Technical Reports
HPL-2010-2
Wikipedia-based Online Celebrity Recognition
Lin, Demiao; Jin, Jianming; Xiong, Yuhong
HP Laboratories
HPL-2010-2
Keyword(s): celebrity recognition, wikipedia, keyword extraction
Abstract: In this paper, a Wikipedia-based online celebrity recognition scheme is presented. The celebrity base, which includes personal metadata and personal tags, is constructed from Wikipedia. Celebrity recognition service is provided to recognize celebrities in articles based on the celebrity base. Two simple demos are introduced to show the potential usage of celebrity recognition for personalized recommendation and smart browsing.
3 Pages
External Posting Date: January 6, 2010 [Fulltext]. Approved for External Publication
Internal Posting Date: January 6, 2010 [Fulltext]