Unifying probabilistic linear discriminant analysis variants in biometric authentication

Aleksandr Sizov, Kong Aik Lee, Tomi Kinnunen

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Abstract

Probabilistic linear discriminant analysis (PLDA) is commonly used in biometric authentication. We review three PLDA variants - standard, simplified and two-covariance - and show how they are related. These clarifications are important because the variants were introduced in literature without argumenting their benefits. We analyse their predictive power, covariance structure and provide scalable algorithms for straightforward implementation of all the three variants. Experiments involve state-of-the-art speaker verification with i-vector features.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStructural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition - Joint IAPR International Workshop, S+SSPR 2014, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages464-475
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783662444146
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
EventJoint IAPR International Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition, S+SSPR 2014 - Joensuu, Finland
Duration: 20 Aug 201422 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8621 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceJoint IAPR International Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition, S+SSPR 2014
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityJoensuu
Period20/08/1422/08/14

Keywords

  • i-vectors
  • PLDA
  • speaker and face recognition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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