Research Software

In collaboration with Jason Chao, I have conceptualised the Offline Image Query and Extraction Tool and helped in the idea generation of Memespector GUI, also in software testing. Jason is the brilliant developer behind these research tools 🤓✨✨

Offline Image Query and Extraction Tool  

Using image name files as queries to analyse specific image collections on demand I Tutorial: https://bit.ly/DMI21_ImageQueryTool

Offline Image Query and Extraction Tool: a command-line tool that locates image files scattered in nested and sparse directories by filename, copies them to a new location and then inserts labels as prefixes to the image filenames. This tool serves the study of visual content for social or media research, allowing researchers to use the image name file as query, helping them to navigate visual content according to its different characteristics.

If you use this tool in a scientific publication, please cite it: Chao, T. H. J. & Omena, J. J. (2021). Offline Image Query and Extraction Tool(Version 0.1) [Software]. Available from https://github.com/jason-chao/offline-image-query

Memespector GUI  

A Graphical User Interface Client for Computer Vision APIs I Tutorial: https://bit.ly/DMI-tutorial_MemespectorGUI  

Memespector-GUI is a cross-platform client for computer vision APIs with a graphical user interface. It supports Google Cloud Vision API, Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services, Clarifai Computer Vision and an API for Keras’ built-in open source models. Memespector-GUI runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

If you use this tool in a scientific publication, please cite it: Chao, T. H. J. (2021). Memespector GUI: Graphical User Interface Client for Computer Vision APIs (Version 0.2) [Software]. Available from https://github.com/jason-chao/memespector-gui

iNOVA Media Lab RawGraphs 2.0 custom version

In my role as coordinator of the SMART group in iNOVA Media Lab, and with the full support of the lab coordinator, Paulo Nuno Vicente, I have mediated the platinum sponsorship of RawGraphs. RawGraphs is a free and open-source tool for data visualisation.

The institutions sponsoring RawGraphs have access to a custom version of the tool. Unlike the open source version, the iNOVA Media Lab custom version has access to more visuals and features. RawGraphs is used for teaching and research purposes at the lab.