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Details of the challenge at http://www.thestarchallenge.sg Singapore, 25 July 2008 -- Seven teams from five countries survived the second knock-out round in Singapore’s global race to develop the world’s next-generation multimedia search technology, the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) announced today. The seven teams that are still in the running for the top prize of US$100,000 are (in alphabetical order): • adMIRer from National University of Singapore • COMET from Tsinghua University, China • LIG from Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France • LMS CTS from National University of Singapore • NII-KAORI from National Institute of Informatics, Japan • SHRC from China (includes members from Peking University) • UIUC-YX from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) They will move to the qualifying race that will begin on 1 September 2008. A first-of-its-kind competition, the Star Challenge@Fusionopolis, challenges teams to create the fastest and most accurate algorithms for searching audio and video content, without text-based tagging. It is held as a lead up to the grand opening of Singapore’s science and technology hub, Fusionopolis, which is the headquarters of A*STAR’s science and engineering research institutes. During the second knock-out round held on 15 July, the teams searched 30 hours of video content for specific video images within the shortest time possible. For instance, they were given video images of close-up face shots and told to find similar video images. The tasks set under the qualifying race will be even more challenging, as the seven teams will have to use both their audio and video search technologies to find specific video clips. The top teams will be flown in from any part of the world to Fusionopolis to compete in the grand finals held on 23 October 2008. More than 56 teams from 17 countries signed up for The Star Challenge@Fusionopolis, when the competition was first launched in January 2008. About Institute for Infocomm Research: About The Star Challenge@Fusionopolis The Star Challenge@Fusionopolis is the first-of-its-kind global competition to foster the development of the world’s next-generation multimedia search technology by Singapore’s A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research). It is held as part of the grand opening of Fusionopolis, Singapore’s science and technology hub, in October 2008. For more information about The Star Challenge@Fusionopolis, please visit http://www.thestarchallenge.sg About Fusionopolis Fusionopolis is Singapore’s science and technology hub that brings together scientists, research engineers and technology experts from a variety of science and engineering disciplines, to find innovative solutions for technological and lifestyle problems facing society and jumpstart future industries. Fusionopolis will have more than 1500 researchers from the public labs under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), with a broad spectrum of capabilities ranging from high performance computing to infocomm research, data storage, materials research and engineering, microelectronics, and manufacturing technology. The public labs work alongside corporate labs like those of Vestas, Thales Technology and Seiko Instruments to accelerate the development of technologies and new products, and bring them to market. Fusionopolis is located in close proximity to A*STAR’s biomedical sciences research institutes at Biopolis, which will open up opportunities for the fusion of capabilities across diverse scientific domains, thus paving the way for multi-disciplinary research. A whole-of-Singapore approach has been taken at Fusionopolis to enable it to jumpstart future industries. Fusionopolis will also be home to Singapore’s various industry-development public agencies such as the Media Development Authority, the Economic Development Board and SPRING Singapore. For more information on Fusionopolis, please visit http://www.fusionopolis.a-star.edu.sg About the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) A*STAR is Singapore's lead agency for fostering world-class scientific research and talent for a vibrant knowledge-based Singapore. A*STAR actively nurtures public sector research and development in Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, with a particular focus on fields essential to Singapore's manufacturing industry and new growth industries. It oversees 19 research institutes and consortia and supports extramural research with the universities, hospital research centres and other local and international partners. At the heart of this knowledge intensive work is human capital. Top local and international scientific talent drive knowledge creation at A*STAR research institutes. The Agency also sends scholars for undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral training in the best universities, a reflection of the high priority A*STAR places on nurturing the next generation of scientific talent. A*STAR’s science and engineering research institutes will be headquartered at Fusionopolis. For more information about A*STAR, please visit http://www.a-star.edu.sg Media Contacts: In Singapore: Mr Andrew Yap Acting Manager, Corporate Communications A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) DID: (65) 6419 1143 Fax: (65) 6466 7716 Email: // Footnotes: M170o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Note To Editors: M170o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Disclaimer: M170o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Submitted by AY, Institute for Infocomm Research on Friday, 25 July 2008 at 11:01 AM Category: Science & Research |
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