Stamou / Kollias Multimedia Content and the Semantic Web

Standards, Methods and Tools
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-85763-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 414 Seiten, E-Book

The emerging idea of the semantic web is based on the maximumautomation of the complete knowledge lifecycle processes: knowledgerepresentation, acquisition, adaptation, reasoning, sharing anduse.
Text-based based browsers involve a costly information-retrievalprocess: descriptions are inherently subjective and usage is oftenconfined to the specific application domain for which thedescriptions were created. Automatic extracted audiovisual featuresare, in general, more objective, domain-independent and can benative to the audiovisual content.
This book seeks to draw together in one concise volume thefindings of leading researchers from around the globe. The focus,in particular, is on the MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 standards that seek toconsolidate and render effective the infrastructure for thedelivery and management of multimedia content.
* Provides thorough coverage of all relevant topics, includingstructure identification in audiovisual documents, object-basedvideo indexing, multimedia indexing and retrieval using naturallanguage, speech and image processing methods
* Contains detailed advice on ontology representation andquerying for realizing semantics-driven applications
* Includes cutting-edge information on multimedia contentdescription in MPEG-7 and MPEG-21
* Illustrates all theory with real-world case studies gleanedfrom state-of-the-art worldwide research. The contributors arepioneers in the fields of multimedia analysis and knowledgetechnologies
This unified, comprehensive up-to-date resource will appeal tointegrators, systems suppliers, managers and consultants in thearea of knowledge management and information retrieval;particularly those concerned with the automation of the semanticweb. The detailed, theory-based practical advice is also essentialreading for postgraduates and researchers in these fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stamou, Giorgos

Kollias, Stefanos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Foreword (Rudi Studer).
Foreword (A. Murat Tekalp).
Introduction.
PART ONE: KNOWLEDGE AND MULTIMEDIA.
1. Multimedia Content Description in MPEG-7 and MPEG-21(Fernando Pereira and Rik Van de Walkle).
2. Ontology Representation and Querying for RealizingSemantics-driven Applications (Boris Motik, Alexander Maedcheand Raphael Volz).
3. Adding Multimedia to the Semantic Web: Building and Applyingan MPEG-7 Ontology (Jane Hunter).
4. A Fuzzy Knowledge-Based System for Multimedia Applications(Vassilis Tzouvaras, Giorgos Stamou and StefanosKollias).
PART TWO: MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ANALYSIS.
5. Structure Identification in an Audiovisual Document(Philippe Joly).
6. Object-Based Video Indexing (Jenny Benois-Pineau).
7. Automatic Extraction and Analysis of Visual ObjectsInformation (Xavier Gir´o, Ver´onica Vilaplana, FerranMarqu´es, Philippe Salembier).
8. Mining the Semantics of Visual Concepts and Context(Milind R. Naphade and John R. Smith).
9. Machine Learning in Multimedia (Nemanja Petrovic, IraCohen and Thomas S. Huang).
PART THREE: MULTIMEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THESEMANTIC WEB.
10. SemanticWeb Applications (Alain L´eger, PramilaMullan, Shishir Garg and Jean Charlet).
11. Multimedia Indexing and Retrieval Using Natural Language,Speech and Image Processing Methods (Harris Papageorgiou,Prokopis Prokopidis, Athanassios Protopapas and GeorgeCarayannis).
12. Knowledge-Based Multimedia Content Indexing and Retrieval(Manolis Wallace, Yannis Avrithis, Giorgos Stamou and StefanosKollias).
13. Multimedia Content Indexing and Retrieval Using an ObjectOntology (Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Vasileios Mezaris and Michael G.Strintzis).
14. Context-Based Video Retrieval for Life-Log Applications(Kiyoharu Aizawa and Tetsuro Hori).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Giorgos Stamou was born in Athens in 1971. He obtained the DiplomaDegree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the NationalTechnical University of Athens (NTUA) in 1994 and the PhD inComputational Intelligence from the Computer Science Division ofNTUA in 1998. He is currently a researcher of the ICCS-NTUA. Hisresearch interests include fuzzy set theory, fuzzy system modellingand decision making, neural networks, hybrid intelligent systems,human computer interaction and image processing. Dr Stamou haspublished over 30 papers in international journals and proceedingsof international conferences.
Stefanos Kollias was born in Athens in 1956. He obtained hisDiploma from NTUA in 1979, his M.Sc. in Communication Engineeringin 1980 from UMIST in England and his Ph.D in Signal Processingfrom the Computer Science Division of NTUA. He is with theElectrical Engineering Department of NTUA since 1986 where heserves now as a Professor. Since 1990 he is Director of the Image,Video and Multimedia Systems Laboratory of NTUA. He has publishedmore than 120 papers in the above fields, 50 of which ininternational journals. He has been a member of the Technical orAdvisory Committee or invited speaker in 40 InternationalConferences. He is a reviewer of 10 IEEE Transactions and of 10other journals. Ten graduate students have completed theirDoctorate under his supervision, while other ten are currentlyperforming their Ph.D. thesis. He and his team have beenparticipating in 38 European and National projects.