July 12, 2005, Tuesday

13:30-16:30 Tutorial: Distributed Video Coding

Zixiang Xiong, Texas A&M University (USA)

July 13, 2005, Wednesday

8:15-8:55 Keynote Speech 1: Video coding tools – performance and cost efficiency

Wen Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

09:00-11:00

Session WLA-1: Video Coding Algorithms 1

#360 A Fast Encoding Algorithm for Vector Quantization Using Dynamic Subvector Technique

Chou-Chen Wang, Chi-Wei Tung, I-Shou University (Taiwan); Jung-Yang Kao, Industrial Technology Research Institute, (Taiwan)

#361 Residue Sampling for Image and Video Compression

Woo-Shik Kim, Hyun Mun Kim, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Korea)

#659 Efficient Variable Block Size Motion Estimation for H.264 Based on Motion Distribution Likelihood

Tien-Ying Kuo, Chen-Hung Chan, Huang-Bin Chen, National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan)

#434 A Motion Compensation Technique using Sliced Blocks and its Application to Hybrid Video Coding

Satoshi Kondo, Hisao Sasai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Japan)

#780 A New Approach to Compatible Adaptive Block-size Transforms

Jie Dong, Jian Lou, Ci-Xun Zhang, Lu Yu, Zhejiang University (China)

#733 Dual-Path Block Size Decision for Fast Motion Search in H.264/AVC

Tomoyuki SHIMIZU, Akio YONEYAMA, Yasuhiro TAKISHIMA, KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc. (Japan)

Session WLB-1: P2P, Overlay and Multicast Streaming

#118 Multiple Constraints-based QoS Multicast Routing: Model and Algorithms

Hua Chen, Baolin Sun, Wuhan University of Science and Engineering (China)

#281 Efficient Loss Recovery in Application Overlay Stored Media Streaming

Xie Zhi-ping, Zheng Geng-sheng, He Gui-ming, Wuhan University (China)

#380 Improved H.264 /AVC Video Broadcast /Multicast

Dong Tian, Vinod Kumar MV, Tampere International Center for Signal Processing (Finland); Miska Hannuksela, Stephan Wenger, Nokia Research Center (Finland); Moncef Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

#641 H.26x-based Overlay Video Multicast System over the Internet

Hwangjun Song, POSTECH (Korea); Hojong Kang, Hongik University (Korea)

#699 Segment Tree Based Control Plane Protocol for Peer-to-Peer On-Demand Streaming Service Discovery

Changxi Zheng, Shanghai Jiaotong University (China); Guobin Shen, Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#629 A Workload Adaptive Scheme for Zero-Delay Video-on-Demand Service

Yunqiang Liu, Songyu Yu, Xiangwen Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)

Session WLC-1: Object Segmentation and Tracking 1

#838 Model Based Segmentation of Motion Fields in Compressed Video Sequences using Partition Projection and Relaxation

Siripong Treetasanatavorn, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany); Uwe Rauschenbach, Jörg Heuer, Siemens AG (Germany); André Kaup, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany)

#824 Human Silhouette Matching Based on Moment Invariants

SUN Yong-Chao, QIU Xian-Jie, XIA Shi-Hong, WANG Zhao-Qi, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

#257 Image Motion Tracking by FRS State Space Model Using SMC Implementation of PHD Filter

Norikazu Ikoma, Tsuyoshi Uchino,Hiroshi Maeda, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan)

#484 Moving Vehicles Segmentation based on Gaussian Motion Model

Wei Zhang, Xiang Zhong Fang, Wei Yao Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

#546 Multi-Information Fusion for Human Motion Tracking by Particle Filter

Ming Du, Ling Guan, Ryerson University (Canada)

#705 Automatic Extraction of Initial Moving Object based on Advanced Feature & Video Analysis

Mao-Ying Liu, Qiong-Hai Dai, Xiao-Dong Liu, Gui-Hua Er, Tsinghua University (China)

Session WPA-1: Motion Estimation

#593 A 3D Isotropic Quadrature Filter for Motion Estimation Problems

Martin Krause, Gerald Sommer, University of Kiel(Germany)

#415 Circular Block Matching Based Video Stabilization

Lidong Xu, Fangwen Fu, Xinggang Lin, Tsinghua University(China)

#220 Rolling Shutter Distortion Correction

Chia-Kai Liang, Yu-Chun Peng, Homer Chen, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

#532 Adaptive Mixed Norm Optical Flow Estimation

Vania Vieira Estrela, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense(Brazil); Matthias O. Franz, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Germany); Ricardo T. Lopes, COPPE/UFRJ (Brazil); A. P. De Araújo, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense(Brazil)

#812 Evaluation of a Feature-Based Global-Motion Estimation System

Dirk Farin, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands); Peter H.N. de With, Eindhoven University of Technology/ LogicaCMG (The Netherlands)

#806 Scalable Complexity-Distortion Model for Fast Motion Estimation

Xiaoquan Yi, Nam Ling, Santa Clara University (USA)

Session WPB-1: Vision Technology

#272 Haptic Eyes: Mapping Visual Information in to Haptic Displays

Suresh Matta, Heiko Rudolph, Dinesh Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)

