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Interactive Media Systems, TU Wien

Media Processing

Contact: Horst Eidenberger

Our ultimate media processing goal is human-like understanding of multimedia content. We extract semantically relevant patterns from audio, biosignals, images, text, video and other data types and set them into context by intelligent categorization.

2021

Journals

Local projections for high-dimensional outlier detection A novel approach for outlier detection is proposed, called local projections, which is based on concepts of the Local Outlier Factor (LOF) (Breunig… T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Rohm, S. Brodinova, C. Breiteneder Details

2020

Talks

Robust and sparse k-means clustering in high dimension We introduce a robust k-means-based clustering method for high-dimensional data where not only outliers but also a large number of noise variables… P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm Details

2019

Journals

Robust and sparse k-means clustering for high-dimensional data S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm: "Robust and sparse k-means clustering for high-dimensional data"; Advances in Data… S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm Details

Talks

Robust k-means-based clustering for high-dimensional data We introduce a robust k-means-based clustering method for high-dimensional data where not only outliers but also a large number of noise variables… P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Rohm Details

2018

Journals

Guided projections for analyzing the structure of high-dimensional data A powerful data transformation method named guided projections is proposed creating new possibilities to reveal the group structure of… T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Rohm, C. Breiteneder, S. Brodinova Details

Conferences

Handwritten Music Object Detection: Open Issues and Baseline Results Optical Music Recognition (OMR) is the challenge of understanding the content of musical scores. Accurate detection of individual music objects is a… A. Pacha, K. Choi, B. Coüasnon, Y. Ricquebourg, H. Eidenberger Details

2017

Journals

Automatic Classification of Functional Gait Disorders This article proposes a comprehensive investigation of the automatic classification of functional gait disorders based solely on ground reaction… D. Slijepcevic, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Gorgas, C. Schwab, M. Schüller, A. Baca, C. Breiteneder, B. Horsak Details
Clustering of imbalanced high-dimensional media data S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder: "Clustering of imbalanced high-dimensional media data"; Advances in Data… S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder Details
Unsupervised group feature selection for media classification The selection of an appropriate feature set is crucial for the efficient analysis of any media collection. In general, feature selection strongly… M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder, M. Hudec Details
Ground reaction force measurements for gait classification tasks: Effects of different PCA-based representations D. Slijepcevic, B. Horsak, C. Schwab, A. Raberger, M. Schüller, A. Baca, C. Breiteneder, M. Zeppelzauer: "Ground reaction force measurements for gait… D. Slijepcevic, B. Horsak, C. Schwab, A. Raberger, M. Schüller, A. Baca, C. Breiteneder, M. Zeppelzauer Details

Conferences

The Gestalt Interest Points Distance Feature for Compact and Accurate Image Description In this work, we present the novel Inter-GIP Distances (IGD) feature and its integration into the Gestalt Interest Points (GIP) image descriptor.… M. Hörhan, H. Eidenberger Details
Towards Self-Learning Optical Music Recognition Optical Music Recognition (OMR) is a branch of artificial intelligence that aims at automatically recognizing and understanding the content of music… A. Pacha, H. Eidenberger Details
Towards a Universal Music Symbol Classifier Optical Music Recognition (OMR) aims to recognize and understand written music scores. With the help of Deep Learning, researchers were able to… A. Pacha, H. Eidenberger Details
Retrieving Diverse Social Images at MediaEval 2017: Challenges, Dataset and Evaluation This paper provides an overview of the Retrieving Diverse Social Images task that is organized as part of the MediaEval 2017 Benchmarking Initiative… M. Zaharieva, B. Ionescu, A. Ginsca, R. Santos, H. Müller Details
Robust and sparse clustering for high-dimensional data We introduce a robust and sparse clustering procedure for high-dimensional data. The robustness aspect is addressed by a weighting function… S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details

Reports

Diversity and credibility for social Images and image retrieval Social media has established itself as an inextricable component of today´s society. Images make up a large proportion of items shared on social… I. Bogdan, M. Lupu, M. Rohm, A. Ginsca, H. Müller Details

Talks

Finding groups in large and high-dimensional data using a k-means-based algorithm S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Zaharieva: "Finding groups in large and high-dimensional data using a k-means-based… S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder, M. Zaharieva Details
Grouping and outlier detection using robust sparse clustering S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder: "Grouping and outlier detection using robust sparse clustering"; Talk: Olomouc… S. Brodinova, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
Local projection for outlier detection T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder: "Local projection for outlier detection"; Talk: Olomouc Days of Applied… T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details

2016

Journals

Interactive 3D Segmentation of Rock-Art by Enhanced Depth Maps and Gradient Preserving Regularization M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, S. Schulter, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof: "Interactive 3D Segmentation of Rock-Art by Enhanced… M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, S. Schulter, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof Details
Leveraging workflow control patterns in the domain of clinical practice guidelines Background Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) include recommendations describing appropriate care for the management of patients with a specific… K. Kaiser, M. Marcos Details

Conferences

An Efficient DCT template-based Object Detection Method using Phase Correlation In this work, we propose an efficient algorithm, which utilizes the combination of discrete cosine transform (DCT) and phase correlation (PC) for… H. Eidenberger, M. Hörhan Details
An Adaptive Clustering Approach for the Diversification of Image Retrieval Results In this paper, we explore the application of an adaptive clustering approach for the diversification of image retrieval results in the context of the… M. Zaharieva Details
Retrieving Diverse Social Images at MediaEval 2016: Challenge, Dataset and Evaluation This paper provides an overview of the Retrieving Diverse Social Images task that is organized as part of the MediaEval 2016 Benchmarking Initiative… B. Ionescu, A. Gînscǎ, M. Zaharieva, B. Boteanu, M. Lupu, H. Müller Details
Evaluation of robust PCA for supervised audio outlier detection Outliers often reveal crucial information about the underlying data such as the presence of unusual observations that require for in-depth analysis.… S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
Model-based Video Content Representation Recurring visual elements in videos commonly represent central content entities, such as main characters and dominant objects. The automated… L. Diem, M. Zaharieva Details
Machine Learning with Dual Process Models Similarity measurement processes are a core part of most machine learning algorithms. Traditional approaches focus on either taxonomic or thematic… H. Eidenberger, B. Klauninger, M. Unger Details
Similarity Assessment as a Dual Process Model of Counting and Measuring Based on recent findings from the field of human similarity perception, we propose a dual process model (DPM) of taxonomic and thematic similarity… H. Eidenberger, B. Klauninger Details
Video Content Representation Using Recurring Regions Detection In this work we present an approach for video content representation based on the detection of recurring visual elements or regions. We hypothesize… L. Diem, M. Zaharieva Details
Group Feature Selection for Audio-Based Video Genre Classification The performance of video genre classification approaches strongly depends on the selected feature set. Feature selection requires for expert… G. Sageder, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
Interactive Segmentation of Rock-Art in High-Resolution 3D Reconstructions M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof: "Interactive Segmentation of Rock-Art in High-Resolution 3D… M. Zeppelzauer, G. Poier, M. Seidl, C. Reinbacher, C. Breiteneder, H. Bischof Details

