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QoMEX 2012

Wednesday July 4

16:00 Bus pick-up - Melbourne CBD (Southern Cross Station)
17:00 Arrive at workshop venue
19:00 Welcome BBQ (Sebel Heritage)

Thursday July 5

8:30 Opening ceremony
8:40 Keynote 1: Floyd Mueller (RMIT, Australia)
9:40 Coffee Break
10:10 Paper Session: Visual User Experience 1
12:10 Poster Madness 1
12:40 Lunch and Posters in the Conservatory
14:10 Tutorial: Waiting Times in Quality of Experience for Web Based Services
16:10 Coffee Break
16:40 Paper Session: Datasets
18:00 Break
19:00 Welcome Reception Dinner (Sebel Heritage)

Friday July 6

8:30 Keynote 2: Stefan Winkler (ADSC, Singapore)
9:30 Coffee Break
10:00 Paper Session: Auditory User Experience
12:00 Poster Madness 2
12:30 Lunch and Posters in the Conservatory
14:00 Paper Session: 3D Multimedia
16:00 Coffee Break
16:15 Bus departs for Yering Station
16:30 Social Event and Conference Dinner (Yering Station Winery)

Saturday July 7

8:30 Keynote 3: George Wright (Fairfax Media, Australia)
9:30 Discussion Panel Session: Multimedia Applications (Chair: Bastiaan Kleijn, VUW, New Zealand)
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 Paper Session: Visual User Experience 2
12:40 Lunch
13:40 Discussion Panel Session: Qualinet (Chair: Andrew Perkis, NTNU, Norway)
14:30 Paper Session: QoMEX Applications - Emotions and EEG
16:30 Workshop Close
17:00 Bus departs for Melbourne
18:00 Arrive in Melbourne CBD (Southern Cross Station)

Paper Session: Visual User Experience 1

Session Chair: Touradj Ebrahimi, EPFL
T. Hossfeld et al, Initial Delay vs. Interruptions: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
G. Van Wallendael, No-Reference Bitstream-based Impairment Detection for High Efficiency Video Coding
C. Keimel et al, Challenges in Crowd-based Video Quality Assessment
W. Van den Broeck et al, Integrating The Everyday-Life Context In Subjective Video Quality Experiments

Paper Session: Datasets

Session Chair: Patrick Le Callet, University of Nantes
C. Keimel at al, The TUM High Definition Video Datasets
Y. Pitrey et al, Using Overlapping Subjective Datasets to Assess the Performance of Objective Quality Metrics on Scalable Video Coding and Error Concealment
M. Urvoy et al, NAMA3DS1-COSPAD1: Subjective video quality assessment database on coding conditions introducing freely available high quality 3D stereoscopic sequences
M. Waltl et al, Sensory Effect Dataset and Test Setups

Paper Session: Auditory User Experience

Session Chair: Christian Ritz, University of Wollongong
P. Petkov et al, Feature Set Augmentation For Enhancing The Performance Of A Non-Intrusive Quality Predictor
O. Rummakainen et al, Audiovisual reproduction in surrounding display: Effect of spatial width of audio and video
S. Werner et al, Audio-Visual Discrepancy and the Influence on Vertical Sound Source Localization
B. Lewcio et al, Predicting Video Call Quality In Future Mobile Networks

Paper Session: 3D Multimedia

Session Chair: Andrew Perkis, NTNU
T. Kawano et al, Performance Comparison Of Subjective Assessment Methods For 3D Video Quality
N. Staelens et al, Comparing Objective Visual Quality Impairment Detection in 2D and 3D Video Sequences
J.G. Sanchez et al, Validation Of A Novel Approach To Subjective Quality Evaluation Of Conventional And 3D Broadcasted Video Services
P. Hanhart et al, Quality Assessment of Asymmetric Stereo Pair Formed From Decoded and Synthesized Views

Paper Session: Visual User Experience 2

Session Chair: Lina Karam, Arizona State University
P. Froehlich et al, QoE In 10 Seconds: Are Short Video Clip Lengths Sufficient For Quality Of Experience Assessment?
J. Xue et al, A Study on Perception of Mobile Video with Surrounding Contextual Influences
M. Liu, A new perceptual-based no-reference contrast metric for natural images based on human attention and image dynamic
B. Goossens et. al., Optimizing Image Quality using Test signals: trading off Blur, Noise and Contrast

