SAMT 2006 - Accepted Papers

A Scalable Framework for Multimedia Knowledge Management

Yves Raimond, Samer Abdallah, Mark Sandler, Mounia Lalmas
Queen Mary University of Lodnon, UK
In Search for your own Virtual Individual

Laurent Moccozet, MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Alejandra Garcia-Rojas, Frédéric Vexo, Daniel Thalmann,
VRLab, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Enabling Multimedia Metadata Interoperability by Defining Formal Semantics of MPEG-7 Profiles

Raphael Troncy, CWI Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Werner Bailer, Michael Hausenblas, Philip Hofmair, Rudolf Schlatte
Joanneum Research, Austria
Trend Detection in Folksonomies

Andreas Hotho, University of Kassel, Germany
Robert Jäschke, Research Center L3S, Germany
Christoph Schmitz, University of Kassel, Germany
Gerd Stumme, Research Center L3S, Germany
Personal Semantic Indexation of Images using Textual Annotations

Gregory Smits, Michel Plu, Pascal Bellec
France Telecom, France
Human Activity Language: Grounding Concepts with a Linguistic Framework

Gutemberg Guerra-Filho, Yiannis Aloimonos
University of Maryland, USA
An engine for content-aware on-line video adaptation

Luis Herranz, Fabricio Tiburzi, Jesús Bescós
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Image Clustering Using Multimodal Keywords

Rajeev Agrawal, Kettering University, USA
William Grosky, Wayne State University, USA
Farshad Fotouhi, The University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA
A Probability-based Unified 3D Shape Search

Suyu Hou, Karthik Ramani
Purdue University, USA
A Bayesian Network Approach to Multi-feature Based Image Retrieval

Qianni Zhang, Ebroul Izquierdo
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Extraction of Motion Activity from Scalable-coded Video Sequences

Luis Herranz, Fabricio Tiburzi, Jesús Bescós
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Image Classification using an Ant Colony Optimization approach

Tomas Piatrik, Ebroul Izquierdo
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Use of Image Regions in Context-Adaptive Image Classification

Ville Viitaniemi, Jorma Laaksonen
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
BPT Enhancement Based on Syntactic and Semantic Criteria

Christian Ferran, Xavier Giro, Ferran Marques, Josep Ramon Casas
Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Semantic image analysis using a learning approach and spatial context

Georgios Th. Papadopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Vasileios Mezaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
Stamatia Dasiopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
A Context-based Region Labeling Approach for Semantic Image Segmentation

Thanos Athanasiadis, Phivos Mylonas, Yannis Avrithis
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Automated speech and audio analysis for semantic access to multimedia

Franciska de Jong, TNO-ICT, Delft, The Netherlands
Roeland Ordelman, Marijn Huijbregts
University of Twente, The Netherlands

Mind the Gap - Requirements for the Combination of Content and Knowledge

Tobias Buerger, Rupert Westenthaler
Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria
Indexing Camera Motion with Knowledge Integration of the Quality of the Encoded Video Stream

Petra Krämer, Jenny Benois-Pineau, Marta Gràcia Pla
LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France
Spatial Algebras of Relations for Multimedia Document Adaptation

Sébastien Laborie, Jérôme Euzenat, Nabil Layaïda
INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France
Imaging Words – Wording Images

Adrian Popescu, Gregory Grefenstette, Christophe Millet, Pierre-Alain Moëllic, Patrick Hède
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France
Cepstral Polynomial Regression for Sequential Detection of Impulsive Waveform in Video Sound-track

Cyril Hory, Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information, France
William Christmas, University of Surrey, UK
Anil Kokaram, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Semantic Human 3D Shapes Annotation for Animation

Fabien Dellas, Laurent Moccozet, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Giuseppe Patane, Michela Mortara, Michela Spagnuolo, Bianca Falcidieno
IMATI CNR, Italy
Living with the Semantic Gap: Experiences from the Medical Imaging Domain

Yannis Kalfoglou, Srinandan Dasmahapatra, David Dupplaw, Bo Hu, Paul Lewis, Nigel Shadbolt
University of Southampton, UK
Combining Color with Spatial and Temporal Position of the Endoscopic Capsule for Improved Topographic Classification and Segmentation

Miguel Coimbra, Jacek Kustra, Paulo Campos, João Paulo Silva Cunha
IEETA-Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Using Spatial Variability in Motion and Disparity Estimation

Maria Trujillo, Universidad del Valle
Ebroul Izquierdo, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Using Context and a Genetic Algorithm for Knowledge-Assisted Image Analysis

Stamatia Dasiopoulou, George Th. Papadopoulos,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Phivos Mylonas, Yannis Avrithis,
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
A multimodal approach to bridge the Music Semantic Gap

Oscar Celma, Perfecto Herrera, Xavier Serra
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Uncertainty Extensions to Ontologies as a Tool for Semantic Interpretation in Audiovisual Systems

Pavel Smrz, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Miroslav Vacura, Ondrej Svab
University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
Semantically Exposing Existing Knowledge Repositories: A Case Study in Cultural Heritage

Denis Pitzalis, Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France, France
Patrick Sinclair, University of Southampton, UK
Christian Lahanier, Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France, France Kirk Martinez, University of Southampton, UK
Matthew Addis, IT Innovation Centre, UK
Paul Lewis, University of Southampton, UK
Richard Lowe, IT Innovation Centre, UK
Shahbaz Hafeez, University of Southampton, UK
Extensibility of Adaptation Capabilities in the CAIN Content Adaptation Engine

