May 2018

Using Otsu’s method to generate data for training of deep learning image segmentation models

May 17, 2018 May 17, 2018 05/17/18

Clemens Wolff

In this article, we introduce a technique to rapidly pre-label training data for image segmentation models such that annotators no longer have to painstakingly hand-annotate every pixel of interest in an image. The approach is implemented in Python and OpenCV and extensible to any image segmentation task that aims to identify a subset of visually distinct pixels in an image.

Fashion Retail Inventory Management With Deep Learning Content-based Image Retrieval

May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 05/15/18

CY Yam

In early 2018, Microsoft partnered with a successful international online fashion retailer to develop an efficient system for logging newly arrived apparel items and quickly determining whether the item is already in stock

Making sense of Handwritten Sections in Scanned Documents using the Azure ML Package for Computer Vision and Azure Cognitive Services

May 7, 2018 May 7, 2018 05/7/18

Tingting Zhao

Extracting general concepts, rather than specific phrases, from documents and contracts is challenging. It's even more complicated when applied to scanned documents containing handwritten annotations. We describe using object detection and OCR with Azure ML Package for Computer Vision and Cognitive Services API.

Runtime Configuration of Spark Streaming Jobs

May 1, 2018 May 1, 2018 05/1/18

Kevin Hartman

We achieved zero-downtime reconfiguration and management of the Spark Streaming job used in Project Fortis with Azure Service Bus.

ISE Developer Blog

May 2018 - ISE Developer Blog

Using Otsu’s method to generate data for training of deep learning image segmentation models

Fashion Retail Inventory Management With Deep Learning Content-based Image Retrieval

Making sense of Handwritten Sections in Scanned Documents using the Azure ML Package for Computer Vision and Azure Cognitive Services

Runtime Configuration of Spark Streaming Jobs