ACM Multimedia 1999: Orlando, Florida, USA - Volume 1 John F. Buford, Scott M. Stevens, Dick C. A. Bulterman, Kevin Jeffay, HongJiang Zhang (Eds.): Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Multimedia '99, Orlando, FL, USA, October 30 - November 5, 1999, Part 1. ACM 1999, ISBN 1-58113-151-8 Video Processing and Indexing • Rainer Stiefelhagen, Jie Yang, Alex Waibel: odeling focus of attention for meeting indexing. 3-10 • Hiroshi Kawasaki, Tomoyuki Yatabe, Katsushi Ikeuchi, Masao Sakauchi: Automatic modeling of a 3D city map from real-world video. 11-18 • Huiping Li, David S. Doermann: Text enhancement in digital video using multiple frame integration. 19-22 • Jongho Nang, Seungwook Hong, Youngin Ihm: An efficient video segmentation scheme for MPEG video stream using macroblock information. 23-26 Customand Adaptation • Arnd Kohrs, Bernard Mérialdo: Improving collaborative filtering with multimedia indexing techniques to create useradapting Web sites. 27-36 • Susanne Boll, Wolfgang Klas, Jochen Wandel: A cross-media adaptation strategy for multimedia presentations. 37-46 • Allen Ginsberg, Ramesh Viswanathan: A calculus for dynamic customization of virtual environments. 47-56 Audio and Music Retrieval • Alexandra L. Uitdenbogerd, Justin Zobel: Melodic matching techniques for large music databases. 57-66 • Tong Zhang, C. C. Jay Kuo: Heuristic approach for generic audio data segmentation and annotation. 67-76 • Jonathan Foote: Visualizing music and audio using self-similarity. 77-80 • Pierre-Yves Rolland, Gailius Raskinis, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia: Musical content-based retrieval: an overview of the Melodiscov approach and system. 8184 Information Resources, Sharing and Implications • Edward A. Fox, Rachelle S. Heller, Anna Long, David Watkins: CRIM: curricular resources in interactive multimedia. 85-90 • Herng-Yow Chen, Yen-Tsung Chia, Gin-Yi Chen, Jen-Shin Hong: An RTP-based synchronized hypermedia live lecture system for distance education. 91-99 • Anne Adams, Martina Angela Sasse: Taming the wolf in sheep's clothing: privacy in multimedia communications. 101-107 • Roland Hübscher: Finding redundant paths in hypermedia. 109-111 Media Delivery • Steven Gringeri, Roman Egorov, Khaled Shuaib, Arianne Lewis, Bert Basch: Robust compression and transmission of MPEG-4 video. 113-120 • Chris Greenhalgh, Steve Benford, Gail Reynard: A QoS architecture for collaborative virtual environments. 121-130 • John R. Smith, Rakesh Mohan, Chung-Sheng Li: Scalable multimedia delivery for pervasive computing. 131-140 • Sassan Pejhan, Ti-Hao Chiang, Ya-Qin Zhang: Dynamic frame rate control for video streams. 141-144 • Tae-uk Choi, Young-Ju Kim, Ki-Dong Chung: A prefetching scheme based on the analysis of user access patterns in news-on-demand system. 145-148 Virtual Meetings • Patrick Chiu, Ashutosh Kapuskar, Sarah Reitmeier, Lynn Wilcox: NoteLook: taking notes in meetings with digital video and ink. 149-158 • Jie Yang, Xiaojin Zhu, Ralph Gross, John Kominek, Yue Pan, Alex Waibel: Multimodal people ID for a multimedia meeting browser. 159-168 • Aditi Majumder, W. Brent Seales, M. Gopi, Henry Fuchs: Immersive teleconferencing: a new algorithm to generate seamless panoramic video imagery. 169-178 • Ruigang Yang, Michael S. Brown, W. Brent Seales, Henry Fuchs: Geometrically correct imagery for teleconferencing. 179-186 Panel • Wendy Hall, Philippe Aigrain, Dick C. A. Bulterman, Lawrence A. Rowe, Brian Christopher Smith: Multimedia research: the grand challenges for the next decade (panel session). 187-188 Video-on-Demand Servers • Jehan-François Pâris, Darrell D. E. Long, Patrick E. Mantey: Zero-delay broadcasting protocols for video-on-demand. 189-197 • Derek L. Eager, Mary K. Vernon, John Zahorjan: Optimal and efficient merging schedules for video-on-demand servers. 199-202 • Lixin Gao, Zhi-Li Zhang, Donald F. Towsley: Catching and selective catching: efficient latency reduction techniques for delivering continuous multimedia streams. 203-206 • Julie Pochueva, Ethan V. Munson, Denis Pochuev: Optimizing video-on-demand through requestcasting. 