Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages - A Method for Processing the Natural Language Query in Ontology-Based Image Retrieval System....Pages 1-11 SAFIRE: Towards Standardized Semantic Rich Image Annotation....Pages 12-27 Ontology-Supported Video Modeling and Retrieval....Pages 28-41 Learning to Retrieve Images from Text Queries with a Discriminative Model....Pages 42-56 A General Principled Method for Image Similarity Validation....Pages 57-70 Rank-Test Similarity Measure Between Video Segments for Local Descriptors....Pages 71-81 Can Humans Benefit from Music Information Retrieval?....Pages 82-94 A New Approach to Probabilistic Image Modeling with Multidimensional Hidden Markov Models....Pages 95-107 3D Face Recognition by Modeling the Arrangement of Concave and Convex Regions....Pages 108-118 Fuzzy Semantic Action and Color Characterization of Animation Movies in the Video Indexing Task Context....Pages 119-135 Retrieval of Document Images Based on Page Layout Similarity....Pages 136-148 Multimedia Content Adaptation Within the CAIN Framework Via Constraints Satisfaction and Optimization....Pages 149-163 Aspects of Adaptivity in P2P Information Retrieval....Pages 164-178 Interactive Museum Guide: Accurate Retrieval of Object Descriptions....Pages 179-191 Semantic Image Retrieval Using Region-Based Relevance Feedback....Pages 192-206 Image Retrieval with Segmentation-Based Query....Pages 207-221 Fast Structuring of Large Television Streams Using Program Guides....Pages 222-231 Variation of Relevance Assessments for Medical Image Retrieval....Pages 232-246 An Efficient Collaborative Information Retrieval System by Incorporating the User Profile....Pages 247-257 The Potential of User Feedback Through the Iterative Refining of Queries in an Image Retrieval System....Pages 258-268 Back Matter....Pages -