diff --git a/python/smqtk/algorithms/nn_index/faiss.py b/python/smqtk/algorithms/nn_index/faiss.py
index bc65eaf48..3f7b52aaf 100644
--- a/python/smqtk/algorithms/nn_index/faiss.py
+++ b/python/smqtk/algorithms/nn_index/faiss.py
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@
 # Requires FAISS bindings
 try:
     import faiss
+    import sklearn
 except ImportError:
     faiss = None
+    sklearn = None
 
 
 class FaissNearestNeighborsIndex (NearestNeighborsIndex):
@@ -50,10 +52,18 @@ def gpu_supported():
         else:
             return False
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def normalize_vec(data, min_range=0, max_range=1):
+        data = sklearn.preprocessing.minmax_scale(X, feature_range=(min_range, max_range), axis=1, copy=False)
+        return data
+       
     @classmethod
     def is_usable(cls):
         # if underlying library is not found, the import above will error
-        return faiss is not None
+        if (faiss is not None) and (sklearn is not None):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
 
     @classmethod
     def get_default_config(cls):
@@ -149,9 +159,9 @@ class is desired.
 
     def __init__(self, descriptor_set, idx2uid_kvs, uid2idx_kvs,
                  index_element=None, index_param_element=None,
-                 read_only=False, factory_string='IVF1,Flat',
-                 use_multiprocessing=True, use_gpu=False, gpu_id=0,
-                 random_seed=None):
+                 read_only=False, distance_m='cosine',
+                 factory_string='IVF1,Flat', use_multiprocessing=True, 
+                 use_gpu=False, gpu_id=0, random_seed=None):
         """
         Initialize FAISS index properties. Does not contain a queryable index
         until one is built via the ``build_index`` method, or loaded from
@@ -183,6 +193,10 @@ def __init__(self, descriptor_set, idx2uid_kvs, uid2idx_kvs,
             existing index. False by default.
         :type read_only: bool
 
+        :param distsance_m: Key for selecting metric used during indexing
+            and retireval. 'cosine' and 'euclidean' are currently supported   
+        :type distance_m: str
+
         :param factory_string: String to pass to FAISS' `index_factory`;
             see the documentation [1] on this feature for more details.
         :type factory_string: str | unicode
@@ -232,6 +246,7 @@ def __init__(self, descriptor_set, idx2uid_kvs, uid2idx_kvs,
             self.random_seed = int(random_seed)
         # Index value for the next added element.  Reset to 0 on a build.
         self._next_index = 0
+        self._distance_metric = distance_m
 
         # Place-holder for option GPU resource reference. Just exist for the
         # duration of the index converted with it.
@@ -435,6 +450,9 @@ def _build_index(self, descriptors):
 
         faiss_index = self._index_factory_wrapper(d, self.factory_string)
         # noinspection PyArgumentList
+        if self._distance_metric == 'cosine':
+        # Normalizing vector before using L2 will result in cosine distance.
+            data = normalize_vec(data)
         faiss_index.train(data)
         # TODO(john.moeller): This will raise an exception on flat indexes.
         # There's a solution which involves wrapping the index in an
@@ -645,7 +663,8 @@ def _nn(self, d, n=1):
 
         """
         q = d.vector()[np.newaxis, :].astype(np.float32)
-
+        if self._distance_metric == 'cosine':
+            q = normalize_vec(q)
         self._log.debug("Received query for %d nearest neighbors", n)
 
