Overview
- Editors:
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Robert Laurini
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Claude Bernard University of Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Table of contents (47 papers)
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Posters
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- Ivan S. Radev, George Paschos, Niki Pissinou, Kia Makki
Pages 457-466
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- Remco C. Veltkamp, Michiel Hagedoorn
Pages 467-476
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- Zhiyong Wang, Zheru Chi, Dagan Feng, Qing Wang
Pages 477-487
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- Kent K. T. Cheung, Ringo W. K. Lam, Horace H. S. Ip, Lilian H. Y. Tang, Rudolf Hanka
Pages 488-499
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- D. P. Huijsmans, N. Sebe, M. S. Lew
Pages 500-510
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- Zhong Jin, Irwin King, Xuequn Li
Pages 521-529
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- Irwin King, Zhong Jin, David Yuk-Ming Chan
Pages 530-539
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Back Matter
Pages 541-542
About this book
Presently, in our world, visual information dominates. The turn of the millenium marks the age of visual information systems. Enabled by picture sensors of all kinds turning digital, visual information will not only enhance the value of existing information, it will also open up a new horizon of previously untapped information sources. There is a huge demand for visual information access from the consumer. As well, the handling of visual information is boosted by the rapid increase of hardware and Internet capabilities. Advanced technology for visual information systems is more urgently needed than ever before: not only new computational methods to retrieve, index, compress and uncover pictorial information, but also new metaphors to organize user interfaces. Also, new ideas and algorithms are needed which allow access to very large databases of digital pictures and videos. Finally we should not forget new systems with visual interfaces integrating the above components into new types of image, video or multimedia databases and hyperdocuments. All of these technologies will enable the construction of systems that are radically different from conventional information systems. Many novel issues will need to be addressed: query formulation for pictorial information, consistency management thereof, indexing and assessing the quality of these systems. Historically, the expression Visual Information Systems can be understood either as a system for image information or as visual system for any kind information.
Editors and Affiliations
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Claude Bernard University of Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Robert Laurini