BEIJING, Nov. 19, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the
"Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment
service in China, recently announced the results of its
"Celebrity Video Identification Challenge", an AI programming
competition focused on video-based multimodal biometric
recognition, held in partnership with the Chinese Conference on
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision (PRCV 2018).
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A team from InfiniVision Corporation and the Imperial College
London iBUG (DeepInsight) won the championship, with the Baidu VAR
team receiving second place, and a team from Univer.AI and
Beijing University of Technology
coming in third. All of the top three teams used differing
algorithms to improve the accuracy of video-based multimodal
recognition technology. The winning team's solution achieved a mean
average precision (MAP) of 88.65%. Based on the competition, iQIYI
further increased the precision of its recognition technology by
around 0.8%, representing a significant breakthrough in accurately
identifying actors within vast amount of entertainment video
data.
iQIYI provided participating teams with the world's largest
dataset of celebrity videos (iQIYI-VID), consisting of 500,000
video clips of 5,000 celebrities totaling over 1,000 hours. The use
of video makes identification more difficult than the photo-based
datasets typically used in biometric recognition, requiring
participants to deal with various factors such as face, pose,
illumination, low resolution, gait, and clothing.
The AI technology developed during the competition is highly
valuable for iQIYI for optimizing content production and user
experience. The company has pioneered the use of artificial
intelligence to increase efficiency in the casting process by
selecting performers from their database according to the
preferences of producers and users. iQIYI's AI technology also
allows users to search shows and video segments by image for
individual actors and actresses.
AI serves another important role in iQIYI's content
monetization, as seen in the company's use of smart advertising.
This utilizes AI recognition service to analyze video content, and
identify the most appropriate brands to be shown as a part of
in-video contextual advertising initiatives, serving to enhance the
experience of consumers while increasing the returns of sponsoring
brand partners.
"iQIYI would like to express our gratitude to all those who took
part in this year's 'Celebrity Video Identification Challenge', as
well as our warmest congratulations to our three winning teams,"
said iQIYI Chief Technology Officer Liu Wenfeng. "AI is already in
the process of changing the entertainment industry, and iQIYI is
proud to be at the forefront of this revolution. We will continue
to work closely with AI R&D teams worldwide to explore the full
potential of AI to bring users the highest quality online
entertainment."
Almost 400 teams in the world took part in the competition. Team
members included representatives from leading educational
institutions New York University,
National University of Singapore,
Lund University in Sweden and Tokyo Institute of Technology, as
well as teams from tech companies including Baidu, Xiaomi,
Microsoft and more. The winning teams will be awarded at the
Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision (PRCV
2018), November 23 in Guangzhou.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company") is an
innovative market-leading online entertainment service
in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with
technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and
the production of blockbuster content. iQIYI's platform features
highly popular original content, as well as a comprehensive library
of other professionally-produced content, partner-generated content
and user-generated content. The Company distinguishes itself in the
online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform
powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core
proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with
tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified
monetization model including membership services, online
advertising services, content distribution, live broadcasting,
online games, IP licensing, online literature and e-commerce etc.
For more information on iQIYI, please
visit http://ir.iqiyi.com.
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