The Bag of Words Torn Open: Image Retrieval Goes Deep

Guys, we have great news! We renew our monthly meetings Coffee and Data Science! Our first speaker of a new season will be James Pritts, PhD candidate from Czech Technical Univeristy in Prague. Topic - The Bag of Words Torn Open: Image Retrieval Goes Deep When - January 20, 18:00 Where - Lectorium UCU, Kozelnytska, 2A Str. Please register - https://goo.gl/forms/Sim2hkXTnGrtH8VA2 James Pritts is a researcher at the Center for Machine Perception (CMP) and a PhD candidate at Czech Technical University. His current research is detecting and modeling repeated patterns in images. Prior to joining CMP, Mr. Pritts had an industry career in computer vision and scientific computing. Mr. Pritts was a Lead Engineer for BAE Systems, where he contributed to several US Department of Defense (DARPA) computer-vision research efforts; at NASA, he created gesture-recognition software for remotely controlling robotic arms of the International Space Station; and for Shell Global Solutions, he designed high-performance process-control algorithms. He received his BSc in Mathematics at The University of North Texas and his MSc in Computer Science from Czech Technical University.