SIGMAP 2008: Porto, Portugal
Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Sérgio M. M. de Faria (Eds.): SIGMAP 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Porto, Portugal, July 26-29, 2008, SIGMAP is part of ICETE - The International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications. INSTICC Press 2008 ISBN 978-989-8111-60-9
Invited Speakers
Keynote Lectures
David A. Marca: e-Business Innovation - Surviving the Coming Decades. ... 5-16
Yaakov Kogan: Improving Reliability in Commercial IP Networks. ... 17-19
Bart Preneel: Cryptographic Algorithms - Successes, Failures and Challenges. ... 21-27
Ingemar J. Cox: Watermarking, Steganography and Content Forensics. ... 29-29
Ueli M. Maurer: Rethinking Digital Signatures. ... 31-33
Nuno Borges Carvalho: The Importance of Metrology in Wireless Communication Systems - From AM/FM to SDR Systems. ... 35-35
Hsiao-Hwa Chen: Next Generation CDMA Technologies for Futuristic Wireless Communications. ... 37
Multimedia Communications
Full Paper
Artur J. Ferreira, Arlindo L. Oliveira, Mário A. T. Figueiredo: Suffix Arrays - A Competitive Choice for Fast Lempel-Ziv Compressions. 5-12
Short Paper
Julius Köpke, Roland Tusch, Hermann Hellwagner, L. Bszrmenyi: Context-Aware Hoarding of Multimedia Content in a Large-Scale Tour Guide Scenario - A Case Study on Scaling Issues of a Multimedia Tour Guide. 15-22
Jun Wang, Lei Wang, Takeshi Ikenaga, Satoshi Goto: An Adaptive Spatial Error Concealment for H.264/AVC Video Stream. 23-28
Poster
Jahangir Dadkhah Chimeh, Mohammad Hakkak, Hamidreza Bakhshi, Paeiz Azmi: QoS Improvements Result from TCP/RLC and MAC in a Mobile Channel. 31-34
Multimedia Signal Processing
Full Paper
Andreas Ahrens, Christoph Lange: Far-End Crosstalk in Iteratively Detected MIMO-OFDM Twisted Pair Transmission Systems. 39-46
Maneesha Gupta, Pragya Varshney, G. S. Visweswaran, B. Kumar: Novel Digital Differentiator and Corresponding Fractional Order Differentiator Models. 47-54
Frédéric Caudal, Hervé Glotin: Accuracy Analyses of Passive Tracking of Several Clicking Sperm Whales - A Case of Complex Sources Binding. 55-62
Aníbal Ferreira: Static Features in Isolated Vowel Recognition at High Pitch. 63-68
Andre Guntoro, Hans-Peter Keil, Manfred Glesner: Configurable VLSI Architecture of a General Purpose Lifting-based Wavelet Processor. 69-75
Ulrich Hoffmann, Jacek Naruniec, Ashkan Yazdani, Touradj Ebrahimi: Face Detection using Discrete Gabor Jets and Color Information. 76-83
Leonardo O. Nunes, Paulo A. A. Esquef, Luiz W. P. Biscainho, Ricardo Merched: Partial Tracking in Sinusoidal Modeling - An Adaptive Prediction-based RLS Lattice Solution. 84-91
Alexandre M. A. Maciel, Arlindo Veiga, Cláudio Neves, José Lopes, Carla Lopes, Fernando Perdigão, Luís Sá: A Robust Speech Command Recognizer for Embedded Applications. 92-95
Short Paper
Dalibor Lupínek, Martin Drahanský: Motion Capture for 3D Databases - Overview of Methods for Motion Capture in 3D Databases. 99-104
Tomomi Abe, Mitsuharu Matsumoto, Shuji Hashimoto: Noise Reduction Based on Cross TF epsilon-Filter. 105-112
Vickneswaran Jeyabalan, Samraj Andrews, Chu Kiong Loo: Classification of Motor Imaginary Tasks using Adaptive Recursive Bandpass Filter - Effective Classification for Motor Imaginary BCI. 113-118
Cornelia Kreutzer, Jacqueline Walker, Michael O'Neill: Time Domain Attack and Release Modeling - Applied to Spectral Domain Sound Synthesis. 119-124
Modris Greitans, R. Shavelis: Signal-Dependent Analysis of Signals Sampled by Send on Delta Sampling Scheme. 125-130
Mariusz H. Jakubowski, João Ascenso, Grzegorz Pastuszak: Constant Bitrate Control for a Distributed Video Coding System. 131-138
