Hoyos Labs names Dr. John Callahan as chief technology officer
Hoyos Labs announced it has named Dr. John (“Jack”) Callahan as chief technology officer, where he will oversee the development…
computer vision
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Sighthound releases facial recognition software for mobile platforms
Sighthound announced that it has released an advanced facial recognition software for mobile handheld platforms. The company will be demonstrating…
Snapchat acquires 3D selfies app developer Seene
A couple of months ago, Snapchat quietly acquired 3D photo app developer Seene (also known as Obvious Engineering) which allows…
Canadian university prof wins grant for machine vision technology research
Graham Taylor, an engineering professor at the University of Guelph will share $550,000 in federal funding for a three-year international…
Anil Jain honored for contributions to engineering and biometrics, elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Biometrics expert Anil Jain, a University Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering at Michigan State University, has been elected…
AiCure wins venture capital funding for medication adherence platform
AiCure recently closed a Series A fundraising round of US$12.25 million from a venture capital consortium led by New Leaf…
Sighthound boasts LFW benchmark results for its facial recognition software
Sighthound, Inc. announced that its facial recognition system ranks first – with an accuracy of 99.79% – against the Labeled…
MSU fellowship fund will support doctoral-level research in biometric recognition
Michigan State University announced it is using an anonymous $400,000 cash gift from a former Computer Science and Engineering student…
Dropbox recruits facial and object recognition technology firm KBVT founders
Dropbox acquired Columbia University’s professor Peter Belhumeur and UCSD’s professor David Kriegman, the computer vision and machine learning professors who…
Algorithms used in facial recognition improve malaria diagnosis
A new paper published on the Public Library of Science details a new, innovative malaria diagnostic tool based on computer…