Talks

Guided projections for analysising the structure of high dimensional data T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder, S. Brodinova: "Guided projections for analysising the structure of high dimensional data";… T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder, S. Brodinova Details
Forward Projection for High-Dimensional Data We provide a novel view on group structure in data. Projecting observations onto a subspace spanned by a small selection of observations, we… T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
Group Detection in the Context of Imbalanced Data The problem of group detection with no prior knowledge, i.e clustering, is one of the most important tasks in data analysis. It has been addressed in… S. Brodinova, M. Zaharieva, P. Filzmoser, T. Ortner, C. Breiteneder Details

2015

Journals

Cross-Platform Social Event Detection A large part of media shared on online platforms such as Flickr and YouTube is captured at various social events (such as music festivals,… M. Zaharieva, M. Fabro, M. Zeppelzauer Details

Conferences

Media Synchronization and Sub-Event Detection in Multi-User Image Collections Personal media capturing devices, such as smartphones or personal image and video cameras, are rarely synchronized. As a result, common tasks, like… M. Zaharieva, M. Riegler Details
Simulation of Robust PCA for Supervised Audio Outlier Detection S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder: "Simulation of Robust PCA for Supervised Audio Outlier Detection"; Talk:… S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
MIS @ Retrieving Diverse Social Images Task 2015 In this paper, we describe our approach for the MediaEval 2015 Retrieving Diverse Social Images Task. The proposed approach exploits available… M. Zaharieva, L. Diem Details
Social Event Mining in Large Photo Collections A significant part of publicly available photos on the Internet depicts a variety of different social events. In order to organize this steadily… M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, M. Fabro, D. Schopfhauser Details
Interpretable Video Representation The immense amount of available video data poses novel requirements for video representation approaches by means of focusing on central and relevant… L. Diem, M. Zaharieva Details
GOALS: Modeling Clinical Guidelines Based on TimeML Concepts Clinical practice guidelines aim at raising the quality of healthcare. They are written in a narrative style and have to be translated into a… R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser Details

Reports

Evaluation of Robust PCA for Supervised Audio Outlier Detection Outliers often reveal crucial information about the underlying data such as the presence of unusual observations that require for in-depth analysis.… S. Brodinova, T. Ortner, P. Filzmoser, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details

2014

Books

Categorization and Machine Learning: The Modeling of Human Understanding in Computers Machine learning is the attempt to imitate human categorization of perceived reality in computers. It is driven by the desire to provide machines… H. Eidenberger Details

Journals

Age-group estimation in free-ranging African elephants based on acoustic cues of low-frequency rumbles A. Stöger, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Baotic: "Age-group estimation in free-ranging African elephants based on acoustic cues of low-frequency rumbles";… A. Stöger, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Baotic Details
Towards an automated acoustic detection system for free-ranging elephants M. Zeppelzauer, S. Hensman, A. Stöger: "Towards an automated acoustic detection system for free-ranging elephants"; Bioacoustics-The International… M. Zeppelzauer, S. Hensman, A. Stöger Details
Software ohne Gewähr Wer glaubt, dass der Markt allein den Preis einer Software bestimmt, der negiert wesentliche Aspekte des Rechtsgeschäfts… H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

Multimodal Synchronization of Image Galleries This paper describes our contribution to the MediaEval 2014 task on the Synchronization of multi-user Event Media (SEM). We propose two multimodal… M. Zaharieva, M. Riegler, M. Fabro Details
Clustering and Retrieval of Social Events in Flickr This paper describes our contributions to the Social Event Detection (SED) task as part of the MediaEval Benchmark 2014. We first present an… M. Zaharieva, P. Schopfhauser, M. Fabro, M. Zeppelzauer Details
A Unified Framework for Retrieving Diverse Social Images In this paper we explore the performance of a generic, unified framework for the retrieval of relevant and diverse images from social photo… M. Zaharieva, P. Schwab Details
Gestalt Interest Points for Image Description in Weight-Invariant Face Recognition In this work, we propose two improvements of the Gestalt Interest Points (GIP) algorithm for the recognition of faces of people that have underwent… M. Hörhan, H. Eidenberger Details
Using TimeML to Support the Modeling of Computerized Clinical Guidelines The modeling of clinical guidelines in order to apply them in computerized medical tools is a challenging and laborious task. In this project we show… R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser Details
Unsupervised selection of robust audio feature subsets Feature selection is applied to identify relevant and complementary features from a given high-dimensional feature set. In general, existing… G. Sageder, M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer Details
Towards the Application of TimeML in Clinical Guidelines The modeling of computer-interpretable clinical guidelines is a laborious task. In this project we propose a two-step approach to explore whether the… R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser Details
Graph-based Similarity of Petroglyphs M. Seidl, E. Wieser, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Pinz, C. Breiteneder: "Graph-based Similarity of Petroglyphs"; in: "VISART "Where Computer Vision Meets… M. Seidl, E. Wieser, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Pinz, C. Breiteneder Details

2013

Books

Stereo Matching - State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges M. Bleyer, C. Breiteneder: "Stereo Matching - State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges"; in: "Advanced Topics in Computer Vision", issued by:… M. Bleyer, C. Breiteneder Details
Identifying Condition-Action Sentences Using a Heuristic-Based Information Extraction Method Translating clinical practice guidelines into a computer-interpretable format is a challenging and laborious task. In this project we focus on… R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser Details
Supporting Computer-interpretable Guidelines´ Modeling by Automatically Classifying Clinical Actions Modeling computer-interpretable clinical practice guidelines is a complex and tedious task that has been of interest for several attempts to automate… A. Minard, K. Kaiser Details

