Detailed image annotation necessary for reliable image retrieval involves not only annotating the image as a single artifact, but also annotating specific objects or regions within the image. Such detailed annotation is a costly endeavor and the available annotated image data are quite limited. This paper explores the feasibility of using image captions from scientific journals for the purpose ...

All happy families are alike, every unhappy family is in its own way.Leo Tolstoy, “Anna Karenina”Despite the recent rearrangement of federal districts, notion “Baikal Region” still exists. The three subjects Russian Federation, Zabaikalsky Krai, Buryat Republic and Irkutsk Region united around lake, which often called “Great Sea”. This region our journal’s homeland. regional section contains ma...

Lucas Kwok’s Fifth Region is a speculative spatial narrative. Positing new region in the air above Hong Kong 2060, as city below has become too crowded to live in. At time when previously scripted futures of this are currently being hastily re-written, presents an allegorical parable, critique overpopulation, density and government control land, well imaginary vision utopia escaping below. proj...