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ISBN:978‐989‐97292‐0‐9

Title:EuroITV2011‐AdjunctProceedingsEditors:Damásio,ManuelJosé;Cardoso,Gustavo;Quico,Célia;Geerts,DavidDate:20110401Publisher:COFAC/UniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias

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PREFACE

DearEuroITV2011participants,Itiswithgreatpleasurethat,onbehalfofUniversidadeLusófonadeHumanidadeseTecnologias/CICANT–CenterforResearchinAppliedCommunications,CultureandNewTechnologiesandLINI‐LisbonInternetandNetworksInstitute,wewelcomeyoutoourinstitutionsandthecityofLisbon.Ourinstitutionsassociatedthemselvestothiseventconvincedoftherelevanceofitforreflectionanddevelopmentofthestateoftheartarounddigitaltelevisionandassociatedapplications.Theevolutionoftelevisionandmediahasbeenacentraltopicofresearchandtrainingatourinstitutions,anditisourbeliefthatanorganizationliketheEuroITV,withthehighscientificqualitythatcharacterizesit,isanundeniablecontributiontotheadvancementofknowledgeinthisfieldandtheshapingofacommunitariandynamicaroundthistopic.EuroITVisincreasinglycompetitiveintermsofpapersubmissionandacceptancerate.Thisyear,wereceivedapproximately200papersubmissionsrelevantforthemainandadjunctproceedingsofthisconferencefrom24countries.Throughpeerreviewingprocessbyprogramcommitteeandexperts,weacceptedfortheadjunctproceedings6demos,8doctoralconsortiumproposals,8posters,12industrialcasestudiespapersand24workshoppapers.Webelievetohavecreatedarichincontentandhigh‐qualitytechnicalprogramspanningthreefulldays,coveringfourdifferenttracks,representingtheactivitiesinTVresearcharea.PresentationsincludekeynotespeechesbyJonathanTaplinfromUniversityofSouthernCalifornia"LongTimeComing;HasInteractiveTVFinallyArrived?”,FernandoPereirafromInstitutoSuperiorTécnico"VisualCompression:theFoundationalTechnologyforBetterTVExperiences"andAlKovalickfromAVID"TheMediaCloudanditsFuture".WewouldliketothanktheauthorsforprovidingthecontentoftheprogramandallmembersoftheorganizingcommitteefortheirdedicationtothesuccessofEuroITV2011andtimelyreviewofthesubmissions.WewouldliketoacknowledgeAVID,CaixaGeraldeDepósitos,FundaçãoGulbenkian,FundaçãoparaaCiênciae