Journals

Automated detection of elephants in wildlife video Biologists often have to investigate large amounts of video in behavioral studies of animals. These videos are usually not sufficiently indexed which… M. Zeppelzauer Details
Qualität nach Maß Vertraglich festgelegte Preise können durch das Gewährleistungsrecht in Frage gestellt werden. In der Auftrags-Softwareentwicklung ist ein… H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

Supporting Computer-Interpretable Guidelines' Modeling by Automatically Classifying Clinical Actions A. Minard, K. Kaiser: "Supporting Computer-Interpretable Guidelines' Modeling by Automatically Classifying Clinical Actions"; Talk: Workshop on… A. Minard, K. Kaiser Details
Identifying Condition-Action Sentences Using a Heuristic-based Information Extraction Method R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser: "Identifying Condition-Action Sentences Using a Heuristic-based Information Extraction Method"; Talk: Workshop on Knowledge… R. Wenzina, K. Kaiser Details
Visualizing Complex Process Hierarchies During the Modeling Process Clinical practice guidelines are documents that include recommendations describing appropriate care for the management of patients with a specific… A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser, T. Gschwandtner, S. Miksch Details
Unsupervised Clustering of Social Events This paper describes our contribution to the social event de- tection (SED) task of the MediaEval Benchmark 2013. We present a robust unsupervised… M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, M. Fabro Details
Acoustic Detection of Elephant Presence in Noisy Environments The automated acoustic detection of elephants is an important factor in alleviating the human-elephant conflict in Asia and Africa. In this paper, we… M. Zeppelzauer, A. Stöger, C. Breiteneder Details
Automated Social Event Detection in Large Photo Collections M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder: "Automated Social Event Detection in Large Photo Collections"; in: "ICMR '13 Proceedings of the 3rd ACM… M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder Details
New Content-Based Features for the Distinction of Violent Videos and Martial Arts Real violence is unwanted content in video portals as it is forensically relevant in video surveillance systems. Naturally, both domains have to deal… M. Hörhan, H. Eidenberger Details

Talks

Supporting methods for modeling computer-interpretable guidelines Today's healthcare is faced with ever new challenges: longer life expectancy, rising costs, rapid development of new medical methods and scientific… K. Kaiser Details

Theses

Kontrollflusstransformation von BPMN zu Asbru BPMN is a well known and understandable, graphical process description language for business processes and is supported by a variety of modelling… T. Tschach Details
Visualizing and interactive modelling of process hierarchies This study deals with the visualization and modeling of protocol-based treatment plans that are composed from hierarchically structured… H. Hirsch Details
Content-based video summarization to Object Maps The amount of digital video content available in the web is constantly increasing. Its handling requires efficient technologies: text search on large… M. Martos Details
Pattern-Based MIDI Composing This master thesis deals with different approaches for algorithmic composing. Such techniques are merged with methods of pattern recognition. The aim… J. Fellner Details
Videosegmentierung durch Analyse audiovisueller Merkmale Due to the increasing amount of digital videos the segmentation and classification of videos is manually no longer feasible. Hence there is a need… C. Fuchs Details
BCI-Based Cursor Control Using EEG Sensorimotor Rhythms Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are human-computer interaction systems in which users communicate with a computer via a direct neural interface.… S. Böhm Details

2012

Books

Advances in Multimedia Modeling K. Schoeffmann, B. Merialdo, A. Hauptmann, C. Ngo, Y. Andreopoulos, C. Breiteneder: "Advances in Multimedia Modeling"; in series "Lecture Notes in… K. Schoeffmann, B. Merialdo, A. Hauptmann, C. Ngo, Y. Andreopoulos, C. Breiteneder Details
Handbook of Multimedia Information Retrieval Multimedia information retrieval: That is the desire to make computers see, hear and understand like humans do. Is it possible to give perception to… H. Eidenberger Details
Frontiers of Media Understanding Media understanding is the science/art of identifying semantic structures in digital media objects such as audio, biosignals, images, text and… H. Eidenberger Details
Professional Media Understanding Media understanding is the science/art of identifying semantic structures in digital media objects such as audio, biosignals, images, text and… H. Eidenberger Details

Journals

Archive Film Material - A novel Challenge for Automated Film Analysis M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder: "Archive Film Material - A novel Challenge for Automated Film Analysis"; The Frames Cinema Journal, 1… M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Visualizing Sound Emission of Elephant Vocalizations: Evidence for Two Rumble Production Types Recent comparative data reveal that formant frequencies are cues to body size in animals, due to a close relationship between formant frequency… A. Stöger, G. Heilmann, M. Zeppelzauer, A. Ganswindt, S. Hensman, B. Charlton Details
A Flexible Object-of-Interest Annotation Framework for Online Video Portals In this work, we address the use of object recognition techniques to annotate what is shown where in online video collections. These annotations are… R. Sorschag Details

Conferences

Automated Petroglyph Image Segmentation with Interactive Classifier Fusion The number of high quality images of rock panels containing petroglyphs grows steadily. Different time-consuming manual methods to determine and… M. Seidl, C. Breiteneder Details
Semi-Local Features for the Classification of Segmented Objects Image features are usually extracted globally from whole images or locally from regions-of-interest. We propose different approaches to extract… R. Sorschag Details
Recurring Element Detection in Movies Recurring elements in movies contribute significantly to the development of narration, themes, or even mood. The detection of such elements is… M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
How to Select and Customize Object Recognition Approaches for an Application? Recently, object recognition has been successfully implemented in a couple of multimedia content annotation and retrieval applications. The employed… R. Sorschag Details
A Generic Approach for Social Event Detection in Large Photo Collections In this paper we explore the performance of a generic methodology for the detection of social events in large photo collections. The proposed… M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details

Theses

Emotionsbasierte Videoverfremdung This master thesis is about obfuscation of persons shown in a video. The obfuscation process is based on an automatic evaluation of emotional speech.… C. Fischl Details
System zum Vergleich von Interest-Point-Detektoren In this work an overview of the most important methods for interest-point-detection is provided. Common concepts are explained in detail.… P. Eisele Details
Intelligent Video Annotation and Retrieval Techniques Videos are an integral part of current information technologies and the web. The demand for efficient retrieval rises with the increasing number of… R. Sorschag Details

