*Project Title*
SIERRA - A Superimposed Application for Enhanced Image Description and 
Retrieval (web-enabled)

*Project Description*
The goal of this project is to make an existing Java-based image 
description and retrieval application, web-enabled. SIERRA is a 
superimposed application for enhanced image description and retrieval. 
It combines text-based and content-based image retrieval and allows
users to link together image content of varying document granularity 
with related data like annotations. To achieve this, we use the concept 
of superimposed information (SI), which enables users to (a) deal with 
information of varying granularity (sub-document to complete document), 
and (b) select or work with information elements at sub-document level 
while retaining the original context.

This project will involve the following tasks:
* Developing a web-enabled interface to the existing SIERRA;
* Packaging of all components of the application (including CBISC) to 
create one easy to install package;
* Project documentation.

*Language/technology skills*
JavaScript, Java, PostgreSQL

*Number of People*
1-2

*Project Resources*
1. 
http://si.dlib.vt.edu/publications/ECDL2006_Murthy_DemoCameraReady.pdf - 
Murthy, U., Torres, R.d.S. and Fox, E.A., A Superimposed Application for 
Enhanced Image Description and Retrieval. (Demo proposal accepted at the 
European conference on digital libraries, Alicante, Spain, 2006)

2. http://tuppence.dlib.vt.edu/blogs/index.php?blog=16 - Discussions on 
SI Image applications

3. Maier, D. and Delcambre, L. Superimposed Information for the 
Internet. in WebDB Workshop Proceedings, 1999, 1-9.
(Sort of a seminal paper on SI. Should give you an idea of the basics of SI)

4. http://si.dlib.vt.edu/
(The VT SI website - it has some project links and SI-related 
publications involving VT people. Go through the SPARCE website for a 
brief description of SI concepts)