Image retrieval using visual attention
by Liam • April 7, 2008 • Personal • 0 Comments
The final version of my dissertation, “Image Retrieval Using Visual Attention” is now available (PDF, 6MB).
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Dissertation defense
by Liam • March 14, 2008 • Personal • 0 Comments
On March 14th I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation, “Image Retrieval Using Visual Attention”! I posted a picture from after the defense on the photos page.
Read more →Play a game, improve image retrieval
by Liam • February 13, 2008 • Personal • 1 Comment
Have you ever taken digital photos? Have you ever tried to search for images on the Internet? Image Retrieval is an exciting and rapidly growing field. We are currently developing the next-generation of image retrieval software, but your help is needed. The Perceptually-Relevant Image Search Machine (PRISM) is a new way to retrieve images....
Read more →My favorite new music of 2007
by Liam • January 2, 2008 • Personal • 1 Comment
For second consecutive year (see 2006) I’m listing a few of my favorite new music albums. Here are my selections for 2007′s releases: Blackfield - “Blackfield II“: Not only one of my favorite albums of 2007, Blackfield II is perhaps one of the best CDs I have heard (quite a claim). Steven Wilson (Porcupine...
Read more →The “FAU Salient” image database
by Liam • December 4, 2007 • Personal • 0 Comments
I’m please to announce the availability of the FAU Salient image database. It consist of 1789 images organized into 14 categories. Each image is designed to have one or more salient objects in it. The photos were taken in a variety of locations (both indoors and outdoors) around the Boca Raton campus of Florida...
Read more →Recaptcha
by Liam • November 26, 2007 • Mayron.net • 0 Comments
I just setup Recaptcha to help combat comment spam. While Akismet does a good job, recently more and more comments have been getting through its filters. Recaptcha is a project being developed by Luis von Ahn at CMU (previously mentioned on this site). One nice thing about the Recaptcha project is that it makes...
Read more →No updates for October
by Liam • October 31, 2007 • Mayron.net • 0 Comments
I apologize for the lack of updates this month.
Read more →No updates for September
by Liam • September 30, 2007 • Mayron.net • 0 Comments
I apologize for the lack of updates this month.
Read more →Photos from Israel
by Liam • August 6, 2007 • Personal • 0 Comments
I had a great time in Israel. I got to tour a lot of the country, particularly the north, although I did make two trips to Jerusalem. Here are some photos: Visiting the Western Wall (July 26 2007) At the Israel Museum (July 16 2007) In the ancient port of Akko (July 7 2007)
Read more →Off to Israel
by Liam • July 3, 2007 • Personal • 0 Comments
I’ll be in Israel for about a month, visiting family and touring the country. I’ve been there once before, in 1998.
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