2011

Books

Fundamental Media Understanding Media understanding is the science/art of identifying semantic structures in digital media objects such as audio, biosignals, images, text and… H. Eidenberger Details
Identifying Treatment Activities for Modelling Computer-Interpretable Clinical Practice Guidelines K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch: "Identifying Treatment Activities for Modelling Computer-Interpretable Clinical Practice Guidelines"; in:… K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch Details

Journals

Gradual transition detection in historic film material-a systematic study The segmentation of films and videos into shots requires the detection of gradual transitions such as dissolves and fades. There are two types of… M. Seidl, M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Retrieval of motion composition in film M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder: "Retrieval of motion composition in film"; Digital Creativity, 22 (2011), 4; 219 - 234. M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Identification of ancient coins based on fusion of shape and local features R. Huber-Mörk, S. Zambanini, M. Zaharieva, M. Kampel: "Identification of ancient coins based on fusion of shape and local features"; Machine Vision… R. Huber-Mörk, S. Zambanini, M. Zaharieva, M. Kampel Details
Information requisition is the core of guideline-based medical care: which information is needed for whom? Rationale, aims and objectives: It is mandatory for the design of an efficient software product to know the different groups of users of a software… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Film Analysis of Archive Documentaries Film experts, archives and museums state highly demanding requirements for automated film analysis. The experimental style of archive documentaries… M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder Details

Conferences

Cross-Modal Analysis of Audio-Visual Film Montage A stylistic device frequently employed by filmmakers is the synchronous montage (composition) of audio and visual elements. Synchronous montage helps… M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Supporting Knowledge Modelling by Multi-modal Learning: Defining the Requirements A persistent problem faced in modelling medical knowledge is the required combination of skills from the fields of computer science and medicine. The… K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang Details
Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Visualization of Therapy Plans and Patient Data CareCruiser is a system designed to visualize the effects of applying clinical treatment plans and to support the exploration of the effects that the… T. Gschwandtner, W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang Details
Retrieval of Visual Composition in Film The spatial arrangement of visual elements of an image, i.e. the visual composition, is a research subject in the domain of visual arts which include… D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, C. Breiteneder Details
CareCruiser: Exploring and Visualizing Plans, Events, and Effects Interactively In recent years, sophisticated visualization methods have been developed to support both, the logical structure and the time-oriented aspects of… T. Gschwandtner, W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang Details
Deep Web Integrated Systems: Current Achievements and Open Issues The problem of extracting data that resides in the deep Web has become the center of many research efforts in the recent few years. The challenges in… B. El-Gamil, W. Winiwarter, B. Božić, H. Wahl Details
CORI: A Configurable Object Recognition Infrastructure In this work, we present an object recognition infrastructure that can be adapted to the needs of a broad spectrum of tasks without writing a single… R. Sorschag Details
Action scene detection from motion and events Action scenes usually contain higher motion activity than other scenes in feature films while showing events like fights, gun shots and car crashes.… R. Sorschag, M. Hörhan Details

Reports

MHB-F Specification MHB-F stands for Many-Headed Bridge, Free-text version. It is an intermediate representation tailored to the modelling of clinical guidelines or… A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser Details
JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Vienna University of Technology at TRECVID 2011: Semantic Indexing and Instance Search W. Bailer, R. Sorschag, F. Lee, H. Stiegler, G. Schwendt: "JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Vienna University of Technology at TRECVID 2011: Semantic Indexing… W. Bailer, R. Sorschag, F. Lee, H. Stiegler, G. Schwendt Details

Talks

Automated Analysis and Retrieval of Archive Film M. Zeppelzauer: "Automated Analysis and Retrieval of Archive Film"; Talk: 4. Forum Medientechnik, St. Pölten (invited); 11-24-2011 - 11-25-2011. M. Zeppelzauer Details

Theses

Features in visual media analysis Today, film analysis is still a tedious process performed mostly manually by film experts. Existing computer vision approaches aim at improved… M. Zaharieva Details
Syntactic and Semantic Concepts in Audio-Visual Media In recent years tremendous amounts of audio-visual media have become available to the public and increased the demand for efficient access and… D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer Details

2010

Books

Features for Content-Based Audio Retrieval Today, a large number of audio features exists in audio retrieval for ifferent purposes, such as automatic speech recognition, music information… D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder Details

Journals

Archive Film Comparison In this paper, the authors present an approach for video comparison, in which an instantiated framework allows for the easy comparison of different… M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Easing Semantically Enriched Information Retrieval - An Interactive Semi-Automatic Annotation System for Medical Documents Mapping medical concepts from a terminology system to the concepts in the narrative text of a medical document is necessary to provide semantically… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, P. Martini, S. Miksch Details

Conferences

Scene Segmentation in Artistic Archive Documentaries Scene segmentation is a crucial task in the structural analysis of film. State-of-the-art scene segmentation algorithms usually target fiction films… D. Mitrovic, S. Hartlieb, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder Details
A Study Of Gradual Transition Detection in Historic Film Material The detection of gradual transitions focuses on two types of approaches: unified approaches, i.e. one detector for all gradual transition types, and… M. Seidl, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder Details
Identifying Actions Described in Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Semantic Relations K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch: "Identifying Actions Described in Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Semantic Relations"; Talk: 2nd International… K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang, S. Miksch Details
Supporting the Abstraction of Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction Modelling clinical practice guidelines in a computer-interpretable format is a challenging and complex task. The modelling process involves both… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Information Requisition for Computer-Supported Medical Care One indispensable precondition for designing a functional software product for the modeling and execution of a computerized clinical practice… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Camera Take Reconstruction In this paper we focus on a novel issue in the field of video retrieval stemming from film analysis, namely the investigation of film montage… M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder, D. Mitrovic Details
A Novel Trajectory Clustering Approach for Motion Segmentation We propose a novel clustering scheme for spatio-temporal segmentation of sparse motion fields obtained from feature tracking. The approach allows for… M. Zeppelzauer, M. Zaharieva, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details

