Abstract :
The following topics are dealt with: image processing and classification; multimedia coding; face, gesture and body analysis; active learning for multimedia information retrieval; advanced video coding techniques for HDTV and video applications; multimedia semantics; 3D graphics processing; QoS, rate control, and broadcasting; multimedia retrieval; video coding; emerging multimedia security technologies for digital rights management; multimedia streaming; motion estimation; video segmentation, summarization, and structuring; layered, scalable and multiple description transmission; multimedia architecture and video surveillance; media identification; browsing large multimedia collections; content-based retrieval; multimedia indexing and representation; virtual reality; content protection; smart multimedia acquisition systems; multimedia learning; multimedia compression; multi-modality-based media semantic analysis; noise removal; face, scene, human, and song recognition; multimedia editing and authoring; video streaming; speech and audio processing/recognition; error concealment for media transmission; multimedia distribution; visual detection and tracking; video object detection and analysis; multimedia transcoding; mobile imaging; wireless multimedia techniques; human-machine interface; watermarking, fingerprinting and authentication; automatic indexing; multimedia communications/networking; content based music structure analysis; video summarization; content understanding and transcoding techniques for media adaptation; interactive TV.
Keywords :
audio signal processing; authoring systems; computer graphics; content-based retrieval; data encapsulation; face recognition; high definition television; image processing; information retrieval; interactive television; man-machine systems; motion estimation; multimedia communication; multimedia systems; object detection; quality of service; speech processing; transcoding; video coding; video signal processing; video streaming; virtual reality; watermarking; 3D graphics processing; HDTV; QoS; active learning; advanced video coding; broadcasting; digital rights management; image classification; image processing; motion estimation; multimedia architecture; multimedia coding; multimedia information retrieval; multimedia security; multimedia semantics; multimedia streaming; rate control; vid; video segmentation;