Signal, Image And Video Processing (sivp) Special Issue On 'multimedia Semantics, Adaptation And Personalization' Editorial

摘要

In the era of omnipresent Internet availability, community photo collections and widespread personal use of digital still and video cameras, large amounts of audiovisual data are being created everyday. The produced collections contain vast amounts of high-quality multimedia content, which is becoming harder and harder to manage, transmit, and find. As textbased search engines give way to image- and video-based, intelligent and context-aware engines, which not only personalize search and delivery but also the content properties, advanced network infrastructures are emerging capable of end-to-end ubiquitous transmission of multimedia content to any device, fixed or mobile, on any wired or wireless network, at any time. This perspective has opened new markets for content and service providers who, recognizing the power of individual users, are recently investing in personalization and content adaptation technologies.