#485 Automatic Image Registration Using Multi-resolution Based Hough Transform

Rui Li, Yujin Zhang, Tsinghua University (China)

#530 Auto Calibration for Multiple Camera-Based Surveillance System

Ohyun Kwon, Sangjin Kim, Jeongho Shin, Joonki Paik, Chung-Ang University (Korea)

#849 3D Camera Tracking from Disparity Images

Kiyoung Kim, Woontack Woo, GIST U-VR Lab (Korea)

#123 An Intelligent System for Real Time Automatic Defect Inspection on Specular Coated Surfaces

Jinhua Li, Johné M.Parker, Zhen Hou, University of Kentucky (USA)

#113 New Divergence Measures and Their Application in Multimodal Image Registration

Yonggang Shi, Beijing Institute of Technology (China)

Session WPC-1: VLSI Implementation

#460 An Optimal Adder-Based Hardware Architecture for the DCT/SA-DCT

Andrew Kinane, Valentin Muresan, Noel O'Connor, Dublin City University (Ireland)

#501 A Memory and Speed Efficient CAVLC Decoder

Xing Qin, Xiaolang Yan, Zhejiang University (China)

#514 A Video Compression Platform on a Pre-configurable MIMD/SIMD Signal Processor

Gerald Krottendorfer, Rumman Syed, ON DEMAND Microelectronics (Austria)

#761 A High-Throughput Two Channel Discrete Wavelet Transform Architecture for the JPEG2000 Standard

Hossein Badakhshannoory, Mahmoud Reza Hashemi, Alireza Aminlou, Omid Fatemi, University of Tehran (Iran)

#827 A VLSI Architecture for High Performance CABAC Encoding

Hassan Shojania, Subramania Sudharsanan, Queen’s University (Canada)

11:15-13:15

Session WLA-2: Wavelet-based Video Coding

#473 In-band Adaptive Update Step based on Local Content Activity

Davide Maestroni, Marco Tagliasacchi, Stefano Tubaro, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

#479 Performance Evaluation of Spatio-Temporal Multi-Resolution Analysis with Deinterlacer Banks

Takuma Ishida, Shogo Muramatsu, Niigata University (Japan); Daisuke Kitagawa, Kodak Digital Product Center Japan Ltd. (Japan); Jun Uchita, Fujitsu LSI Solution Ltd. (Japan); Minoru Hikia, Hisakazu Kikuchi, Niigata University (Japan)

#782 Studies on Spatial Scalable Frameworks for Motion Aligned 3D Wavelet Video Coding

Ruiqin Xiong, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Jizheng Xu, Feng Wu, Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#784 Three-Dimensional Subband Scalable Video Coding Embedded with H.264/AVC Codec

Xiangyang Ji, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Jizheng Xu, Microsoft Research Asia (China); Debin Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Feng Wu, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#796 Overcomplete MCTF for Improved Spatial Scalability in 3D Wavelet Video Compression

Thomas Rusert, Jens-Rainer Ohm, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)

#885 Spatially Scalable Video Coding with In-band Prediction

Xin Jin, HUST (China); Xiaoyan Sun, Feng Wu, Microsoft Research Asia (China); Guangxi Zhu, HUST (China)

Session WLB-2: Video Content Analysis

#667 An Efficient Video Shot Representation for Fast Video Retrieval

Cheng Cai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Xi’an Jiaotong University (China); Kin-Man Lam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China); Zheng Tan, Xi’an Jiaotong University (China)

#843 Fast Coarse-to-Fine Video Retrieval via Shot-Level Statistics

Yu-Hsuan Ho, Chia-Wen Lin, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan); Jing-Fung Chen, Hong-Yuan Mark Liao, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

#616 Semi-Automatic Video Semantic Annotation Based on Active Learning

Yan SONG, University of Science and Technology of China (China); Xian-Sheng HUA, Microsoft Research Asia (China); Li-Rong DAI, Ren-Hua WANG, University of Science and Technology of China (China)

#578 A Scheme for Racquet Sports Video Analysis with the Combination of Audio-Visual Information

Liyuan Xing, Qixiang Ye, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Weigang Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Qingming Huang, Hua Yu, Chinese Academy of Science (China)

#874 To Mine Capture Intention of Camcorder Users

Tao Mei, University of Science and Technology of China (China); Xian-Sheng Hua,, Microsoft Research Asia (China); He-Qin Zhou, University of Science and Technology of China(China); Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#753 Highlight Detection for Video Content Analysis through Double Filters

Zhonghua Sun, Hexin Chen, Mianshu Chen, Jilin University (China)

Session WLC-2: Noise Reduction and Artifact Removal

#269 Automatically Choosing Appropriately-Sized Structuring Elements to Eliminate Useless Components in Fingerprint Image

Xuefeng Liang, Kazunori Kotani, Tetsuo Asano, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Japan)

#760 High Performance, Cost Effective Generalized Filter Architecture for Image Noise Removal, Image Enhancement and Edge Detection

Jalaj Jain, Metta Semiconductor Private Limited (India); Ajay Kumar Mishra, STmicroelectronics Private Limited (India)

#823 Composite Video Artifact Removal by Nonlinear Bilateral Filtering

Sunghee Kim, Kihyun Hong, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korea)

