Image, Video And Multimedia Systems Laboratory

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Image, Video And Multimedia Systems Laboratory
http//www.image.ntua.gr
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Background
Established in 1988 by Prof. Stefanos Kollias
(Director) Belongs to the National Technical
University of Athens (NTUA) School of Electrical
Computer Engineering Computer Science
division and the Institute of Communication and
Computer Systems (ICCS)
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Quality Management

• Since 1997, the Greek Secretariat of Research and
  Technology (GSRT) has selected IVML, as a Service
  Providing Lab in its field IVML was funded to
• acquire and install professional audiovisual
  equipment
• implement its ISO 9001 quality management plans
• In May 2000 IVML became the first lab in its
  department and the third in the NTUA to obtain
  the ISO 9001 certificate

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Research Topics

• Image and video processing and analysis
• Knowledge based adaptive content analysis
• Content-based semantic retrieval of multimedia
  information
• The MPEG-7, MPEG-21 standards and Semantic Web
  technologies
• Artificial neural network, fuzzy and neurofuzzy
  technologies
• Intelligent human computer interaction
  intelligent agents
• Face, emotion and biometric analysis and
  recognition
• MPEG-4 and natural-synthetic hybrid coding,
  augmented reality
• Applications in cultural heritage, surveillance,
  communications, medicine

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Research Development

• IVML has been involved in 70 RD Projects
• Information retrieval distance learning
• EUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA-Modulates (1998-2000),
• LEONARDO-SPERO (2001-2004)
• Principled hybrid systems with application to
  the problem of emotion recognition
• TMR-PHYSTA (1998-2001), IST-ERMIS
  (2001-2004),
• NoE-HUMAINE (2004-2008), IP-CALLAS
  (2006-2009)
• Hybrid intelligent artefacts for human computer
  interaction
• IST-ORESTEIA (2003-2005)

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Research Development

• Semantic-based Intelligent multimedia analysis
  systems
• IST-FAETHON (2001-2004), IP-ACEMEDIA
  (2004-2007),
• NoE-MUSCLE (2004-2008), IP-MESH
  (2006-2009),
• NoE-K-Space (2006-2008)
• Semantic Web technologies
• NoE-Knowledge-Web (2004-2008), IP-X-MEDIA
  (2006-2009)
• STREP-BOEMIE (2006-2008)
• Knowledge-based assistance for e-inclusion
• IP-AskIT (2004-2008)
• STREP-Agent Dysl (2006-2009)

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Projects on MM SW

• aceMedia Integrating knowledge, semantics and
  content for user centred intelligent media
  services, IP 2004-2007
• KnowledgeWeb Realizing the Semantic Web,
  funded by the DG XIII, NoE 2004-2007
• MESH Multimedia Semantic Syndication for
  Enhanced News Services, IP 2006-2008
• K-Space Knowledge Space of Semantic Inference
  for Automatic Annotation and Retrieval of
  Multimedia Content, NoE 2006-2008
• BOEMIE Bootstrapping Ontology Evolution with
  Multimedia Information Extraction, STREP
  2006-2008
• Muscle Multimedia Understanding through
  Semantics, Computation and Learning, NoE
  2004-2008
• FAETHON Unified Intelligent Access to
  Heterogeneous Audiovisual Content, IST FP5
  2001-2004

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Conferences Workshops

• SWAMM06, Edinburgh, May 22, 2006
• Semantic Web Annotations for Multimedia
• SSMS'06, Chalkidiki, Greece, September 4-8, 2006
• Summer School on Multimedia Semantics
• ICANN06, Athens, September 10-14, 2006
• International Conference on Artificial Neural
  Networks
• SAMT06, Athens, December 6-8, 2006
• International Conference on Semantic and Digital
  Media Technologies
• BOEMIE06, Podebrady, Czech Republic, October 6,
  2006 (_at_EKAW)
• Workshop on Ontology Evolution Multimedia
  Information Extraction
• WIAMIS07, Santorini, Greece, June 6-8, 2007
• International Workshop on Image Analysis for
  Multimedia Interactive Services