Reports

JOANNEUM RESEARCH and Vienna University of Technology at TRECVID 2010 We participated in two tasks: semantic indexing (SIN) and instance search (INS). SIN runs We submitted 4 light runs, 2 with RBF kernel, 2 with a… W. Bailer, S. Hölzl, R. Mörzinger, H. Stiegler, F. Lee, R. Sorschag Details
ReMINE Deliverable 4.8 -- Third Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang: "ReMINE Deliverable 4.8 -- Third Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System"; Report… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang Details

2009

Journals

Automatic Analysis - First Results in Shot Boundary Detection The project Digital Formalism: The Vienna Vertov Collection1 is a joint effort of archivists, film- and computer scientists with the goal of gaining… M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Versioning computer-interpretable guidelines: Semi-automatic modeling of `Living Guidelines´ using an information extraction method Objective Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are means to provide evidence-based medical knowledge. In order to make up-to-date "best" scientific… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details

Conferences

Finding the Missing Piece: Content-Based Video Comparison The contribution of this paper consists of a framework for video comparison that allows for the analysis of different movie versions. Furthermore, a… M. Zaharieva, M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
On Feature Selection in Environmental Sound Recognition Given a broad set of content-based audio features, we employ principal component analysis for the composition of an optimal feature set for… D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, H. Eidenberger Details
Modelling Clinical Guidelines and Protocols for the Prevention of Risks Against Patient Safety A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Modelling Clinical Guidelines and Protocols for the Prevention of Risks Against Patient Safety"; Talk: The XXIInd… A. Seyfang, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
First Steps Towards Digital Formalism: The Vienna Vertov Collection “Digital Formalism: The Vienna Vertov Collection” aims at a computer-aided analysis of the films of Soviet avant-garde filmmaker Dziga Vertov (1896 –… V. Kropf, M. Zeppelzauer, S. Hahn, D. Mitrovic Details

Reports

Light theatre http://www.heise.de H. Eidenberger Details
Pipelines: IPTV, MPEG-21, IMS http://www.heise.de H. Eidenberger Details
JeeCam Communication Server http://www.heise.de H. Eidenberger Details
Curious computers http://www.heise.de H. Eidenberger Details
Java Media Framework http://www.heise.de H. Eidenberger Details
ReMINE Internal Deliverable -- Second Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System In recent years sophisticated approaches have been developed in order to permit computerized processing and visualizing of clinical practice… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, A. Seyfang Details
ReMINE Deliverable 4.7 -- First Release of the Adverse Risk Management Support System In recent years sophisticated approaches have been developed in order to permit computerized processing and visualizing of clinical practice… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, A. Seyfang Details

Talks

Wie schaut meine Therapie aus? - Therapieplanung, -ausführung, -monitoring und -evaluierung K. Kaiser: "Wie schaut meine Therapie aus? - Therapieplanung, -ausführung, -monitoring und -evaluierung"; Talk: Veranstaltungsreihe "Was IT alles… K. Kaiser Details

Theses

Information Requisition is the Core of Guideline-Based Medical Care: Which Information is Needed for Whom? One indispensable precondition for designing a functional software product is to gather knowledge about (1) who is going to use the software, (2)… T. Gschwandtner Details
Coreference Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines Focusing on Hypernym/Hyponym Relations M. Romauch: "Coreference Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines Focusing on Hypernym/Hyponym Relations"; Supervisor: K. Kaiser, S. Miksch;… M. Romauch Details

2008

Books

Visualization Methods to Support Guideline-Based Care Management W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Visualization Methods to Support Guideline-Based Care Management"; in: "Computer-based Medical Guidelines and… W. Aigner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Computer-Interpretable Guideline Formalisms P. de Clercq, K. Kaiser, A. Hasman: "Computer-Interpretable Guideline Formalisms"; in: "Computer-based Medical Guidelines and Protocols: A Primer and… P. Clercq, K. Kaiser, A. Hasman Details

Journals

Review von Wiki-Engines H. Eidenberger et al.: "Review von Wiki-Engines"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 12 (2008), 50 - 60. H. Eidenberger Details
Frameworks für Medienverarbeitung H. Eidenberger: "Frameworks für Medienverarbeitung"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 12 (2008), 122 - 125. H. Eidenberger Details
Werkzeuge für Medien-Streaming H. Eidenberger: "Werkzeuge für Medien-Streaming"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 11 (2008), 135. H. Eidenberger Details
Strömungslehre H. Eidenberger: "Strömungslehre"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 11 (2008), 114 - 116. H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

MapFace - A Graphical Editor to Support the Semantic Annotation of Medical Text The mapping of medical texts to concepts of medical terminology systems is a prerequisite for many tasks of automatically processing these documents.… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Easing the Formalization of Clinical Guidelines with a User-tailored, Extensible Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD) P. Martini, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Easing the Formalization of Clinical Guidelines with a User-tailored, Extensible Agile Model Driven Development… P. Martini, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
MapFace - An Editor for MetaMap Transfer (MMTx) K. Kaiser, T. Gschwandtner, P. Martini: "MapFace - An Editor for MetaMap Transfer (MMTx)"; Talk: Twenty-First IEEE International Symposium on… K. Kaiser, T. Gschwandtner, P. Martini Details
Syntactical Negation Detection in Clinical Practice Guidelines In clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) the medical information is stored in a narrative way. A large part of this information occurs in a negated… S. Gindl, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Analysis of Historical Artistic Documentaries The paper introduces a novel interdisciplinary project addressing the analysis of historical artistic films. The type of employed material has not… M. Zeppelzauer, D. Mitrovic, C. Breiteneder Details
Evaluation of content-based Features for User-Centred Image Retrieval in Small Media Collections H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva: "Evaluation of content-based Features for User-Centred Image Retrieval in Small Media Collections"; Talk: SPIE IS&T… H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva Details

Reports

Wiki-Engines im Review http://www.heise.de D. Carl, H. Eidenberger, M. Ludewig, S. Mintert, C. Schulz, B. Spanneberg, G. Völkl, R. Heyden Details
Multimedia-Bibliotheken http://www.heise.de H. Eidenberger Details

Talks

MapFace - An Aid for Medical Experts to Easily Annotate Documents with MetaMap Transfer Mapping medical concepts from a terminology system, to the concepts in the narrative text of a medical document is necessary to provide semantically… T. Gschwandtner, K. Kaiser, P. Martini, S. Miksch Details