Paper Session: QoMEX Applications - Emotions and EEG

Session Chair: Christian Timmerer, Alpen-Adria-Universität
U. Reiter et al, Content categorization based on implicit and explicit user feedback: combining self-reports with EEG emotional state analysis
A. Yazdani et al, Electroencephalogram Alterations During Perception of Pleasant and Unpleasant Odors
B. Rainer et al, Investigating the Impact of Sensory Effects on User Quality of Experience and Emotional Response in Web Videos
S. Arndt et al, Perception of Low-Quality Video Analyzed by Means of Electroencephalography

Poster Session 1

Session Chair: Sebastian Möller, TU Berlin

Short Papers:
Hiep Luong et al, Optimizing image quality in MRI: on the evaluation of k-space trajectories for under-sampled MR acquisition
Thomas Steiner et al, Defining Aesthetic Principles for Automatic Media Gallery Layout for Visual and Audial Event Summarization Based on Social Networks
Stéfane Paris, Does Full Reference Help Blind Process?
Herbert Thoma, A System for Subjective Evaluation of Audio, Video and Audiovisual Quality using MUSHRA and SAMVIQ Methods
Steven Verstockt et al, VITEQ: A Generic Framework for No-Reference Evaluation of Video Testimonials
Bruno Gardlo et al, MICROWORKERS VS. FACEBOOK: THE IMPACT OF CROWDSOURCING PLATFORM CHOICE ON EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Jari Korhonen et al, Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio Revisited: Is Simple Beautiful?

Full Papers
Andrew Catellier et al, Impact of Mobile Devices and Usage Location on Perceived Multimedia Quality
Sebastian Möller et al, Evaluating the Performance of Multimedia Presentations in Communicating Radiological Findings
Kristina Kunze et al, Examining subjective evaluation methods used in multimedia quality of experience research
Jari Korhonen et al, How to Evaluate Objective Video Quality Metrics Reliably
Jan-Niklas Antons et al, Too tired for calling? A physiological measure of fatigue caused by bandwidth limitations
Xiguang Zheng et al, PACKET LOSS PROTECTION FOR INTERACTIVE AUDIO OBJECT RENDERING: A MULTIPLE DESCRIPTION APPROACH
Chao Wang et al, A PERCEPTUAL QUALITY BASED RATE DISTORTION MODEL
Martin Rerabek et al, COMPARISON OF 3D PORTABLE DISPLAY RESTITUTION TECHNIQUES BASED ON STEREO AND MOTION PARALLAX

Poster Session 2

Session Chair: Ulrich Reiter, NTNU

Short Papers
Tiago Falk et al, PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON IMAGE PREFERENCE CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS: TOWARDS OBJECTIVE QOE MODELING
Andreas Sackl et al, Wireless vs. Wireline Shootout: How user expectations influence Quality of Experience
Pavel Korshunov et al, Evaluation of visual privacy filters impact on video surveillance intelligibility
Peter Fröhlich et al, INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF TEST CLIP QUALITY DISTRIBUTION IN HD VIDEO QOE STUDIES
Jin Li et al, ASYMMETRIC CODING SCHEME FOR 3D FRAME-COMPATIBLE FORMATS
Is-Haka Mkwawa et al, Mapping of Received Signal Strength Indicator to QoE in VoIP Applications in WLAN

Full Papers
Stephen Davis et al, ENSURING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE FOR MARKERLESS IMAGE RECOGNITION APPLIED TO PRINT MEDIA CONTENT
Selim Ickin et al, Studying the Challenges in Assessing the Perceived Quality of Mobile-Phone Based Video
Andreas Sackl et al, The QoE Alchemy: Turning quality into money.Experiences with a refined methodology for the evaluation of willingness-to-pay for service quality
Beilian Li et al, NO REFERENCE IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL SUB-IMAGE-SIMILARITY
Lucjan Janowski, Task-Based Subject Validation: Reliability Metrics
Jordi Puig et al, TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE IN AUGMENTED REALITY
Miguel Rios Quintero et al, IS THE SUBJECT'S DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ENOUGH WHEN RATING QUALITY?
Milind Gide et al, IMPROVED FOVEATION- AND SALIENCY-BASED VISUAL ATTENTION PREDICTION UNDER A QUALITY ASSESSMENT TASK
Tai-Hsiang Huang et al, A VISIBILITY MODEL FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF DIMMED IMAGES
Eva Cheng et al, RMIT3DV: PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CREATIVE COMMONS UNCOMPRESSED HD 3D VIDEO DATABASE

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