In the last few weeks, it is truly amazing how many times people have told me about the importance of the concept of events. I am very pleased by growing recognition of the concept of events. Objects and events are…
Multimedia Content Access
Yesterday I attended a conference on Multimedia Content Access in San Jose. During the conference Simone Santini turned to me and asked whether much of the the research presented there was very similar to the one presented a decade ago…
Face recognition — one more claim
There is a claim 6that a system can solve face recognition problem using just one photo. See a brief announcement here. Such claims have appeared in context of object recognition in general and face recognition in particular. Based on the…
Test Images in Computer Vision research
MIT News had an article that comments on the test images and standards used in object recognition research in computer vision. “With only two types of objects to distinguish, this test should have been easier for the ‘toy’ computer model,…
Educating India
NYT has a depressing article about Indian Education system. (Thanks Arjun for sending me this.) It correctly points out that India has long had a legacy of weak schooling for its young, even as it has promoted high-quality government-financed universities.…