Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases VII
Tuesday-Friday 26-29 January 1999
IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging
San Jose, California
Conference Chairs: Minerva M. Yeung, Boon-Lock Yeo, Intel Corp.
Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University
Program Committee: Ruud M. Bolle, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; John
C. Dalton, Synthetik; Edward J. Delp III, Purdue Univ.; Nevenka Dimitrova,
Philips Research; Ramesh C. Jain, Univ. of California/San Diego;
Chung-Sheng Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Shih-Ping Liou,
Siemens
Corp.; Bede Liu, Princeton Univ.; Wayne Niblack, IBM Almaden Research
Ctr.;
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State Univ.; Ishwar K. Sethi, Wayne State
Univ.; Bo Shen, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Linda G. Shapiro, Univ. of
Washington;
HongJiang Zhang, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Tuesday 26 January
SESSION 1 Tues. 1:30 to 3:10 pm
Image Retrieval Applications
Chairs: Avinash C. Kak, Charles A. Bouman, Purdue Univ.
Comparing texture feature sets for retrieving core images in petroleum
applications, C. S. Li, J. R. Smith, V. Castelli, L. D. Bergman, IBM Thomas
J. Watson Research Ctr. [3656-01]
Image query and indexing for digital x-rays, L. R. Long, G. R. Thoma,
National Library of Medicine [3656-02]
Customized queries approach to CBIR, J. G. Dy, C. E. Brodley, A. C. Kak, C.
R. Shyu, Purdue Univ.; L. S. Broderick, Indiana Univ. Medical Ctr.
[3656-03]
Archiving and retrieval of sequential images from tomographic databases in
PACS, C. R. Shyu, T. T. Cai, Purdue Univ.; L. S. Broderick, Indiana Univ.
Medical Ctr. [3656-04]
Query by sketch in DARWIN: digital analysis to recognize whale images on a
network, D. J. Wilkin, K. R. Debure, Z. W. Roberts, Eckerd College
[3656-05]
SESSION 2 Tues. 3:40 to 5:40 pm
Multimedia Management and Retrieval Systems
Chair: Simone Santini, Univ. of California/San Diego
Content-based hierarchical segmentation of broadcast news by integrating
audio, video, and text information, Q. Huang, A. Rosenberg, AT&T Labs.; Z.
Liu, Polytechnic Univ. [3656-06]
Cross-modal indexing, retrieval, and browsing in the Xtrieve multimedia
database, C. B. Owen, Michigan State Univ.; F. Makedon, Dartmouth College
[3656-07]
MIRACLE: multimedia information retrieval by analyzing content and learning
from examples, Z. Lei, S. K. Ganapathy, R. J. Safranek, Lucent
Technologies/Bell Labs. [3656-08]
Texture content-based retrieval using text descriptions, J. Kuan, D. Joyce,
P. H. Lewis, Univ. of Southampton (UK) [3656-09]
Semi-automatic news analysis, classification, and indexing system based on
topics preselection, A. Hanjalic, R. L. Lagendijk, J. Biemond, Delft Univ.
of Technology (Netherlands) [3656-10]
MUVIS: a system for content-based indexing and retrieval in large image
databases, F. Alaya Cheikh, B. Cramariuc, M. Gabbouj, Tampere Univ. of
Technology (Finland); T. Makinen, H. Jaakkola, Pori School of Technology
and Economics (Finland) [3656-11]
Wednesday 27 January
SESSION 3 Wed. 9:30 to 10:30 am
Video Retrieval
Chair: HongJiang Zhang, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Efficient video sequence retrieval in large repositories, H. Sundaram, S.
F. Chang, Columbia Univ. [3656-12]
Content-based live video by telop character recognition: TV-on-demand, M.
Takahata, H. Kuwano, S. Kurakake, C. Matsuda, K. Nishimura, NTT Human
Interface Labs. (Japan) [3656-13]
VORTEX: video retrieval and tracking from compressed multimedia databases,
affine transformation and occlusion invariant tracking from MPEG-2 video
compression standard, D. Schonfeld, D. Lelescu, Univ. of Illinois/Chicago
[3656-14]
SESSION 4 Wed.11:00 am to Noon
Image Browsing
Chair: Chung-Sheng Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
Dynamic browsing using a similarity pyramid, J. Y. Chen, C. A. Bouman,
Purdue Univ.; J. C. Dalton, Synthetik [3656-15]
Multi-linearization data structure for image browsing, S. Craver, B. L.
Yeo, M. M. Yeung, Intel Corp. [3656-16]
Interfaces for emergent semantics in multimedia databases, S. Santini, R.
C. Jain, Univ. of California/San Diego [3656-17]
Lunch/Exhibit Break
SESSION 5 Wed. 1:30 to 3:10 pm
Video Analysis and Classification
Chair: Wayne Niblack, IBM Almaden Research Ctr.
Semi-automatic dynamic video object marker creation, C. Toklu, S. P. Liou,
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. [3656-18]
Eigen decomposition-based analysis of video images, A. A. Maciejewski, V.
