Semantic Multimedia Analysis and Processing

Dr. Evaggelos Spyrou holds a diploma in electrical and computer engineering with a specialty in telecommunications from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. His Ph.D thesis was in the field of semantic image and video analysis. His latest research interests include semantic multimedia analysis, indexing, and retrieval; low-level feature extraction and modeling; visual context modeling; multimedia content representation; neural networks; and intelligent systems. Widely published, he worked as researcher and developer at the Image, Video, and Multimedia Systems Laboratory of NTUA and as adjunct lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece. He currently serves as scientific associate at the Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece, Lamia.Dr. Dimitris Iakovidis holds a B.Sc, M.Sc, and Ph.D from the University of Athens, Greece. His considerable experience stems from his participation in multiple national and European research projects, and from adjunct academic positions at the University of Athens and the University of Central Greece, Lamia. Currently he is a professor at the Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece, Lamia. An IEEE and IAPR member, he is also head of the Institute of Information Technology, vice director of the Center for Technological Research of Central Greece, and an independent expert for the European Commission. Widely published, he is a book editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of several scientific journals.Dr. Phivos Mylonas holds a diploma and Ph.D from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, as well as an M.Sc from the University of Athens, Greece. He is currently senior researcher at the Image, Video, and Multimedia Systems Laboratory of NTUA and an elected assistant professor at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. His research interests include content-based information retrieval, visual context representation and analysis, knowledge-assisted multimedia analysis, and issues related to multimedia personalization and user adaptation, modeling, and profiling. A widely published author, popular editor, journal reviewer, and conference organizer, he is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Hellenic Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, and W3C, as well as a former member of IEEE and ACM.

• Information and Content Retrieval. Image Retrieval Using Keywords: The Machine Learning Perspective. Visual Search for Objects in a Complex Visual Context: What We Wish to See. Visual-Semantic Context Learning for Image Classification. Restructuring Multimodal Interaction Data for Browsing and Search. Semantic Enrichment for Automatic Image Retrieval. Semantic Knowledge Exploitation and Applications. Engineering Fuzzy Ontologies for Semantic Processing of Vague Knowledge. Spatiotemporal Event Visualization on Top of Google Earth. Enrich the Expressiveness of Multimedia Document Adaptation Processes. Multimedia Personalization. When TV Meets the Web: Towards Personalised Digital Media. An Approach for Context-Aware Semantic Recommendations in Future Internet. Treating Collective Intelligence in Online Media. Semantics-Based and Time-Aware Composition of Personalized e-Commerce Services on the Cloud. Authoring of Multimedia Content: A Survey of 20 Years of Research. Human-Computer Affective Multimedia Interaction. An Overview of Affective Computing from the Physiology and Biomedical Perspective. Affective Natural Interaction Using EEG: Technologies, Applications, and Future Directions. Bibliography. Index.