Advances in Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization

By: Manolis Wallace (Editor), Marios C. Angelides (Editor), Phivos Mylonas (Editor)

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Realizing the growing importance of semantic adaptation and personalization of media, the editors of this book brought together leading researchers and practitioners of the field to discuss the state-of-the-art, and explore emerging exciting developments. This volume comprises extended versions of selected papers presented at the 1^st International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization (SMAP 2006), which took place in Athens in December 2006.

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Research & Information Information theory Computing & I.T.Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Mathematics Applied Mathematics

Dynamic Linking of Web Resources: Customisation and Personalisation	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
COHSE	p. 5
Deploying COHSE	p. 6
Portals	p. 8
Architecture	p. 9
COHSE Portlet	p. 12
Personalisation	p. 14
User Tasks on the Web	p. 17
Related Work	p. 20
Summary and Discussion	p. 21
References	p. 22
A Multi-Purpose Ontology-Based Approach for Personalised Content Filtering and Retrieval	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
Ontology-Based Personalisation for Content Retrieval	p. 27
Adaptation of Semantic User Preferences	p. 30
Automatic Creation and Update of Semantic Preferences	p. 31
Eploitation of Semantic Links Between Concepts for Preferences Learning	p. 33
Contextual Personalisation	p. 36
Context Representation	p. 36
Evaluation of Personalisation in Context	p. 37
Augmented Social Networking and Collaborative Filtering	p. 40
Semantic Group Profiling	p. 40
Semantic Social Networking	p. 43
Semantic Profile Expansion for Collaborative Group Profiling	p. 46
Conclusions	p. 48
References	p. 49
Analysing the Behaviour of Students in Learning Management Systems with Respect to Learning Styles	p. 53
Introduction	p. 53
Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model	p. 55
Investigated Patterns of Behaviour	p. 56
Design of the Study	p. 57
Description of the Course	p. 57
Instrument for Identifying Learning Styles	p. 58
Extensions in Moodle for Tracking Students' Behaviour	p. 58
Results	p. 59
Behaviour Vs. Learning Style Preferences	p. 60
Correlations Between Behaviour and Learning Style Preferences	p. 65
Benefits	p. 68
Related Work	p. 70
Conclusion and Future Work	p. 71
References	p. 72
Improving Image Retrieval Using Semantic Resources	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Related Work	p. 77
Ontological Issues	p. 79
Hierarchies	p. 79
Picturable Objects	p. 80
Automatic Ontology Building	p. 81
Visual Ontology Construction	p. 82
The WordNet Nouns Hierarchy	p. 82
Image Database Constitution	p. 83
Image Retrieval Phase	p. 84
Image Clustering	p. 88
Limits	p. 90
Image Processing Limitations	p. 90
WordNet Coverage	p. 90
Complex Queries	p. 91
Quality of the Semantic Structure	p. 91
Evaluation	p. 92
Experimental Settings	p. 92
Results	p. 92
Perspectives	p. 93
Conclusions	p. 94
References	p. 95
Implementing an Internet Image Search Service Based on the AJAX Web Programming Techniques	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Internet Programming with Asynchronous Javascript and XML	p. 98
System Architecture	p. 98
The User-Interface (UI)	p. 99
The Query-Transmitter	p. 101
The Results-Collector	p. 102
The Local Repository and XML Handler	p. 103
The Meta-Results Handler	p. 103
Retrieving Images with Human Appearance on the Web	p. 105
A Case Study	p. 105
The Meta-Search Engine Performance	p. 109
Asynchronous-Synchronous Analysis Performance	p. 111