207-210 • Ying Cai, Kien A. Hua: An efficient bandwidth-sharing technique for true video on demand systems. 211-214 Video and Image Indexing • Wasfi Al-Khatib, Arif Ghafoor: An approach for video meta-data modeling and query processing. 215-224 • Kien A. Hua, Khanh Vu, Jung-Hwan Oh: SamMatch: a flexible and efficient sampling-based image retrieval technique for large image databases. 225-234 • Kriengkrai Porkaew, Kaushik Chakrabarti: Query refinement for multimedia similarity retrieval in MARS. 235-238 • Nicu Sebe, Michael S. Lew: Robust color indexing. 239-242 Media Coding and Processing - 1 • Jeongnam Youn, Ming-Ting Sun, Jun Xin: Video transcoder architectures for bit rate scaling of H.263 bit streams. 243-250 • Héctor M. Briceño, Steven J. Gortler, Leonard McMillan: NAIVE - network aware Internet video encoding. 251-260 • Jörg Heuer, André Kaup: Global motion estimation in image sequences using robust motion vector field segmentation. 261-264 • Huitao Luo, Alexandros Eleftheriadis: Designing an interactive tool for video object segmentation and annotation. 265-269 Panel • Nevenka Dimitrova, Rob Koenen, Hong Heather Yu, Avideh Zakhor, Francis Galliano, Charles A. Bouman: Video portals for the next century (panel session). 271-275 Media Coding and Processing - 2 • Osama Alshaykh, Homer Chen: Minimum-drift digital video down-conversion. 277-284 • Wenjun Zeng, Shawmin Lei: Efficient frequency domain video scrambling for content access control. 285-294 • Masoud Alghoniemy, Ahmed H. Tewfik: Progressive quantized projection watermarking scheme. 295-298 • D. Knox, Take Itagaki, I. Stewart, A. Nesbitt, I. J. Kemp: Preservation of local sound periodicity with variable-rate video. 299-302 Construction, Storage and Retrieval • Michael G. Christel: Visual digests for news video libraries. 303-311 • Ingo Glöckner, Alois Knoll: Natural language navigation in multimedia archives: an integrated approach. 313-322 • Bernard Mérialdo, Kyung Tak Lee, Dario Luparello, Jeremie Roudaire: Automatic construction of personalized TV news programs. 323-331 • Wolfgang Hürst, Rainer Müller: A synchronization model for recorded presentations and its relevance for information retrieval. 333-342 Interactive Applications • Ryohei Nakatsu, Joy Nicholson, Naoko Tosa: Emotion recognition and its application to computer agents with spontaneous interactive capabilities. 343-351 • Xiaoming Liu, Yueting Zhuang, Yunhe Pan: Video based human animation technique. 353-362 • Stuart Goose, Carsten Möller: A 3D audio only interactive Web browser: using spatialization to convey hypermedia document structure. 363-371 • Gopal Sarma Pingali, Gamze Tunali, Ingrid Carlbom: Audio-visual tracking for natural interactivity. 373-382 Media Summarization and Retrieval • Shingo Uchihashi, Jonathan Foote, Andreas Girgensohn, John S. Boreczky: Video Manga: generating semantically meaningful video summaries. 383-392 • Savitha Srinivasan, Dragutin Petkovic, Dulce B. Ponceleon: Towards robust features for classifying audio in the CueVideo system. 393-400 • Ye Wang, Miikka Vilermo: An excitation level based psychoacoustic model for audio compression. 401-404 • Brian K. Smith, Erik Blankinship, Alfred Ashford III, Michael Baker, Timothy Hirzel: Inquiry with imagery: historical archive retrieval with digital cameras. 405-408 Case Studies • Ketan Mayer-Patel, Lawrence A. Rowe: A multicast scheme for parallel software-only video effects processing. 409-418 • Sérgio Vale Aguiar Campos, Berthier A. Ribeiro-Neto, Autran Macedo, Luciano Bertini: Formal verification and analysis of multimedia systems. 419-430 • Joaquín Tárraga Giménez, Vincent Messerli, Oscar Figueiredo, Benoit A. Gennart, Roger D. Hersch: Computer-aided parallelization of continuous media applications: the 4D beating heart slice server. 431-441 Panel • Shih-Fu Chang, Gwendal Auffret, Jonathan Foote, Chung-Sheng Li, Behzad Shahraray, Tanveer Fathima Syeda-Mahmood, HongJiang Zhang: Multimedia access and retrieval: the state of the art and future directions (panel session). 443-445 Media File and Storage Systems and Networking • Anindya Neogi, Ashish Raniwala, Tzi-cker Chiueh: Phoenix: a low-power fault-tolerant real-time network-attached storage device. 