Facial recognition algorithm

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C++

Hello there,

Recently, I've got this project on Facial Recognition for Uni, that I have to finish by the end of the semester. Now, the thing is, the teacher asked us to do it in C++, without using any useful things, such as OpenCV library or others. We gotta make everything from scratch, using the Viola-Jones algorithm.

I read a lot on AdaBoost and all of these things and I just cannot find a way to start, I cannot put everything together and understand what I actually have to do.

Any ideas or advice on this?

Thanks brus

What I have tried:

So far I have made some conversion algorithm from RGB to B&W for Bitmap, bcs it seemed easier. But I'd like it to be for other types of pictures.