Open Source Python Libraries

S³FD (Single Shot Scale-invariant Face Detector) is a real-time face detection framework designed to handle faces of various sizes with high accuracy using a single deep neural network. Developed by Shifeng Zhang, S³FD introduces a scale-compensation anchor matching strategy and enhanced detection architecture that makes it especially effective for detecting small faces—a long-standing challenge in face detection research. The project builds upon the SSD framework in Caffe, with modifications tailored for face detection tasks. It includes training scripts, evaluation code, and pre-trained models that achieve strong results on popular benchmarks such as AFW, PASCAL Face, FDDB, and WIDER FACE. The framework is optimized for speed and accuracy, making it suitable for both academic research and practical applications in computer vision.

cnn-for-image-retrieval is a research-oriented project that demonstrates the use of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for image retrieval tasks. The repository provides implementations of CNN-based methods to extract feature representations from images and use them for similarity-based retrieval. It focuses on applying deep learning techniques to improve upon traditional handcrafted descriptors by learning features directly from data. The code includes training and evaluation scripts that can be adapted for custom datasets, making it useful for experimenting with retrieval systems in computer vision. By leveraging CNN architectures, the project showcases how learned embeddings can capture semantic similarity across varied images. This resource serves as both an educational reference and a foundation for further exploration in image retrieval research.

Segyio is a small LGPL-licensed C library for easy interaction with SEG-Y and Seismic Unix formatted seismic data, with language bindings for Python and Matlab. Segyio is an attempt to create an easy-to-use, embeddable, community-oriented library for seismic applications. Features are added as they are needed; suggestions and contributions of all kinds are very welcome.

EBF, which stands for Efficient Binary Format, is a binary file format for reading and writing binary data easily. Reading writing routines are currently available in C,C++,Fortran,Java, Python, IDL, MATLAB. A program called ebftkpy which has a set of utility functions to work with the .ebf files , e.g., viewing the contents and getting a summary, is also provided. The EBF specification is designed to be concise and easy to understand to make it easier for others to write their own code if needed. It is also designed to simplify the programming of input output routines in different programming languages. In a nutshell an EBF file is a collection of data objects. Each data object is specified by a unique name and a single file can have multiple data objects. Each data object is preceded by a meta-data or header which describes the binary data associated with it. Among other things, this header allows the files to be portable across systems with different endianess.

Java-based scientific graphics with support for Java, Groovy, MATLAB, Python, the R statistical environment, Scala and SciLab.

libGo is a C++ class library containing all kinds of things that proved useful to me. Included are: - Linear algebra, using LAPACK and CBLAS - V4L(1) image grabber - Multithreading - Image containers (up to 3D) - Some simple optimisation code - Python embedding helper - Matlab interface - .. and other things, have a look at the HTML documentation! golib grew over many years, things I had use for have been added now and then. Some parts are better taken care of than others. If you find anything spectacularly wrong or badly documented, and need assistance, please drop me a line.