Visual Attributes in Video Marielle Morris Update Week 3 June 9, 2017

Last Week Finalized dataset choice and types of attributes Preparing dataset Understanding AMT Plan to modify COCO Attributes

This Week AWS and AMT account access Finalized attribute list – 90 words Descriptive actions – laughing, cuddling, trotting Traits – obedient, friendly, maternal Emotions – excited, nervous, joyful Implementing an existing method in AMT

Existing Annotation Tools COCO Attributes – outdated MIT VATIC – many open issues, also outdated Berkley’s BeaverDam

BeaverDam

Modifying BeaverDam Implementing YT-BB Dataset Instantiating videos as objects Script to automate process Publishing HITs to MTurk Will need to run on UCF or AWS server

What’s Next Next week Several weeks Upload system to AMT Sandbox Bounding boxes in GUI Preliminary scripting to publish many HITs at once Several weeks Major GUI modifications Video-wise attribute annotation Upload system to AMT Sandbox