The Multimedia Pattern Recognition research group works in one of the six major research areas of Fraunhofer IAIS. We develop advanced algorithms for the segmentation, recognition, and indexing of speech, audio, image, and video data. We also analyze social media and investigate how people interact in a networked world.

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For the workshop "Questions in geometry arising in the sciences", I have been paired with Luke Oeding (UC Berkeley) to identify algebro-geometric questions arising in multimedia pattern recognition.

Integrating pervasive computing, sensing, and HCI with data-mining, computervision, and robotics offers the potential for new solutions in sustainable agriculture.

Last week the European project PRONTO has seen a successful final review. The project officer and two reviewers were impressed by PRONTO's progress in event recognition for intelligent resource management.

Our paper "Social Recommendation using Speech Recognition: Sharing TV scenes in social networds" has been accepted for the 2012 WIAMIS International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services. See you at Dublin City University!

Our lecture on "Speech Technology" starts Thursday, April 5, 2012.