1. Network of Excellence in Content Based Semantic Scene Analysis and Information Retrieval Coordinating Partner: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Informatics and Telematics Institute IST-2001-32795

2. 2 SCHEMA - Overview Duration: 36 months Total Cost: 900.000 € 13 Partners Key Action Lines Relevant to the Thematic Area : III. Multimedia Content and Tools III.1.1 Publishing Digital Content III.1.3 Next Generation Digital Collections III.4.1 Semantic Web Technologies III.5.1 x-Content futures IV.6.2 Interfaces and buffers for seamless end to end services IV.4.2 Mixed realities and new imaging frontiers

3. 3 Consortium Informatics and Telematics Institute Tampere University of Technology BTexact Technologies Université Catholique de Louvain Laboratoire d’Informatique, Signaux et Systèmes de Sophia - Antipolis Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Nice – Sophia Antipolis Dublin City University Centre for Digital Video Processing Fratelli Alinari Munich University of Technology Queen Mary, University of London Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Fondazione Ugo Bordoni University of Brescia Macedonian Press Agency

4. 4 Research Topics Access to the information using query structures that come naturally to human beings Retrieval processes which understand the nature of the information in the database Content-based multimedia analysis Copyright issues of multimedia New methods for multimedia access and delivery Semantic web technologies MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 standards Computer vision for augmented reality and new visual interfaces User interfaces and human factors

5. 5 Description of Work Organise short visits between partners Organise scientific meetings on a regular basis Invite experts outside the consortium Organise 2 international workshops Design a reference system for content-based semantic scene analysis, interpretation and understanding Disseminate the results of the partnership through common publications, presentations, participation in exhibitions, web pages, workshops and conferences

6. Network of Excellence in Content Based Semantic Scene Analysis and Information Retrieval Coordinating Partner: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Informatics and Telematics Institute IST-2001-32795