Content-based Image Retrieval Project
(1995-2000, Stanford University; 2001-, Penn State University)
(WWW-DB.Stanford.EDU/IMAGE , wang.ist.psu.edu/IMAGE)

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 This content-based image search and automatic learning-based linguistic indexing project was started in 1995 when James Z. Wang developed an art image retrieval system for the Stanford University Libraries. He has later worked for the IBM QBIC project, the NEC AMORE project, and the AI Center of SRI International. From 1999 to 2000, the project was funded by the National Science Foundation under the TID (Trusted Image Distribution) project (PI: Gio Wiederhold). TID is part of the NSF Digital Library Initiative II (DLI-II) program. The technology research has been continued at Penn State University since 2001, with funding from the National Science Foundation ITR (PI: James Z. Wang), PNC Foundation, and SUN Microsystems. If you have any questions or comments about the image retrieval project, please send a message to James Z. Wang (jwang AT ist.psu. edu).

Images on this web site are for viewing ONLY. The copyrights belong to the original publishers. Please do NOT download from our site without our permission. We will terminate your access if such event is detected. If you would like to compare results, please contact Prof. James Wang via email to arrange.


Main Project Group Members

Jia Li, Associate Professor, Statistics, Penn State University (jiali AT db.stanford. edu)
James Z. Wang (corresponding member), Associate Professor, PNC Professorship, College of Info. Sci. and Tech., Penn State University (wangz AT cs. stanford. edu)
Gio Wiederhold, Professor (Emeritus), CS, Stanford University (gio AT cs . stanford . edu)

On-line Demos (DB size: 200,000 images)

For the latest info and demos, go to http://wang.ist.psu.edu/IMAGE
SIMPLIcity Semantics-sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture LIbraries
(1998-2000, region based, wavelets, statistical)    GO!
WIPE(TM) Wavelet Image Pornography Elimination / Detection (1997-1998) (server down) GO!
Virtual Microscope Progressive Zooming of Very Large Images using Wavelets (1998) GO!
Main Related Publications
  1. James Z. Wang, Jia Li and Gio Wiederhold, ``SIMPLIcity: Semantics-Sensitive Integrated Matching for Picture Libraries,'' IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 947-963, 2001. (download)

  2. Jia Li and James Z. Wang, ``Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures by a Statistical Modeling Approach,'' IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1075-1088, 2003. (download)

  3. more......
More Info (downloads, links)

Downloads, etc; Penn State project site.

Other or Previous Project Group Members

Oscar Firschein, Stanford University (oscar AT db. stanford. edu)

M.S. Students at Stanford

Desmond Chan (deschan AT db. stanford. edu)
Xin Wang (xinw AT stanford. edu)
Maintained by: James Z. Wang
Last Modified: February 7, 2004, James Z. Wang .