#370 Wavelet-Based Bayesian Denoising using Bernoulli-Gaussian Mixture Model

Il Kyu Eom, Miryang National University (Korea); Yoo Shin Kim, Pusan National University (Korea)

#273 Directional Filtering for Block Recovery using Wavelet Features

Seung-Hwa Hyun, Pusan National University (Korea); Il Kyu Eom, Miryang National University (Korea); Yoo Shin Kim, Pusan National University (Korea)

#120 Image Denoising using Grey Relational Analysis in Spatial Domain

Miao Ma, Northwestern Polytechnical University (China); Hongpeng Tian, Xi'an University of Science & Technology (China); Chongyang Hao, Northwestern Polytechnical University (China)

Session WPA-2: Watermarking and Data-Hiding

#167 Multiple Description Multi-Watermarking with Tabu Search Approaches

Jeng-Shyang Pan, Chun-Yen Huang, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (Taiwan); Hsiang-Cheh Huang, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan); Bin-Yih Liao, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (Taiwan); Kuang-Chih Huang, Cheng-Shiu University (Taiwan)

#377 Dual Protection of JPEG Images Based on Informed Embedding and Two-stage Watermark Extraction Techniques

Wen-Nung Lie, Guo-Shiang Lin, Sheng-Lung Cheng, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan)

#426 H.264/AVC Video Authentication using Skipped Macroblocks for an Erasable Watermark

Dima Pröfrock, Henryk Richter, Mathias Schlauweg, Erika Müller, University of Rostock (Germany)

#725 Optimal Watermarking Rate Allocation in Variable Bit-Rate Compression

Jong-Tae Kim, Hae-Yeoun Lee, Heung-Kyu Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea); Byeong-Ho Choi, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Korea)

#766 Rotation, Scaling and Translation Invariant Image Watermarking based on Radon Transform

Jianhui Xuan, Huanguo Zhang, Lina Wang, Wuhan University (China)

Session WPB-2: Image and Video Analysis

#448 Update the GMMs via Adaptive Kalman Filtering

Bo Han, Xinggang Lin, Tsinghua University (China)

#226 Quality Evaluation of the Estimation of PSF for License Plate Image

Kefeng Deng ,Tsinghua University(China)

#624 A New Method to Calculate the Camera Focusing Area and Player Position on Playfield in Soccer Video

Yang Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Qingming Huang, Qixiang Ye, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Wen Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology/Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

#382 An Improved Algorithm for Shot Cut Detection

Puteri Nor Hashimah, University of Bradford (United Kingdom); Li Gao, Chinese Academy of Science (China); Rami Qahwaji, Jianmin Jiang, University of Bradford (United Kingdom)

#832 Efficient and Reliable Scene Change Detection in MPEG Compressed Video

Wing-San Chau, Oscar C. Au, Tai-Wai Chan, Tak-Song Chong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China)

#817 A Stepwise Similarity Approximation of Spatial Constraints for Image Retrieval

Qing-Long Zhang, Stephen S.-T. Yau, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)

Session WPC-2: Pattern Recognition

#1008 Tracking Concept Drifting with Gaussian Mixture Model

Jun Wu, Tsinghua University (China); Xian-Sheng Hua, Microsoft Research Asia (China); Bo Zhang, Tsinghua University (China)

#138 Pattern Retrieval Using Optimized Compression Transform

Daidi.Zhong, Irek.Defée, Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

#602 Image Reconstruction from Edges based on a Wavelet Frame of Gaussian Derivatives

Chengho Hsin, Yung-Cheng Chen, Shaw-Jyh Shin, Feng Chia University (Taiwan)

#764 An Effective Dissolve Detector Using Spatio-temporal Slice

Cheng Cai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Xi’an Jiaotong University (China); Kin-Man Lam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China); Zheng Tan, Xi’an Jiaotong University (China)

#643 Jersey Number Detection in Sports Video for Athlete Identification

Qixiang Ye, Qingming Huang, Shuqiang Jiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Yang Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Wen Gao, Chinese Academy of Science (China)

#115 A Novel Eye Location Method based on Symmetry Analysis and Measurement of Fractal Feature

DU Gan, Shanghai University (China)

14:15-16:15

Session WLA-3: Advances in Scalable Video Coding (Special Session)

#857 MCTF and Scalability Extension of H.264/AVC and its Application to Video Transmission, Storage, and Surveillance

Ralf Schäfer,, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Schierl, Thomas Wiegand, Heinrich Hertz Institute (Germany)

#712 Mode-Based Temporal Filtering for In-Band Wavelet Video Coding with Spatial Scalability

Dongdong Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China); Jizheng Xu, Feng Wu, Microsoft Research Asia(China); Wenjun Zhang, Xiong Hongkai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

#599 A Low Complexity Prioritized Bit-plane Coding for SNR Scalability in MPEG-21 Scalable Video Coding

Wen-Hsiao Peng, Tihao Chiang, Hsueh-Ming Hang, National Chiao-Tung University (Taiwan)

#175 Customer Oriented SNR Scalability Scheme for Scalable Video Coding

Zhenguo Li, S. Rahardja, Institute for Infocomm Research (Singapore)

#762 Optimal Subband Rate Allocation for Spatial Scalability in 3D Wavelet Video Coding with Motion Aligned Temporal Filtering

