Advances in Multimedia Modeling

Media Understanding.- A Novel Approach for Filtering Junk Images from Google Search Results.- Object-Based Image Retrieval Beyond Visual Appearances.- MILC2: A Multi-Layer Multi-Instance Learning Approach to Video Concept Detection.- Poster I.- An Implicit Active Contour Model for Feature Regions and Lines.- New Approach for Hierarchical Classifier Training and Multi-level Image Annotation.- Extracting Text Information for Content-Based Video Retrieval.- Real-Time Video Surveillance Based on Combining Foreground Extraction and Human Detection.- Detecting and Clustering Multiple Takes of One Scene.- An Images-Based 3D Model Retrieval Approach.- 'Oh Web Image, Where Art Thou?'.- Complementary Variance Energy for Fingerprint Segmentation.- Similarity Search in Multimedia Time Series Data Using Amplitude-Level Features.- Sound Source Localization with Non-calibrated Microphones.- PriSurv: Privacy Protected Video Surveillance System Using Adaptive Visual Abstraction.- Distribution-Based Similarity for Multi-represented Multimedia Objects.- A Multimodal Input Device for Music Authoring for Children.- Free-Shaped Video Collage.- Aesthetics-Based Automatic Home Video Skimming System.- Using Fuzzy Lists for Playlist Management.- Tagging Video Contents with Positive/Negative Interest Based on User's Facial Expression.- Snap2Play: A Mixed-Reality Game Based on Scene Identification.- Real-Time Multi-view Object Tracking in Mediated Environments.- Reconstruct 3D Human Motion from Monocular Video Using Motion Library.- Poster II.- Appropriate Segment Extraction from Shots Based on Temporal Patterns of Example Videos.- Fast Segmentation of H.264/AVC Bitstreams for On-Demand Video Summarization.- Blurred Image Detection and Classification.- Cross-Lingual Retrieval of Identical News Events by Near-Duplicate Video Segment Detection.- Web Image Gathering with a Part-Based Object Recognition Method.- A Query Language Combining Object Features and Semantic Events for Surveillance Video