StyleGAN as a Utility-Preserving Face De-identification Method

@article{Khorzooghi2022StyleGANAA,
  title={StyleGAN as a Utility-Preserving Face De-identification Method},
  author={Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Moosavi Khorzooghi and Shirin Nilizadeh},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2022},
  volume={abs/2212.02611}
}
Several face de-identification methods have been proposed to preserve users’ privacy by obscuring their faces. These methods, however, can degrade the quality of photos, and they usually do not preserve the utility of faces, e.g., their age, gender, pose, and facial expression. Recently, advanced generative adversarial network models, such as StyleGAN [20], have been proposed, which generate realistic, high-quality imaginary faces. In this paper, we investigate the use of StyleGAN in generating… 
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