WIAMIS 2007, 6-8 June 2007, Santorini, Greece
http://mkg.iti.gr/wiamis2007/
DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO JANUARY 24
OBJECTIVES
The International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS) is one of the main international fora for the presentation and discussion of the latest technological advances in interactive multimedia services. The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry working in all areas of image, video and audio applications, with a special focus on analysis. After Louvain (1997), Berlin (1999), Tampere (2001), London (2003), Lisboa (2004), Montreux (2005), Incheon (2006), WIAMIS 2007 is held in Santorini, Greece.
TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Multimedia content analysis and understanding
Content-based browsing, indexing and retrieval of images, video and audio
2D/3D feature extraction
Advanced descriptors and similarity metrics for audio and video
Relevance feedback and learning systems
Segmentation of objects in 2D/3D image sequences
Identification and tracking of regions in scenes
Voice/audio assisted video segmentation
Analysis for coding efficiency and increased error resilience
Analysis and understanding tools for content adaptation
Multimedia content adaptation tools, transcoding and transmoding
Content summarization and personalization strategies
Data hiding and copyright protection of multimedia content
Semantic mapping and ontologies
Multimedia analysis for advanced applications
Multimedia analysis hardware and middleware
INVITED TALKS
WIAMIS 2007 will include in its Technical Program 2 invited talks by leading experts in the field of multimedia processing.
* Shih-Fu Chang, “Recent Advances and Open Issues of Digital Image/Video Search”
* Irfan Essa, “Data-driven and Procedural Analysis and Synthesis of Multimedia”
INDUSTRY SESSION
In addition to Invited Talks, its Regular Technical Program and a number of Special Sessions, WIAMIS 2007 will also include an Industry Session featuring talks by key industry players. Already confirmed industrial representation includes Google, FAST and Deutsche Welle. For more information, please check the related page at the WIAMIS 2007 site.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Paper submission is now open. Prospective contributors are invited to submit extended summaries electronically, using the online submission system at http://mkg.iti.gr/wiamis2007/submission/. Submissions should be in Adobe PDF file format, written in English, following the two-column IEEE conference proceedings format and extending no more than four two-column pages including all figures, tables and references. The proceedings will be published by IEEE and archived to IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society digital libraries.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission: 24 January 2007 (EXTENDED)
Review results: 23 February 2007
Submission of camera-ready papers: 9 March 2007
WIAMIS 2007 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chairs
* Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
* Yannis Avrithis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Technical Program Chairs
* Milind R. Naphade, IBM T J Watson Research Center, USA
* Noel O'Connor, Centre for Digital Video Processing, Dublin City University, Ireland
* Vasileios Mezaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece
Special Sessions Chair
* Murat Tekalp, College of Engineering, Koc University, Turkey
Industry Liaisons
* Adrian Matellanes, Motorola Labs, UK
* Nikos Sarris, Athens Technology Center S.A., Greece
CONTACT
For questions, problems and all other inquiries, please contact wiamis2007(at)@iti.gr
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THIS INFORMATION IS FROM CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
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Akihiko Shirai, Ph.D
Invited Researcher
Presence & Innovation Laboratory ENSAM France
http://akihiko.shirai.as/
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