- drive ▁vehicles <0x0A> </s> ▁As nan ▁is ▁a ▁commune ▁in ▁the ▁Ni è vre ▁department ▁in ▁central ▁France . ▁ ▁Population ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Comm unes ▁of ▁the ▁Ni è vre ▁department ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁IN SEE ▁commune ▁file ▁ ▁Category : Comm unes ▁of ▁Ni è vre <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Face ▁Rec ogn ition ▁Grand ▁Challenge ▁( FR GC ) ▁was ▁conducted ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁promote ▁and ▁advance ▁face ▁recognition ▁technology . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁successor ▁of ▁the ▁Face ▁Rec ogn ition ▁V endor ▁Test . ▁ ▁Over view ▁The ▁primary ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁FR GC ▁was ▁to ▁promote ▁and ▁advance ▁face ▁recognition ▁technology ▁designed ▁to ▁support ▁existing ▁face ▁recognition ▁efforts ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Government . ▁FR GC ▁developed ▁new ▁face ▁recognition ▁techniques ▁and ▁prototype ▁systems ▁while ▁increasing ▁performance ▁by ▁an ▁order ▁of ▁magnitude . ▁The ▁FR GC ▁was ▁open ▁to ▁face ▁recognition ▁research ers ▁and ▁developers ▁in ▁companies , ▁academ ia , ▁and ▁research ▁institutions . ▁FR GC ▁ran ▁from ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁to ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁FR GC ▁consisted ▁of ▁progress ively ▁difficult ▁challenge ▁problems . ▁Each ▁challenge ▁problem ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁data ▁set ▁of ▁fa cial ▁images ▁and ▁a ▁defined ▁set ▁of ▁experiments . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁imped iments ▁to ▁developing ▁improved ▁face ▁recognition ▁is ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁data . ▁The ▁FR GC ▁challenge ▁problems ▁include ▁sufficient ▁data ▁to ▁overcome ▁this ▁imped iment . ▁The ▁set ▁of ▁defined ▁experiments ▁ass ists ▁research ers ▁and ▁developers