Call for Papers ---------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia Content Access: Algorithms and Systems (EI121) ---------------------------------------------------------- Part of the IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 28 January - 1 February 2007, San Jose, California, USA Conference Chairs: ------------------ Alan Hanjalic, Technische Univ. Delft (Netherlands); Raimondo Schettini, DISCo/Univ. degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy); Nicu Sebe, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands) Steering Committee: ------------------- Edward Y. Chang, Google, Inc.; Simone Santini, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid (Spain); Theo Gevers, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands) -------------------------------------------------- Through recent advances in computing, networking and data storage, multimedia will create new interesting technical possibilities in a wide range of fields, such as entertainment, commerce, science, medicine and public safety. To benefit from this potential, developers need reliable techniques for the analysis, search, and management of multimedia data, as well as distributed system architectures in which these techniques can be embedded to effectively help the users. This conference is the result of the merge of two tracks that, within the Electronic Imaging symposium, dealt with such techniques and system architectures: Multimedia Content Analysis, Management and Retrieval and Internet Imaging; its purpose is to create a premium forum to address the research challenges and application opportunities of multimedia content analysis, management and retrieval. We are soliciting high quality submissions to - present new and daring ideas, - question established paradigms and unwritten rules, and - introduce brave new research directions in the following (and related) areas: Content Analysis: * image, audio and video characterization (feature extraction) * fusion of text, image, video and audio data * content parsing, clustering and classification * semantic modeling * image, video and audio similarity measures * object and event detection and recognition * benchmarking of content analysis methods and algorithms * generic methods and algorithms for content analysis * affective content analysis. Content Management and Delivery: * (Internet) multimedia databases * multimedia standards (e.g. SVG, SMIL, MPEG-7) * efficient peer-to-peer storage and search techniques * indexing and data organization * system optimization for search and retrieval * storage hierarchies, scalable storage * personalized content delivery. Content Search/Browsing/Retrieval: * multimedia data mining * active learning and relevance feedback * query models * browsing and visualization * search issues in distributed and heterogeneous systems * benchmarking search, browsing, and retrieval algorithms and systems * generation of video summaries and abstracts * cognitive aspects of human/machine systems. Internet Imaging and Multimedia: * peer-to-peer imaging systems for the Internet * content creation and presentation for the Internet * web cameras: impact on content analysis techniques * interactive multimedia creation for the Internet * content rating, authentication, non-repudiation, and cultural differences in content perception * XML applications * web crawling, caching, and security * semantic web * (adaptable) user interfaces. Applications: * commerce * medicine * news * entertainment * wearable and ubiquitous computing * management of meetings * biometrics * cultural heritage and education * collaborative systems and multi-device applications * life log applications * military and civilian security applications. The conference program will include invited keynote presentations, invited special sessions, and a panel of experts who will be discussing the remaining research challenges related to multimedia content analysis, management and retrieval. Important Dates ---------------- Paper Proposals (5,000 words): 17 July 2006 Final Manuscript Due Date: 13 November 2006 200-word Final Summary: 20 November 2006 Program Committee: ------------------ Kiyoharu Aizawa, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Noboru Babaguchi, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Nozha Boujemaa, INRIA Rocquencourt (France); Augusto Celentano, Univ. Ca' Foscari di Venezia (Italy); Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; TatSeng Chua, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); Rita Cucchiara, Univ. degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy); Alberto Del Bimbo, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze (Italy); Ajay Divakaran, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.; Chitra Dorai, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Arun Hampapur, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Alexander G. Hauptmann, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; Roger David Hersch, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Ebroul Izquierdo, Queen Mary Univ. of London (United Kingdom); Alejandro Jaimes, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Japan); Mohan S. Kankanhalli, National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); John R. Kender, Columbia Univ.; Anil C. Kokaram, The Univ. of Dublin, Trinity College (Ireland); Clement H. C. Leung, Victoria Univ. of Technology (Australia); Michael S. Lew, Univ. Leiden (Netherlands); Rainer W. Lienhart, Univ. Augsburg (Germany); Kadir A. Peker, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.; Silvia Pfeiffer, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia); Alan F. Smeaton, Dublin City Univ. (Ireland); John R. Smith, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Hari Sundaram, Arizona State Univ.; Ahmet M. Tekalp, Univ. of Rochester; Qi Tian, The Univ. of Texas at San Antonio; Alain Trémeau, Univ. Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne (France); Svetha Venkatesh, Curtin Univ. of Technology (Australia); Marcel Worring, Univ. van Amsterdam (Netherlands); Lei Zhang, Microsoft Research Asia (China)