Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2007 : 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, Hong Kong, China, December 11-14, 2007, Proceedings

Session-1: Image Classification and Retrieval.- FADA: An Efficient Dimension Reduction Scheme for Image Classification.- Using Camera Settings Templates (“Scene Modes”) for Image Scene Classification of Photographs Taken on Manual/Expert Settings.- Modeling User Feedback Using a Hierarchical Graphical Model for Interactive Image Retrieval.- Graph Cuts in Content-Based Image Classification and Retrieval with Relevance Feedback.- A Novel Active Learning Approach for SVM Based Web Image Retrieval.- Special Session-1: The AVS China National Standard - Technology, Applications and Products.- An End-to-End Application System of AVS: AVS-IPTV in China.- An AVS Based IPTV System Network Trial.- Usage of MPEG-2 to AVS Transcoder in IPTV System.- The Audio and Video Synchronization Method Used in AVS System.- Session-2: Human Face and Action Recognition.- Expression-Invariant Face Recognition with Accurate Optical Flow.- Real-Time Facial Feature Point Extraction.- Local Dual Closed Loop Model Based Bayesian Face Tracking.- View-Independent Human Action Recognition by Action Hypersphere in Nonlinear Subspace.- Efficient Adaptive Background Subtraction Based on Multi-resolution Background Modelling and Updating.- Session-3: H.264 Video Coding.- Towards a Stringent Bit-Rate Conformance for Frame-Layer Rate Control in H.264/AVC.- A Quantized Transform-Domain Motion Estimation Technique for H.264 Secondary SP-Frames.- Efficient Intra Mode Decision Via Statistical Learning.- Fast Mode Decision Algorithms for Inter/Intra Prediction in H.264 Video Coding.- A Novel Fast Motion Estimation Algorithm Based on SSIM for H.264 Video Coding.- Session-4: Video Analysis and Retrieval.- Shot Boundary Detection for H.264/AVC Bitstreams with Frames Containing Multiple Types of Slices.- A Lexicon-Guided LSI Method for Semantic News Video Retrieval.- 3D Tracking of a Soccer Ball Using Two Synchronized Cameras.- Object Tracking Based on Parzen Particle Filter Using Multiple Cues.- Random Convolution Ensembles.- Session-5: Media Security and DRM.- A Hybrid Content-Based Image Authentication Scheme.- Implementing DRM over Peer-to-Peer Networks with Broadcast Encryption.- A New Video Encryption Scheme for H.264/AVC.- Best Paper Session.- Tattoo-ID: Automatic Tattoo Image Retrieval for Suspect and Victim Identification.- Auto-Annotation of Paintings Using Social Annotations, Domain Ontology and Transductive Inference.- Value Combination Technique for Image Authentication.- A Novel Multiple Description Approach to Predictive Video Coding.- Video Multicast over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Distributed Optimization.- Session-6: Audio, Speech and Sound Processing.- Acoustic Features for Estimation of Perceptional Similarity.- Modeling Uncertain Speech Sequences Using Type-2 Fuzzy Hidden Markov Models.- A New Adaptation Method for Speaker-Model Creation in High-Level Speaker Verification.- Dynamic Sound Rendering Based on Ray-Caching.- Session-7: Digital Watermarking.- Spread-Spectrum Watermark by Synthesizing Texture.- Design of Secure Watermarking Scheme for Watermarking Protocol.- Digital Watermarking Based on Stochastic Resonance Signal Processor.- A DWT Blind Image Watermarking Strategy with Secret Sharing.- Poster Session.- Using Enhanced Shape Distributions to Compare CAD Models.- Wavelet-Based Salient Region Extraction.- Color-Based Text Extraction for the Image.- Text Segmentation in Complex Background Based on Color and Scale Information of Character Strokes.- Design of a Decentralized Video-on-Demand System with Cooperative Clients in Multicast Environment.- Low Computing Loop Filter Using Coded Block Pattern and Quantization Index for H .264 Video Coding Standard.- A Low Complexity Block-Based Video De-interlacing Algorithm for SIMD Processors.- Fast Normalized Cross Correlation Based on Adaptive Multilevel Winner Update.