Two months ago I wrote a post about some recent controversies in the industry in computer vision. In this post I turn to the world of academia/research and write about something controversial that occurred there. But since the world of research isn’t as aggressive as that of the industry, I had to go back three […]
In previous posts of mine I have discussed how image datasets have become crucial in the deep learning (DL) boom of computer vision of the past few years. In deep learning, neural networks are told to (more or less) autonomously discover the underlying patterns in classes of images (e.g. that bicycles are composed of two […]
I present here the early historical milestones that have led us to where we are now in computer vision. I cover the years between the 60s and early 80s.
In this post I present to you quite an amazing paper I stumbled upon entitled “Soccer on Your Tabletop” from CVPR 2018.
Computer vision is a fascinating area in which to work and perform research. And, as I’ve mentioned a few times already, it’s been a pleasure to witness its phenomenal growth, especially in the last few years. However, as with pretty much anything in the world, contention also plays a part in its existence. In this […]
In my last two posts (part 1 can be found here, part 2 can be found here) I’ve looked at computer vision and the fashion industry. I introduced the lucrative fashion industry and showed what Microsoft recently did in this field with computer vision. I also presented two papers from last year’s International Conference on Computer […]
(Update: this post is part 2 of a 3 part series on CV and fashion. Part 1 can be found here, part 3 can be found here.) In my last post I introduced the fashion industry and I gave an example of what Microsoft recently did in this field with computer vision. In today’s post, I […]
(image source) (Update: this post is the first of a 3-part series. Part 2 can be found here, part 3 can be found here) Computer vision has a plethora of applications in the industry: cashier-less stores, autonomous vehicles (including those loitering on Mars), security (e.g. face recognition) – the list goes on endlessly. I’ve already […]
In last week’s post I talked about plotting tracked customers or staff from video footage onto a 2D floor plan. This is an example of video analytics and data mining that can be performed on standard CCTV footage that can give you insightful information such as common movement patterns or common places of congestion at […]
Data mining is a big business. Everyone is analysing mouse clicks, mouse movements, customer purchase patterns. Such analysis has proven to give profitable insights that are driving businesses further than ever before. But not many people have considered data mining videos. What about all that security footage that has stacked up over the years? Can […]