Multimedia and Vision Research in the Electronic Engineering Department

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Multimedia and Vision Research in the Electronic
Engineering Department

• Interdisciplinary research
• Maths, CS, EE, Eng
• Nov 5th meeting

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What is going on?

• Content Based Image Retrieval

• Semantic Inference for Image Annotation

• Image and Video Watermarking

• Segmentation

• Video Analysis for Surveillance and Face Detection

• Stereo Imaging EpipolarG, Image-Based Rendering

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Projects
Title Bringing User Satisfaction to Media Access
Networks Scope Video Indexing, Retrieval and
Watermarking Programme IST FP5 Duration
2002-2004 Funding 350K Euros Research
Grant Funding 100K Euros Coordination
Grant Partners 4 Industrial Partners and 3
Research Institutions
Title Network of Excellence in Semantic Scene
Analysis Scope Content and Semantic Based Video
Annotation, Programme IST FP5 Duration
2002-2004 Funding 65K Euros Research
Grant Partners 4 Industrial Partners and 10
Academic Institutions
Title Synchronised and Scalable AV content
Across Networks Scope Digital Broadcasting and
Multimedia processing Programme IST
FP5 Duration 2002-2004 Funding 360K Euros
Research Grant Partners 8 Industrial Partners
and 4 Academic Institutions
Title Integrating knowledge, semantics and
content for user-centred intelligent media
services Scope Knowledge and semantic based
media analysis Programme IST FP6 Duration
2004-2007 Funding 840K Euros Research
Grant Partners 10 Industrial Partners and 6
Academic Institutions
Title Modular Inference System for Object
Segmentation Scope Video segmentation
Programme EU Cost Duration 2001-2004 Funding
12K Euros Partners 4 Industrial Partners and 12
Academic Institutions
Title Linear Algebra and Operators in Image
Processing Scope Ill-posed Operators,
regularization techniques and Image processing
Programme Royal Society Duration
2001-2004 Funding 11K Sterling Partners MMV
Lab
Title NoE on Cross-Media Integrative
Research Scope Cross-Media Programme EU IST
FP6 Duration 2004-2008 Funding 7M Euros
(Total) Partners 4 Industrial, 12
Academic MMV-Lab coordinates this initiative

• BUSMAN

• SCHEMA

• SAVANT

• aceMedia

• QIMERACost211

• LINAReg

• COSMIC

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People

• Three Academics
• Alan Pearmain
• Andrea Cavallaro
• Ebroul Izquierdo
• Two RAs One to be appointed (this year)
• One Post-Doc to be appointed (this year)
• Two Research visitors
• 13 RSs
• MMV is part of the larger DSPMultimedia Group

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Potential SynergyCooperation

• Numerical Methods and PDEs for Non-Linear
  Diffusion in Image processing (MathsEng)
• Video Indexing and Retrieval (CS databases,
  information retrieval)
• Computer Vision (CS)
• Intelligent and Multimodal Media Analysis (EE,
  CS)
• Security and authentication (Math)