** CALL FOR PAPERS **

The 14th International Workshop on Image and Audio Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services
(WIAMIS) 2013 - Technically co-sponsored by IEEE SPS
3rd-5th July 2013
http://wiamis2013.telecom-paristech.fr

DEADLINES
PAPER SUBMISSION: 8th March 2013
EU PROJECT DEMO PROPOSALS: 8th March 2013

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The 14th International Workshop on Image and Audio Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services
(WIAMIS 2013) will be held in Paris, France, 3rd-5th July 2013. WIAMIS 2013 is a peer reviewed
technical scientific workshop, aiming at bringing together researchers and developers from academia
and industry working in the areas of image, video and audio applications, with a special focus on
analysis.

WIAMIS 2013 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE SPS and sponsored by Quaero and EMC².

*** Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
– Multimedia content analysis and understanding;
– Content-based browsing, indexing and retrieval of images, video and audio;
– Advanced descriptors and similarity metrics for multimedia;
– Audio and music analysis, and machine listening;
– Audio-driven multimedia content analysis;
– 2D/3D feature extraction;
– Motion analysis and tracking;
– Multi-modal analysis for event recognition;
– Human activity/action/gesture recognition;
– Video/audio-based human behavior analysis;
– Emotion-based content classification and organization;
– Segmentation and reconstruction of objects in 2D/3D image sequences;
– 3D data processing and visualization;
– Content summarization and personalization strategies;
– Semantic web and social networks;
– Advanced interfaces for content analysis and relevance feedback;
– Content-based copy detection;
– Analysis and tools for content adaptation;
– Analysis for coding efficiency and increased error resilience;
– Multimedia analysis hardware and middleware;
– End-to-end quality of service support;
– Multimedia analysis for new and emerging applications;
– Advanced multimedia applications.

Prospecting authors are invited to submit full papers by March 8th through the workshop website.

As in previous years, WIAMIS 2013 will also feature a select number of special sessions to
supplement the regular workshop program. The list of accepted special sessions can be seen on the
workshop website.

Moreover, WIAMIS 2013 will organise a special technical demo session for European Union projects.
For more information, please visit
http://wiamis2013.telecom-paristech.fr/call-for-contributions/call-for-eu-project-demos/.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Paris at WIAMIS 2013 which will include a visit of the
Musée d'Orsay and a banquet in the restaurant of the museum on 4th July 2013.

Sincerely,
The conference organisation

*** Organizing Committee ***
General Chairs
Gael Richard
Telecom ParisTech, France
Slim Essid
Telecom ParisTech, France
Program Chairs
George Tzanetakis
University of Victoria, Canada
Noel O'Connor
Dublin City University, Ireland
Special Session Chair
Fernando Pereira
Instituto Superior Tecnico - Insti-tuto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal
Local Organization Chairs
Angelique Dremeau
Telecom ParisTech, France
Mounira Maazaoui
Telecom ParisTech, France
African Liaison
Meriem Jaidane
Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Tunis, Tunisia
Asian Liaison
Homer H. Chen
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
European Liaison
Petros Daras
Informatics and Telematics Ins-titute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
North American Liaison
Gerald Friedland
International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, USA
South American Liaison
Roberto M. Cesar
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Industry Liaison
Pieter Van der Linden
Technicolor