Social Signals and Multimedia: Past, Present, Future

The rising popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought considerable public interest as well faster and more direct transfer of research ideas into practice. One of the aspects of AI that still trails behind considerably is the role of machines in interpreting, enhancing, modeling, generating, and influencing social behavior. Such...

Panel: Challenges for multimedia/multimodal research in the next decade

The multimedia and multimodal community is witnessing an explosive transformation in the recent years with major societal impact. With the unprecedented deployment of multimedia devices and systems, multimedia research is critical to our abilities and prospects in advancing state-of-the-art technologies and solving real-world challenges...