         with self._model_lock:
diff --git a/python/smqtk/algorithms/relevancy_index/logistic_reg.py b/python/smqtk/algorithms/relevancy_index/logistic_reg.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dbad8eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/smqtk/algorithms/relevancy_index/logistic_reg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+import collections
+
+import numpy
+import six
+from six.moves import range, zip
+
+from smqtk.algorithms.relevancy_index import RelevancyIndex
+from smqtk.utils.parallel import parallel_map
+
+try:
+    import sklearn
+    from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
+except ImportError:
+    LogisticRegression = None
+    sklearn = None
+
+
+class LogisticRegRelevancyIndex (RelevancyIndex):
+    """
+    Uses Logistic regression python interface, using cosine distance,
+    to implement IQR ranking.
+    """
+
+    LR_TRAIN_PARAMS = {
+        "penalty": "l2",
+        "dual": True,  
+        "class_weight": "balanced",
+        "random_state": 2,
+        "multi_class": "ovr",
+        "warm_start": False,
+        "n_jobs": 1,
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_usable(cls):
+        """
+        Check whether this implementation is available for use.
+        Required valid presence of svm and svmutil modules
+        :return:
+            Boolean determination of whether this implementation is usable.
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        return LogisticRegression and sklearn
+
+    def __init__(self, autoneg_select_ratio=1,
+                 multiprocess_fetch=False, cores=None):
+        """
+        Initialize a new or existing index.
+        TODO ::
+        - input optional known background descriptors, i.e. descriptors for
+            things that would otherwise always be considered a negative example.
+        :param autoneg_select_ratio: Number of maximally distant descriptors to
+            select from our descriptor cache for each positive example provided
+            when no negative examples are provided for ranking.
+            This must be an integer. Default value of 1. It is advisable not to
+            make this value too large.
+        :type autoneg_select_ratio: int
+        :param multiprocess_fetch: Use multiprocessing vs threading when
+            fetching descriptor vectors during ``build_index``. Default is
+            False.
+        :type multiprocess_fetch: bool
+        :param cores: Cores to use when performing parallel operations. A value
+            of None means to use all available cores.
+        :type cores: int | None
+        """
+        super(LogisticRegRelevancyIndex, self).__init__()
+
+        self.autoneg_select_ratio = int(autoneg_select_ratio)
+        self.multiprocess_fetch = multiprocess_fetch
+        self.cores = cores
+
+        # Descriptor elements in this index
+        self._descr_cache = []
+        # Local serialization of descriptor vectors. Used when for computing
+        # distances of SVM support vectors for Platt Scaling
+        self._descr_matrix = None
+        # Mapping of descriptor vectors to their index in the cache, and
+        # subsequently in the distance kernel
+        self._descr2index = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _gen_lr_parameter_string(cls):
+        return cls.LR_TRAIN_PARAMS
+    
+    def get_config(self):
+        return {
+            'autoneg_select_ratio': self.autoneg_select_ratio,
+            'multiprocess_fetch': self.multiprocess_fetch,
+            'cores': self.cores,
+        }
+    
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.count()
+    
+    def count(self):
+        return len(self._descr_cache)
+
+    def build_index(self, descriptors):
+        """
+        Build the index based on the given iterable of descriptor elements.
+        Subsequent calls to this method should rebuild the index, not add to
+        it.
+        :raises ValueError: No data available in the given iterable.
+        :param descriptors:
+            Iterable of descriptor elements to build index over.
+        :type descriptors:
+            collections.Iterable[smqtk.representation.DescriptorElement]
+        """
+        # ordered cache of descriptors in our index.
+        self._descr_cache = []
+        # Reverse mapping of a descriptor's vector to its index in the cache
+        # and subsequently in the distance kernel.
+        self._descr2index = {}
+        # matrix for creating distance kernel
+        self._descr_matrix = []
+
+        def get_vector(d_elem):
+            return d_elem, d_elem.vector()
+
+        # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+        vector_iter = parallel_map(get_vector, descriptors,
+                                   name='vector_iter',
+                                   use_multiprocessing=self.multiprocess_fetch,
