'News at Seven' is a fully automated approach to creating broadcast news developed at Northwestern University's Intelligent Information Laboratory (InfoLab). Starting with news stories in textual form (either selected manually, or found automatically using a programmable preference model), the system is able to edit the stories for broadcast presentation, find relevant background visual materials (e.g., videos and still images), and augment the primary text using sources such as blogs found on the Web. Together, these resources are then used to drive a set of animated characters who reside in a virtual 'news world' we have created for them.

This project is developing tools that will better enable content providers, who are not computing professionals, to prepare the necessary information aggregation and presentation capabilities for news delivery within niche populations with special information needs.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
0836564
Program Officer
Douglas H. Fisher
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2008-09-01
Budget End
2009-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$87,316
Indirect Cost
Name
Northwestern University at Chicago
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Evanston
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60201