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May 17, 2018
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Using Otsu’s method to generate data for training of deep learning image segmentation models

Clemens Wolff
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 d...

Machine Learning
May 7, 2018
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Making sense of Handwritten Sections in Scanned Documents using the Azure ML Package for Computer Vision and Azure Cognitive Services

Tingting Zhao
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.

Machine LearningCognitive Services
May 1, 2018
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Runtime Configuration of Spark Streaming Jobs

Kevin Hartman
Kevin Hartman

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

Big Data