+                                   cores=self.cores,
+                                   ordered=True)
+
+        for i, (d, v) in enumerate(vector_iter):
+            self._descr_cache.append(d)
+            # ``_descr_matrix`` is a list, currently.
+            # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+            self._descr_matrix.append(v)
+            self._descr2index[tuple(v)] = i
+        self._descr_matrix = numpy.array(self._descr_matrix)
+        
+    def rank(self, pos, neg):
+        """
+        Rank the currently indexed elements given ``pos`` positive and ``neg``
+        negative exemplar descriptor elements.
+        :param pos: Iterable of positive exemplar DescriptorElement instances.
+            This may be optional for some implementations.
+        :type pos: collections.Iterable[smqtk.representation.DescriptorElement]
+        :param neg: Iterable of negative exemplar DescriptorElement instances.
+            This may be optional for some implementations.
+        :type neg: collections.Iterable[smqtk.representation.DescriptorElement]
+        :return: Map of indexed descriptor elements to a rank value between
+            [0, 1] (inclusive) range, where a 1.0 means most relevant and 0.0
+            meaning least relevant.
+        :rtype: dict[smqtk.representation.DescriptorElement, float]
+        """
+        # Notes:
+        # - Pos and neg exemplars may be in our index.
+
+        #
+        # Copy pos descriptors into a set for repeated iteration
+        #: :type: set[smqtk.representation.DescriptorElement]
+        pos = set(pos)
+        # Creating training matrix and labels
+        train_labels = []
+        train_vectors = []
+        num_pos = 0
+        for d in pos:
+            train_labels.append(+1)
+            train_vectors.append(d.vector().tolist())
+            num_pos += 1
+        self._log.debug("Positives given: %d", num_pos)
+
+        # When no negative examples are given, naively pick most distant
+        # example in our dataset, using HI metric, for each positive example
+        neg_autoselect = set()
+        # Copy neg descriptors into a set for testing size.
+        if not isinstance(neg, collections.Sized):
+            #: :type: set[smqtk.representation.DescriptorElement]
+            neg = set(neg)
+        if not neg:
+            self._log.info("Auto-selecting negative examples. (%d per "
+                           "positive)", self.autoneg_select_ratio)
+            # ``train_vectors`` only composed of positive examples at this
+            # point.
+            for p in pos:
+                # Where d is the distance vector to descriptor elements in
+                # cache.
+                d = sklearn.metrics.pairwise.cosine_distances(p.vector().reshape(1, -1),
+                                                    self._descr_matrix)[0,:]
+
+                # Scan vector for max distance index
+                # - Allow variable number of maximally distance descriptors to
+                #   be picked per positive.
+                # track most distance neighbors
+                m_set = {}
+                # track smallest distance of most distant neighbors
+                m_val = -float('inf')
+                for i in range(d.size):
+                    if d[i] > m_val:
+                        m_set[d[i]] = i
+                        if len(m_set) > self.autoneg_select_ratio:
+                            if m_val in m_set:
+                                del m_set[m_val]
+                        m_val = min(m_set)
+                for i in six.itervalues(m_set):
+                    neg_autoselect.add(self._descr_cache[i])
+            # Remove any positive examples from auto-selected results
+            neg_autoselect.difference_update(pos)
+            self._log.debug("Auto-selected negative descriptors [%d]: %s",
+                            len(neg_autoselect), neg_autoselect)
+
+        num_neg = 0
+        for n_iterable in (neg, neg_autoselect):
+            for d in n_iterable:
+                train_labels.append(-1)
+                train_vectors.append(d.vector().tolist())
+                num_neg += 1
+
+        if not num_pos:
+            raise ValueError("No positive examples provided.")
+        elif not num_neg:
+            raise ValueError("No negative examples provided.")
+
+        # Training Logistic Regression model
+        self._log.debug("online model training")
+        param_str = self._gen_lr_parameter_string()
+        lr_m = LogisticRegression()
+        lr_m = lr_m.set_params(**param_str)
+        lr_m.fit(train_vectors, train_labels)
+        probs = lr_m.predict_proba(self._descr_matrix)[:,1]
+        rank_pool = dict(zip(self._descr_cache, probs))
+        return rank_pool
+
+RELEVANCY_INDEX_CLASS = LogisticRegRelevancyIndex