Reviews: Learning a Metric Embedding for Face Recognition using the Multibatch Method

Neural Information Processing Systems 

Major comments: 1) This reviewer's main concern is that although impressive performance on the LFW protocol is showcased in a very competitive setting, a atleast one or two more databases might be required to demonstrate that the protocol can scale up. Given that the practical contribution is primarily in terms of training through multibatch, more empirical evidence might be required. This reviewer imagines the results would generalize to other datasets, but given the strong focus of the paper on face recognition specifically, perhaps one or two more dataset results might be needed. This is the only major reason for the score of 2 on technical quality. The final architecture employs a Network in network model, however given the fact that the paper aims to minimize model and computational complexity, it is a bit confusing (perhaps I m missing something) as to why the final model still seems more complex than a standard CNN.