IS&T/
SPIE Symposium
on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology (EI2001)IS&T/
SPIE Symposium
on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology (EI2001)This conference is currently being planned. We are interested in learning about the most recent progress in your research and would like to get a paper from you. The Conference Chairs are:
Internet imaging differs from other forms of electronic/digital imaging in that it employs an internet (network of networks) as a transmission vehicle. However, the internet is only one component (albeit a major one) in the total imaging system. The total system comprises client applications internetworked with server applications, as well as off-line authoring tools.
The Internet is an evolving communication system. Its functionality, reliability, scaling properties, and performance limits are largely unknown. The transmission of images over the Internet pushes on its engineering envelope more than most applications. Consequently, the issues we are interested in exploring pertain to all aspects of the total system; not just images or imaging algorithms.
Internet imaging includes such applications as:
but is exclusive of applications like:
All potential authors should address each of the imaging system components in terms of the various tradeoffs that inevitably must be made to optimize functionality, performance, and reliability at their particular choice of system scale. They should also provide some assessment of how their choices might change if the system scale was increased, e.g., from prototype to production scale.
As discussed at the planning meeting on 25 January 2000, each topic is driven by a group of members from the Program Committee. This group will select the papers from the contributed papers, solicit specific papers, invite speakers, and plan sessions or other activities. The above position statement is the criterion that harmonizes the sessions and supplies the common thread for the conference.
The main new activity is an Internet image retrieval contest called Benchathlon. A database will be prepared in the summer of 2000 and the contest will be held live during EI 2001.
The Internet connection was not used much during the 2000 conference. Set-up time is one major show stopper, with performance issues on the servers side also a problem. We propose to schedule a demo session at the end of each conference day.
| Directors | Distribution | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Shih Fu Chang Theo Gevers |
mail all | Panel discussion on image retrieval |
| Theo Gevers Lucy Cherkasova Neil J. Gunther Corinne Jörgensen Ullas Gargi Alberto Del Bimbo Yining Deng Yin Xu |
mail all |
Benchathlon image retrieval contest (sources for benchmark images and systems) subscribe | unsubscribe address | old list | archive initial proposal (pdf) abstract for contribution Benchathlon Web server |
| Theo Gevers Corinne Jörgensen Alberto Del Bimbo |
mail all | Classification, browsing, seaching and indexing |
| Shih Fu Chang Robert R. Buckley |
mail all | Image encoding algorithms |
| Lloyd McIntyre Lucy Cherkasova Robert R. Buckley |
mail all | Architecture, protocols, and standards |
| Jennifer Gille Ingeborg Tastl Alain Tremeau |
mail all | Color science for the Internet |
| Roger-David Hersch Yu Jin Zhang |
mail all | Visualization on the Internet, telemedicine, remote surveillance |
| Sabine Süsstrunk Robert R. Buckley Marco Padula Lucy Cherkasova |
mail all | E-commerce, e-services |
| Robert A. Ulichney Simon S.Y. Shim |
mail all | Internet video -- video and multimedia communication, multimedia integration, Internet/TV integration (Interactive TV), interactive graphics |
| Yasuyo G. Ichihara Maureen Stone |
mail all | Web design, interactive user interfaces, visual languages, ergonometry |
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Previous position statement
Internet imaging is different from other electronic imaging fields in that it studies systems instead of the components of systems. Systems are designed top down and the integration of the components is more important than the components themselves. For example, when designing a system it is more important to balance the components instead of optimizing each one independently.
Systems are multi-dimensional, with dimensions such as architecture, performance, and reliability. However, there are less degrees of freedom than variables; this requires designers to use their intuition to make the most appropriate trade-offs.
An important property of systems relating to the Internet is scaleability. When imaging is considered in the context of the Internet, the images are not data; rather, Internet imaging refers to the communication of visual information. Images can be stills, animations, or video. Data becomes information when it is structured, i.e., when associated metadata captures is semantics.