Conclusions: Future Considerations	p. 112
References	p. 115
A Rule-Based Adaption Model for Ontology-Based Personalization	p. 117
Introduction	p. 117
Overview of Adaptation Approaches	p. 118
State-of-the-Art	p. 119
On the Use of Ontologies and Rules for Adaptation	p. 119
ODAS - A Domain Ontology for Adaptive Hypermedia Systems	p. 121
A Rule-Based Adaptation Model	p. 122
Applying Rules-Based Adaptation to a Portal	p. 122
A Formal Definition of the Adaptation Model	p. 125
ODAS-Based Instantiations of the Adaptation Model	p. 126
Implementation and Discussion	p. 131
Related Work	p. 132
Conclusion	p. 133
References	p. 134
Management and Processing of Personalized Annotations in Image Retrieval Systems	p. 137
Motivation	p. 137
Image Annotation Process	p. 139
Multi-level Annotation Model	p. 140
Subjectivity in Image Annotations	p. 142
Components of the Annotation Analysis Framework	p. 143
Graph Representation for Multi-level Annotations	p. 144
Relations Between Terms of Annotation	p. 148
Extending the Probabilistic Annotation by Multi-level Annotations	p. 149
Example of Context-Based Similarity	p. 151
Related Work	p. 152
Summary and Future Work	p. 153
References	p. 153
An Incremental Framework for Adapting the Hypermedia Structure of Multimedia Documents	p. 157
Introduction	p. 157
Multimedia Document Specification	p. 158
Semantic Adaptation of Multimedia Documents	p. 159
Adaptation of the Hypermedia Dimension	p. 162
Adaptation Based on the Hypermedia Structure	p. 165
Generating the Multimedia Document Sub-Specifications According to the Hypermedia Structure	p. 166
Adapting All Sub-Specifications at Once	p. 166
Adapting Sub-Specifications Step by Step	p. 168
Implementation	p. 169
Application to Concrete Multimedia Documents	p. 170
Concrete Multimedia Documents Adaptation	p. 171
Prototype	p. 172
Related Work	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 174
References	p. 175
Improving the Adaptiveness of an e-Learning System	p. 177
Introduction	p. 177
Web-Based Intelligent Education Systems	p. 178
Medical Education	p. 178
Cognitive Flexibility Theory	p. 179
The Motivation	p. 180
The COFALE Environment	p. 181
Extending COFALE	p. 182
Domain Knowledge	p. 182
Test Creation	p. 182
Student Assessment	p. 185
Architecture and Implementation Aspects	p. 188
System Evaluation	p. 190
Related Work	p. 192
Conclusions	p. 194
References	p. 195
The Context Oriented Architecture: An Augmentation of Context Awareness and Reactivity into Web Services	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
Related Work	p. 201
Context Defined	p. 201
OWL-S: The Semantic Web Service Ontology Language	p. 203
Context Awareness Infrastructures	p. 204
Context Aware Web Services	p. 204
The Context Oriented Architecture	p. 206
The Negotiator	p. 208
The Context Sensors	p. 208
The Monitor	p. 208
The Context Response	p. 208
The Response Manager	p. 209
The Component Registry	p. 209
The Context Repository	p. 209
Usage Scenario	p. 210
OWL-S Extension	p. 211
Profile Ontology Extension	p. 212
Monitors Attribute	p. 212
Uses Attribute	p. 212
Responds Attribute	p. 213
Process Model Extension	p. 213
Exposes Attribute in the Process Model	p. 214
Results and Analysis: The File Storage Scenario	p. 215
Scenario Context	p. 215
Scenario Formalization in the Framework	p. 216
Semantic Model	p. 216
Interaction Model	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 218
References	p. 219
Knowledge-Assisted Analysis of Video for Content-Adaptive Coding and Transmission	p. 221
Introduction	p. 221
Domain Knowledge	p. 224
Knowledge-Assisted Video Analysis	p. 226
Color and Motion Initial Segmentation	p. 226
Low-level Descriptors Extraction	p. 227
Genetic Algorithm	p. 228
Content-Adaptive Coding and Transmission	p. 230
