Conference Chairs: Giordano B. Beretta, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Raimondo Schettini, Istituto Tecnologie Informatiche Multimediali (Italy)
Program Committee: Robert R. Buckley, Xerox Corp.; Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia Univ.; Alberto Del Bimbo, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze (Italy); Theo Gevers, Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands); Jennifer Gille, Raytheon ITSS; Neil J. Gunther, Performance Dynamics Consulting; Roger-David Hersch, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Yasuyo G. Ichihara, Hosen Gakuen College (Japan); Horace H. Ip, City Univ. of Hong Kong; Corinne Jörgensen, Univ. at Buffalo; Clement H. Leung, Victoria Univ. of Technology (Australia); Stephane Marchand-Maillet, Univ. de Geneve (Switzerland); Lloyd McIntyre, Xerox Corp.; Henning Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller, Univ. de Geneve (Switzerland); Simone Santini, PRAJA, Inc.; Simon Shim, San Jose State Univ.; Maureen C. Stone, StoneSoup Consulting; Sabine E. Suesstrunk, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Alain Tremeau, Univ. Jean Monnet (France); Robert A. Ulichney, Compaq Computer Corp.; YuJin Zhang, Tsinghua Univ. (China)
Chairs: Robert R. Buckley, Xerox Corp.; Roger-David Hersch, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
8:30 am: Natural image database and illuminant classification research (Invited Paper), S. Tominaga, Osaka Electro-Communication Univ. (Japan) [4672-01]
9:10 am: Two approaches for applet-based visible human slice extraction, S. Gerlach, R. D. Hersch, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland) [4672-02]
9:30 am: Three-dimensional visualization of complex datasets over Internet: application of the three-dimensional digital atlas of zebrafish development, F. J. Verbeek, P. J. Boon, H. Sloetjes, R. van der Velde, N. Vos, Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology (Netherlands) [4672-03]
9:50 am: PDF/X: "Family Tree" a new challenge for Internet imaging, W. K. Sobotka, Cross Media Academy Europe (Austria) [4672-04]
Chairs: Yasuyo G. Ichihara, Hosen-Gakuen College (Japan); Lloyd McIntyre, Xerox Corp.
10:30 am: Usability guideline for i-mode contents, A. Hasegawa, A. Koyasu, Netyear Group Corp. (Japan) [4672-05]
10:50 am: Research and improving web accessibility in Japan, H. Uchida, M. Ando, Allied Brains, Inc. (Japan); K. Ohta, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Japan); H. Shimizu, Communications Industry Association of Japan; Y. Hayashi, Keio-Gijuku Univ. (Japan); Y. G. Ichihara, Hosen-Gakuen College (Japan); R. Yamazaki, Information and Communications Policy Bureau (Japan) [4672-06]
11:10 am: Individualized image browsing and retrieval using multiple descriptions, S. Jomni, K. Yetongnon, Univ. de Bourgogne (France) [4672-07]
11:30 am: Extensive pseudo 3D spaces with superposed photographs, H. Tanaka, M. Arikawa, S. Ryosuke, Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) [4672-08]
11:50 am: Semi-automatic feedback using concurrence between mixture vectors for general databases, M. Larabi, N. Richard, O. Colot, C. Fernandez-Maloigne, Univ. de Poitiers (France) [4672-09]
Chairs: Simon Shim, San Jose State Univ.; Robert A. Ulichney, Compaq Computer Corp.
2:00 pm: ANIMATION: a system for animation scene and contents creation, retrieval, and display, P. Stanchev, Kettering Univ. [4672-10]
2:20 pm: Indexing and retrieval VRML models, O. Croquette, J. Vandeborre, M. Daoudi, Ecole Nouvelle d'Ingenieurs en Communication (France); C. Chaillou, Univ. des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (France) [4672-11]
2:40 pm: Autosophy Internet video, K. E. Holtz, E. S. Holtz, Autosophy [4672-13]
Chairs: Alain Tremeau, Univ. Jean Monnet (France); Theo Gevers, Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
3:30 pm: Image semantics induced by the structure of the web, S. Santini, PRAJA, Inc. [4672-14]
3:50 pm: Content-based image retrieval and high-level representations, J. Dombre, N. Richard, C. Fernandez-Maloigne, Univ. de Poitiers (France) [4672-15]
4:10 pm: Color interest points detector for visual information retrieval, J. Da Rugna, H. Konik, Univ. Jean Monnet (France) [4672-16]
4:30 pm: Using combination of color, texture, and shape features for image retrieval in melanomas databases, M. C. Larabi, N. Richard, C. Fernandez-Maloigne, Univ. de Poitiers (France) [4672-17]
*Warped metrics for image similarity retrieval, R. Brunelli, O. Mich, Istituto Trentino di Cultura (Italy) [4672-29]
*TV news story segmentation based on a simple statistic model, X. Lu, Z. Feng, Fudan Univ. (China); X. Zhu, Purdue Univ.; L. Wu, Fudan Univ. (China) [4672-30]
*Invariant variational principles for finite mixture model interpolation, R. C. Venkatesan, Systems Research Corp. (India) [4672-31]
*Innovative algorithm for cast detection, F. Gasparini, R. Schettini, Istituto Tecnologie Informatiche Multimediali (Italy); P. Gallina, Olivetti I-Jet SpA (Italy) [4672-32]
Electronic Imaging and the Space Shuttle Stephen Robinson, Astronaut, NASA
Chairs: Sabine E. Suesstrunk, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Clement H. Leung, Victoria Univ. of Technology (Australia)
9:30 am: Moving data-chaos to a clarity of vision: findings on information design from the University of Idaho Department of Art, C. Taugher, D. Keim-Campbell, Univ. of Idaho [4672-18]
9:50 am: Color encodings for image databases, S. E. Suesstrunk, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland) [4672-33]
10:10 am: Strategy of creation of digital archives accessible through the Internet, L. I. Rubanov, N. S. Merzlyakov, V. N. Karnaukhov, Institute for Information Transmission Problems (Russia); N. Osipova, Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) [4672-19]
Chairs: YuJin Zhang, Tsinghua Univ. (China); Simone Santini, PRAJA, Inc.
