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As the facial recognition research field grows, so do the possibilities for digital TV applications. However, in the current state of the art, it is not safe to assume there is a certain algorithm that would be the best for all kinds of applications. This work proposes an architecture to enable facial expression recognition for TV in a way that is agnostic to the recognition algorithm. As proof of concept, the proposal was developed for the Ginga middleware. There are two implementations: the first one, based on the current version of the Ginga middleware, and the second one, based on a proposed extended version of the middleware, exploring the viability of the present work.

WebMedia 2020

Possibilitando o Reconhecimento de Expressões Faciais em Aplicações Ginga-NCL

multimedia applications

ginga

facial recognition

affective computing

Promoted by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), the Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web (WebMedia) is the main event of the theme in Brazil and an excellent opportunity for scientific and technical exchange among students, researchers and professionals in the areas of Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web. This year we will be celebrating to 26th edition of WebMedia, which will be held online from november 30th to December 4th .

Webmedia 2020’s programming includes:

– Technical sessions for the presentation of scientific papers
– National and international keynotes
– Panel with companies
– Workshops
– Short Courses
– Open community meetings

The topics of interest for submitting papers are:

– Web and Social Networks
– Multimedia
– Digital TV, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing

Besides the main track, WebMedia 2020 will have in parallel the Tools and Applications Workshop, works Tools and Applications Workshop, the Workshop on Undergraduate Research Work and the Workshop The Future of Interactive.

The WebMedia 2020 organization is under the responsibility of the Programa de Pós-graduação Doutorado em Ciência da Computação – Associação UFMA/UFPI (DCCMAPI), do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Computação/ CCET (PPGCC), do Laboratory of Advanced Web Systems/UFMA (LAWS) e do Laboratório de Sistemas Multimídia/UFMA (TELEMÍDIA).).

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Promoted by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), the Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web (WebMedia) is the main event of the theme in Brazil and an excellent opportunity for scientific and technical exchange among students, researchers and professionals in the areas of Multimedia, Hypermedia and Web.

technical paper

Video annotation is an activity that aims to supplement this type of multimedia object with additional content or information about its context, nature, content, quality and other aspects. These annotations are the basis for building a variety of multimedia applications for various purposes ranging from entertainment to security. There are automatic methods for video annotation. However, these methods require specific conditions and features that are not even found in actual application scenarios. Manual annotation is a strategy that uses the intelligence and workforce of people in the annotation process and is an alternative to cases where automatic methods cannot be applied. However, manual video annotation can be a costly process because as the content to be annotated increases, so does the workload for annotating. Crowdsourcing appears as a viable solution strategy in this context because it relies on outsourcing the tasks to a multitude of workers, who perform specific parts of the work in a distributed way. However, as the complexity of required media annoyances increases, it becomes necessary to employ skilled labor, or willing to perform larger, more complicated, and more time-consuming tasks. This makes it challenging to use crowdsourcing, as experts demand higher pay, and recruiting tends to be a difficult activity. In order to overcome this problem, strategies based on the decomposition of the main problem into a set of simpler subtasks suitable for crowdsourcing processes have emerged. These smaller tasks are organized in a workflow so that the execution process can be formalized and controlled. In the literature, there are some different proposals for the construction of this type of workflow, but each of them presents limitations that still have to be overcome. In this sense, this thesis aims to present a new framework that allows the use of crowdsourcing to create applications that require complex video annotation tasks. The developed framework considers the whole process from the definition of the problem and the decomposition of the tasks, until the construction, execution, and management of the workflow. This framework, called CrowdWaterfall, contemplates the strengths of current proposals, incorporating new concepts, techniques, and resources to overcome some of its limitations.

Integrating Crowdsourcing and Human Computation forComplex Video Annotation Tasks

This paper presents the prototype of a compact and low-cost we- arable electronic device that, based on the reading of the Wi-Fi signal strength emitted by other wearable devices of the same type, estimates the proximity between users and issues a notification (an audible and visual alarm) when the distance between them is less than a reference value. Our preliminary results suggest that the proposed solution may be a viable alternative to ensure social distancing as a practice to face the pandemic caused by COVID-19.

Design and Development of a Wearable Device for Monitoring Social Distance using Received Signal Strength Indicator

In order for subtitles to fulfill their objective of enriching users’ experience, it is necessary that, during the subtitling process (creation of subtitles), “good practices”, usually specified in subtitling guides, are taken into account. In this context, this work uses an approach based on the processing of SRT files to assess the degree of compliance of subtitles in relation to the recommendations of a reference guide considered in the subtitling process. Our preliminary results show how meticulous is the process performed by those who aim at providing a satisfactory quality of experience (QoE) for viewers of the audiovisual content.

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