I have been thinking a bit about multimedia information retrieval. So there maybe a few posts related to this topic. I will start by saying that it has been nice to see that there is a nice data set that…
Can we go beyond Gutenberg?
All human civilizations share a common goal: the pursuit of knowledge. Most knowledge of the world has its roots in experience – recall Newton’s apple and Archimedes’ bathtub – and is not captured by current knowledge tools. Major advances in…
ACM Multimedia Information Retrieval
The workshop on Multimedia Information Retrieval (ACM MIR) will become a conference beginning this year. This is likely to give a new venue for mature research in this area. THis definitely shows the need for and maturing of multimedia information…
Experiential Computing
I have been thinking about experiential computing and why it will make difference. Some thoughts that came to mind are given here. Imagine emerging experiential devices — like future generations of iPhones — available to most people in the world…
Maybe this time Speech Interfaces are really coming
We have heard this mny times earlier — speech interfaces are finally happening. Is this happening this time — see the article here by Alexander Gelfand in Wired. I remain sceptic.