K-Space Network of Excellence

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Knowledge Space of semantic inference for automatic annotation and retrieval of multimedia content

Abstract

K-Space is a network of leading research teams from academia and industry conducting integrative research and dissemination activities in semantic inference for automatic and semi-automatic annotation and retrieval of multimedia content. K-Space exploits the complementary expertise of project partners, enables resource optimization and fosters innovative research in the field. The aim of K-Space research is to narrow the gap between low-level content descriptions that can be computed automatically by a machine and the richness and subjectivity of semantics in high-level human interpretations of audiovisual media: The Semantic Gap. Specifically, K-Space integrative research focus on three areas:

• Content-based multimedia analysis:
  Tools and methodologies for low-level signal processing, object segmentation, audio/speech processing and text analysis, and audiovisual content structuring and description.
• Knowledge extraction:
  Building of a multimedia ontology infrastructure, knowledge acquisition from multimedia content, knowledge-assisted multimedia analysis, context based multimedia mining and intelligent exploitation of user relevance feedback.
• Semantic multimedia:
  knowledge representation for multimedia, distributed semantic management of multimedia data, semantics-based interaction with multimedia and multimodal media analysis.

An objective of the Network is to implement an open and expandable framework for collaborative research based on a common reference system. Specific dissemination objectives of K-Space include:

• To disseminate the technical developments of the network across the broad research community
• To boost technology transfer to industry and contribute to related standardisation activities.

Partners

• Queen Mary, University of London (United Kingdom)
• Universität Koblenz-Landau (Germany)
• Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Austria)
• Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Informatics and Telematics Institute (Greece)
• Dublin City University (Ireland)
• Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (Netherlands)
• Groupe des Écoles des Télécommunications (France)
• Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (France)
• Institut Eurécom (France)
• University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
• Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (Germany)
• Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
• University of Economics (Czechia)