Automatically Annotating Images

Two researchers at Penn State have developed a tool for automatically associating keywords with images. In their article "Real-Time Computerized Annotation of Pictures," authors Jia Li (Associate Professor, Department of Statistics) and James Wang (Associate Professor,College of Information Sciences and Technology), say their ALIPR system (Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures-Real Time) analyzes the pixel content of images and compares that against a stored knowledge base of the pixel content of tens of thousands of image examples. The computer then suggests a list of 15 possible annotations or words for the image. If an Internet content filter isn't using this yet, I bet it will soon. You can try out the ALIPR system and enjoy the beautiful pictures while you're there! [This story courtesy of LibraryLink of the Day]