Video indexing and retrieval have a wide spectrum of promising applications, motivating the
interest of researchers worldwide. This paper offers a tutorial and an overview of the …

Modern scientific studies often require the identification of a subset of explanatory variables.
Several statistical methods have been developed to automate this task, and the framework …

We present our study of audio content analysis for classification and segmentation, in which
an audio stream is segmented according to audio type or speaker identity. We propose a …

Existing audio tools handle the increasing amount of computer audio data inadequately. The
typical tape-recorder paradigm for audio interfaces is inflexible and time consuming …

Temporal video segmentation is the first step towards automatic annotation of digital video
for browsing and retrieval. This article gives an overview of existing techniques for video …

While current approaches for audiovisual data segmentation and classification are mostly
focused on visual cues, audio signals may actually play a more important role in content …

Multimedia content analysis refers to the computerized understanding of the semantic
meanings of a multimedia document, such as a video sequence with an accompanying …

We present in this paper a review of methods for segmentation of uncompressed video
sequences. Video segmentation is usually performed in the temporal domain by shot …

This paper investigates the recognition of group actions in meetings. A framework is
employed in which group actions result from the interactions of the individual participants …

When you think about how far and fast computer science has progressed in recent years, it's
not hard to conclude that a seven-year old handbook may fall a little short of the kind of …