All Things Visual » Aesthetics http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc Communiqués from the Visual Resources Center, Department of Art History, The University of Chicago Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Automated Aesthetic Judgments http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2009/05/07/automated-aesthetic-judgments/ http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2009/05/07/automated-aesthetic-judgments/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 14:26:55 +0000 mmacken http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/?p=445 image highly-rated by acquine

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James Z. Wang, associate professor of information sciences and technology, is one of the principal researchers on the Aesthetic Quality Inference Engine (ACQUINE), a system that judges the aesthetic quality of digital images. Wang said this tool is a significant first step in recognizing human emotional reaction to visual stimulus.

ACQUINE, which has been in development since 2005 and was launched in April 2009, can be found online at http://acquine.alipr.com. Users can upload their own images for rating or test the system by providing a link to any image online. The system provides an aesthetic rating within seconds. more…

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