Theses

Negation Detection in Medical Documents Using Syntactical Methods Medical information is often stored in a narrative way, which makes the automated processing a difficult and time-consuming task. Persons responsible… S. Gindl Details
MapFace - A Graphical Editor for MetaMap Transfer (MMTx) It is a complex but very important task to formalize a clinical practice guideline and model it into a representation that can be executed and… T. Gschwandtner Details

2007

Books

Semantics in Content-based Multimedia Retrieval H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva: "Semantics in Content-based Multimedia Retrieval"; in: "Multimedia Semantics - The Role of Metadata", Springer, 2007,… H. Eidenberger, M. Zaharieva Details
Modeling Treatment Processes Using Information Extraction Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are important means to improve the quality of care by supporting medical staff. Modeling CPGs in a… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details

Journals

Biological Model for Information Retrieval Heuristic methods based on biological aspects have been successfully used in many computer science areas of research, including information retrieval… M. Girgis, A. Aly, B. Latef, B. El-Gamil Details
Im Medienzeitäther - Aktuelle Trends in der Multimedia-Forschung H. Eidenberger: "Im Medienzeitäther - Aktuelle Trends in der Multimedia-Forschung"; iX - Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 11 (2007),… H. Eidenberger Details
Evaluation of content-based image descriptors by statistical methods Evaluation of visual information retrieval systems is usually performed by executing test queries and computing recall- and precision-like measures… H. Eidenberger Details
Free and Open Source Enabling Technologies for Patient-Centric, Guideline-Based Clinical Decision Support: A Survey Objectives: Guideline-based clinical decision support is an emerging paradigm to help reduce error, lower cost, and improve quality in evidence-based… T. Leong, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Handy sapiens H. Eidenberger: "Handy sapiens"; iX, 2 (2007), 95 - 99. H. Eidenberger Details
How can Information Extraction ease formalizing treatment processes in clinical practice guidelines? A method and its evaluation Objective. Formalizing clinical practice guidelines for a subsequent computer-supported processing is a challenging, but burdensome and… K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch Details

Conferences

A Meta Schema for Evidence Information in Clinical Practice Guidelines as a Basis for Decision-Making Clinical practice guidelines are an important instrument to aid physicians during medical diagnosis and treatment. Currently, different guideline… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, P. Martini, A. Öztürk Details
Formalizing 'Living Guidelines' using LASSIE: A Multi-step Information Extraction Method Living guidelines are documents presenting up-to-date and state-of- the-art knowledge to practitioners. To have guidelines implemented by… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Embedding the Evidence Information in Guideline Representation Languages Clinical practice guidelines are widely used to support medical staff in treatment planning and decision-making, whereas, the classification of… A. Öztürk, K. Kaiser, P. Martini, S. Miksch Details
Towards Integrated Authoring, Annotation, Retrieval, Adaptation, Personalization and Delivery of Multimedia Content We describe the CoCoMA task of the DELOS II European Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries. CoCoMA aims at the unification of the most important… H. Eidenberger, S. Boll, S. Christodoulakis, D. Divotkey, K. Leopold, A. Martin, A. Perego, A. Scherp, C. Tsinaraki Details

Reports

Medical Terminology Systems Medical terminologies provide a powerful instrument to both abstract medical information or to enrich it in order to make it better understandable.… K. Kaiser Details

Theses

UMLS for Information Extraction M. Kohler: "UMLS for Information Extraction"; Supervisor: K. Kaiser, S. Miksch; Institut für Softwaretechnik und Interaktive Systeme, 2007. M. Kohler Details

2006

Books

Enrichment of clinical practice guidelines by semantics K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Enrichment of clinical practice guidelines by semantics"; in: "Semantic Technologies Showcase. The Austrian Situation", A.… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details

Journals

Quaero (me) ante portas H. Eidenberger: "Quaero (me) ante portas"; iX, 11 (2006), 118 - 122. H. Eidenberger Details
The 7th European Research Framework H. Eidenberger: "The 7th European Research Framework"; iX, 9 (2006), 114 - 117. H. Eidenberger Details
Evaluation and Analysis of Similarity Measures for Content-based Visual Information Retrieval The selection of appropriate proximity measures is one of the crucial success factors of content-based visual information retrieval. In this area of… H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

Supporting the Implementation of Living Guidelines by Information Extraction K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Supporting the Implementation of Living Guidelines by Information Extraction"; Poster: G-I-N Regional Symposium, Budapest, HU;… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Kalman Filtering for Pose-invariant Face Recognition We propose a novel algorithm for the identification of faces from image samples. The algorithm uses the Kalman filter to identify significant facial… H. Eidenberger Details
Kalman Filtering for Robust Identification of Face Images with Varying Expressions and Lighting Conditions We propose a novel algorithm for the identification of faces from image samples. The algorithm uses the Kalman filter to identify significant face… H. Eidenberger Details
Analysis of the Data Quality of Audio Descriptions of Environmental Sounds In this paper we perform statistical data analysis of a broad set of state-of-the-art audio features and low-level MPEG-7 audio descriptors. The… D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, H. Eidenberger Details
Kalman Filtering for Illumination-invariant Face Recognition We propose a novel algorithm for the identification of faces from image samples. The algorithm uses the Kalman filter to identify significant facial… H. Eidenberger Details
Discrimination and Retrieval of Animal Sounds D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder: "Discrimination and Retrieval of Animal Sounds"; Poster: IEEE Multimedia Modelling Conference, Beijing;… D. Mitrovic, M. Zeppelzauer, C. Breiteneder Details
Genetic Algorithms for Graph Layouts with Geometric Constraints In this paper we introduce an application of real-coded genetic algorithms to the problem of consistent graph layouts and explore the potential… D. Vrajitoru, B. El-Gamil Details

2005

Books

Perl. Einführung in die Programmierung und Problemlösen H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr: "Perl. Einführung in die Programmierung und Problemlösen"; dpunkt.verlag, 2005, ISBN: 3-89864-320-4; 272 pages. H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr Details

