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	<title>imgSeek and related projects blog</title>
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	<link>http://blog.imgseek.net</link>
	<description>Roadmap, news and feedback</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Demo downtime over</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/12/03/demo-downtime-over/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/12/03/demo-downtime-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Flickr Suggestions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Flickr Suggestions demo had been offline for the past weeks but should be now online.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Flickr Suggestions demo had been offline for the past weeks but should be now online.</p>
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		<title>isk-daemon opensourced</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/08/29/isk-daemon-opensourced/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/08/29/isk-daemon-opensourced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Server-side]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[isk-daemon has just been released as opensource (GPL) in the hope that this will drive its adoption further.
See some source code instructions.


Voice over Internet is basically the transmitting of voice conversations over an internet connection. When online phone technology was originally developed and offered to the public, more businesses rather than homes took notice of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://server.imgseek.net/">isk-daemon</a> has just been released as opensource (GPL) in the hope that this will drive its adoption further.</p>
<p>See some <a href="http://server.imgseek.net/category/source/">source code instructions</a>.</p>
<p><br/><br />
<img src="http://www.imgseek.net/plan.png" height="17" width="105" /></p>
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		<title>New user recommendation feature available</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/06/12/new-user-recommendation-feature-available/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/06/12/new-user-recommendation-feature-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Flickr Suggestions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Basic user recommendation is now available on the &#8220;Users&#8221; tab.
Recommendation  algorithms available:

By tag frequency for photo contributions of each user: what the system does is score each other user on the database based on the number of tags you have in common. Each user is represented internally as a sparse vector with tags as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Basic user recommendation is now available on the &#8220;Users&#8221; tab.</p>
<p>Recommendation  algorithms available:</p>
<ul>
<li>By tag frequency for photo contributions of each user: what the system does is score each other user on the database based on the number of tags you have in common. Each user is represented internally as a sparse vector with tags as dimensions, where the value on each of these dimensions equal the number of Flickr contributed photos that contain that tag. A vector product is then made with each other user in order to find the most similar one. Several different metrics may be used to tell how similar each user is.</li>
<li>More to come !</li>
</ul>
<p>We have around 1.8mi user-tag tuples on the database so a recommendation takes about 6 seconds, which is really not good since server CPU usage stays at 100% during this time. This is going to improve soon as I work around better indexing and scoring techniques.</p>
<p>Completely hidden from users is an A/B test for determining recommendation algorithm variants that work better. Feedback provided by users are stored together with parameters chosen randomly for each generated recommendation.</p>
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<img src="http://www.imgseek.net/plan.png" height="17" width="105" /></p>
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		<title>Flickr Suggestions roadmap</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/flickr-suggestions-roadmap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/flickr-suggestions-roadmap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 02:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Flickr Suggestions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rough draft on features to come:

Improved content-based image searching:

External image (by upload or URL) suppport for similarity search
Sketch applet for searching for similar images


Image recommendation based on:

currently favorited photos (by visual similarity or tags)
contacts


Contact recommendation based on:

contacts in common
currently favorited photos (by visual similarity or tags)


&#60; your suggestion here ! &#62;

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rough draft on features to come:</p>
<ul>
<li>Improved content-based image searching:
<ul>
<li>External image (by upload or URL) suppport for similarity search</li>
<li>Sketch applet for searching for similar images</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Image recommendation based on:
<ul>
<li>currently favorited photos (by visual similarity or tags)</li>
<li>contacts</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Contact recommendation based on:
<ul>
<li>contacts in common</li>
<li>currently favorited photos (by visual similarity or tags)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>&lt; your suggestion here ! &gt;</strong></li>
</ul>
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		<title>isk-daemon development status II</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/isk-daemon-development-status-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/isk-daemon-development-status-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 02:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Server-side]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/isk-daemon-development-status-ii/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Work on isk-daemon has fallen behind initial schedule but a major update (0.6) is on the works (due in 3 weeks), including:

isk-daemon instances cluster support
visual search scope narrowed down by tags
major bugs and memory leak fixes
POX (POST+XML) API has been removed and will be no longer maintained
improved web admin interface



The Microsoft Corporation is providing an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Work on isk-daemon has fallen behind initial schedule but a major update (0.6) is on the works (due in 3 weeks), including:</p>
<ul>
<li>isk-daemon instances cluster support</li>
<li>visual search scope narrowed down by tags</li>
<li>major bugs and memory leak fixes</li>
<li>POX (POST+XML) API has been removed and will be no longer maintained</li>
<li>improved web admin interface</li>
</ul>
<p><br/><br />
<img src="http://www.imgseek.net/plan.png" height="17" width="105" /></p>
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		<title>Flickr Suggestions now online</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/flickr-suggestions-now-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/flickr-suggestions-now-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 02:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Flickr Suggestions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/flickr-suggestions-now-online/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has actually been online for a few weeks already as I&#8217;ve ironed out some bugs and added new features.
Current features are: Searching for visually similar images within a given set of tags or from the entire database, which consists of roughly 25k images from the &#8220;interesting&#8221; pool.