447-456 • Prashant J. Shenoy, Pawan Goyal, Harrick M. Vin: Architectural considerations for next generation file systems. 457-467 • Zhenghua Fu, Nalini Venkatasubramanian: Combined path and server selection in dynamic multimedia environments. 469-472 • George Ghinea, Johnson P. Thomas, Robert S. Fish: Multimedia, network protocols and users - bridging the gap. 473-476 Best Papers • Sugata Mukhopadhyay, Brian Christopher Smith: Passive capture and structuring of lectures. 477-487 • Liwei He, Elizabeth Sanocki, Anoop Gupta, Jonathan Grudin: Auto-summarization of audio-video presentations. 489-498 ACM Multimedia 1999: Orlando, Florida, USA - Volume 2 John F. Buford, Scott M. Stevens (Eds.): Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Multimedia '99, Orlando, FL, USA, October 30 - November 5, 1999, Part 2. ACM 1999, ISBN 158113-239-5 Posters • Marinette Bouet, Ali Khenchaf, Henri Briand: Shape representation for image retrieval. 1-4 • Jean Marie Buijs, Michael S. Lew: Learning visual concepts. 5-7 • Cheong Yiu Fung, Kia-Fock Loe: Learning primitive and scene semantics of images for classification and retrieval. 9-12 • Ju Guo, JongWon Kim, C. C. Jay Kuo: SIVOG: smart interactive video object generation system. 13-16 • Reiko Hamada, Ichiro Ide, Shuichi Sakai, Hidehiko Tanaka: Associating video with related documents. 17-20 • Kim Ki Hong, Kim Poong Min, Kim Hyun Bin: The natural sound field effect for multimedia contents. 21-24 • Yasumasa Itoh, Yoshinori Izumi, Yutaka Tanaka: A study on estimation of high resolution component for image enhancement using wavelet. 25-28 • Ryan C. Jones, Daniel DeMenthon, David S. Doermann: Building mosaics from video using MPEG motion vectors. 29-32 • Tse-Hua Lan, Ahmed H. Tewfik: Fraud detection and self embedding. 33-36 • Rainer Lienhart: Abstracting home video automatically. 37-40 • Xiaoming Liu, Yueting Zhuang, Yunhe Pan: A new approach to retrieve video by example video clip. 41-44 • Toshio Modegi: High-precision MIDI encoding method including decoder control for synthesizing vocal sounds. 45-48 • Saraju P. Mohanty, K. R. Ramakrishnan, Mohan S. Kankanhalli: A dual watermarking technique for images. 49-51 • Jeho Nam, Ahmed H. Tewfik: Dynamic video summarization and visualization. 53-56 • Klaus Niederacher, Alexander Wahler: Concept for content administration of database powered multimedia web-sites. 57-58 • R. Radhakrishna Pillai, B. Prabhakaran, Qui Qiang: A forward error recovery technique for MPEG-II video transport. 59-61 • David De Roure, Samhaa R. El-Beltagy, Steven Blackburn, Wendy Hall: A multiagent system for content based navigation of music. 63-66 • Yong Rui, Thomas S. Huang: A novel relevance feedback technique in image retrieval. 67-70 • Subhasis Saha, Rao Vemuri: Adaptive wavelet coding of multimedia images. 71-74 • Shin'ichi Satoh: Towards actor/actress identification in drama videos. 75-78 • Nicu Sebe, Michael S. Lew, Dionysius P. Huijsmans: Multi-scale sub-image search. 79-82 • S. R. Subramanya: A distributed algorithm for the classification of images on a network of workstations. 8386 • Panrit Tosukhowong, Frédéric Andrès, Kinji Ono, Nicolas Dessaigne, José Martinez, Noureddine Mouaddib, Douglas C. Schmidt: A flexible image search engine. 87-90 • David A. Turner, Keith W. Ross: Optimal streaming of synchronized multimedia presentations. 91-93 • Dantong Yu, Aidong Zhang: ACQ: an automatic clustering and querying approach for large image databases. 95-98 • Lisa Amini, Jorge Lepre, Martin G. Kienzle: Distributed stream control for self-managing media processing graphs. 99-102 • Ping Bai, B. Prabhakaran, Aravind Srinivasan: Application-layer broker for scalable Internet services with resource reservation. 103-106 • Brad Cain, Thomas Hardjono: Collection servers: an architecture for multicast receiver reporting. 107-109 • Edward Y. Chang: DTV: a client-based interactive DTV architecture. 111-114 • Mark Claypool, Jonathan Tanner: The effects of jitter on the peceptual quality of video. 115-118 • Serhan Dagtas, Arif Ghafoor: Indexing and retrieval of video based on spatial relation sequences. 