Visual Information Retrieval - Future Directions and Grand Challenges

摘要

We are at the beginning of the digital Age of Information, a digital Renaissance allowing us to communicate, share, and learn in novel ways and resulting in the creation of new paradigms. However, having access to all of the knowledge in the world is pointless without a means to search for it. Visual information retrieval is poised to give access to the myriad forms of images and video, comprising knowledge from individuals and cultures to scientific fields and artistic communities. In this paper I summarize the current state of the field and discuss promising future directions and grand challenges.