IBM's Watson AI used to develop multi-face tracking algorithm TheINQUIRER

BIG BLUE IBM has used its Watson artificial intelligence (AI) tech to develop a new algorithm for multi-face tracking. The system uses AI to track multiple individuals across scenes, despite changing camera angles, lighting, and appearances. Collaborating with Professor Ying Hung of the Department of Statistics and Biostatistics in Rutgers University, IBM Watson researcher Chung-Ching Lin led a team of scientists to develop the technology, using a method to spot different individuals in a video sequence. The system is also able to recognise if people leave and then re-enter the video, even if they look very different. To create this innovation in AI, Lin explained that the team first made'tracklets' for the people present in the source material.