5 Reasons Our New Dataset Management Feature Makes alwaysAI the Best Computer Vision Platform for Enterprises

Computer vision is becoming more widely adopted by enterprises looking to optimize their operations. As a result, computer vision providers need to provide applications and platforms that are not only effective, but also easy to use. 

alwaysAI delivers. alwaysAI is the only truly end-to-end computer vision platform with solutions built to scale across industries. 

Like you, we understand that technology moves fast. Being the best means continually striving to enhance and improve our features so you get the most advanced, sophisticated computer vision platform in the market. It’s why we created our new Dataset Management feature. 

With this latest feature addition, we can take your computer vision project from start to finish without ever having to leave our platform.

What is Dataset Management?

Data is the backbone of computer vision. Good data allows you to produce good models, which in turn enables computer vision applications to run effectively and deliver the real-time analytics that make computer vision so powerful. 

To get good data, you need a large collection of images or video footage. These images then need to be annotated. For object detection models, annotation is the process of highlighting objects in a frame (usually with a bounding box), then labeling that box with an identification tag. As a simple example, if you want your computer vision model to detect a dog in a park, you need images of dogs in parks. You then need to go through the individual images, place a bounding box around the dog and label it “dog.” 

A good computer vision model requires thousands (or more) of annotated images. Having a quick and easy way to organize and manage these images is essential. Once your images are properly annotated and organized, you can begin to train a model. Dataset management includes the entire process of uploading new (or existing) images, annotation, and model training.

Traditionally this process can be cumbersome requiring several different tools across multiple platforms. Typically, you need to upload data in one program then move your annotated data to a different platform to train your model.

How alwaysAI Dataset Management Works

The alwaysAI dashboard allows users to take their computer vision projects from start to finish without ever leaving our platform. It was built by developers with extensive experience annotating and managing data for computer vision applications. They understand the challenges of moving data between tools to annotate and then train a model, so they created an easy-to-use, superior alternative. 

From one intuitive screen, alwaysAI users can:

• Upload new or existing data
• Annotate data without using a different program like CVAT
• Organize and filter images in a convenient gallery view
• Audit and analyze the distribution of classes within the entire dataset as well as within your training/Validation/test splits. This ensures you've set your model up successfully so there are no surprises in model training or evaluation. 
• Save your collection as a dataset. Easily combine images based on classes, user-defined tags, even previous datasets.
• Train your model

5 Reasons Why alwaysAI Dataset Management Elevates Us Above the Competition

In addition to saving users the hassle of moving between several platforms, alwaysAI’s Dataset Management elevates our computer vision solutions above all others for several reasons.

1. Flexibility 

alwaysAI can accept images and annotations as a dataset, or just a group of images you might need someday. You do not have to upload images to a certain project – just tag and group your images in the combination that best suits your needs. Moving individual images or collections of images has never been easier. 

2. Intuitive

Our Dataset Management feature is easy to use – even if you’re not a machine learning engineer. You can easily navigate between screens and rest easy that none of your progress will be lost with unique capabilities like autosave. You can even combine past datasets into new datasets with ease. Utilize your entire image gallery in the creation of novel datasets.

3. Greater Control

Manage and filter data based on user-defined tags or image metadata. Unlike other annotation tools, alwaysAI allows you to delete individual images. Additionally, you can use the same image in one or more datasets with the same or different labels for ultimate control across all your projects.

4. Efficiency

Upload your data once, then forget about it. With alwaysAI there is no need to download large datasets or to set up complicated backend transfers with third-party systems. All datasets are immediately available for use in the alwaysAI model training pipeline so you never have to navigate issues with annotation format or compatibility. alwaysAI’s Dataset Management is browser agnostic so you can work in your preferred browser with ease.

5. Privacy

With alwaysAI, users maintain the license and ownership of all images uploaded to our system. We understand your data is personal and ensure you always retain full ownership of any images or data you upload to our platform.

We know you're going to love our Dataset Management feature as much we do. Watch a video overview here to see how easy it is to use.

alwaysAI is Leading the Way for Enterprise-Grade Computer Vision Solutions

alwaysAI is committed to bringing enterprises the most sophisticated and robust computer vision solutions. We are continually seeking more and better ways to meet your business needs with computer vision. We’re focused on the cutting-edge technology you need to get real-time insights into your processes.  

We continue to build on our successes and are excited to show you even more new tools in the coming months. 

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