Giorgos Stamou & Stefanos Kollias 
Multimedia Content and the Semantic Web [PDF ebook] 
Standards, Methods and Tools

The emerging idea of the semantic web is based on the maximum
automation of the complete knowledge lifecycle processes: knowledge
representation, acquisition, adaptation, reasoning, sharing and
use.

Text-based based browsers involve a costly information-retrieval
process: descriptions are inherently subjective and usage is often
confined to the specific application domain for which the
descriptions were created. Automatic extracted audiovisual features
are, in general, more objective, domain-independent and can be
native to the audiovisual content.

This book seeks to draw together in one concise volume the
findings of leading researchers from around the globe. The focus,
in particular, is on the MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 standards that seek to
consolidate and render effective the infrastructure for the
delivery and management of multimedia content.

* Provides thorough coverage of all relevant topics, including
structure identification in audiovisual documents, object-based
video indexing, multimedia indexing and retrieval using natural
language, speech and image processing methods

* Contains detailed advice on ontology representation and
querying for realizing semantics-driven applications

* Includes cutting-edge information on multimedia content
description in MPEG-7 and MPEG-21

* Illustrates all theory with real-world case studies gleaned
from state-of-the-art worldwide research. The contributors are
pioneers in the fields of multimedia analysis and knowledge
technologies

This unified, comprehensive up-to-date resource will appeal to
integrators, systems suppliers, managers and consultants in the
area of knowledge management and information retrieval;
particularly those concerned with the automation of the semantic
web. The detailed, theory-based practical advice is also essential
reading for postgraduates and researchers in these fields.

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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 Realizing
Semantics-driven Applications (Boris Motik, Alexander Maedche
and Raphael Volz).

3. Adding Multimedia to the Semantic Web: Building and Applying
an MPEG-7 Ontology (Jane Hunter).

4. A Fuzzy Knowledge-Based System for Multimedia Applications
(Vassilis Tzouvaras, Giorgos Stamou and Stefanos
Kollias).

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 Objects
Information (Xavier Gir´o, Ver´onica Vilaplana, Ferran
Marqu´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, Ira
Cohen and Thomas S. Huang).

PART THREE: MULTIMEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THE
SEMANTIC WEB.

10. Semantic Web Applications (Alain L´eger, Pramila
Mullan, 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 George
Carayannis).

12. Knowledge-Based Multimedia Content Indexing and Retrieval
(Manolis Wallace, Yannis Avrithis, Giorgos Stamou and Stefanos
Kollias).

13. Multimedia Content Indexing and Retrieval Using an Object
Ontology (Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Vasileios Mezaris and Michael G.
Strintzis).

14. Context-Based Video Retrieval for Life-Log Applications
(Kiyoharu Aizawa and Tetsuro Hori).

Index.

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Giorgos Stamou was born in Athens in 1971. He obtained the Diploma
Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National
Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 1994 and the Ph D in
Computational Intelligence from the Computer Science Division of
NTUA in 1998. He is currently a researcher of the ICCS-NTUA. His
research interests include fuzzy set theory, fuzzy system modelling
and decision making, neural networks, hybrid intelligent systems,
human computer interaction and image processing. Dr Stamou has
published over 30 papers in international journals and proceedings
of international conferences.

Stefanos Kollias was born in Athens in 1956. He obtained his
Diploma from NTUA in 1979, his M.Sc. in Communication Engineering
in 1980 from UMIST in England and his Ph.D in Signal Processing
from the Computer Science Division of NTUA. He is with the
Electrical Engineering Department of NTUA since 1986 where he
serves now as a Professor. Since 1990 he is Director of the Image,
Video and Multimedia Systems Laboratory of NTUA. He has published
more than 120 papers in the above fields, 50 of which in
international journals. He has been a member of the Technical or
Advisory Committee or invited speaker in 40 International
Conferences. He is a reviewer of 10 IEEE Transactions and of 10
other journals. Ten graduate students have completed their
Doctorate under his supervision, while other ten are currently
performing their Ph.D. thesis. He and his team have been
participating in 38 European and National projects.