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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Due to many requests, the paper submission deadline
is extended to 30. September, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Video Analysis, Abstraction, and Retrieval: Techniques and
Applications<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Special issue of the International Journal of Digital
Multimedia Broadcasting (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdmb/si/varta.html)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hindawi Publishing Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:24.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:17.25pt;background:white'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Call for
Papers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:13.5pt;background:white'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The proliferation of TV broadcast
channels and programs has led to an explosion of digital video content, which
results in large personal and public video databases. However, the rapidly
increasing availability of video data has not yet been accompanied by an
increase in its accessibility. This is due to the situation that video data are
naturally different to traditional forms of data, which can be easily accessed
and searched based on text. Therefore, how to efficiently organize broadcast
video, such as TV news and sports, into more compact forms and extract
semantically meaningful information becomes more and more important. In the
past ten years, the majority of research has gradually converged to three
fundamental areas, namely, video analysis, video abstraction, and video
retrieval. Video analysis is utilized to extract both general and
domain-specific visual features, such as color, texture, shape, human faces,
and human motion. Video abstraction is to generate a representation of visual
information, which is similar to the extraction of keywords or summaries in
text document processing. Basically, video abstraction is associated with
key-frame detection, shot clustering, and the extraction of domain knowledge of
the targeted video source. The content attributes found in video analysis and
abstraction processes are often referred to as metadata. In many information
systems, we need fast schemes and tools to use content metadata to query,
search, and browse large video databases. Although a lot of efforts have been
devoted into this area, both computational cost and accuracy of the existing
systems are still far from satisfactory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:13.5pt;background:white'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This special issue aims at capturing
the latest advances of the research community working in video analysis,
abstraction, and retrieval for broadcasting applications. The objectives of
this special issue are twofold: (1) publishing novel fundamental techniques,
and (2) showcasing robust systems to treat popular broadcast videos, such as TV
news and sports video. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Feature extraction and description
from broadcast video <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Object detection, tracking, and
recognition in broadcast video <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Shot boundary detection and scene
segmentation <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Key frame extraction and video
summarization <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Efficient methods for video indexing
and concepts modeling <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Semantic content understanding and
recognition <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Video browsing/visualization tools
for the broadcast video <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Semantic annotations of video
content <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Metadata Standards for Video
Analysis, Abstraction and Retrieval <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:
13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Multimodal data generation and
fusion <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=11 height=11 src=PicExportError alt="*"><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>User interface for media browsing
and search <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
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size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>General framework for video
retrieval <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Evaluation techniques and
methodologies for video abstraction and retrieval <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Robust systems: TV news, sports, and
so forth.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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  face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Manuscript Due&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First Round of Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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  December 1, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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none'><span title="mailto:jg.han@tue.nl"><span title="mailto:jg.han@tue.nl"><span
title="mailto:jg.han@tue.nl">Jungong Han</span></span></span></font></span></a></span></span>,
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Eindhoven</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of Technology, 5600 MB <st1:City w:st="on">Eindhoven</st1:City>, The <st1:place
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title="mailto:l.shao@philips.com">Ling Shao</span></span></span></font></span></a></span></span>,
Philips Research Laboratories, 5656 AA <st1:City w:st="on">Eindhoven</st1:City>,
The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place>
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title="mailto:p.h.n.de.with@tue.nl">Peter H. N. de With</span></span></span></font></span></a></span></span>,
CycloMedia/Eindhoven University of Technology, 4180 BB Waardenburg, The
Netherlands <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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title="mailto:lguan@ee.ryerson.ca"><span title="mailto:lguan@ee.ryerson.ca"><span
title="mailto:lguan@ee.ryerson.ca">Ling Guan</span></span></span></font></span></a></span></span>,
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ryerson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State>,
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