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

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

3. 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

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COCO Attributes – outdated
MIT VATIC – many open issues, also outdated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

5. BeaverDam

6. 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

7. 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