Balakrishnan, Purdue Univ. [3656-19]
Detecting significant dynamic events by curve simplification in MPEG video
sequences, D. DeMenthon, V. Kobla, D. S. Doermann, Univ. of
Maryland/College Park [3656-20]
Choosing efficient sets of indicators for video classification, S. Fischer,
R. Steinmetz, Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany) [3656-21]
Similarity sequence and its application in shot organization, X. Bai, G.
Xu, Y. Shi, Tsinghua Univ. (China) [3656-22]
SESSION 6 Wed. 3:40 to 5:20 pm
Emerging Platforms and Applications
Chair: Shih-Ping Liou, Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
Digital television: a new way to deliver information, S. Huang, Intel Corp.
[3656-23]
Gesture and speech for video content navigation, G. Bradski, B. L. Yeo, M.
M. Yeung, Intel Corp. [3656-24]
Parsing TV program structures for identification and removal of non-story
segments, T. McGee, N. Dimitrova, Philips Research [3656-25]
Media content management on the DTV platform, B. L. Yeo, M. M. Yeung, Intel
Corp. [3656-26]
Querying multiple perspective video, S. Santini, Univ. of California/San
Diego; A. Gupta, Virage, Inc.; R. C. Jain, Univ. of California/San Diego
[3656-27]
Panel Discussion Wed. 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Content-Based Retrieval: Who Needs It?
Panel Moderators:
Boon-Lock Yeo, Intel Corp.
Minerva M. Yeung, Intel Corp.
Introductory Presentation:
Video and image databases: who cares? E. J. Delp III, Purdue Univ.
[3656-74]
Thursday 28 January
SESSION 7 Thurs. 9:30 to 10:30 am
Video Shot Detection and Comparative Study
Chair: Ishwar K. Sethi, Wayne State Univ.
Processing of partial video data for detection of wipes, H. Kim, Korea
Telecom (Korea); S. Park, Korea Univ. (Korea); J. Lee, Korea Telecom
(Korea); W. M. Kim, S. M. Song, Korea Univ. (Korea) [3656-28]
Comparison of automatic shot boundary detection algorithms, R. W. Lienhart,
Intel Corp. [3656-29]
Comparing performance of special effect edit detection using VideoTrails
with existing techniques, V. Kobla, D. DeMenthon, D. S. Doermann, Univ. of
Maryland/College Park [3656-30]
SESSION 8 Thurs.11:00 am to Noon
Audio Analysis and Audio-Visual Summary for Retrieval
Chair: John C. Dalton, Synthetik
Audio-guided audiovisual data segmentation and indexing, T. Zhang, C. C. J.
Kuo, Univ. of Southern California [3656-31]
Importance of perceptive adaptation of sound features for audio content
processing, S. Pfeiffer, Univ. Mannehim (Germany) [3656-32]
Using content models to build audio-video summaries, J. Saarela, B.
Merialdo, Institut Eurecom (France) [3656-33]
Lunch/Exhibit Break
SESSION 9 Thurs. 1:30 to 3:10 pm
Image Indexing and Representation
Chair: Linda G. Shapiro, Univ. of Washington
Fast indexing method for multidimensional nearest neighbor search, J. A.
Shepherd, X. Zhu, N. Meggido, IBM Almaden Research Ctr. [3656-34]
Evaluation of index structures for content-based image retrieval, A. P.
Berman, L. G. Shapiro, Univ. of Washington [3656-35]
Location hashing: an efficient indexing method for locating object queries
in image databases, T. F. Syeda-Mahmood, Xerox Webster Research Ctr.
[3656-36]
Image descriptors based on fractal transform analysis, S. G. Demko, K.
Chen, M. Khosravi, Iterated Systems, Inc. [3656-37]
Combining indexing and learning in iterative refinement, C. S. Li, V.
Castelli, J. R. Smith, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. [3656-38]
SESSION 10 Thurs. 3:40 to 5:20 pm
Feature Classification
Chair: Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia Univ.
Model-based classification of visual information for content-based
retrieval, A. Jaimes, S. F. Chang, Columbia Univ. [3656-39]
Bayesian framework for classification of vacation images, A. Vailaya,
Michigan State Univ.; M. Figueiredo, Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal);
A. K. Jain, Michigan State Univ.; H. J. Zhang, Hewlett-Packard Co.
[3656-40]
Hierarchical clustering algorithm for fast image retrieval, S.
Krishnamachari, M. Abdel-Mottaleb, Philips Research [3656-41]
Video and image clustering using relative entropy, G. Iyengar, A. B.
Lippman, MIT Media Lab. [3656-43]
* Posters-Thursday
Poster reception, with authors, will be held Thursday evening 5:30 to 7:00
pm.
Light refreshments will be served.
New Perspectives in Storage and Retrieval
Chair: Rainer W. Lienhart, Intel Corp.
*Wide-area distributed storage system for multimedia database, M. Ueno, S.
