Oct 2006 - Dec 2010
ICOS-HD - ANR/ARA « Masse de données »
ICOS-HD is an
“ARA” project of the
ANR and is part of the
« Masse de données » research program.
The partners are the
IRISA, Rennes, the
LaBRI, Bordeaux,
and France Télécom R&D, Lannion.
Topics –
Indexing and scalable compression of high-definition video
content for storage, access, and streaming.
Dec 2005 - Jan 2009
Wired Smart - ANR/RIAM
Wired Smart is a project of the
ANR/RIAM.
The partners are RealViz (now AutoDesk), Sophia Antipolis, the
ENS, Paris, the
CERTIS of the
ENPC, Marne-la-Vallée,
and Mikros Image, Levallois-Perret.
Topics –
Hardware implementation of image and video processing algorithms for special effects.
Sep 2004 - Nov 2008
SEMANA - COST Action 292
SEMANA is a European
COST
project on Semantic Multimodal Analysis of Digital Media.
The action chairman is
Prof. Ebroul Izquierdo,
head of the
Multimedia & Vision Research Lab,
Queen Mary University of London,
United Kingdom.
Topics – Semantic learning and inference, and
retrieval mechanisms in a multimodal context.
Dec 2003 - Nov 2007
SIMILAR - Network of Excellence (FP6)
SIMILAR is a European network of excellence in
multimodal interfaces funded under the sixth framework programme (FP6) by the
IST programme.
Project manager:
Prof. Benoit Macq
from Laboratory TELE,
Université Catholique de Louvain:UCL, Belgium.
Topics – Information theory, human/machine interaction paradigms
and application domains.
May 2002 - Apr 2005
SCHEMA - Network of Excellence (FP5)
SCHEMA is a European network of
excellence in Content-based Semantic Scene Analysis & Information
Retrieval funded under the fifth framework programme (FP5) by the
IST programme.
Project manager:
Dr. Yiannis Kompatsiaris
from the Center for Research and Technology • Hellas/Informatics and
Telematics Institute:CERTH/ITI,
Thessaloniki, Greece.
Reference System –
As part of the project, a software platform called “Reference
System” was developed in two versions: a
version using proprietary visual descriptors
and a version integrating MPEG-7
XM descriptors.