Ruiqin Xiong, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Jizheng Xu, Feng Wu, Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China); Ya-Qin Zhang, Microsoft Corporation (USA)

#875 Comparison of Spatial M-Band Filter Banks for t+2D Video Coding

Grégoire Pau, Béatrice Pesquet-Popescu, GET-ENST (France)

Session WLB-3: Video Structure Analysis

#718 Hierarchical Structure for Audio-video based Semantic Classification of Sports Video Sequences

Maheshkumar H. Kolekar, S. Sengupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India)

#621 A Novel Shot Boundary Detection Framework

Wujie Zheng, Jinhui Yuan, Huiyi Wang, Fuzong Lin, Bo Zhang, Tsinghua University (China)

#620 Object-Oriented Video Structuring Via Hidden Markov Models

Yi Ding, Laiyao Fan, Xidian University (China)

#397 Camera Attention Weighted Strategy for Video Shot Grouping

Fan Jiang, Yu-Jin Zhang, Tsinghua University (China)

#438 Constructing Storyboards Based on Hierarchical Clustering Analysis

Satoshi Hasebe, Wireless & Visual Communications Co., Ltd.(Japan); Mustafa M. Sami, Shogo Muramatsu, Hisakazu Kikuchi, Niigata University (Japan)

#716 Unsupervised Sports Video Scene Clustering and Its Applications to Story Units Detection

Weigang Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Qixiang Ye, Liyuan Xing, Qingming Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Wen Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology/Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

Session WLC-3: Image/Video Synthesis and Rendering

#333 An Adaptive Grid Algorithm for 3-D GIS Landform Optimization Based on Improved Ant Algorithm

Chenhan Wu, Lingkui Meng, Shijun Deng, Wuhan University (China)

#215 Fast Image Completion

Yi Lin, University of Waterloo (Canada)

#264 Shadow Synthesis in Natural Sequences using 3-D Scene Model

Henri Nicolas, IRISA/INRIA (France)

#387 An Adaptive Multiresolution Mass-spring Model

Marcos García, Luis Pastor, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain); Angel Rodríguez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)

#858 Text2Video: Text-Driven Facial Animation using MPEG-4

Jürgen Rurainsky, Peter Eisert, Heinrich-Hertz Institute (Germany)

#129 Invisible Marker Based Augmented Reality System

Hanhoon Park, Jong-Il Park, Hanyang University (Korea)

Session WPA-3: Video Streaming

#135 A Proxy-Based Rate Control Strategy of Streaming Media Distribution in Heterogeneous Access Environments

Yang Zongkai,Zhu Xiaoliang, Du Xu, Cheng Wenqing, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (China); Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales (Australia)

#347 A Source-Based Congestion Control Strategy for Real-Time Video Transport on IP Network

Xia Chen, Canhui Cai, Huaqiao University (China)

#354 Rate-Distortion Optimized Media Streaming with Adaptive Rate Control

Jacob Chakareski, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

#366 VBR MPEG Video Traffic Prediction Based on Intelligent Integrated Model

Xiaoying Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Qionghai Dai, Peng Tan, Tsinghua University (China)

#277 RDOES: A Rate-Distortion Optimized Encoding and Streaming Framework for Live Video Transmission

Ye-Bin Liu, Qiong-Hai Dai, Wen-Li Xu, Hai-Bin Zhang, Tsinghua University (China)

Session WPB-3: Image Segmentation

#169 Performance Improvement of Edge Detection Based on Edge Likelihood Index

Xiaochen He, Nelson Hon Ching Yung, The University of Hong Kong (China)

#424 Scalable Multiresolution Color Image Segmentation

Fardin Akhlaghian Tab, Golshah Naghdy, University of Wollongong (Australia); Alfred Mertins, University of Oldenburg (Germany)

#548 Image Segmentation Combining Non-linear Diffusion and the Nystrom Extension

Ebroul Izquierdo, University of London (United Kingdom)

#586 A Robust Diffusion Approach to Image Segmentation Based on Curvelet Enhancement

Ma Lihong, Guo Weiqiang, Zhang Yu, Yu Yinglin, South China University of Technology (China)

#663 Brain Tumor Segmentation in MRI Based On Fuzzy Aggregators

Yan Zhu, Qingmin Liao, Tsinghua University (China); Weibei Dou, GREYC-CNRS (France)/Tsinghua University (China); Su Ruan, GREYC-CNRS (France)

#1005 Fast Sub-Image Segmentation Using Parallel Neural Processors and Image Decomposition

Hazem M. El-Bakry, University of Aizu (Japan)

Session DM1: Technical Demonstration 1

#D03 Multi-format Hand-held Streaming Media Player Demonstration

Ashwin K. Sampath, Shree Raman, Vikal K. Jain, Vinayak P. Das, Murali B. Muthukrishnan, Ittiam Systems Pvt. Ltd (India)

#D04 H.264 based N-way video conferencing using the TI DM642 processor

Aadithya Kamath, Aditya Kulkarni, Anil Kumar, Krishna Kumar, Mayank Vashishta, Shinjan Tewary, Sriram Sethuraman, Ittiam Systems (Pvt.) Ltd. (India)

