James Z. Wang's Research Group

Known Media Reports on the Research Group

SPONSOR OF OUR RESEARCH: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 0347148 and 0219272. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

IMAGINATION image-based captcha authentication
  1. Next-Generation CAPTCHA Exploits the Semantic Gap, SlashDot.org, headline news, April 23, 2008 at 8:03AM. (link, front page view, view)

  2. Can CAPTCHA be Saved? Computerworld, blog, by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, April 23, 2008 at 4:08PM. (link, view)

  3. Researchers stay step ahead of bots with image-based CAPTCHA, Ars Technica, by Joel Hruska, April 23, 2008 at 9:08PM. (link, view, front page view )

Tagging over Time

  1. 25 Radical Network Research Projects You Should Know About, NetworkWorld, April 16, 2008. (link, view)

  2. Where Oh Where Art Thou, Digital Image? Discovery News - What the Tech Blog, December 5, 2007. (link, view)

  3. Photo Search System Auto-Tags, Then Learns From Users, Science Daily, October 16, 2007. (link, view, cover)

  4. Smart photo tagging created at Penn State, NetworkWorld, Boston, October 16, 2007. (link, view)

  5. New software makes digital photo searches simpler, NewKerala, India, October 17, 2007. (link, view)
    Also on DailyIndia, Malaysia Sun, Malaysia

  6. New software advances photo search and management in online systems, The Hindu, October 16, 2007. (link, view)

  7. Photo search and management in online systems, Technology News Daily, New Zealand, October 15, 2007. (link)

  8. Boffins zoom in on digital image search, iTnews, Australia, October 17, 2007. (link, view)
    Story also on Personal Computer World, UK, What PC?, UK, IT Week, UK, CRN, UK, VNUNet, UK, Computing, UK

  9. Software Advances Photo Search, Management, The Post Chronicle, October 16, 2007. (link, view)
    Also on United Press International, EarthTimes, UK, ImediNews, Georgia

  10. New software advances photo search and management in online systems, PhysOrg, October 15, 2007. (link, view)

Studying of Paintings by Vincent van Gogh

Collaborative workshop with Van Gogh Museum and researchers from other institutions.





  1. NOVA ScienceNOW, June 2008, to be aired.

  2. Bridging World, Cornell Engineering Magazine, cover story, January 2008. (link, view, pdf)

  3. Computers May Help Identify Phony Art, National Public Radio Science Friday, May 18, 2007. (link, listen, script)

  4. Das Zittern des Fdlschers (Trembling the Counterfeiter), Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt, Germany, June 17, 2007. (link to newspaper, view, pdf, translation)

  5. Is That Painting Real? Ask A Mathematician, CBS News, May 15, 2007. (link, view, the Workshop)

  6. Is That Painting Real? Ask A Mathematician, The Christian Science Monitor, May 10, 2007. (link, view, page 1, page 2, the Workshop)

Real-time Automatic Annotation of Pictures (ALIPR)

  1. Digital Pics 'Read' by Computer, Discovery News, by Tracy Staedter, a Top Story of November 9. 2006. (link, print view, front screen image, example)

  2. Computers Get the Picture, Scientific American Daily 60-Second World Science, reported by Steve Mirsky, featured science on November 6, 2006. (listen, backup mp3, view, front page view)

  3. Automatic Image Tagging, SlashDot.org headline news, November 2, 2006 at 8:07PM. (link, view, front page view, Chinese version)

  4. Software Learns to Tag Photos, MIT Technology Review, by James Lee, November 9, 2006. (link, Page 1 view, Page 2 view, print view, front page view)

  5. Radio News Broadcast, WPSX Public Radio Station, November 7, 2006. (first time 7:34AM morning news, about one minute) (link, listen)

  6. Software recognizes and describes images in words, Radio Canada, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) News, 2006. (link, view, front page view)

  7. PACS Workstations Pull New Arrows From Quiver, by David L. Weiss, M.D., Diagnostic Imaging PACSWeb, September 1, 2006. (link, view)

  8. Penn State Researchers Create Auto Picture Tagging, Digital Camera Info, November 6, 2006. (link, view, front page view)

  9. Automatically Tag Images Using ALIPR, CIO Central, 2006. (link, view)

  10. Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures, PhotoReview Australia, November 5, 2006. (link, view, front page view)

  11. Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures Real-Time (ALIPR): Software Recognizes And Describes Images In Words, StockPhotoTalk, November 3, 2006. (link, view)

  12. Computers Taught How To Interpret Images, Tech News Daily, November 2, 2006. (link, view)

  13. Wordpress it is then... ALIPR? Barnesdmd.co.uk, November 3, 2006. (link, view)

  14. Researchers demonstrate automatic photo keywording system, Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Insights, November 3, 2006. (link, view)

  15. Researchers teach computers how to name images by 'thinking', PHYSORG.com, November 1, 2006. (link, view)

  16. Researchers Teach Computers How To Name Images By Thinking, LockerGnome Tech News Watch, November 1, 2006. (link, view)

