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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS. Image, Video And Multimedia Systems Lab oratory http://www.image.ntua.gr. Background. Established in 1988 by Prof. Stefanos Kollias (Director) Belongs to the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Image, Video And Multimedia Systems Laboratory http://www.image.ntua.gr
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)
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
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
Research & Development • IVML has been involved in 70 R&D Projects • Information retrieval & distance learning • EUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA-“Modulates” (1998-2000), • LEONARDO-“SPERO” (2001-2004) • Principled hybrid systemswith 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)
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)
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
Conferences & Workshops • SWAMM’06, Edinburgh, May 22, 2006 • Semantic Web Annotations for Multimedia • SSMS'06, Chalkidiki, Greece, September 4-8, 2006 • Summer School on Multimedia Semantics • ICANN’06, Athens, September 10-14, 2006 • International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks • SAMT’06, Athens, December 6-8, 2006 • International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies • BOEMIE’06, Podebrady, Czech Republic, October 6, 2006 (@EKAW) • Workshop on Ontology Evolution & Multimedia Information Extraction • WIAMIS’07, Santorini, Greece, June 6-8, 2007 • International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services