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Researcher Aids in Massive Madagascar Conservation Initiative
Labs researcher Steven Phillips collaborated with Wildlife Conservation Society scientists in a Madagascar conservation study. As a scientist interested in machine learning, Steven developed software for modeling species distributions. The team used this software to learn to recognize environment conditions that are suitable for a specific species. The software also helped design resilient networks of protected areas. The study is a cover story in Science magazine. Also read more in the press release.

	Researchers Publish New Book Congratulations to Labs researchers David C. Gibbon and Zhu Liu on the publication of their new book, Introduction to Video Search Engines. David and Zhu describe the current state of multimedia search technologies and systems and inform us about opportunities to contribute to the development of this field.

Multimodal Voice Search for IPTV
The Voice-Activated Remote combines the latest WATSON voice recognition and natural language understanding technologies with advanced voice search capability to provide a powerful tool for finding both TV content and movies on demand. Instead of going through an on-screen program guide or pressing up/down buttons endlessly to find a show, you simply press a Talk button on the Voice-Activated Remote and then speak a search command such as "American Idol" or "Movies with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt".

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