Photo Sleuth press in Slate, Smithsonian, and more

Our Civil War Photo Sleuth project got a burst of publicity in recent weeks, leading to hundreds of new site registrations and contributions. Here is a round-up of some highlights:

• Slate Magazine: Who’s Behind That Beard?
• Smithsonian Magazine: Facial Recognition Software Is Helping Identify Unknown Figures in Civil War Photographs
• Family Tree Magazine: Applying Facial Recognition to Civil War Photos
• Fast Company: Online sleuths are using face recognition to identify Civil War soldiers in old photographs
• Vintage News: Unknown Civil War Faces are Being Identified Through Facial Recognition App
• Daily Mail: The facial recognition software that could identify thousands of soldiers in American Civil War photographs
• Virginia Tech News: Computer science professor creates facial recognition software to identify Civil War portraits (shown above)
• Civil War Times Magazine: New Photo Research Tool (shown below)

Thanks to these media outlets for the great publicity!

Author: Kurt Luther

Dr. Kurt Luther is an associate professor of computer science and (by courtesy) history at Virginia Tech, where he directs the Crowd Intelligence Lab. View all posts by Kurt Luther