- Hierarchical Intra-mode Restriction Technique in H.264/MPEG4-AVC Video.- A Fast Global Motion Estimation Method for Panoramic Video Coding.- Bisynchronous Approach for Robust Audio Watermarking Technology.- Design and Implementation of Steganographic Speech Telephone.- A Low Complexity Recovery Temporal Synchronization Signals Based on Local Variance Statistics.- An Efficient Video Watermarking Scheme with Luminance Differential DC Coefficient Modification.- Real-Time Secure Multimedia Communication System Based on Chaos Theory.- A Remediable Image Authentication Scheme Based on Feature Extraction and Clustered VQ.- Segmentation of Human Body Parts in Video Frames Based on Intrinsic Distance.- A Distributed Remote Rendering Method Based on Awareness Model.- Signer Adaptation Based on Etyma for Large Vocabulary Chinese Sign Language Recognition.- The Photo News Flusher: A Photo-News Clustering Browser.- Special Session-2: Multimedia Information Systems for Biomedical Research.- Multimedia-Learning in a Life Science Workflow Environment.- Visualization of High-Dimensional Biomedical Image Data.- Moving Object Segmentation Using the Flux Tensor for Biological Video Microscopy.- Fusion of Multimedia Information in Biomedicine.- Session-8: Media Delivery.- Channel-Aware Adaptive Multi-RPS Scheme for Video Error Resilient Transmission over Wireless OFDM Channel.- An Improved Marking Mechanism for Real-Time Video over DiffServ Networks.- Priority Ordering and Packetization for Scalable Video Multicast with Network Coding.- Error Concealment for INTRA-Frame Losses over Packet Loss Channels.- Information Delivery Systems for Car Passengers Without Networking Capabilities.- Session-9: Video Communication and Systems.- Predictable Processing of Multimedia Content, Using MPEG-21 Digital Item Processing.- A Novel Pipeline Design for H.264 CABAC Decoding.- Efficient Segment Based Streaming Media Transcoding Proxy for Various Types of Mobile Devices.- Distributed Streaming for Video on Demand.- Context Aware Body Area Networks for Telemedicine.- Session-10: Video Compression and Processing.- M-LTW: A Fast and Efficient Non-embedded Intra Video Codec.- Intra Frame Encoding Using Programmable Graphics Hardware.- Error Concealment Techniques for Multi-view Video Sequences.- Consistent-Quality Distributed Video Coding Framework.- Laplacian Distortion Model (LDM) for Rate Control in Video Coding.- Session-11: Face and 3D Model Analysis.- Acquiring Critical Light Points for Illumination Subspaces of Face Images by Affinity Propagation Clustering.- Random Subspace Two-Dimensional PCA for Face Recognition.- Robust Speaking Face Identification for Video Analysis.- Incremental AAM Using Synthesized Illumination Images.- Content-Based 3D Model Retrieval Based on the Spatial Geometric Descriptor.- Session-12: Multimedia Applications.- A Practical Server-Side Transmission Control Method for Multi-channel DTV Streaming System.- Using Irradiance Environment Map on GPU for Real-Time Composition.- Ranking Using Multi-features in Blog Search.- Design and Analysis of a Watermarking System for Care Labels.- Stroke Correspondence Based on Graph Matching for Detecting Stroke Production Errors in Chinese Character Handwriting.- Session-13: Image Indexing, Identification and Processing.- Multi-modal Multi-label Semantic Indexing of Images Based on Hybrid Ensemble Learning.- Content Based Image Hashing Via Wavelet and Radon Transform.- Effective Corner Matching for Transformed Image Identification.- Automatic Panel Extraction of Color Comic Images.- Image Quality Assessment Based on Energy of Structural Distortion.- Session-14: Multimedia Processing.- SAR Speckle Mitigation by Fusing Statistical Information from Spatial and Wavelet Domains.- Encoding Independent Sources in Spatially Squeezed Surround Audio Coding.- Efficient Storage and Progressive Rendering of Multi-resolution Mesh.- An Improved Three-Step Hierarchical Motion Estimation Algorithm and Its Cost-Effective VLSI Architecture.