A Picture Worth 500 Words (or Less)

YEDA Research and Development Company LTD., the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, today announced it has entered into a license agreement with Adobe Systems Incorporated related to a bidirectional similarity measure to summarize visual data.

Here are some examples:

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After:
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For more information, see our press release or Prof. Irani's website.

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