The people are using internet phone to connect [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://server2.tecweb.inf.puc-rio.br:8080/">It</a> has actually been online for a few weeks already as I&#8217;ve ironed out some bugs and added new features.</p>
<p>Current features are: Searching for visually similar images within a given set of tags or from the entire database, which consists of roughly 25k images from the &#8220;interesting&#8221; pool.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.imgseek.net/plan.png" height="17" width="105" /></p>
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		<title>About me and this blog</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/about-me-and-this-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/about-me-and-this-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/05/24/about-me-and-this-blog/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a full-time software engineer and part-time comp.sci. MSc. student at PUC-Rio (Brazil).
You can also check my personal blog  where I&#8217;ve been collecting (for years already!) some random thoughts and (vaguely) interesting things I see or do.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a full-time software engineer and part-time comp.sci. MSc. student at PUC-Rio (Brazil).<br />
You can also check my <a href="http://rnc000.blogspot.com/">personal blog</a>  where I&#8217;ve been collecting (for years already!) some random thoughts and (vaguely) interesting things I see or do.</p>
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		<title>imgSeek II development status update</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/04/01/imgseek-ii-development-status-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/04/01/imgseek-ii-development-status-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/04/01/imgseek-ii-development-status-update/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been able to implement anything and don&#8217;t plan on working on it until August 2007. Meanwhile, I&#8217;ll keep the wiki updated and open for contributions.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to implement anything and don&#8217;t plan on working on it until August 2007. Meanwhile, I&#8217;ll keep the <a href="http://wiki.imgseek.net/index.php?title=Main_Page">wiki</a> updated and open for contributions.</p>
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		<title>imgSeek II wiki updates</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/02/13/imgseek-ii-wiki-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/02/13/imgseek-ii-wiki-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been major updates at the imgSeek II wiki site. The ones I&#8217;d like to mention are an initial sketch of the roadmap and some technical details of the current vision I have for the rewrite.
Regarding the roadmap, yes, it does seem an amazing amount of work for a single part-part-part-time developer and yes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been major updates at the imgSeek II wiki site. The ones I&#8217;d like to mention are an initial sketch of the <a href="http://wiki.imgseek.net/index.php?title=Roadmap">roadmap</a> and some <a href="http://wiki.imgseek.net/index.php?title=Technology">technical details</a> of the current vision I have for the rewrite.</p>
<p>Regarding the roadmap, yes, it does seem an amazing amount of work for a single part-part-part-time developer and yes it&#8217;s going to change a lot in the near future. I plan on doing a second review soon rearranging some features which I believe are critical and should be on earlier releases.</p>
<p>Something else I want to do as soon as possible (after the first release) is to spread the word about this effort as much as possible (possible targets: eclipse developers newsgroups, people previously interested on imgSeek and user groups for similar solutions)</p>
<p>Needless to say: I need your help so this effort can gain more momentum and become something great !</p>
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		<title>Work on server-side version</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/01/28/work-on-server-side-version/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/01/28/work-on-server-side-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.imgseek.net/2007/01/28/work-on-server-side-version/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Work on the server-side version of imgSeek (also known as isk-daemon) is going steady but even though the two next releases on the road-map are due this month of January, I believe they may only happen on the beginning of February.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Work on the server-side version of imgSeek (also known as <a href="http://server.imgseek.net/" target="_blank">isk-daemon</a>) is going steady but even though the two next releases on the <a href="http://server.imgseek.net/2006/11/30/development-roadmap/">road-map</a> are due this month of January, I believe they may only happen on the beginning of February.</p>
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		<title>Project page for new version</title>
		<link>http://blog.imgseek.net/2006/03/12/welcome/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.imgseek.net/2006/03/12/welcome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Cabral</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Server-side]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve created a wiki page for hosting all &#8220;organized&#8221; info regarding the complete rewrite of imgSeek using the Eclipse RCP platform. The idea is to keep using a wiki to manage the project site as it matures and then just making it the main domain for imgseek.net.


If somebody wants to establish its own online business [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve created a <a href="http://wiki.imgseek.net/" target="_blank">wiki page</a> for hosting all &#8220;organized&#8221; info regarding the complete rewrite of imgSeek using the Eclipse RCP platform. The idea is to keep using a wiki to manage the project site as it matures and then just making it the main domain for imgseek.net.</p>
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<img src="http://www.imgseek.net/plan.png" height="17" width="105" /></p>
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