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 The Image, Video and Intelligent Multimedia Systems Lab (IVML) was established in 1988. Courses given in the framework of the undergraduate and postgraduate syllabus of NTUA by IVML members include Image and Video Analysis and Technology, Computer Graphics, Neural Networks, Intelligent Computer Systems and Man Machine Communication. Twenty graduate students have obtained their PhD working in IVML, while ten are pursuing their PhD in it. The members of the Lab are active members of the research community having published 100 journal articles and 200 international conference contributions.
The most important areas of R&D activities performed or supported by IVML include: Knowledge Based Adaptive Image and Video processing and analysis Artificial neural network, fuzzy and neurofuzzy technologies Content-based semantic retrieval of multimedia information The MPEG-7 , MPEG-21 standards and Semantic Web technologies Intelligent Human Computer Interaction and Intelligent agents MPEG-4 and Natural - Synthetic Hybrid Coding, Augmented Reality Applications in Cultural Heritage, Surveillance, Communications, Medicine.
IVML has been involved in sixty R&D projects. Thirty of them have been funded by the European Commission and the rest of them by Greek organisations. Forty-eight of them have been completed, while twelve are in progress. IVML participates in the design and implementation of intelligent semantic analysis and retrieval of multimedia content, following the MPEG (4,7,21) and Semantic Web standards (being a member of W3C). The leader of the Lab, Prof. Stefanos Kollias has been one of the experts that the EC has used for defining the framework of ‘Semantic Content Analysis’ and its perspective for 2012. IVML participates in the 6th framework IP ACEMEDIA on semantic-based adaptive multimedia analysis systems (2004-2008), in the NoE MUSCLE on intelligent adaptive multimedia analysis (2004-2008), in the NoE Knowledge-Web on semantic Web technologies (2004-2008). The success of IVML in the area of semantic multimedia analysis has led to a number of new European IST-FP6 projects in 2006, most in the strategic objective of Knowledge and Content Technologies. These include K-Space NoE, X-Media IP, MESH IP, BOEMIE STREP, and Imagination STREP. It is playing an important role, acting as WP leader in all those projects, and a member of the Steering Board in most of them. It is also leading a number of relevant National projects. IVML is also very active in event organization in the area of multimedia semantics, organizing special sessions in ICANN 2006 and VIE 2006, chairing BOEMIE 2006 workshop in EKAW 2006, participating in and SSMS 2006 summer school, and chairing SAMT 2006 and WIAMIS 2007 conferences. It is also participating in the Multimedia Semantics XG - W3C Incubator Group. Prof. S. Kollias and Dr. G. Stamou co-edited a book on “Multimedia Content and Semantic Web”, which was published by Wiley in May 2005. CONTACT:
Yannis Avrithis
Image, Video and Multimedia Systems Laboratory
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
9 Iroon Polytechniou Str. 157 73 Athens Greece
http://image.ntua.gr/~iavr/
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