#D07 SMART Video

Yan Lu, Feng Wu, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#D08 Shortcut Video Transcoding

Jacky Shen, Yuwen He, Wanyong Cao, Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#D09 Optimus Demo Series: Device Roaming

Jacky Shen, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#D10 Media SPA (Media Scalable, Portable and Adaptable)

Xiaoyan Sun, Feng Wu, Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

16:30-18:00

Panel Discussion - Scalable Video Coding: Techniques and Applications

July 14, 2005, Thursday

8:00-8:40 Keynote Speech 2: Mobile Computing

Ya-Qin Zhang, Microsoft Corporation (USA)
Ming-Ting Sun, University of Washington (USA)

08:45-10:45

Session TLA-1: Scalable Video Coding 1

#457 Motion Information Scalability for SNR Scalability

Benoit Timmerman, Peter Amon, Andreas Hutter, Siemens AG (Germany); Francois-Xavier Coudoux, Université de Valenciennes (France)

#531 Scalable Video Coding based on Wyner-Ziv Framework

Guiguang Ding, Qionghai Dai, Yaguang Yin, Feng Yang, Tsinghua University (China)

#535 Rate Control for Scalable Video Model

Long Xu, Siwei Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Debin Zhao, Wen Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences /Harbin Institute of Technology (China)

#207 A Fully Scalable Video Coder with Inter-scale Wavelet Prediction and Morphological Coding

Nicola Adami, Michele Brescianini, Marco Dalai, Riccardo Leonardi, Alberto Signoroni,University of Brescia (Italy)

#800 Extended Spatial Scalability for Non Dyadic Video Formats: from SDTV to HDTV

Gwenaëlle Marquant, Edouard François, Nicolas Burdin, Patrick Lopez, Jérôme Viéron, THOMSON (France)

#805 Quality Scalability in H.264/AVC Video Coding

Ville-Pekka Limnell, Dong Tian,Tampere Institute of Signal Processing (Finland); Miska M. Hannuksela, Nokia Research Center (Finland); Moncef Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

Session TLB-1: Image Content Analysis

#157 Composition of Mpeg-7 Color and Edge Descriptors Based-On Human Vision Perception

Abolfazl Lakdashti, Islamic Azad University/Sari Campus/Iran Telecom Research Center/Sharif University of Technology (Iran); Neda Kialashaki, Alireza Ghonoodi, Islamic Azad University/Sari Campus (Iran); Mahyar Soltani, Sharif University of Technology (Iran)

#270 Automatic Annotation Techniques for Gene Expression Images of the Fruit Fly Embryo

Madhusudhana Gargesha, Jian Yang, Bernard Van Emden, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Sudhir Kumar, Arizona State University (USA)

#449 Identification of Image Variations based on Equivalence Classes

Yannick Maret, Gary Garcia, Touradj Ebrahimi, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

#518 Atmosphere-Based Image Classification through Luminance and Hue

Feng Xu, Yu-Jin Zhang, Tsinghua University (China)

#576 Region-Based Image Retrieval Using Separated Feature Indexing

Cheng-Yuan Tang, Huafan University (Taiwan); Jiann-Jone Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology(Taiwan); Der-Huann Huang, Yung-Chieh Lee, Huafan University (Taiwan)

#750 Template Matching Based on Image Gray Value

Qiang Li, Bo Zhang,Tsinghua University (China)

Session TLC-1: Video Coding Algorithms 2

#212 Coding of Coefficients of two-dimensional non-separable Adaptive Wiener Interpolation Filter

Yuri Vatis, Bernd Edler, Ingolf Wassermann, Dieu Thanh Nguyen, Joern Ostermann, Universität Hannover(Germany)

#233 Improved Intra Prediction Mode-decision Method

Zhenming Zhang, Guangxi Zhu, Shengkui Dai, Feng Wang, Lei Xie, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (China)

#242 A Unified Framework for Optimal Multiple Video Object Bit Allocation

Zhenzhong Chen, King Ngi Ngan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)

#255 Recursive Wavelet Filters for Video Coding

Demin Wang, Liang Zhang, André Vincent, Communications Research Centre Canada (Canada)

#442 Adaptive GOF Residual Operation Algorithm in Video Compression

Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, Fudan University (China)

#731 Adaptive Intra Mode Skipping Algorithm for Inter Frame Coding of H.264/AVC

Changcai Lai, Chongyang Hao, Yinglai Xi, Xiangyu Shen, Northwestern Polytechnical University (China)

Session TPA-1: Image Coding Algorithms

#158 Embedded Image Coding Based on Context Classification and Quadtree Ordering in Wavelet Packet Domain

Yu Liu, King Ngi Ngan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)

#339 Evaluation of Image Compression for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Breast Tumors in Sonography

Yu-Len Huang, Tunghai University (Taiwan); We-Min Chen, National Dong-Hwa University (Taiwan); Chi-Chuan Tao, Tunghai University (Taiwan)

#359 A Network-adaptive Context Extraction Algorithm for Tier 1 Encoding in JPEG2000

Hyun-jun Choi, Kwangwoon University (Korea); Young-ho Seo, Yuhan College (Korea); Dong-wook Kim, Kwangwoon University (Korea)

