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SIViP (2008) 2:287–288
DOI 10.1007/s11760-008-0082-3
EDITORIAL
Signal, image and video processing (SIVP) special issue
on “multimedia semantics, adaptation and personalization”
Editorial
Phivos Mylonas · Hermann Hellwagner ·
Pablo Castells · Manolis Wallace
Published online: 21 October 2008
© Springer-Verlag London Limited 2008
In the era of omnipresent Internet availability, community
photo collections (e.g. Flickr.com
) and widespread per-
sonal use of digital still and video cameras, large amounts of
audiovisual data are being created everyday. The produced
collections contain vast amounts of high-quality multime-
dia content, which is becoming harder and harder to man-
age, transmit, and find. As textbased search engines give
way to image- and video-based, intelligent and context-aware
engines, which not only personalize search and delivery but
also the content properties, advanced network infrastructures
are emerging capable of end-to-end ubiquitous transmission
of multimedia content to any device, fixed or mobile, on
any wired or wireless network, at any time. This perspective
has opened new markets for content and service providers
who, recognizing the power of individual users, are recently
investing in personalization and content adaptation technolo-
gies. Novel applications are emerging across many indus-
try sectors such as that of home and sports entertainment
and new standards such as MPEG-7, MPEG-21, VC-1 and
IEEE P1599 are being released that enable the propagation
of semantic media adaptation and personalization.
P. Mylonas (B)
National Technical University of Athens,
Athens, Greece
e-mail: fmylonas@image.ntua.gr
H. Hellwagner
Klagenfurt University,
Klagenfurt, Austria
P. Castells
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Madrid, Spain
M. Wallace
University of Peloponnese,
Peloponnese, Greece
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Realizing the growing importance of semantic adaptation
and personalization of media not only to researchers and
practitioners but also to the individual users of multime-
dia applications, the editors of this special issue, represent-
ing four academic institutions from three different countries,
National Technical University of Athens (Greece), Klagenfurt
University (Austria), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
(Spain) and University of Peloponnese (Greece), decided to
bring together a selection of top-quality contributions in the
field. The special issue on “Multimedia Semantics, Adap-
tation and Personalization” explores the emerging develop-
ments in the area set by the SMAP initiative that started in
Athens in December 2006 and evolved significantly over its
short period of time. SMAP 2007 triggered a remarkable
interest resulting in a total of 44 quality publications (includ-
ing 10 doctoral consortium papers). Qualifying submissions
were received from over 30 countries across Europe, North
America and Asia. During the workshop meetings, we wit-
nessed the foundation of a new and dedicated research com-
munity. Consequently, the interest and support for the SMAP
initiative resulted in the continuation of the SMAP series
of workshops: SMAP 2008 will be held in Prague, Czech
Republic, in December 2008.
This special issue comprises six papers, recommended to
be included in this publication by a set of top expert review-
ers in the field. All papers underwent a thorough review-
ing process and they have successfully made it through two
rounds of reviews. The selection process was particularly
tough because a high number of quality contributions were
up for consideration for the special issue and the editors had
to spent some effort to select papers of matching content. All
accepted papers are representative of the research presented
in the SMAP workshops and promote understanding of the
wider problems and issues which are pursued by researchers
working in the field.
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