Journals

AIME 2005 - 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine K. Kaiser: "AIME 2005 - 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine"; ÖGAI Journal, 24 (2005), 3; 2 - 6. K. Kaiser Details
Web automatization with Mechanize H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr: "Web automatization with Mechanize"; iX, 7 (2005), 142 - 145. H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr Details
Artificial Intelligence and Query Execution Methods in the VizIR Framework The article introduces the architecture of the querying components of the visual information retrieval framework VizIR. A major design goal was to… D. Divotkey, H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey Details
Visual Information Retrieval Grundlagen des Visual Information Retrieval H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

pdf2table: A Method to Extract Table Information from PDF Files Tables are a common structuring element in many documents, such as PDF files. To reuse such tables, appropriate methods need to be develop, which… B. Yildiz, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Content-based Querying Embedded in Multimedia Presentations This paper presents a solution for integrating content-based multimedia retrieval with semantics-based content selection techniques, content… D. Divotkey, H. Eidenberger Details
Semi-automatic transformation of structured guideline components into formal process representations K. Kaiser: "Semi-automatic transformation of structured guideline components into formal process representations"; Talk: 1st Doctoral Consortium at… K. Kaiser Details
Gaining Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch: "Gaining Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction"; Talk: 10th Conference… K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch Details
Gigabit Ethernet-based Parallel Video Processing This paper describes solutions for parallel video processing based on LAN-connected PC-like workstations. We outline application scenarios for the… H. Eidenberger Details

Reports

Programmieren in Perl Einführung in die Welt der Computer-Programmierung und die Programmiersprache Perl H. Eidenberger, E. Michlmayr Details
Tutorial for the Document Exploration and Linking Tool This report represents a tutorial for the Document Exploration and Linking Tool (DELT/A), which has been developed at our group. The tutorial covers… P. Votruba, K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Gaining Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Information Extraction Formalizing Clinical Practice Guidelines for a subsequent computer-supported processing is a cumbersome, challenging, and time-consuming task. But… K. Kaiser, C. Akkaya, S. Miksch Details
Modeling Computer-Supported Clinical Guidelines and Protocols. A Survey. Clinical Practice Guidelines are an important means for improving quality in care. They describe systematic developed statements to promulgate the… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
Information Extraction. A Survey. Information Extraction is a technique used to detect relevant information in larger documents and present it in a structured format. Information… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details

Talks

CoCoMA: Content and Context Aware Multimedia Content Retrieval, Delivery and C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger: "CoCoMA: Content and Context Aware Multimedia Content Retrieval, Delivery and"; Poster: ECDL 2005, Vienna; 09-04-2005. C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger Details

Theses

Discrimination and Retrieval of Environmental Sounds The human auditory sense may be regarded as the second most important sense after the sense of sight. This valuation is reflected in the field of… D. Mitrovic Details
Discrimination and Retrieval of Animal Sounds (Diploma Thesis) Until recently few research has been performed in the area of animal sound retrieval. The authors identify state-of-the-art techniques in general… M. Zeppelzauer Details
LASSIE - Modeling Treatment Processes Using Information Extraction Modeling clinical guidelines and protocols in a computer-interpretable format is a challenging, but burdensome and time-consuming task. Existing… K. Kaiser Details
A Java-Based Media Server The distribution of multimedia content has become a prospective sector of the Internet business. Multimedia content is transmitted by media streaming… H. Psaier Details
Extracting Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines C. Akkaya: "Extracting Process Information from Clinical Practice Guidelines"; Supervisor: S. Miksch, K. Kaiser; Institut für Softwaretechnik und… C. Akkaya Details

2004

Books

Computer-based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, S. Tu (ed.): "Computer-based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols"; IOS Press, 2004, ISBN: 158603412x; 183 pages. K. Kaiser, S. Miksch, S. Tu Details

Journals

ECAI 2004 - 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence K. Kaiser: "ECAI 2004 - 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence"; ÖGAI Journal, 23 (2004), 3; 8 - 11. K. Kaiser Details
A Video Browsing Application based on visual MPEG-7 Descriptors and Self-Organising Maps The paper introduces a novel approach for interactive video browsing that makes video content fully transparent to the user. Video clips are analysed… H. Eidenberger Details
Statistical analysis of MPEG-7 image descriptions The study presented in this paper analyses the visual MPEG-7 descriptors from a statistical point of view. A statistical analysis is able to reveal… H. Eidenberger Details
OpenML - Media from the belt This article describes OpenML - a C-based middleware for video and audio processing. H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

What are the potentials of the metadata standard MPEG-7? H. Eidenberger: "What are the potentials of the metadata standard MPEG-7?"; Talk: SNML 2004 Workshop, Salzburg; 12-04-2004; in: "Proceedings SNML… H. Eidenberger Details
Parallel Visual Information Retrieval in VizIR This paper describes how parallel retrieval is implemented in the content-based visual information retrieval framework VizIR. Generally, two major… H. Eidenberger Details
Visual Data Mining This paper introduces a novel paradigm for integrated retrieval and browsing in content-based visual information retrieval systems. The proposed… H. Eidenberger Details
Modelling of Visual Feature Derivation in the VizIR Framework If visual information retrieval should make further progress, it will be necessary to identify new ways to derive visual properties from higher… H. Eidenberger Details
A Data Management Layer for Visual Information Retrieval This case study describes the data management layer of the VizIR visual information retrieval project. VizIR is an open source framework of software… H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey Details
Temporal Plan Interdependencies Asbru is a complex formal language developed to represent clinical guidelines and protocols, which are time- and process-oriented. To facilitate and… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations";… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details
TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "TimeWrap - A Method for Automatic Transformation of Structured Guideline Components into Formal Process-Representations"; in:… K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details

Reports

Treating Temporal Information in Plan and Process Modeling K. Kaiser, S. Miksch: "Treating Temporal Information in Plan and Process Modeling"; 2004. K. Kaiser, S. Miksch Details

Talks

A new method for visual descriptor evaluation H. Eidenberger: "A new method for visual descriptor evaluation"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 01-26-2004. H. Eidenberger Details
A new perspective on visual information retrieval H. Eidenberger: "A new perspective on visual information retrieval"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 01-26-2004. H. Eidenberger Details
SMIL and SVG in teaching H. Eidenberger: "SMIL and SVG in teaching"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 01-25-2004. H. Eidenberger Details

