Special Issue of ?Proceedings of the IEEE? Highlights Multimedia
Information Retrieval
The April 2008 issue of Proceedings of the IEEE (v.96, no.4) covers the
main aspects of multimedia information retrieval research and upcoming
challenges in the field. Multimedia information retrieval refers to a set
of theories, algorithms and systems that aim at extracting pertinent
descriptors or metadata related to multimedia content and allowing search,
retrieval and other user functions. In recent years, the tremendous
interest of users in multimedia information retrieval has driven a
significant amount of research in the field. Primarily, research
objectives in information retrieval have been to develop technology
breakthroughs that enable fast, natural, intuitive and personalized access
to a vast number of multimedia data collections.
This special issue of Proceedings of the IEEE, entitled ?Advances in
Multimedia Information Retrieval,? begins by outlining specific approaches
for multimedia retrieval and looking at the progress to date in the field.
Papers have been carefully selected to cover the main aspects of the
multimedia information retrieval research, highlight successes, critically
analyze the achievements made so far and assess the applicability of
information retrieval results in real-life scenarios. The issue provides
insights into the current possibilities for building automated and
semi-automated methods as well as algorithms for segmenting, abstracting,
indexing, representing, browsing and retrieving multimedia content in
various contexts. Additionally, future challenges that are likely to drive
the research in the multimedia information retrieval field for years to
come are also discussed. To learn more, please visit the Proceedings of
the IEEE web site.
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