Indexed Captioned Searchable Videos

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When: Friday, November 21, 
2014
Where: PGH 232
Time: 11:00 AM

Speaker: Prof. Jaspal Subhlok, University of Houston, COSC

Host: Prof. Ioannis Kakadiaris

Video recordings of classroom lectures have proven to be a popular learning companion at the University of Houston. Our surveys of students at the University of Houston, dating back over a decade, have consistently revealed that i) Students consider video lectures extremely valuable and use them for diverse purposes such as reviewing difficult concepts and preparing for quizzes and ii) A big shortcoming of the video format is the difficulty in quickly reaching the content of interest. The goal of the ICS Videos project is to enable users to rapidly search and access a topic of interest with automatic video indexing, search within and across videos, and captioning. This talk will report on the development and evaluation of ICS videos framework by integrating and enhancing diverse technologies spanning optical character recognition, image analysis, and text analysis.  Assessment of the value of ICS Videos as a learning resource, based on 1000s of student surveys and interviews across the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Physics, and Psychology, will also be reported.

Bio:

Jaspal Subhlok is a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. He currently serves as the Chair of the Computer Science Department. His research interests are primarily focused on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Educational Technologies. He was awarded the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award for Innovative Educational Technologies and Department of Computer Science award for Teaching Excellence as well as for Research Excellence.