Theses

Information Extraction - Utilizing Table Patterns B. Yildiz: "Information Extraction - Utilizing Table Patterns"; Supervisor: S. Miksch, K. Kaiser; Institut für Softwaretechnik und Interaktive… B. Yildiz Details

2003

Books

A new perspective on visual information retrieval Visual information retrieval (VIR) is a research area with more than 300 scientific publications every year. Technological progress lets surveys… H. Eidenberger Details
A new method for visual descriptor evaluation Evaluation in visual information retrieval is usually performed by executing test queries and calculating recall and precision based on predefined… H. Eidenberger Details
SMIL and SVG in Teaching This paper describes how the web standards Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are used in… H. Eidenberger Details
Distance measures for MPEG-7-based retrieval In visual information retrieval the careful choice of suitable proximity measures is a crucial success factor. The evaluation presented in this paper… H. Eidenberger Details
Medienverarbeitung in Java H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey: "Medienverarbeitung in Java"; dpunkt.verlag, Heidelberg, 2003, ISBN: 3-89864-184-8; 272 pages. H. Eidenberger, R. Divotkey Details
Media handling for visual information retrieval in VizIR This paper describes how the handling of visual media objects is implemented in the visual information retrieval project VizIR. Essentially, four… H. Eidenberger Details
How good are the visual MPEG-7 features? The study presented in this paper analyses descriptions extracted with MPEG-7-descriptors from visual content from the statistical point of view.… H. Eidenberger Details
Visual Similarity Measurement with the Feature Contrast Model The focus of this paper is on similarity modeling. In the first part we revisit underlying concepts of similarity modeling and sketch the currently… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details

Journals

VizIR - A Framework for Visual Information Retrieval In this paper the visual information retrieval project VizIR is presented. The goal of the project is the implementation of an open visual… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details
Multimedia 200x - Trends and perspectives H. Eidenberger, S. Boll: "Multimedia 200x - Trends and perspectives"; iX, 09 (2003), 85 - 90. H. Eidenberger, S. Boll Details
The MPEG-7 standard for multimedia content description An introduction to the MPEG-7 standard for the description of audiovisual content. H. Eidenberger Details
SUNs free Java framework for media data Introduction to the Java Media Framewor (JMF). JMF is an os-independent extension to the Java SDK that allows processing (capturing, kompression,… H. Eidenberger Details

Conferences

Knowledge-based Methods for Facilitating the Creation of Asbru Protocols K. Kaiser: "Knowledge-based Methods for Facilitating the Creation of Asbru Protocols"; Talk: 10th Doctoral Consortium on Advanced Information Systems… K. Kaiser Details

Talks

Media handling for visual information retrieval in VizIR H. Eidenberger: "Media handling for visual information retrieval in VizIR"; Talk: SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference, Lugano,… H. Eidenberger Details
How good are the visual MPEG-7 features? H. Eidenberger: "How good are the visual MPEG-7 features?"; Talk: SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference, Lugano, Switzerland;… H. Eidenberger Details
Visual Similarity Measurement with the Feature Contrast Model H. Eidenberger: "Visual Similarity Measurement with the Feature Contrast Model"; Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, Santa Clara, USA;… H. Eidenberger Details

2002

Books

A Framework for User Interface Design in Visual Information Retrieval This paper describes the user interface framework of the VizIR project. VizIR is an open project to develop a Java-based, extendible and… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details
An Experimental Study on the Performance of Visual Information Retrieval Similarity Models This paper is an experimental study on the performance of the two major methods for macro-level similarity measurement: linear weighted merging and… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details
Semantic Feature Layers in Content-based Image Retrieval: Implementation of Human World Features The major problem of most CBIR approaches is bad quality in terms of recall and precision. As a major reason for this, the semantic gap between… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details
VizlerControl: A Module-based Environment for Device Control based on Image Analysis The VizlerControl project aims at the development of a standardized, module-based environment for hardware device control. The term Vizler stands for… H. Eidenberger Details
JEmblazoner: Construction of Coats of Arms Images from Textual Descriptions This paper describes the free software component JEmblazoner. JEmblazoner is a Java-based user interface for Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR) in… C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger, M. Wasinger Details
Macro-level Similarity Measurement in VizIR This paper analyzes the similarity measurement in Content-based Image and Video Retrieval systems (CBIR). The goal is to identify preliminaries for… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details
A Framework for Visual Information Retrieval In this paper a visual information retrieval project (VizIR) is presented. The goal of the project is the implementation of an open Content-based… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details

Journals

SMIL 2.0: Markup Language for Multimedia Presentations The article describes version 2.0 of the XML-based multimedia authoring language SMIL (stands for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language). It… H. Eidenberger, S. Boll Details

2000

Reports

Content-based Image Retrieval in Digital Libraries Today's systems for Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) suffer from several drawbacks: First, user interfaces are much too complicated for average… C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger Details
Query model based Content-based Image Retrieval This abstract describes my doctoral thesis in the field of multimedia / content-based image retrieval (CBIR). CBIR aims at searching image libraries… H. Eidenberger Details
Performance-optimized feature ordering for Content-based Image Retrieval We present a method to improve the performance of content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systems. The idea is based on the concept of query models [1],… H. Eidenberger, C. Breiteneder Details
Automatic Query Generation for Content-based Image Retrieval We describe a subsystem of a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) environment that supports a user in the definition of image similarity. Out of a… C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger Details

Theses

Suchmodell-basiertes Content-based Image Retrieval Die explosive Entwicklung des Internets in den letzten Jahren ermöglichte es, relativ kostengünstig Datenbestände von Museen, Archiven, etc.… H. Eidenberger Details

1999

Reports

Merging Image Features by Self-organizing Maps in Content-based Image Retrieval This paper shows how merging by linear combination of weighted distance values can be performed. A weighting algorithm is presented for the automatic… C. Breiteneder, D. Merkl, H. Eidenberger Details
A Retrieval System for Coats of Arms The paper describes a project aiming at content-based retrieval of coats of arms to facilitate information finding. The retrieval system should be… C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger Details
Content-based Image Retrieval of Coats of Arms The paper describes a content-based image retrieval system for coats of arms. The characteristics of arms are analyzed and specific features for… C. Breiteneder, H. Eidenberger Details