  17. Researchers teach computers how to name images by 'thinking', Innovations Report, November 3, 2006. (link, view)

  18. Intelligent computer describes pictures, The Daily Collegian, November 7, 2006. (link, view)

  19. Computers Naming Images by 'Thinking', CCNews, November 2, 2006. (link, view, front page view)

  20. Researchers teach computers how to name images by 'thinking', 50Connect, U.K., November 3, 2006. (link, view)

  21. Researchers Teach Computers How to Name Images by 'Thinking', ACM TechNews, November 3, 2006. (link, view)

  22. Researchers Teach Computers How To Name Images By 'Thinking', ScienceDaily, November 1, 2006. (link, view)

  23. 'Thinking' computers taught 330 English words to help tag caption less pics, NewKerala, India, November 2, 2006. (link, view)

  24. New software tags images automatically, Beijing Technology News (Bei Jing Ke Ji Bao), November 16, 2006. (link, view)

  25. Penn State researchers say a picture is worth 330 words, Network World, December 4, 2006. (link, cover view, view)

  26. researchers say a picture is worth 330 words, PC World Magazine, Australia, December 4, 2006.

  27. New system eases online image search, IT World, Canada, December 4, 2006.

  28. A picture is worth 330 words, exactly, Digit Magazine, UK, December 5, 2006.

  29. ALIPR Helps People Decide: Hot Or Not? Gizmodo News, November 9, 2006. (link, view)

  30. Automatic Image Tagging, ZDNet, November 2, 2006. (link, view, MobileZDNet)

Computational Aesthetics

  1. Beauty in the Eye of the Mouseholder, The Engineer Online, June 6, 2006. (link, view)

  2. New Software 'Teaches' Computers How to Identify Beauty, PhysOrg.com, June 5, 2006. (link, view)

SIMPLIcity with Airliners.net

  1. Searching by Image Instead of Keywords, Slashdot, May 4, 2005. (link, view)

  2. Content-Based Image Retrieval Finds De Plane! De Plane!, Search Views, May 5, 2005. (link, view)

  3. All About Content Based Image Retrieval, SearchEngineWatch, May 5, 2005. (link, view)

  4. Image Comparison Engines, Google Blogoscoped, May 5, 2005. (link, view)

Image Retrieval and Objectionable Image Filtering

  1. Looking for Good Art, Part 2, Image Retrieval, Searcher, vol. 12, no. 9, 2004. (link) (view)

  2. Talking to the Pictures -- Letting the Computer Sort Your Pictures, Thumbnails (pp. 2), 2003. (link) (view)

  3. Report on Image Research, European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, 2003. (link) (view)

  4. Donner du sens aux images (in French), Fing France, 2002. (link) (view)

  5. New Software Creates Dictionary For Retrieving Images, Penn State News Release, December 2002. (link) (link) (view)

  6. Advanced Techniques for Automatic Web Filtering, National Academies Written Testimony, 2002. (link) (view)

  7. Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures (in Japanese), Internet Watch, 2002. (link) (view)

  8. Introduction and New Software Creates Dictionary for Retrieving Images, Medscape, 2002. (link) (view)

  9. New Software Creates Dictionary for Retrieving Images, Innovations Report, 2002. (link) (view)

  10. New Digital Image Retrieval Approach Reduces Search Time, Improves Accuracy, Penn State News Release, 2001. (link) (view)

  11. New Digital Image Retrieval Approach Reduces Search Time, Improves Accuracy, Science Blog, June 2001. (link) (view)

  12. New digital image retrieval approach reduces search time, improves accuracy, Global Techno Scan, 2001. (link) (view)

  13. Simplicity Eases Image Retrieval, Photonics, September 2001. (link) (view)

  14. Image search sorts by content, TRN Magazine, 2001. (link) (view)

  15. Advanced Techniques for Automatic Web Filtering, National Academies Report, 2002. (link) (view)

  16. Web Image Searches Can Become Faster, More Accurate, UniSci, 2001. (link) (view)

  17. Net Protection Review, SaferInternet Organization, 2002. (link) (view)

  18. New strategy allows computerized search of digital image databases, Diagnostic Imaging, 2001. (link) (view)

  19. SIMPLIcity system, (in Italian), 2002. (link)

  20. List of Demos Website Links, Electrical Engineering, 2002. (link) (view)

  21. Internet Governance (in German), Informatik und Gesellschaft (translation of a Daily Mirror report, 1998. (link) (view) (translation)

  22. Report on WIPE, Reference News (Can Kao Xiao Xi), 1997. (link) (view)

  23. Report on WIPE, ZDNews, 1997. (link) (view) (translation)

  24. Report on WIPE, DPA (German Press Agency), 1997. (link) (view) (translation) (with followup)

  25. Report on WIPE, DPA (German Press Agency), 1997. (link) (view)

  26. Report on WIPE, Canoe, 1997. (link) (view)

Misc:

  1. Central PA 4th Fest Official Photo, 2005.(link) (view)

  2. Central PA 4th Fest Official Photo, 2004.(link) (view)

  3. Peer-to-peer programs work by direct data requests between software, The Digital Collegian, 2003. (link) (view)

  4. Un-wired, The Digital Collegian, 2003. (link) (view)

  5. A photograph taken by J. Z. Wang is selected for the cover of NSF Frontier.

Any questions or comments? Contact James Wang and Jia Li.