--------------------------- CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS ---------------------------- Computer Vision for Multimedia Applications: Methods and Solutions A book edited by Dr. Jinjun Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc., USA Dr. Jian Cheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Dr. Shuqiang Jiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China --------------------------- To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=651 Proposal Submission Deadline: August 24, 2009 --------------------------- Introduction Multimedia research was initially focused on images, and then became synonymous with video in the mid-1990s. Although other types of media, such as audio, text stream, and most recently various types of sensors data and customer generated media began to be included into the domain, video remains the most fundamental one. This defines a coupled relationship between multimedia applications and computer vision, because the later provides necessary techniques to recover the structural description of the object/scene from two-dimensional visual representation in the video media. Although there exists an abundance of methods for solving various well-defined computer vision tasks, these methods are often task-specific and can seldom be generalized over a wide range of applications. In addition, many of the computer vision algorithms are still in the state of basic research. Hence, it is not straight how computer vision methods are applied to multimedia applications, and the characteristics of current computer vision research have posed challenging issues. This has motivated us to edit a book to address problems specifically related to applying computer vision to multimedia applications. Objective of the Book The book will include the latest developments in computer vision methods applicable to various problems in multimedia computing. The book will list successful examples of multimedia modeling, system, and application where computer vision techniques play an indispensible role. The book will also present discussions to innovate new ideas, as well as problems, in computer vision and multimedia computing for future multimedia technology. It can serve as an important reference in multimedia and computer vision for academicians, researchers, and academic libraries. Target Audience The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the fields of multimedia computing in various disciplines, especially involved with video and image processing. The book should also serve as an important reference for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying this subject. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support to innovative and creative studies concerned with the development of multimedia content analysis within different types of research and working communities. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Multimedia visual content representation * Content-based multimedia retrieval * Computer vision in human computer interaction * Motion analysis in multimedia * Object analysis in multimedia * Broadcasting technologies * User interfaces * Video segmentation * Multimedia content adaption in wireless environment * Mobile computing * Image synthesis * 3D modeling * Animation * Visualization Editorial Advisory Board Members: Dr. Gao Wen, Peking University, China Dr. Hanjalic Alan, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Dr. Izquierdo Ebroul, University of London, United Kingdom Dr. Jin Jesse S., University of Newcastle, Australia Dr. Lu Hanqing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Dr. Pietikainen Matti, University of Oulu, Finland Dr. Tian Qi, Microsoft Research Asia, China Dr. Xu Changsheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 10, 2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by August 31, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 2, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Important Dates August 24, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline August 31, 2009: Notification of Acceptance November 2, 2009: Full Chapter Submission January 11, 2010: Review Results Returned February 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission March 1, 2010: Final Deadline Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word doc.) or by mail to: Dr. Jinjun Wang 10080 North Wolfe Road, SW3-350, NEC Laboratories America, Inc. Cupertino, California, 95014, USA Tel.: +01-408-863-6015 jjwang@sv.nec-labs.com http://www.nec-labs.com/~jjwang Dr. Jian Cheng 95 Zhongguancun East Road, National Lab of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China jcheng@nlpr.ia.ac.cn http://www.nlpr.ia.ac.cn/jcheng Dr. Shuqiang Jiang 6 Kexueyuan South Road, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China sqjiang@ict.ac.cn http://www.jdl.ac.cn/user/sqjiang Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference" and "IGI Publishing" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2010.