#414 Perceptually Lossless Coding of Digital Monochrome Ultrasound Images

David Wu, Damian M. Tan, RMIT (Australia); Tania Griffiths, Monash University (Australia); Hong Ren Wu, RMIT (Australia)

#499 J2K: Introducing a Novel JPEG2000 Coder

Francesc Aulí-Llinàs, Joan Bartrina-Rapesta, Joan Ramon Patón-Martín, Jose Lino Monteagudo-Pereira, Joan Serra-Sagristà, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (Spain)

#816 Fast Tree-Based Wavelet Image Coding with Efficient Use of Memory

Jose Oliver, Manuel P. Malumbres, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain)

Session TPB-1: Image Enhancement

#218 Feature Preserving Image Sharpening Using Coupled Bidirectional Flow

Shujun Fu, Beijing Jiaotong University/Shandong University (China); Qiuqi Ruan, Beijing Jiaotong University (China); Wenqia Wang, Shandong University (China)

#313 Wavelet Fusion Method Based on Local Energy and Local Entropy

Zhicheng Wang, Yan Tian, Jian Liu, Jinwen Tian, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)

#626 Model-based PDE Method and Model-free PDE Method for Motion De-blurring

Takahiro Saito, Hiroyuki Harada, Takashi Komatsu, Kanagawa University (Japan)

#770 Super-resolution using POCS-based Reconstruction with Artifact Reduction Constraints

Jun-Yong Kim, Rae-Hong Park, Sogang University (Korea); Seungjoon Yang, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (Korea)

#352 A General Approach to Blind Image Super-resolution Using a PDE Framework

Yuanxu Chen, Yupin Luo, Dongcheng Hu, Tsinghua University (China)

#191 Lifting Wavelet Transform-Based Algorithm of SAR and Optical Images Fusion

Yong-an Zheng, Jian-she Song, Hi-Tech Institute Xi’an (China)

Session TPC-1: Wireless Video

#261 Motion Reference Image JPEG2000 : Road Surveillance Application with Wireless Device.

Théodore Totozafiny, University of Pau (France); Olivier Patrouix, Technopole Izarbel (France); Franck Luthon, University of Pau (France); Jean-Marc Coutellier, Technopole Izarbel (France)

#355 Systematic Lossy Error Protection for Video Transmission over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Xiaoqing Zhu, Shantanu Rane, Bernd Girod, Stanford University (USA)

#536 Hierarchical Multimedia Transmission Using Multilayered Space-time Trellis Codes

Changcai Han, Dongfeng Yuan, Shandong University (China)

#541 Error-Resilient Low-Delay H.264/802.11 Transmission via Cross-Layer Coding with Feedback Channel

Tuan-Kiang Chiew, Institute for Infocomm Research (Singapore); Paul Hill, Pierre Ferre, Dimitris Agrafiotis, University of Bristol (United Kingdom); James T.H.Chung-How, ProVision Communication Technologies Ltd (United Kingdom); Andy Nix, David R. Bull, University of Bristol/ProVision Communication Technologies Ltd, (United Kingdom)

#615 Adaptive High Definition MPEG-2 Streaming Using Frame-based Prioritization over IEEE 802.11a WLAN

SangHoon Park, Seungjoo Lee, JongWon Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)

#847 Robust Video Transmission based on Multiple Description Scalable Coding with EREC

Haifeng Zheng, Lun Yu, Fuzhou University (China); Chang Wen Chen, Florida Institute of Technology (USA)

11:00-13:00

Session TLA-2: Coding Standards and Applications (Special Session)

# 1007 AVS Standards

Wen Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

#781 Overview of AVS-Video: Tools, Performance and Complexity

Lu Yu, Feng Yi, Jie Dong, Cixun Zhang, Zhejiang University (China)

#597 Error Resilient Video Coding Using Flexible Reference Frames

Ye-Kui Wang, Nokia Research Center (Finland); Chunbo Zhu, Houqiang Li, University of Science and Technology of China (China)

#575 AVS on Satellite

Haiwu Zhao, Guozhong Wang, Gang Hou, Central Research Academy (China)

#829 The H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video Coding Standard and Its Deployment Status

Gary J. Sullivan, Microsoft Corporation (USA)

#881 An Overview of VC-1

Sridhar Srinivasan, Shankar L. Regunathan, Microsoft Corporation (USA)

Session TLB-2: Media Processing for Digital Entertainment (Special Session)

Overview Talk: Digital Entertainment Trends and Opportunities for Media Processing

Qian Lin, HP Labs (USA)

#845 Photo-centric Multimedia Authoring Enhanced by Cross-Media Indexing

Jiebo Luo, Alexander Loui, Eastman Kodak Company (USA); Matthew Boutell, University Rochester (USA); Phoury Lei, Eastman Kodak Company (USA)

#865 Real Time Motion Analysis Toward Semantic Understanding of Video Content

Yong Wang, Tong Zhang, Daniel Tretter, Peng Wu, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (USA)

#836 Singing Voice Detection for Karaoke Application

Arun Shenoy, Yuansheng Wu, Ye Wang, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

#837 Video Summarization for Energy Efficient Wireless Streaming

Zhu Li, Motorola Labs/Northwestern University (USA); Fan Zhai, Texas Instruments/Northwestern University (USA); Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Northwestern University (USA)