Basic Problem Formulation	p. 230
Channel Rate Optimization for Wireless Transmission Scenarios	p. 232
Experimental Results	p. 235
Conclusions	p. 238
References	p. 238
Mobile Photography within a Social Context	p. 241
Introduction	p. 241
Related Work	p. 244
Case Study	p. 245
Using PhotoFOAF for Social Photo Management	p. 247
Photo Production Phase	p. 247
Photo Consumption Phase	p. 248
Determining Social Relevance	p. 250
Embedded Metadata	p. 254
System architecture	p. 255
Social Network Visualization Experiments	p. 256
Conclusions and Future Work	p. 258
References	p. 259
An Adaptive Semantic Framework to Support Multiple User Viewpoints over Multiple Databases	p. 261
Introduction	p. 261
Information Heterogeneity	p. 262
Outline of the Chapter	p. 263
Related Work	p. 263
Logical Data Views vs. User Views	p. 263
Integrating Semantics, Rules, Logic and Databases	p. 265
A Multiple Viewpoint Semantic Framework	p. 267
Viewpoint Conceptualisation	p. 269
Semantic Mapping	p. 270
The Process to Project a Viewpoint	p. 271
Modelling Individual Users	p. 273
View-Based Query Answering and Result Adjustment	p. 274
Applying Preference and Rules in Query Answering	p. 277
User-Centre Query Answering	p. 278
Implementation and Validation	p. 280
Conclusions and Further Work	p. 282
References	p. 283
User Preferences for Access to Textual Information: Model, Tools and Experiments	p. 285
Introduction	p. 285
Motivations	p. 286
Textual Information and Users' Point of View	p. 286
Visual and Interactive Tools for Access to Textual Information	p. 287
Our Approach	p. 289
Models and Tools	p. 289
LUCIA: A Model for Representing User's Knowledge on Domains	p. 289
User-Centred Tools	p. 291
Experiment 1: Accessing Information	p. 294
Context and Materials	p. 294
Results and Discussion	p. 295
Experiment 2: Conceptual Metaphors	p. 298
Constraints on the Model for Metaphor Characterisation	p. 298
Map and Texts "Metaphoricity"	p. 300
Conclusion	p. 302
References	p. 303
Modeling the Reusable Content of Adaptive Web-Based Applications Using an Ontology	p. 307
Introduction	p. 307
Related Work	p. 309
Content Representation	p. 309
Content Transformation	p. 310
Development of Reusable Content	p. 311
The Method for Domain Modeling	p. 312
Importing Existing Domain Model Ontologies	p. 314
Delivering Ontology Content into Existing Adaptive Application	p. 315
Ontology Models of the Content	p. 316
Core Ontology of Content Model	p. 316
Domain and User Models Interconnection	p. 321
Meta-Model of the Adaptive Application Content	p. 322
Evaluation of Proposed Method	p. 322
Conclusions	p. 325
References	p. 325
Indexing and Browsing of Color Images: Design Considerations	p. 329
Introduction	p. 329
Color Descriptors and Similarity Measures	p. 331
Histogram and Dominant Color	p. 331
Distance Metrics	p. 332
Indexing and Dimensionality	p. 334
Limits of kd-Tree Effectiveness	p. 335
Point Configurations	p. 335
MDS and FastMap	p. 337
Browsing	p. 337
Efficiency of FastMap Configurations	p. 338
Conclusions	p. 343
References	p. 345
Generic Personal Assistance Architecture for Mobile Environments	p. 347
Introduction	p. 347
Related Work	p. 348
Personal Task Model	p. 350
Personal Assistant	p. 352
Goal Description	p. 353
Situation Influence by Task Execution	p. 354
Task Generation	p. 355
Situation Dependent Task Suggestion	p. 357
Control Circuit	p. 358
Personal Assistance Architecture	p. 358
Proof of Concept-Applications	p. 360
xGuide: Electronic Exhibition Guide	p. 360
Applied Task Definition	p. 361
StepMan	p. 361
Personal Assistant DiaTrace	p. 363
Mobile Personal Trainer	p. 365
Outcome Analysis	p. 366
Conclusion and Further Work	p. 367
References	p. 367
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