January 29, 2008 - Le Monde Informatique - Sinequa announces RPM2, research project for summaries of intelligent and multimedia content online.
" ... Sinequa, Eurecom Institute, Wikio (one of the latest projects of Pierre Chappaz) and the LIA (Computer Science Laboratory of Avignon) have begun exploratory work on an extensive documentary research project. Named RPM2, for abstract pluri-media, multi-documents and multi-opinions, the initiative aims to provide users with a summary of all information in any format. The project, financed 50% by the ANR (National Research Agency) and 50% by Sinequa, should lead to the development of methods of automatic summaries of multi-documents including text, audio and video formats and allowing classifications according to the various opinions expressed in the various documents.. ... "
" ... « The idea is to catalog all documents and present them in a synthetic manner. One example would be a request as simple as 'Ségolène Royal', a video, a summary of articles, a drawing and a summary of her speeches [from audio files, ndlr], said Gaëlle Recourcé, Head of Sinequa Labs. This is a mutually enriched multimedia summary...»... "
" ... A scholarly alchemy that results from the collaboration of image and video technology analysis from the Eurecom Institute, and that of the automatic processing of speech and multi-document summaries of the LIA. If indexing is based on the transcript, creating summaries remains one of the most advanced technologies. To sum up, for example you can create chaptering data streams to distinguish the parties, or extract scenes from a video. « When we analyze a soccer game, we are able to detect when a goal is scored», said Gaëlle Recourcé. These are the techniques used by the Eurecom Institute. ... " " ... What remains is the part of analyzing emotions to integrate a complete view taking into account the opinions and feelings conveyed in the document analyzed. This part lies with the LIA, specialized in speech processing. The Computer Science Laboratory of Avignon performs an intelligent differentiation of results depending on the processing of a single source in order to identify different opinions. «This includes recognizing the linguistic difference from two sources and presenting two sides of information. ». ... "
" ... «The results obtained will be a decisive advantage for our Enterprise Search solution Sinequa CS» added Jean Ferré, President of Sinequa. The first results are expected to be delivered in the fall. ... "
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