Authors: Vikasini E, Daniya U, Mr.P. Jayasheelan, Guide Dr.P.Jayasheelan
Abstract: Paper registers and card systems for taking student and employee attendance are slow and full of mistakes. People can fake entries. Proxy marking is easy. Schools and workplaces need something more reliable and automatic to track who shows up. So we built an AI-powered smart attendance management system that uses facial recognition to record attendance in real time. The system is written in Python and uses OpenCV and the face recognition library. A SQLite database stores the structured data. A camera-enabled desktop app captures facial images. It matches people against a pre-registered face database and logs attendance with timestamps. No manual data entry. No easy way to mark attendance for someone else. The graphical interface uses Tkinter. Admins can manage records and run reports. They can also view attendance history. Tests show the system reaches high recognition accuracy under controlled lighting. It also cuts down administrative work a lot. This research shows how artificial intelligence and computer vision can be applied to institutional management systems to improve efficiency, reliability and accountability.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19090670
