The application of computer vision methods to nuanced, subjective concepts is growing.
While crowdsourcing has served the vision community well for most objective tasks (such as …

We introduce EQUI-VOCAL: a new system that automatically synthesizes queries over
videos from limited user interactions. The user only provides a handful of positive and …

Querying video data has become increasingly popular and useful. Video queries can be
complex, ranging from retrieval tasks (“find me the top videos that have...”), to analytics (“how …

We demonstrate EQUI-VOCAL, a system that synthesizes compositional queries over videos
from user feedback. EQUI-VOCAL enables users to query a video database for complex …

Query optimization in relational database management systems (DBMSs) is critical for fast
query processing. The query optimizer relies on precise selectivity and cost estimates to …

Video situation monitoring is essential for various applications such as surveillance and
monitoring and societal applications (eg, senior care or Assisted Living (AL) monitoring) …

Increasingly many scientific and engineering domains rely on video data, which is
information dense and relatively easy to collect. At the same time, recent advances in …