Announcing prizes and submission details for the Multimedia Grand Challenge at ACM Multimedia 2009, October 2009 in Beijing http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/ http://www.acmmm09.org/ What problems do Google, Yahoo, HP, Radvision, CeWe, Nokia and other companies see in the future of multimedia? The Multimedia Grand Challenge is a set of problems and issues from these (and other) industry leaders, geared to engage the Multimedia research community in solving relevant, interesting and challenging questions about the industry's 2-5 year horizon for multimedia. The Grand Challenge is initially presented as part of ACM Multimedia 2009. Researchers will be encouraged to submit working systems in response to the challenge to win the Grand Challenge competition! The challenges, from Accenture, CeWe, Current.tv, Google, HP, Nokia, Radvision and Yahoo! are listed below; complete details available on the MMGC website: http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/ ************************************************************************ $3000 Prizes, Sponsored by Google, HP Labs, Nokia and Yahoo! ************************************************************************ Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Grand Challenge will offer a total of $3000 in prizes, including a first prize of $1500. For details, see: http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/prizes ********************************************************************** Submission Open, Submissions Due June 15th! ********************************************************************** Submission to the Grand Challenge is now open! The submissions should be made in a 2-page ACM format, and must address one of the corporate challenges listed below. Details available on the submission page: http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/submission ********************************************************************** 10 Challenges from 8 Industry Leaders ********************************************************************** The complete information about the corporate challenges is available on the Grand Challenge website, http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/ Below are the titles and direct links for each challenge. * Yahoo! Challenge: Robust Clustering Guided by User Intent in Image Search http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/yahoo-challenge-image/ * Radvision Challenge: Real-time Data Collaboration Adaptation for Multi-Device Video Conferencing http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/01/radvision-challenge-adaptation/ * CeWe Challenge: The Next Generation of Tangible Multimedia Products http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/cewe-challenge/ * Google Challenge: Robust, As-Accurate-As-Human Genre Classification for Video http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/google-challenge/ * HP Challenge: Robust Identification of Informative Multimedia Content in Web Pages http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/hp-challenge/ * Nokia Challenge: Where was this Photo Taken, and How? http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/nokia-challenge/ * Current TV Challenge: Media Production in the Age of Community http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/03/16/current-tv-challenge/ * Accenture Challenge: Analysis of Video Footage Captured in Uncontrolled Environments http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/23/accenture-challenge/ * Yahoo! Challenge: Robust Automatic Segmentation of Video According to Narrative Themes http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/yahoo-challenge-video/ * Radvision Challenge: Video Conferencing To Surpass “In-Person” Meeting Experience http://multimediagrandchallenge.com/2009/02/02/radvision-challenge-experience/ See you in Beijing! Mor Naaman Tat-Seng Chua MM'09 Multimedia Grand Challenge co-chairs