AIDA Short Course: “Machine learning for video summarization”, 28/06/2022

June 22nd, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

Course title: Machine learning for video summarization

 

Lecturer name & affiliation: Dr. Ioannis Mademlis, imademlis@csd.auth.gr, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Laboratory (AIIA)

 

Host Institution: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

 

Content and organization: Video summarization is the problem of automatically selecting important key-shots and/or key-frames from an input video, in order to construct a brief summary of the original sequence, capturing its essential content. Both supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods have been employed for solving video summarization tasks, ranging from simple video frame clustering to sophisticated deep learning approaches. It is a task of immense practical importance to media and WWW professionals, since it allows them (or remote users) to browse through endless hours of filmed footage without having to actually watch the entire content. Video summarization is highly significant in automation solutions for TV/movie production, video surveillance, sports coverage, media archiving, etc. This short course will present the various types of video summaries and the most important families of learning algorithms that been developed over the years to tackle video summarization, focusing on the prominent problem of key-frame extraction. The short course is composed of two consecutive 2.5-hour lectures, covering pre-deep learning and purely neural methods, respectively. A 30-minute coffee break will intercede between them.

 

Level: Postgraduate

 

Course Duration: 5 hours

 

Course Type: Short Course

 

Participation terms: Free to anyone. Both AIDA and non-AIDA students are encouraged to participate in this short course.

If you are an AIDA Student* already, please:

Step (a): Register in the course by inserting your details into the relevant Google form.

 

AND

Step (b): Enroll in the same course in the AIDA system using the “Enroll on this Course” button in the AIDA website, so that this course enters your AIDA Certificate of Course Attendance.

 

If you are not an AIDA Student do only step (a).

 

*AIDA Students should have been registered in the AIDA system already (they are PhD students or PostDocs that belong only to the AIDA Members listed in this page: Members)

 

Lectures plan: From 16:00 to 21:30 CET

 

Proposed schedule: 28 June 2022

 

Language: English

 

Modality: Fully on-line via Zoom.

 

Notes: Only attendance of the lectures is foreseen (no exams).

 

More Infos: http://icarus.csd.auth.gr/machine-learning-for-video-summarization/

 

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IEEE ICME 2022 – Call for Nomination of Multimedia Star Innovator Award

June 21st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

Overview

The Multimedia Star Innovator Award was created to recognize pioneers of transformative technologies and business models in areas within the technical scope of the IEEE ICME conference series. The Award showcases innovations that have had great impact on human experiences or are anticipated to do so in the near future. To reflect widespread appreciation by the community, the winner is selected through voting by registered attendees of the conference, from among finalists selected by an Award Board.

Scope

The Multimedia Star Innovator Award is open to individuals and teams (with up to four members) responsible for business and technology innovations in areas including but not limited to the following:

  • ¡´ Artificial Intelligence for multimedia
  • ¡´ Multimedia for healthcare and society
  • ¡´ Multimedia and vision
  • ¡´ Multimedia and language
  • ¡´ Speech/Audio/Language/Document/Image/Video/Haptic/Radar/Lidar/Sonar/Other data processing and understanding
  • ¡´ Multimedia and new sensor signal processing
  • ¡´ Multimedia analytics, search and recommendation
  • ¡´ Social and cloud-based multimedia
  • ¡´ 3D multimedia and AR/VR
  • ¡´ Multimedia quality assessment and metrics
  • ¡´ Multi-modal media computing and human-machine interaction
  • ¡´ Multimedia coding, communications, networking and mobility
  • ¡´ Multimedia storage, retrieval, and authentication
  • ¡´ Multimedia security, privacy and forensics
  • ¡´ Multimedia software, hardware and application systems
  • ¡´ Multimedia standards
  • ¡´ Multimedia user experience innovations
  • ¡´ Business model innovations related to multimedia technologies

Nomination Process

Nominations are to be submitted to cckuo@sipi.usc.edu and frederic.dufaux@centralesupelec.fr no later than 30 June 2022. The nominations will be forwarded to the Multimedia Star Innovator Award Board for selection of the finalists. Required nomination materials and optional supplementary materials (including up to five supporting endorsement letters) can be provided in the form of pdf files and links to videos or web pages to convey the merits and impact of the nominated innovation.

The following factors will be weighted heavily in the evaluation of the nominations:

  • ¡´ the current impact (or potential impact) of the innovation on society through new/improved products and services, and/or economic benefits;
  • ¡´ the novelty of the innovation relative to public prior art (e.g., publications, published patents and patent applications);
  • ¡´ the quality of the nomination.

The nomination and endorsements should be specific and concise yet provide adequate context to appreciate the innovation and the role of the nominated individual or team. Keep in mind that those involved in the selection process may have no personal knowledge of some nominated individual(s) and may seek additional opinions and verifications of attributions. Self-nomination is permitted.

Evaluation Process

The independent Award Board, also known as Multimedia Star Innovator Award Board, was formed by the ICME 2022 Awards, Industry, Demo, and Expo chairs and consists of voting members including industrial executives and research leaders from leading companies in multimedia technology, successful venture capitalists and visionary entrepreneurs, and world-recognized scholars from academia.

The Award Board will review the nomination material and select up to five finalists by 10 July 2022.

The finalists are invited to present their innovations in a designated Star Innovators session at IEEE ICME 2022. In addition, they are invited to campaign for the award through the ICME 2022 website and the ICME 2022 social media groups (e.g., providing supporting materials in addition to the nomination material submitted earlier).