11:00 am: Image search engine with selective filtering and feature element based classification, Q. Li, Y. Zhang, S. Dai, Tsinghua Univ. (China) [4672-21]
11:20 am: Flexible image decomposition for multimedia indexing and retrieval, T. Louchnikova, S. Marchand-Maillet, Univ. de Geneve (Switzerland) [4672-23]
Chairs: Corinne Jörgensen, Univ. at Buffalo; Stephane Marchand-Maillet, Univ. de Geneve (Switzerland)
1:30 pm: Testing a vocabulary for image indexing and ground truthing, C. Jörgensen, P. Jörgensen, Univ. at Buffalo [4672-24]
1:50 pm: Dynamic multimedia annotation tool, T. Pfund, S. Marchand-Maillet, Univ. de Geneve (Switzerland) [4672-25]
2:10 pm: Supporting subjective image queries without seeding requirements: proposing test queries for benchathlon, E. Y. Chang, K. T. Cheng, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara [4672-26]
2:30 pm: Quicklink: visual dictionaries on the web, I. Gagliardi, B. Zonta, Istituto Tecnologie Informatiche Multimediali (Italy) [4672-27]
2:50 pm: Multimedia search engine with relevance feedback, G. Ciocca, R. Schettini, Istituto Tecnologie Informatiche Multimediali (Italy) [4672-28]
Color Computations in the Brain Semir Zeki, Wellcome Dept. of Cognitive Neurology, Univ. College London (UK).
Chair: John J. McCann, McCann Imaging
9:30 am: Visual cortex and the Retinex algorithm, J. Cowan, Univ. of Chicago [4662-35]
9:50 am: Contribution of local and global cone-contrasts to color appearance: a Retinex-like model, A. C. Hurlbert, C. J. L. Wolf, Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) [4662-36]
10:10 am: Experimental studies of instantaneous color constancy: dynamic color matching under rapid changes of illuminant, J. Barbur, City Univ. (UK) [4662-37]
11:00 am: Conditions for perceptual transparency, S. Westland, Univ. of Derby (UK); O. Da Pos, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy); C. Ripamonti, Univ. of Derby (UK) [4662-38]
11:20 am: Demonstration of red/white projections and rod-cone color, J. J. McCann, McCann Imaging [4662-39]
11:40 am: Capturing a black cat in shade: the past and present of Retinex color appearance models, J. J. McCann, McCann Imaging [4662-40]
Chair: John J. McCann, McCann Imaging
1:30 pm: Improving the Retinex algorithm for rendering wide dynamic range photographs, R. Sobol, Hewlett-Packard Co. [4662-41]
1:50 pm: Modifications to Retinex to relax RESET nonlinearity and implement segmentation constraints, T. J. Cooper, Sony Electronics Inc. [4662-42]
2:10 pm: Tuning Retinex parameters, B. V. Funt, F. Ciurea, Simon Fraser Univ. (Canada); J. J. McCann, McCann Imaging [4662-43]
2:30 pm: Color correction between gray world and white patch, A. Rizzi, Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy); C. Gatta, Univ. degli Studi di Brescia (Italy) [4662-44]
2:50 pm: Post-filtering for color appearance in synthetic images tone reproduction, D. Marini, A. Rizzi, Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy); M. Rossi, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) [4662-45]
3:40 pm: Simple spatial processing for color mappings, R. Eschbach, R. Bala, R. L. de Queiroz, Xerox Corp. [4662-46]
4:00 pm: Retinex processing for automatic image enhancement, Z. Rahman, College of William and Mary; D. J. Jobson, G. A. Woodell, NASA Langley Research Ctr. [4662-47]
4:20 pm: Perceived image quality basis for image enhancement techniques, R. Shaw, Hewlett-Packard Labs. [4662-48]
4:40 pm: Variational famework for Retinex, R. Kimmel, M. Elad, D. Shaked, R. Keshet, I. E. Sobel, Hewlett-Packard Labs. [4662-49]
5:00 pm: Analysis and generalization of Retinex by recasting the algorithm in wavelets, H. K. Rising III, Sony Electronics Inc. [4662-50]
5:20 pm: Retinex processing from the fMRI study on V4, Y. G. Ichihara, Hosen-Gakuen College (Japan); S. Nakadomari, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital and Jikei Univ. School of Medicine (Japan); H. Takeuchi, Kanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital (Japan); S. Miyauchi, Communications Research Lab. (Japan); K. Kitahara, Jikei Univ. School of Medicine (Japan) [4662-51]
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