#831 Personal Video Manager: Managing and Mining Home Video Collections

Peng Wu, Pere Obrador, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (USA)

Session TLC-2: Face and Facial Expression: Detection and Recognition

#631 An Efficient Method for Facial Expression Recognition

Xudong Xie, Kin-Man Lam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China)

#734 A Monocular System for Automatic Face Detection and Tracking

Georgios N. Stamou, Michail Krinidis, Nikos Nikolaidis, Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

#252 Gradient-based Image Segmentation for Face Recognition Robust to Directional Illumination

Krzysztof Kryszczuk, Andrzej Drygajlo, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)

#795 Real Time Facial Expression Recognition from Image Sequences using Support Vector Machines

Irene Kotsia, Ioannis Pitas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

#486 Detecting Faces in the Wavelet Compressed Domain

Li Xiaohua, Shen Lansun, Beijing University of Technology (China)

#488 Face Recognition Based on Eigen-illumination Scheme and Uncorrelated Discriminant Analysis

Danghui Liu, Beijing University of Technology/The Academy of Equipment, Command and Technology (China); LanSun Shen, Beijing University of Technology (China); Kin-Man Lam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China)

Session TPA-2: Scalable Video Coding 2

#427 Efficient Priority Encoding Transmission Scheme based Wyner-Ziv Coding and Spatial Scalability

Marie Ramon, François-Xavier Coudoux, Marc-Georges Gazalet, University of Valenciennes (France)

#544 Comparison of Prediction Schemes with Motion Information Reuse for Low Complexity Spatial Scalability

Koen De Wolf, Robbie De Sutter, Wesley De Neve, Rik Van de Walle, Ghent University-IBBT (Belgium)

#583 Statistical Model, Analysis and Approximation of Rate-Distortion Function in MPEG-4 FGS Videos

Jun Sun, Wen Gao, Debin Zhao, Qingming Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

#748 A High-Efficient Significant Coefficient Scanning Algorithm for 3-D Embedded Wavelet Video Coding

Haohao Song, Songyu Yu, Li Song, Hongkai Xiong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

#758 Quality Control on the Fully Scalable Wavelet Video Coder

Jiann-Jone Chen, Kun-Wei Wang, Shih-Chieh Lee, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (Taiwan)

#334 Realization of 3-D DWT-SPIHT Video Compression Algorithm

Sheng Xu,Bo Hu, Jia Gao, Fudan University (China)

Session TPB-2: Transcoding

#185 ROI-Based SNR Scalable JPEG2000 Image Transcoding

Hao-Song Kong, Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (USA); Toshihiko Hata, Naoki Kuwahara, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan)

#204 Transcoding of MPEG-4 BIFS into MPEG-4 LASeR

Qonita M. Shahab, Munchurl Kim, Information and Communications University (Korea)

#290 Conversion between DCT Coefficients of Blocks and Their Sub-blocks

Zhihua He, Maja Bystrom, S. Hamid Nawab, Boston University (USA)

#329 Rate Control for Transcoding in Video Transmission between Heterogeneous Networks

Shouwen Lai, Fen Li, Tsinghua University (China)

#591 A Rate Control Algorithm for MPEG-2 to H.264 Real-time Transcoding

JingYu Yang, Qionghai Dai, Wenli Xu, Rong Ding, Tsinghua University (China)

Session TPC-2: Image Processing 1

#268 A Hybrid Algorithm for Spatial and Wavelet Domain Image Restoration

You-Wei Wen, Guangdong University of Technology/The University of Hong Kong (China); Wai-Ki Ching, Michael K. Ng, The University of Hong Kong (China); Hong Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

#788 Sharp Image Interpolation by Mapping Level Curves

Hiêp Quang Luong, Wilfried Philips, University of Ghent (Belgium)

#654 An Edge-preserved Image Denoising Technique based on Iterated Function Systems

Cheung-Ming Lai, Kin-Man Lam, Wan-Chi Siu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China)

#635 An Adaptive Edge Preserving Variational Method for Color Image Regularization

Lin Zhu, Andrzej Sluzek, MD. Saiful Islam, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

#430 A Novel Parallel Architecture for Local Histogram Equalization

Mesrob I. Ohannessian, Ghinwa F. Choueiter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Hassan Diab, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)

#122 Hierarchical Tone Mapping for High Dynamic Range Image Visualization

Guoping Qiu, Jiang Duan, The University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

14:00-16:00

Session TLA-3: Distributed Coding

#172 Layered Wyner-Ziv Video Coding for Transmission over Unreliable Channels

Qian Xu, Vladimir Stanković, Zixiang Xiong, Texas A&M University (USA)

#362 A New Region-of-Interest Image Compression Method Based on Wyner-Ziv Coding

Guiguang Ding, Qionghai Dai, Feng Yang, Yaguang Yin, Tsinghua University (China)

#392 Distributed Source Coding of Video with Non-Stationary Side-Information

Paul F.A Meyer, Ronald P. Westerlaken, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands); Rene Klein Gunnewiek, Philips Research (The Netherlands); R. (Inald) L. Lagendijk, Delft University of Technology/Philips Research (The Netherlands)

