TERM 3, 2008/2009
INFOAMS: Seminar Advanced Multimedia Systems
Wednesdays, 13-17h, BBL-509, & Fridays, 9-13h, BBL-433

Lecturer: Wolfgang Hürst (WWW, Email)

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SCHEDULE (note: slides for download are password protected)
Wed, Feb 04: (no meeting)
Fri, Feb 06: 1st meeting, 9:00h, BBL-433 (introduction, slides)
Wed, Feb 11: 2nd meeting, 13:15h, BBL-433 (assignment of topics)
Fri, Feb 13: (no meeting, time for preparation of talks)
Wed, Feb 18: (no meeting, time for preparation of talks)
Fri, Feb 20: (no meeting, time for preparation of talks)
Wed, Feb 25: Mobile Multimedia (I) (1st talks)
  1. Alexander Kardalev:
    "Using 'Tilt' as an Interface to Control 'No-Button' 3-D Mobile Games"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Jasper Siebelink:
    "Real-World Interaction with Camera-Phones"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]
Fri, Feb 27: Mobile Multimedia (II) (1st talks)
  1. Raymond Weijermars:
    "HOTPAPER: Multimedia Interaction with Paper using Mobile Phones"
    [digital library, 1st author's website, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Alexandra Dobrescu:
    "Outdoors Augmented Reality on Mobile Phone using Loxel-Based Visual Feature Organization"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]
Wed, Mar 04: Multimedia Analysis and Semantics (1st talks)
  1. Pieter van 't Hof:
    "Video Object Annotation, Navigation, and Composition",
    [digital library, website, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Mate Tomin:
    "Enhancing Social Sharing of Videos: Fragment, Annotate, Enrich, and Share",
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]
Fri, Mar 06: Vision-Based Human Motion Analysis (1st talks)
  1. Marcel Sondaar:
    "Markerless Full Body Tracking by Integrating Multiple Cues",
    [authors' website, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Timo Veldt:
    "Articulated-Body Tracking Through Anisotropic Edge Detection",
    [digital library, authors' website, paper (pdf), slides]
    Note: see also the following related journal article by D. Knossow et al.:
    "Human Motion Tracking with a Kinematic Parameterization of Extremal Contours"
    [digital library, authors' website, paper (pdf)]

  3. Comments and feedback from the instructor
Wed, Mar 11: (note: no general meeting, time for preparation of talks)
individual meetings to discuss topics for the 2nd talk
(meeting place: CGN, 2nd floor, room A205)
Fri, Mar 13: (no meeting, time for preparation of talks)
Wed, Mar 18: (herkansing week, no meeting)
Fri, Mar 20: (herkansing week, no meeting)
Wed, Mar 25: Mobile Multimedia (I) (2nd talks)
  1. Alexander Kardalev:
    "Visual Code Widgets for Marker-Based Interaction"
    [digital library, paper (pdf)]
    and "Marker-Based Embodied Interactin for Handheld Augmented Reality Games"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Jasper Siebelink:
    "TangiMap: a tangible interface for visualization of large documents on handheld computers"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]
Fri, Mar 27: Mobile Multimedia (II) (2nd talks)
  1. Raymond Weijermars:
    "Experiences with Handheld Augmented Reality"
    [website, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Alexandra Dobrescu:
    "Adaptive training of video sets for image recognition on mobile phones"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]
Wed, Apr 01: Multimedia Analysis and Semantics (2nd talks)
  1. Pieter van 't Hof:
    "Video Browsing by Direct Manipulation"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Mate Tomin:
    "Watch-and-comment as a paradigm toward ubiquitous interactive video editing"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]
Fri, Apr 03: Vision-Based Human Motion Analysis (2nd talks)
  1. Marcel Sondaar:
    "Adaptive Real-Time 3D Acquisition and Contour Tracking within a Multiple Structured Light System"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]

  2. Timo Veldt:
    "The evolution of methods for the capture of human movement leading to markerless motion capture for biomechanical applications"
    [digital library, paper (pdf), slides]

  3. Closing remarks from the instructor
Wed, Apr 08: (no meeting, time for writing the summaries)
Fri, Apr 10: (Good Friday, no meeting)
Wed, Apr 15: (exam week, no meeting)
Fri, Apr 17: (exam week, no meeting)

Summary of deadlines for deliverables:
  • 2nd meeting: answers to questions for mandatory reading (on paper in meeting or via email to instructor)
  • 1 week before 1st presentation: review (via email to instructor)
  • 1 day before 1st presentation: slides (via email to instructor)
  • 1 week before 2nd presentation: review (via email to instructor)
  • 1 day before 2nd presentation: slides (via email to instructor)
  • 1 week after last presentation of the seminar: summary (via email to instructor)
In addition, participants have to turn in written questions after each presentation and one week after their first presentation (at the latest) they should meet with the instructor to discuss the literature for their second talk.

(c) Wolfgang Hürst