Head-pose-estimation-based proctoring systems report widely varying accuracies, from 75.6% for cheating detection to 100% for yaw-angle estimation¶
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q2 i? The review reports head pose estimation systems with accuracies including 87% (Potluri et al., Attentive system), 75.6% (Chuang et al., CLM-GAVAM with FCBF), 99.31% (NGDNet on Pointing'04), and 100% (Badave et al., multi-camera yaw estimation). → Malhotra 2026
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Malhotra 2026¶
Malhotra, M., & Chhabra, I. (2026). A comprehensive review of the changing landscape of academic dishonesty in automated proctoring in the era of artificial intelligence. Discover Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-026-01275-6
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The review reports, citing Chuang et al., a cheating-detection system using time delay and head pose estimation with the CLM-GAVAM model that "achieved an accuracy of 75.6%". Other reported figures include 87% for the Attentive system and 99.31% for NGDNet on the Pointing'04 dataset under yaw angle variation.
"To decrease the complexity of the data, they introduced FCBF and achieved an accuracy of 75.6%."
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Head-pose-estimation-based proctoring systems report widely varying accuracies, from 75.6% for cheating detection to 100% for yaw-angle estimation |
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Head-pose-estimation-based proctoring systems report widely varying accuracies, from 75.6% for cheating detection to 100% for yaw-angle estimation |
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