119-122 • Carsten Griwodz, Michael Zink, Michael Liepert, Ralf Steinmetz: Position paper: Internet VoD cache server design. 123-126 • Rina Hayasaka, Hiroshi Matoba, Kazutoshi Maeno: New digital broadcasting services for use with TV sets containing digital storage devices. 127-130 • Sang Gil Kim, Sang Taek Kim, Young Sun Kim: A work area adjustment method of a shared document in a multipoint multimedia conference system. 131-134 • Gerald Kühne, Christoph Kuhmünch: Transmitting MPEG-4 video streams over the Internet: problems and solutions. 135-138 • Tse-Hua Lan, Ahmed H. Tewfik: JPEG transCompressor and video networks. 139-142 • Chow-Sing Lin, Wei Shu, Min-You Wu: Performance study of synchronization schemes on parallel CBR video servers. 143-146 • Chuanbao Wang, Vera Goebel, Thomas Plagemann: Techniques to increase disk access locality in the Minorca multimedia file system. 147-150 • Nuno Correia, Teresa Chambel: Active video watching using annotation. 151-154 • Kwangyong Lee: Integration of various emotion eliciting factors for life-like agents. 155-158 • Alexander C. Loui, Mark D. Wood: A software system for automatic albuming of consumer pictures. 159-162 • Zhang Maojun, Linda Wu, Lifeng Sun, Yunhao Li, Bing Yang: VCS: a virtual environment support for awareness and collaboration. 163-165 • Charles Robertson, John Robinson: Live paper: video augmentation to simulate interactive paper. 167-170 • Lloyd Rutledge, Lynda Hardman, Jacco van Ossenbruggen: Evaluating SMIL: three user case studies. 171-174 • Chellury R. Sastry, Darrin P. Lewis, Arturo Pizano: Webtour: a system to record and playback dynamic multimedia annotations on web document content. 175-178 • Ryotaro Suzuki, Yuichi Iwadate, Michihiko Minoh: Image wave: a study on image synchronization. 179-182 • C. A. S. Santos, Paulo Nazareno Maia Sampaio, Jean-Pierre Courtiat: Revisiting the concept of hypermedia document consistency. 183-186 • Norihisa Segawa, Yuko Murayama, Yasunari Nakamoto, Hiromi Gondo, Masatoshi Miyazaki: A message board on WWW for on-door communication. 187-190 Demos • Ronald Baecker: A digital video authoring and publishing system designed for the Internet. 191 • Hari Kalva, Lai-Tee Cheok, Alexandros Eleftheriadis: MPEG-4 systems and applications. 192 • Shakeel A. Khoja, Wendy Hall: tvDBMS: a video database management system incorporating a thematic indexing model. 193 • Naoko Kosugi, Yuichi Nishihara, Seiichi Kon'ya, Masashi Yamamuro, Kazuhiko Kushima: Let's search for songs by humming! 194 • Yanlin Liu, Mark Claypool: Video redundancy: a best-effort solution to network data loss. 195 • Huitao Luo, Alexandros Eleftheriadis: Designing an interactive tool for video object segmentation and annotation: demo abstract. 196 • Thomas McGee, Nevenka Dimitrova, Lalitha Agnihotri: ADVISO demonstration: a video content management system. 197 • Muriel Jourdan, Laurent Tardif, Lionel Villard: SMILY, a Smil authoring environment. 198 • Dulce B. Ponceleon, Arnon Amir, Savitha Srinivasan, Tanveer Fathima Syeda-Mahmood, Dragutin Petkovic: CueVideo: automated multimedia indexing and retrieval. 199 • Lloyd Rutledge, Lynda Hardman, Dick C. A. Bulterman: GRiNS: a graphical interface for SMIL. 200 • Shin'ichi Satoh: an actor/actress annotation system for drama videos. 201 • Takashi Satou, Haruhiko Kojima, Akihito Akutsu, Yoshinobu Tonomura: CyberCoaster: Polygonal line shaped slider interface to spatio-temporal media. 202 • Robert Tansley, Mark R. Dobie, Paul H. Lewis, Wendy Hall: MAVIS 2: an architecture for content and concept based multimedia information exploration. 203 • Lynn Wilcox, Shingo Uchihashi, Andreas Girgensohn, Jonathan Foote, John S. Boreczky: MBase: indexing, browsing, and playback of media at FXPAL. 204 Doctoral Symposium • Brian Bailey: Interactive sketching of multimedia storyboards. 205-206 • Henrike Berthold: A federated multimedia database system. 207-208 • Latifur Khan: Structuring and querying personalized audio using ontologies. 209-210 • Chow-Sing Lin: On design of network scheduling in parallel video-on-demand systems. 211-212 • András Montvay: System management and automatic reconfiguration algorithms for in-home digital networks. 213-214