Monthly Archives: March 2012

Thesis – Paper Abstract

A System for Non-linear Exploration of Visual Information Abstract: The amount of personal data in the form of social media, email, music, video, and personal photos continues to grow at a rapid pace. While some advances have been made in … Continue reading

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Making Pop Up Books – Final Project

A Reconstructed Memory This project began to take shape as I considered the possibility of physically reconstructing my memory of an architectural space… specifically the house I grew up in. The circumstances surrounding this house are unusual in that during … Continue reading

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Thesis – Week 08 (progress)

Face Recognition, XML, initial clusters… Closing in on a working backend system We, being myself and Akira Shibata, accomplished a lot over the break. The current face recognition system based on Phillip Wagner’s Eigen Face implementation is working and provides … Continue reading

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Thesis – Week 07 (progress)

Histograms and Frequency …ever closer to face clustering, but not just yet. Using the birthday data set a plot of face frequency over 5 years. Not especially meaningful as it is, but getting ready for face comparison and clustering. Playing … Continue reading

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Making Pop Up Books – Final Project Proposal

Final Project Proposal “Reconstructive Memory” I’ve been thinking about a project since the beginning of this class. In essence it is an anti-pop-up book, or perhaps a destructive / reconstructive pop up book. The idea is fairly simple… a sturdy … Continue reading

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