Kinoshita, M. Kuriki, S. Murata, NTT Integrated Information and Energy
Systems Labs. (Japan); S. Iwatsu, NTT Affiliated Business Headquarters
(Japan) [3656-52]
*Scene change detection and feature extraction for MPEG-4 video sequences,
A. Divakaran, H. Ito, H. Sun, T. Poon, Mitsubishi Electric Information
Technology Ctr. America [3656-53]
*Image content retrieval from image databases using feature integration by
Choquet integral, M. Popescu, P. D. Gader, Univ. of Missouri/Columbia
[3656-54]
*DrawSearch: a tool for interactive content-based image retrieval over the
Net, E. Di Sciascio, M. Mongiello, Politecnico di Bari (Italy); A.
Celentano, Univ. Ca' Foscari di Venezia (Italy) [3656-55]
*User interface framework for image searching, O. T. Brewer, Boeing Co.
[3656-56]
*Refining image retrieval based on context-driven methods, D. Hong, J. Wu,
S. S. Singh, Kent Ridge Digital Labs. (Singapore) [3656-57]
*Image retrieval system based on interactive reduction of feature space, A.
Kobayashi, T. Yoshida, Y. Sakai, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
[3656-58]
*Lossless compression for storing similar gray-scale images, T. Lin,
Soochow Univ. (China) [3656-59]
Feature Extraction and Similarity Measures
Chair: Nevenka Dimitrova, Philips Research;
*Vector angular distance measure for indexing and retrieval of color, D.
Androutsos, Univ. of Toronto (Canada); K. N. Plataniotis, Ryerson
Polytechnic Univ. (Canada); A. N. Venetsanopoulos, Univ. of Toronto
(Canada) [3656-60]
*Texture classification by a two-level hybrid scheme, G. Pok, J. S. Liu,
Texas A&M Univ. [3656-61]
*Rotation, translation, and scaling invariant color image indexing, M.
Celenk, Ohio Univ. [3656-62]
*Delauney triangulation for image object indexing: a novel method for shape
representation, Y. Tao, W. I. Grosky, Wayne State Univ. [3656-63]
*Similarity-based retrieval of images using color histograms, K. Chen, S.
G. Demko, R. Xie, Iterated Systems, Inc. [3656-64]
*Efficient approach on content-based image retrieval with DCT coefficient
indexes, A. L. Chen, C. S. Lin, T. C. Kuo, C. Tsay, National Tsing Hua
Univ. (Taiwan) [3656-65]
*Comparative study of illumination invariance strategies, B.
Levienaise-Obadia, J. Kittler, W. J. Christmas, Univ. of Surrey (UK)
[3656-66]
Video Segmentation and Query Systems
Chair: Bo Shen, Hewlett-Packard Co.
*Quantitative comparison of shot boundary detection metrics, R. M. Ford,
The Pennsylvania State Univ./Erie [3656-67]
*Efficient color feature extraction in compressed video, C. S. Won, D. K.
Park, I. Y. Na, Dongguk Univ. (Korea); S. Yoo, Electronic and
Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea) [3656-68]
*Video segmentation and classification for content-based storage and
retrieval, W. Fernando, N. Canagarajah, D. R. Bull, Univ. of Bristol (UK)
[3656-69]
*Very fast scene-cut detection for MPEG compressed video, R. L. de Queiroz,
Xerox Corp.; G. Bozdagi, Baskent Univ. (Turkey) [3656-70]
*Compressed-domain feature extraction and analysis, J. Ra, B. Song, Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea) [3656-71]
*VideoBase: a prototype of video database managing system, X. Bai, G. Xu,
Y. Shi, Tsinghua Univ. (China) [3656-72]
*Morphological approach to scene change detection and digital video storage
and retrieval, W. M. Kim, S. M. Song, Korea Univ. (Korea); H. Kim, C. Song,
Korea Telecom (Korea); S. G. Kim, B. W. Kwon, Korea Univ. (Korea) [3656-73]
Friday 29 January
SESSION 11 Fri. 9:10 to 10:10 am
Image Databases
Chair: Edward J. Delp III, Purdue Univ.
Integrated system for image storage, retrieval, and transmission using
wavelet transform, D. Yu, Y. Liu, S. Yang, R. Y. Mu, Tsinghua Univ. (China)
[3656-44]
Gaussian mixture modeling of human skin color and its applications in image
and video databases, M. Yang, N. Ahuja, Univ. of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
[3656-45]
Adaptive storage and retrieval of large compressed images, J. R. Smith, V.
Castelli, C. S. Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. [3656-46]
SESSION 12 Fri.10:30 am to 12:10 pm
Query Tools
Chair: John R. Smith, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
Multi-layered semantic feature extraction for interior environment
understanding and retrieval, Z. Lei, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.; Y.
Liang, Rutgers Univ. [3656-47]
Image indexing using composite regional color channel features, A. M.
Darwish, A. R. Appas, A. I. El-Desouki, S. I. Shaheen, Cairo Univ. (Egypt)
[3656-48]
Finding regions of interest for content extraction, E. J. Pauwels, G.
Frederix, Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium) [3656-49]
Query vector projection access method, J. R. Smith, IBM Thomas J. Watson
Research Ctr. [3656-50]
Augmented image histogram for image and video similarity search, Y. Chen,
E. K. Wong, Polytechnic Univ. [3656-51]