#431 Application of Binning Codes to Video Coding

Jim Chou, Ali Tabatabai, Mohammed Visharam, Sony Electronics (USA)

#474 A MCTF Video Coding Scheme Based on Distributed Source Coding Principles

Marco Tagliasacchi, Stefano Tubaro, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

Session TLB-3: Target Detection and Identification

#607 The Research of Defects Detection and Segmentation for Weld Radiographic Inspection

Zhang Xiao-guang, China University of Mining and Technology/Nanjing University (China); Li Yu, Lin Xuedong, Liu Mingqin , China University of Mining and Technology (China); Xu Ji-hua, Nanjing University (China)

#482 Automatic Video Caption Detection and Extraction in the DCT Compressed Domain

Chin-Fu Tsao, Yu-Hao Chen, Jin-Hau Kuo, Chia-wei Lin, Ja-Ling Wu, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

#409 Locating Barcodes Using JPEG 2000 Compressed Data

Xiaojun Feng, Purdue University (USA); Michael J. Gormish, Ricoh Innovations, Inc. (USA)

#490 A Real-Time Vision-Based Human Motion Capturing

Chung-Lin Huang, Bau-Cheng Shen, Huang-Chia Shih, National Tsing-Hua University (Taiwan)

#234 A Morphology-Based Algorithm for Label Location and Identification

Zhengang Nie, Xiaolin Zhang, Xinxin Yang, Beihang University (China)

#198 Fractal Dimension Computation with the Parzon Window and Its Application in Target Detection

Lidi Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Shenyang Agricultural University (China); Zelin Shi, Shabai Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

Session TLC-3: Media DRM and Security

#181 Performance Analysis of Block-based Permutations in Securing JPEG2000 and SPIHT Compression

Roland Norcen, Andreas Uhl, Salzburg University (Austria)

#399 An Efficient Scheme to Secure VLC Codeword Concatenations for Video Encryption

Wei Li, Zhengquan Xu, Ye Yao, Wuhan University (China)

#492 How Much You Watch, How Much You Pay

Yongdong Wu, HweeHwa Pang, Institute for Infocomm Research (Singapore); Robert H. Deng, Singapore Management University (Singapore)

#773 A Scalable AND-ACC Fingerprinting Scheme for Practical Contents Distribution

Jae-Min Seol, Seong-Whan Kim, University of Seoul (Korea)

#1006 Can Digital Image Forgery Detection Unevadable? A Case Study: Color Filter Array Interpolation Statistical Feature Recovery

Yizhen Huang, Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)

Session TPA-3: Algorithms for Video Coding Standards

#186 Encoder Optimization for H.264/AVC Fidelity Range Extensions

Yeping Su, Ming-Ting Sun,University of Washington (USA); Kun-Wei Lin, Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd (Taiwan)

#340 All-zero Block Detection for H.264 Intra Prediction

Jianning Zhang, Lifeng Sun, Yuzhuo Zhong, Tsinghua University (China)

#353 Statistics Based Fast Intra Mode Detection

Rahul Garg, Munish Jindal, Mohit Chauhan, FastVDO RMC Pvt. Ltd (USA)

#413 Fast Decision on Picture Adaptive Frame/Field Coding for H.264

Peng Yin, Alexis Michael Tourapis, Jill Boyce, Thomson Inc.(USA)

#765 Rate Distortion Optimized Quantization for H.264/AVC Based on Dynamic Programming

Wensheng Wang, Huijuan Cui, Kun Tang, Tsinghua University (China)

#853 A Study on the Motion Vector Prediction Schemes for AVS

Honggang Qi, Wen Gao, Siwei Ma, Debin Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

Session TPB-3: Object Segmentation and Tracking 2

#713 Robust Vehicle Extraction in Video-based Intelligent Transportation Systems

Lei Xie, Guangxi Zhu, Yuqi Wang, Haixiang Xu, Zhenming Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)

#182 High Visual Quality Sprite Generator using Automatic Segmentation and Intelligent Blending

I-Sheng Kuo, Ling-Hwei Chen, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)

#401 Comparison of Static Background Segmentation Methods

Mustafa Karaman, Lutz Goldmann, Da Yu, Thomas Sikora, Technical University of Berlin (Germany)

#704 A Real-time Semi-Automatic Video Segmentation System Based on Mathematical Morphology

Chia-Hao Chang, Chi-Hao Wu, Jun-Cheng Chen, Jin-Hau Kuo, Ja-Ling Wu, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

#417 Voting Based Object Boundary Reconstruction

Qi Tian, Like Zhang, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA); Jingsheng Ma, Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom)

Session DM2: Technical Demonstration 2

#D01 Intelligent Image Interpolator

Sheng-Hsien HSIEH, Ching-Han CHEN, I-Shou University (Taiwan)

#D02 A New Method to Calculate the Camera Focusing Area in Soccer Video

Yang Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Qingming Huang, The Chinese Academy of Sciences(China); Dawei Liang, Harbin Institute of Technology (China); Wen Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology/The Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

#D05 Microsoft Portrait

Hua Cai, Jiang Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#D06 DigiParty

Chong Luo, Jiang Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#D11 Fully Scalable DRM Protection for JPEG 2000

Bin Zhu, Yang Yang, Shipeng Li, Microsoft Research Asia (China)

#D12 Video Booklet