A scalable service for photo annotation, sharing, and search

In this work we present the details of the implementation of Fotofiti(FF), a website that provides automatic semantic annotation of digital photographs, event management and social network integration. We describe our technique for real-time online semantic annotation using global features from both content and context. Classification experiments using various learning techniques were performed on a realworld data-set. Additionally, a scalable landmark recognition system which utilizes local features is discussed. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.1 [Information Systems]: Information Storage and Retrieval—Content Analysis and Indexing General Terms:

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: MM
• Authors: Benjamin N. Lee, WenYen Chen, Edward Y. Chang
• Keywords: Automatic Semantic Annotation, MM 2006, Online Semantic Annotation, Semantic Annotation