Advances in Multimedia Modeling: 13th International Multimedia Modeling Conference, MMM 2007, Singapore, January 9-12, 2007, Proceedings, Part II (Paperback, 2006)

Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications I.- Real-Time Streaming Audio Codecs for QoS Benchmarking Purposes.- Exploiting Video Stream Similarity for Energy-Efficient Decoding.- Optimization of System Performance for DVC Applications with Energy Constraints over Ad Hoc Networks.- Distributed Video Coding with Trellis Coded Quantization.- An Efficient VLSI Architecture for Full-Search Variable Block Size Motion Estimation in H.264/AVC.- A Secure and Robust Wavelet-Based Hashing Scheme for Image Authentication.- Event Detection.- Automatic TV Logo Detection, Tracking and Removal in Broadcast Video.- Automatic Detection and Recognition of Athlete Actions in Diving Video.- Event Detection Models Using 2d-BN and CRFs.- Video Histogram: A Novel Video Signature for Efficient Web Video Duplicate Detection.- Multimedia over P2P.- VOD Multicast Using CIWP and P2P Partial Stream Transfer.- Multimedia Service Composition for Context-Aware Mobile Computing.- Characterizing User Behavior Model to Evaluate Hard Cache in Peer-to-Peer Based Video-on-Demand Service.- Cooperative Caching for Peer-Assisted Video Distribution.- Content II.- Metadata Management, Reuse, Inference and Propagation in a Collection-Oriented Metadata Framework for Digital Images.- Confidence Building Among Correlated Streams in Multimedia Surveillance Systems.- Boosting Cross-Media Retrieval by Learning with Positive and Negative Examples.- Searching the Video: An Efficient Indexing Method for Video Retrieval in Peer to Peer Network.- Integrating Semantic Templates with Decision Tree for Image Semantic Learning.- Neural Network Combining Classifier Based on Dempster-Shafer Theory for Semantic Indexing in Video Content.- Efficient Search with Changing Similarity Measures on Large Multimedia Datasets.- MuSQL: A Music Structured Query Language.- Applications II.- Hardware Accelerated Skin Deformation for Animated Crowds.- Multimedia Web Services for an Object Tracking and Highlighting Application.- A Novel Melody Line Identification Algorithm for Polyphonic MIDI Music.- Markerless Augmented Reality Using a Robust Point Transferring Method.- Computer Vision II.- Accurate 3D Facial Synthesis for Plastic Surgery Simulation.- Generic 3-D Modeling for Content Analysis of Court-Net Sports Sequences.- Using Camera Calibration and Radiosity on GPU for Interactive Common Illumination.- Image Processing II.- The Study of Detecting for IR Weak and Small Targets Based on Fractal Features.- Visual Features Extraction Through Spatiotemporal Slice Analysis.- High Quality Color Interpolation for Color Filter Array with Low Complexity.- A Two-Level Matching Scheme for Speedy and Accurate Palmprint Identification.- Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications II.- Improving Quality of Live Streaming Service over P2P Networks with User Behavior Model.- Coopetitive Multimedia Surveillance.- Efficient H.264/AVC Video Encoder Where Pattern Is Used as Extra Mode for Wide Range of Video Coding.- Performance Enhancement of Error Resilient Entropy Coding on Block Based Bitstream of SPIHT.- FIDP: A Novel Architecture for Lifting-Based 2D DWT in JPEG2000.- Analysis of Monotonic Responsive Functions for Congestion Control.- Image Classification and Recognition.- A Computational Estimate of the Physical Effort in Human Poses.- A Matching-Based Approach for Human Motion Analysis.- Face Recognition Using Kernel Uncorrelated Discriminant Analysis.- Recognition of SAR Occluded Targets Using SVM.- Advanced Media Processing and Security.- Discovery of Image Versions in Large Collections.- User-Friendly Image Sharing in Multimedia Database Using Polynomials with Different Primes.- Accelerating Non-photorealistic Video Effects Using Compressed Domain Processing.- A Color Image Hiding Scheme Based on SMVQ and Modulo Operator.- Ubiquitous Multimedia Service (UMS).- Computer Interface to Use Eye and Mouse Movement. ...