Company's immense video data sets stage for breakthrough
in facial, voice, movement and clothing recognition
algorithms
BEIJING, June 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI
Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an
innovative market-leading online entertainment service
in China, today announced the official opening of applications
for "Celebrity Video Identification Challenge", an AI programming
competition focused on video-based multimodal biometric
recognition. The competition is being held in partnership with the
Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision (PRCV
2018). Between 200 and 1,000 teams drawn from China's leading institutions in the field of
scientific research and some of the world's top universities will
vie to make major breakthroughs in the field.
In this unprecedented initiative, iQIYI will provide
participants of the competition with the world's largest data set
of celebrity video materials (iQIYI-VID) containing over 500,000
video segments of 5,000 celebrities from the world of
entertainment, totaling over 1,000 hours.
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Competitors will apply iQIYI's colossal data set to develop
biometric recognition algorithms which attempt to identify
celebrities through multiple factors such as the individual's face,
voice, movement and clothing appearing in the video footage. The
ability for biometric recognition through photographs has in some
cases surpassed human capabilities, but considering variables such
as different expression, pose, age, light conditions, make up and
obstructions to view, the effectiveness of recognition algorithms
within the context of video footage is still not sufficient to meet
the demands of practical use. Throughout the competition
contestants will have the opportunity to compete against and
interact with some of leading figures in the AI field.
"The combination of iQIYI's massive digital video resources and
leading AI technology means we are well positioned to take the
field of video-based biometric recognition to the next level," said
iQIYI Chief Technology Officer Liu Wenfeng.
"Through this competition we look forward to further enhancing
the application of AI technology in the video industry, improving
AI algorithms in partnership with leading programmers in the field
and promoting the development of video-based biometric recognition
technology in China and
abroad."
According to the competition's schedule, from June 14 iQIYI will begin to release the iQIYI-VID
training and validation datasets in batches, with the test dataset
to be released on September 17. From
this date iQIYI will begin to rank submissions, until the
submission deadline on October 15.
Competition winners will be announced on November 1, with iQIYI awarding the winning team
a prize of 200,000 RMB. Second place
will receive 100,000 RMB and third
place 50,000RMB.
Competitors wishing to participate can visit
http://challenge.ai.iqiyi.com/.
About iQIYI, In
iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ:IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company") is an
innovative market-leading online entertainment service
in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with
technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and
the production of blockbuster content. iQIYI's platform features
highly popular original content, as well as a comprehensive library
of other professionally-produced content, partner-generated content
and user-generated content. The Company distinguishes itself in the
online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform
powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core
proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with
tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified
monetization model including membership services, online
advertising services, content distribution, live broadcasting,
online games, IP licensing, online literature and e-commerce etc.
For more information on iQIYI, please
visit http://ir.iqiyi.com.
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