We propose that a visual user interest profile can be generated from images associated with an individual. By employing deep learning, we extract a prototype visual user interest profile and use this as a source for subsequent recommendation and personalisation. We demonstrate this technique via a hotel booking system demonstrator, though we note that there are numerous potential applications.
Proceedings of MMM 2016 - The 22nd International Conference on Multimedia Modeling. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
9517(0302-9).
Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-27673-1