Javier Molina, Jose M. Martinez, Victor Valdes, Fernando Lopez
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Using Local Region Semantics for Concept Detection in Video

Evaggelos Spyrou, George Koumoulos, Yannis Avrithis, Stefanos Kollias
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
The Design of “intelligence” for the Management of Personal Multimedia Content

Patricia Charlton, Jonathan Teh
Motorola Labs, UK
Evaluation of a Video Annotation Tool Based on the LSCOM Ontology

Emilie Garnaud, Institut EURECOM, France
Alan Smeaton, Markus Koskela
Dublin City University, Ireland
Connecting Foundational Ontologies with MPEG-7 Ontologies for Multimodal QA

Massimo Romanelli, Daniel Sonntag, Norbert Reithinger
DFKI, Germany
Rule-based Reasoning for Semantic Image Segmentation and Interpretation

Petr Berka, University of Economics, Prague, Czech
Thanos Athanasiadis, Yannis Avrithis
National Technical University of Athens, Greece

A Framework for Integrating and Evaluating Automatic Region-based Segmentation Algorithms

Kevin McGuinness, Gordon Keenan, Tomasz Adamek, Noel O'Connor
Dublin City University, Ireland
Automatic Text Searching for Personal Photos

Neil O'Hare, Hyowon Lee, Saman Cooray, Cathal Gurrin, Gareth Jones, Jovanka Malobabic, Noel O'Connor, Alan Smeaton, Bartlomiej Uscilowski
Dublin City University, Ireland
Squiggle: A Semantic Search Engine at Work

Irene Celino, Andrea Turati, Emanuele Della Valle, Dario Cerizza
CEFRIEL Politecnico di Milano, Italy
MediaMill: Video Search Using a Thesaurus of 500 Machine Learned Concepts

Cees G.M. Snoek, Marcel Worring, Bouke Huurnink, Jan. C. van Gemert, Koen E.A. van de Sande, Dennis C. Koelma, Ork de Rooij
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IP-Racine Metadata Implementation Integration in the Digital Cinema Workflow

Josep Blat, University Pompeu Fabra, Italy
Benoit Michel, XDC, Belgium
Werner Haas, Joanneum Research Institute, Austria
PATExpert: Semantic Processing of Patent Documentation

Leo Wanner, ICREA and Foundation Barcelona Media, Spain
Sören Brügmann, Industrie Software J. Brugmann, Germany,
Barrou Diallo, European Patent Office
Mark Giereth, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Emanuele Pianta, ITC/IRST, Italy
Gautam Rao, IALE, Spain
Pia Schöster, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany
EU-IST Project Live: Live Staging of Media Events

Joachim Köhler, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
Richard Wages, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany
Carmen Mac Williams, Academy of Media Arts (KHM), Germany
Heike Fischer, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
SALERO: Semantic Audiovisual Entertainment Reusable Objects

Werner Haas, Georg Thallinger
Joanneum Research Institute, Austria Pedro Cano, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Italy
Charlie Cullen, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Tobias Bürger, DERI at University of Innsbruck, Austria
PHAROS: Platform for Search of Audiovisual Resources Across Online Spaces

Stefan Debald, Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST), Norway
Wolfang Nejdl, L3S Research Center, Germany
Francesco Saverio Nucci, Engineering SpA, Italy
Raluca Paiu, L3S Research Center, Germany
Michel PluFrance Telecom R&D, France
Multimedia Content Processing and Retrieval in the REVEAL THIS Setting

Stelios Piperidis, Harris Papageorgiou Katerina Pastra
Institute of Language and Speech Processing, Greece
Thomas Netousek, SAIL Labs Technology AG
Eric Gaussier, Xerox - The Document Company
Tinne Tuytelaars, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven R&D
Fabio Crestani, University of Strathclyde
Francis Bodson, BeTV SA, UK
An Overview of the PENG Project

Gabriella Pasi, DISCO, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Gloria Bordogna, IDPA, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Dalmine (Bg), Italy
X-Media: Large Scale Knowledge Acquisition, Sharing and Reuse Across-Media

Fabio Ciravegna, University of Sheffield, UK
Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
AIM@SHAPE: Research Advantages and Future Contributions

Bianca Falcidieno, Michela Spagnuolo
CNR, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technology
Marios Pitikakis, George Vasilakis
Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
Alejandra Garcia-Rojas, Laura Papaleo
DISI, Università di Genova, Italy
Personal Navigation in the World of News

Nikos Sarris, ATC, Greece
Paulo Villegas, Telefonica I+D, Spain
Martin Pinkerneil, Jochen Spangenberg
Deutsche Welle, Germany
Jérôme Picault, Motorola SAS, France
An Approach to Self-Annotating Content

Adrian Matellanes, Motorola Ltd., UK
Freddy Snijder, Philips Research, The Netherlands
Barbara Schmidt-BelzFraunhofer-FIT, Germany
Knowledge Space of Semantic Inference for Automatic Annotation and retrieval of Multimedia Content – K-Space

Craig Stewart, Ebroul Izquierdo
Queen Mary University of London, UK