in the future.
What makes students even more crazy is that the system can also monitor their listening in class.Full monitoring.Whether you are looking up or down, playing with your phone, or dozing off with your eyes closed, nothing can escape the "eagle eyes" of this facial recognition system.
It is reported that if the pilot classroom is effective, it will be promoted throughout the school..
Recently, the School of Pharmacy has also been on the Weibo hot search list because of this "avant-garde" move. In response to this, some graduates are glad: "Fortunately, I graduated early", while some students are complaining: "It's so hard for me."
By the way, the English name of China Pharmaceutical University is China Pharmaceutical University, and its English abbreviation is CPU, so there is a lot of spare computing power to process these data.
Of course, campus surveillance is no longer news in India.
Delhi, India: All public schools must install cameras
Earlier this year,Visvesvaraya Technological University(Visvesvaraya Technological University, VTU) introducedStudent Tracking System,Monitor student performance and compile statistics for all student data.
VTU is just one of many campuses in India that has installed surveillance systems. In fact, all government schools in Delhi, India are on the way to installing surveillance cameras.
On January 18, 2018, the New Delhi Television website reported that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Twitter:All government schools in Delhi will have cameras installed in classrooms.
The first schools to allow parents to watch their children in class
Arvind Kejriwal also said that he has checked and monitored the progress of the installation of surveillance cameras with several government officials. "This will make the entire system more transparent and accountable. It will ensure the safety of children."
Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia welcomed the move and said that the project to install CCTV in classrooms in Delhi is a "will prove to be a milestone in the field of education throughout the world".He added that the system would also help the government investigate allegations of teacher misconduct or absenteeism.
Indian universities: Parents can also check campus surveillance at any time
The company that provides technical support for VTU is called BlueClumb Softech The company said in a notice to universities that their virtual student monitoring system will help parents and teachersMonitor students' progress.
Parents will be able toCheck the monitoring through your mobile phone and understand your child’s learning situation in real time.
The software also allows the information to be stored in a cloud-based solution, so parents can also access their children’s academic records.
Student guardians can log in to the system with their account and password to view monitoring reports.All student-related details,Such as academic reports, university course details, course timetables, course progress, academic progress and other relevant resources.
So, stop thinking about hiding your true grades or pretending that you didn't take any exams recently.
VTU leaders said the system would ensure that students are not underestimated while in school, which would affect their chances of getting a job when they graduate.
Brain wave monitoring: red, yellow and blue colors show the degree of concentration
When it comes to classroom monitoring, in addition to image-based facial recognition technology, other artificial intelligence "black technologies" are also being tried.
Headquartered in Boston, USABrainCo, a brain-computer interface technology company, uses the non-invasive brain-computer interface headset focus1 to monitor students' status in class.
They have conducted a pilot project in a primary school in China. After students put on the Focus1, the color of the light on the headband can indicate the different states of students' attention:Blue means relaxed, yellow means focused, and red means very concentrated.
BrainCo's headband uses what's calledElectroencephalogram (EEG)Sensors to detect brain signals and use AI algorithms convert brain signals into concentration levels in real time.According to the BrainCo website, data collected from the headband can be used to design focus-training games to help students get their brains in optimal shape before class.
If one day, this kind of equipment really enters the classroom, I wonder what it will be like?
Finally, a friendly reminder to students of China Pharmaceutical University: take care to protect your face. If your appearance changes accidentally, it will be difficult for the system to recognize it.
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