Election Process

The election will be conducted through on-line electronic means (e.g., phone app), with all registered ICME 2022 attendees eligible to vote. Attendees are invited to view the nomination/campaign material of the finalists online besides attending the Multimedia Star Innovators Session at ICME 2022. The deadline for voting is to be determined. The winner will be announced during the ICME 2022 conference.

Submission

Nominations are to be submitted to  cckuo@sipi.usc.edu and frederic.dufaux@centralesupelec.fr

Innovator Award Board:

The Multimedia Star Innovator Award Board consists of executives and research leaders from leading companies as well as visionary entrepreneurs and renowned scholars from academia.

Important Dates:

  • ¡´ 30 June 2022: Deadline for nominations
  • ¡´ 10 July 2022: Finalists chosen by the Award Board
  • ¡´ 15 July 2022: Confirmation received from the finalists to attend the conference

All ICME 2022 attendees are notified of the Award competition with the online campaign materials for the finalists.

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IEEE R9: Invitación a Conferencia Internacional – Centenario IEEE Sección México

June 21st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise
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Estimados Miembros de IEEE Región 9:

En el marco de la Celebración del Centenario del IEEE Sección México, se les invita a la Conferencia Internacional “Disrupción Tecnológica en Energía y su Impacto en el Sector Eléctrico”, a cargo del Ing. Jorge Guillermo Musalem Rubén, Gerente de Proyectos Estratégicos, a celebrarse el jueves 23 de junio 2022 a las 17:00 hrs. (CDMX) vía streaming a través del Portal de Facebook del IEEE Sección México.

Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/IEEESeccionMexico

 

Latin America – Region 9 : https://r9.ieee.org/

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Scopus Indexed Springer Conference [ICRIC-2022] Indo-Hungary Deadline: 30th June, 2022 & Acceptance: 15th July, 2022

June 21st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

Dear Professor's/ Researchers

Greetings!

We are pleased to inform you that the 5th Version of the International conference ICRIC-2022 (Indo-Hungary) Conference is scheduled on 13-14 August, 2022.

The proceedings of the accepted papers will be published by the LNEE, Springer. The LNEE Series is Indexed by Scopus and other databases.

For more information, please visit the following link:-

https://icric-2018.com/vol-2.php
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IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline: 30th June, 2022

Acceptance: 15th July, 2022

Registration:1st August, 2022
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SUBMISSION: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=indohungaryicric2022

PUBLICATION: All accepted papers# will be published in LNEE, Springer (Approved). Series Indexed by SCOPUS & WoS. # Plagiarism free only.

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REGISTRATION: (ICRIC-2022 Vol. 2)

Students (UG): Rs 5000/- per paper Academicians: Rs 5500/- per paper Industry: Rs 6000/- per paper

Foreign Nationals: EURO 100/- per paper ELTE Faculty/ Staff: EURO 70-/ per paper

# Indian Authors with One Foreign Author Name in Paper:- Rs 4000/– per paper ( Discounted Fee for Indian Authors to Promote Foreign Collaborations).
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TRACKS:- Original unpublished papers are invited.

1. Advanced Computing

2. Intelligent Networking

3. Image Processing & Computer Vision

4. E-Learning, IoT, Cloud and Big Data

5. Security and Privacy

6. Statistics & Machine Learning

7. Digital India

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We look forward to your contributions. CFP Attached

Regards, Organizing Team of the ICRIC-2022 (Indo-Hungary)

CONTACT:- icric2018@gmail.com

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Towards Policy recommendations in the field of AI and media – AI4Media Stakeholders Consultation

June 21st, 2022 Daniela Lopez de Luise

 

On behalf of the European funded project AI4Media, we are happy to invite you to the Stakeholder Consultation on Policy Recommendations in the field of AI and media, which will take place online on June 29, 2022.

 

Why such a consultation?

AI4Media is aware that the lack of specific policy recommendations regarding the use of AI applications and tools in the media sector could create important challenges for accomplishing the EU's vision of trustworthy AI. To address this issue, the project aims to develop a set of policy recommendations to ensure that the European values of ethical and trustworthy AI will be embedded in future AI deployments in the media sector. AI4Media wants to hear from the various stakeholders (media professionals, research and academia, civil society, NGOs, policy makers) to relay their concerns and include their voices in what will be the initial policy recommendations. The project conducted research on legal, societal, and technical aspects of AI for media applications and this event will also be the opportunity for participants to learn about these research outcomes.

 

Practical information:

The event is divided in 3 sessions, one for each group of stakeholders, with a 2 hour duration each.

  1. Session for Media stakeholders: from 10h to 12h CEST
  2. Session for Civil society, NGOs, Academia: from 13h to 15h CEST
  3. Session for Policy makers: from 16h to 18h CEST

 

Each session will start with a presentation about some key takeaways from the following AI4Media research:

  1. The analysis of the EU policy on AI and the forthcoming Commission’s legislative proposal on AI regulation with a specific focus on AI for media applications.
  2. The roadmap and foresight on AI technologies and applications in media.
  3. The assessment of the social/economic/political impact from future advances in AI for media technology and applications.

 

Following these short presentations, the floor will be open for discussion in order to exchange ideas on the topic and collect feedback, input, best practices, and concerns from stakeholders. The discussion will be moderated by AI4Media partners.

The event will be held according to the Chatham House rule. There will also be the possibility to collect inputs on an anonymous basis.

 

REGISTER > HERE

 

* Participation is free of charge, but registration is obligatory before June 27 . After your registration, you will receive a confirmation email within 72 hours with the link to your dedicated session.

**In case of questions about the consultation, please send an email to noemie.krack@kuleuven.be

 

Best Regards,

 

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