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2010
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Web-based semantic browsing of video collections using multimedia ontologies
In this technical demonstration we present a novel web-based tool that allows a user friendly semantic browsing of video collections, based on ontologies, concepts, concept relati...
Marco Bertini, Gianpaolo D'Amico, Andrea Ferracani...
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2010
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A new approach to cross-modal multimedia retrieval
The problem of joint modeling the text and image components of multimedia documents is studied. The text component is represented as a sample from a hidden topic model, learned wi...
Nikhil Rasiwasia, Jose Costa Pereira, Emanuele Cov...
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2010
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Training data collection system for a learning-based photographic aesthetic quality inference engine
We present a novel data collection system deployed for the ACQUINE - Aesthetic Quality Inference Engine. The goal of the system is to collect online user opinions, both structured...
Razvan Orendovici, James Ze Wang
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2010
ACM
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Enhanced exploration of oral history archives through processed video and synchronized text transcripts
A digital video library of over 900 hours of video and 18000 stories from The HistoryMakers was used by 266 students, faculty, librarians, and life-long learners interacting with ...
Michael G. Christel, Scott M. Stevens, Bryan Maher...
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2010
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Mobile product recognition
We present a mobile product recognition system for the camera-phone. By snapping a picture of a product with a camera-phone, the user can retrieve online information of the produc...
Sam S. Tsai, David M. Chen, Vijay Chandrasekhar, G...
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2010
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Analyzing and predicting sentiment of images on the social web
In this paper we study the connection between sentiment of images expressed in metadata and their visual content in the social photo sharing environment Flickr. To this end, we co...
Stefan Siersdorfer, Enrico Minack, Fan Deng, Jonat...
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2010
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Subjective evaluation of scalable video coding for content distribution
This paper investigates the influence of the combination of the scalability parameters in scalable video coding (SVC) schemes on the subjective visual quality. We aim at providing...
Jong-Seok Lee, Francesca De Simone, Naeem Ramzan, ...
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2010
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Crew: cross-modal resource searching by exploiting wikipedia
In Web 2.0, users have generated and shared massive amounts of resources in various media formats, such as news, blogs, audios, photos and videos. The abundance and diversity of t...
Chen Liu, Beng Chin Ooi, Anthony K. H. Tung, Dongx...
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2010
ACM
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A cognitive approach for effective coding and transmission of 3D video
Reliable delivery of 3D video contents to a wide set of users is expected to be the next big revolution in multimedia applications provided that it is possible to grant a certain ...
Simone Milani, Giancarlo Calvagno
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2010
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TalkMiner: a lecture webcast search engine
The design and implementation of a search engine for lecture webcasts is described. A searchable text index is created allowing users to locate material within lecture videos foun...
John Adcock, Matthew Cooper, Laurent Denoue, Hamed...