“Wow, this is the future”, I thought to myself. “How do I get to be a part of this project”, my thoughts continued. The demo I attended in August led me to apply for this job a month later. Now I have been the Yle Industry Partner for MeMAD project for almost two months. Normally…
MeMAD research work – especially the parts analysing video and audio – depends on data and media because data intensive methods such as data mining are being used. MeMAD research teams of course use the standard open datasets such as TRECVID, but we have also worked to gain access and get rights to also use…
Exploring a city as vibrant as Berlin, an urban landscape punctuated by music from booming sound systems and pulsating with imagery projected on every wall and façade during the current Festival of Lights, sharpens the mind to the relevance of accessible media in all our lives. This dynamic geographical space, with its iconic audiovisual heritage,…
MeMAD project will have presence in IBC2018, the world’s most influential media conference by consortium members INA, Limecraft and Yle. Remember to look us up to find out more about the MeMAD project!
Lingsoft will present MeMAD project at the exhibition of Digitality and logic of Internet on May 21st in Turku, Finland. The event gathers together research around digitality and digital huamities. Especially logic of Internet will be discussed in many of the presentations.
The MeMAD project launched with a vibrant discussion and exchange of ideas with its stakeholders at the beginning of 2018. We wanted to organise a kick-off event with all the central stakeholders as they play a key role in shaping the MeMAD project and its outcomes. In this post, we review our stakeholders’ wishlist about…
MeMAD researcher Maija Hirvonen (University of Helsinki) analyzes what happens to our ability to read when videos are taking over in our everyday communication. Read more here (only in Finnish).
Press release, free for publication 4 March 2018 Lingsoft is part of an EU project that is set to revolutionize the management of large video collections. The project aims to create a next-generation media experience by combining the efficiency of artificial intelligence with human accuracy. MeMAD, a three-year EU research project that began in 2018,…