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Layer Selection in Progressive Transmission of Motion-Compensated JPEG2000 Video
MCJ2K (Motion-Compensated JPEG2000) is a video codec based on MCTF (Motion- Compensated Temporal Filtering) and J2K (JPEG2000). MCTF analyzes a sequence of images, generating a collection of temporal sub-bands, which are compressed with J2K. The R/D (Rate-Distortion) performance in MCJ2K is better than the MJ2K (Motion JPEG2000) extension, especially if there is a high level of temporal redundancy. MCJ2K codestreams can be served by standard JPIP (J2K Interactive Protocol) servers, thanks to the use of only J2K standard file formats. In bandwidth-constrained scenarios, an important issue in MCJ2K is determining the amount of data of each temporal sub-band that must be transmitted to maximize the quality of the reconstructions at the client side. To solve this problem, we have proposed two rate-allocation algorithms which provide reconstructions that are progressive in quality. The first, OSLA (Optimized Sub-band Layers Allocation), determines the best progression of quality layers, but is computationally expensive. The second, ESLA (Estimated-Slope sub-band Layers Allocation), is sub-optimal in most cases, but much faster and more convenient for real-time streaming scenarios. An experimental comparison shows that even when a straightforward motion compensation scheme is used, the R/D performance of MCJ2K competitive is compared not only to MJ2K, but also with respect to other standard scalable video codecs
Mixed reality participants in smart meeting rooms and smart home enviroments
Humanâcomputer interaction requires modeling of the user. A user profile typically contains preferences, interests, characteristics, and interaction behavior. However, in its multimodal interaction with a smart environment the user displays characteristics that show how the user, not necessarily consciously, verbally and nonverbally provides the smart environment with useful input and feedback. Especially in ambient intelligence environments we encounter situations where the environment supports interaction between the environment, smart objects (e.g., mobile robots, smart furniture) and human participants in the environment. Therefore it is useful for the profile to contain a physical representation of the user obtained by multi-modal capturing techniques. We discuss the modeling and simulation of interacting participants in a virtual meeting room, we discuss how remote meeting participants can take part in meeting activities and they have some observations on translating research results to smart home environments
CancerLinker: Explorations of Cancer Study Network
Interactive visualization tools are highly desirable to biologist and cancer
researchers to explore the complex structures, detect patterns and find out the
relationships among bio-molecules responsible for a cancer type. A pathway
contains various bio-molecules in different layers of the cell which is
responsible for specific cancer type. Researchers are highly interested in
understanding the relationships among the proteins of different pathways and
furthermore want to know how those proteins are interacting in different
pathways for various cancer types. Biologists find it useful to merge the data
of different cancer studies in a single network and see the relationships among
the different proteins which can help them detect the common proteins in cancer
studies and hence reveal the pattern of interactions of those proteins. We
introduce the CancerLinker, a visual analytic tool that helps researchers
explore cancer study interaction network. Twenty-six cancer studies are merged
to explore pathway data and bio-molecules relationships that can provide the
answers to some significant questions which are helpful in cancer research. The
CancerLinker also helps biologists explore the critical mutated proteins in
multiple cancer studies. A bubble graph is constructed to visualize common
protein based on its frequency and biological assemblies. Parallel coordinates
highlight patterns of patient profiles (obtained from cBioportal by WebAPI
services) on different attributes for a specified cancer studyComment: 7 pages, 9 figure
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