User:AlexanderFretheim/GsOC application

HELP
I just barely missed sending in my application by 10 minutes. I may be crazy, but I get an odd feeling it may change your mind about a project that you've currently decided not to put anything towards and I think you should. I apologize for imposing, but since the deadline is passed now anyways what harm can it do? When you receive it, feel free to delete as soon as you've noted it down:

Please see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012/Application_template.

Name: Alexander Fretheim Email: ahfretheim@gatech.edu Project title: Image Recongition

Timezone: PST after May 10th, EST before May 5th, no guarantees in between. Typical working hours: MTTF all day. IRC or IM networks/handle(s): None.

Project Summary: ​Aid Wikimedia users in the search for useful images by automatically inputting new search tags based upon the content of the image. WILL REQUIRE WIKIMEDIA SEARCH DATA - there is simply no way of getting around that.

​Deliverables:

A tool, likely in Java, for edge recognition to detect similarity to certain common images. The "archetypes" needed will be determined statistically from use of search terms. The number of archetypes will be determined based upon run time and bandwidth feasiblity. Also documentation and statistical studies. If time permits, a second smaller tool to find more necessary memes using similar methods.

​About Me:

I am an Industrial Engineering senior at Georgia Tech who loves Operation Research and also knows how to code and has experience in it. I saw this, remembered my data mining course, and knew that this was a project I could contribute value to. The way I see it, statistical study should allow us to know common searches well enough to create an effective library of archetypes to search over when an image is uploaded to recognize if similar to. I also am a Math Minor, and so have knowledge of useful techniques such as SVD.

​Participation:

I am a math and stat addict and this is where I have the most to contribute. I like to work in a place with sunlight and fresh air and my computer in front of me, shifting through academic papers and gazing at patterns to determine best results. I often times will do a lot of work (12 hours or more) in one day and then take the next day off, though even then I usually can be reached by phone unless I'm way out in the woods. I will, however, do my fair share of coding as well. Past open source experience:

None. All coding experience I have is either research, schoolwork or products for clients that are almost complete confidential.

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