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Multimedia Search Technology Transfer driven by Benchmarking
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Report from our TTK 5 - April 2012 - Now available
This Think-Tank brought together experts and stakeholders of multimedia search related benchmarking efforts in order to exchange on lessons learned and to assess suitability of benchmarking as a tool to foster exchange between academia and industry at the European level.
 

Notes taken during and following the Chorus+ Think-Tank roundtable discussion on "Multimedia search technology transfer driven by benchmarking” held during the WWW2012 a conference in Lyon (France) on April 19th 2012.

In particular the Think-Tank addressed the following subjects:

  •  Lessons learned: What works and what does not work in benchmarking?
  •  How efficient is benchmarking for fostering technology transfer?
  • What are the lessons learned on this subject?
  •  How efficient is benchmarking for evaluating scientific and technical progress?  
  • Which technologies should be targeted for future benchmarking campaigns?  
  • How effective are the existing public and private benchmarking efforts?
  • Should the EU play a role in further strengthening and supporting these efforts? 

The full report is available  here


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