Semantic Multimedia

PD Dr. Steffen Staab is a senior lecturer in applied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe. He has earned a M.S.E. from University of Pennsylvania, a Dr. rer. nat. from University of Freiburg and his habilitation from University of Karlsruhe. He has done research in the fields of computational linguistics, text mining, ontology engineering, knowledge management, and peer-to-peer.

Content vs. Context for Multimedia Semantics: The Case of SenseCam Image Structuring.- A Scalable Framework for Multimedia Knowledge Management.- In Search for Your Own Virtual Individual.- Enabling Multimedia Metadata Interoperability by Defining Formal Semantics of MPEG-7 Profiles.- Trend Detection in Folksonomies.- Personal Semantic Indexation of Images Using Textual Annotations.- Human Activity Language: Grounding Concepts with a Linguistic Framework.- An Engine for Content-Aware On-Line Video Adaptation.- Image Clustering Using Multimodal Keywords.- A Probability-Based Unified 3D Shape Search.- A Bayesian Network Approach to Multi-feature Based Image Retrieval.- Extraction of Motion Activity from Scalable-Coded Video Sequences.- Image Classification Using an Ant Colony Optimization Approach.- Use of Image Regions in Context-Adaptive Image Classification.- BPT Enhancement Based on Syntactic and Semantic Criteria.- Semantic Image Analysis Using a Learning Approach and Spatial Context.- A Context-Based Region Labeling Approach for Semantic Image Segmentation.- Automated Speech and Audio Analysis for Semantic Access to Multimedia.