Shahrokh Ghaemmaghami, Jalil Shirazi: Birth-Death Frequencies Variance of Sinusoidal Model - A New Feature for Audio Classification. 139-144
Driss Guerchi: Bimodal Quantization of Wideband Speech Spectral Information. 151-155
Madjid Arezki, Ahmed Benallal, Abderrezak Guessoum, Daoud Berkani: Improvement of the Simplified FTF-Type Algorithm. 156-161
Nelson C. Francisco, Ricardo N. R. Sardo, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, Eduardo A. B. da Silva, Murilo B. de Carvalho, Sérgio M. M. de Faria, Vítor Manuel Mendes da Silva, Manuel J. C. S. Reis: A Compound Image Encoder based on the Multiscale Recurrent Pattern Algorithm. 162-167
Lucas D. Terissi, Juan Carlos Gomez: HMM Inversion with Full and Diagonal Covariance Matrices for Audio-to-Visual Conversion. 168-173
Poster
Bartosz Ziólko, Suresh Manandhar, Richard C. Wilson, Mariusz Ziólko: Language Model based on POS Tagger. 177-180
Mykhaylo Khramov: Approximation of 5-Limit Just Intonation - Computer MIDI Modeling in Negative Systems of Equal Divisions of the Octave. 181-184
Jorge Teixeira, Vasco Vinhas, Luís Paulo Reis, Eugénio C. Oliveira: Emotion Assessment Tool for Human-Machine Interfaces - Using EEG Data and Multimedia Stimuli Towards Emotion Classification. 185-188
Fraihat Salam, Hervé Glotin: New Time-Frequency Vowel Quantization Enhanced by Subband Hierarchy. 189-192
Catalina Cocianu, Luminita State, Panayiotis Vlamos, Doru Constantin: Decorrelation Techniques in Image Restoration. 193-196
Aladine Chetouani, Ghilès Mostafaoui, Azeddine Beghdadi: Predicting Blocking Effects in the Spatial Domain using a Learning Approach. 197-201
Thomas Drugman, Thomas Dubuisson, Alexis Moinet, Nicolas D'Alessandro, Thierry Dutoit: Glottal Source Estimation Robustness - A Comparison of Sensitivity of Voice Source Estimation Techniques. 202-207
Tomas Fryza: Modeling of Real Time Video Compression System - Three-Dimensional Discrete Cosine Transform. 208-211
Lino Ferreira, Luís Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção: H.264/SVC ROI Encoding with Spatial Scalability. 212-215
Belén Ruíz, Luis A. Puente, Diego Carrero, Maria Jesús Poza: Biometric Acreditation Entities - An Approach for Web Acreditation Services. 216-220
Multimedia Systems and Applications
Full Paper

Maarten Dumont, Steven Maesen, Sammy Rogmans, Philippe Bekaert: A Prototype for Practical Eye-Gaze Corrected Video Chat on Graphics Hardware. 236-243
Martin Slanina, Václav Rícný: Estimating H.264/AVC Video PSNR without Reference - Using the Artificial Neural Network Approach. 244-250
Zhongwen Zhu, Richard Brunner: Method of Inter-Working between IMS and Non-IMS (Google Talk) Networks for Multimedia Services. 251-256
Amaro A. de Lima, Fabio P. Freeland, Paulo A. A. Esquef, Luiz W. P. Biscainho, Bruno C. Bispo, Rafael A. de Jesus, Sergio L. Netto, Ronald W. Schafer, Amir Said, Bowon Lee, Antonius A. C. M. Kalker: Reverberation Assessment in Audioband Speech Signals for Telepresence Systems. 257-262
Artur Capela, Ana Rebelo, Jaime S. Cardoso, Carlos Guedes: Staff Line Detection and Removal with Stable Paths. 263-270
George Sobral Silveira, Karina R. G. da Silva, Elmar U. K. Melcher: A Random Constrained Movie Versus a Random Unconstrained Movie Applied to the Functional Verification of an MPEG-4 Decoder Design. 271-278
Short Paper
Tetsuya Yonezawa, Kohichi Ogata, Masashi Nishimura, Kohei Matsumoto: Development of an Eye Gaze Interface System and Improvement of Cursor Control Function. 281-284
Andreas Rossholm, Benny Lövström: A New Video Quality Predictor based on Decoder Parameter Extraction. 285-290
Shaou-Gang Miaou, Cheng-Yu Chien, Fu-Chiau Shih, Chia-Yuan Huang: A Smart Surveillance System for Human Fall-Down Detection using Dual Heterogeneous Cameras. 291-299
Mina Deng, Li Weng, Bart Preneel: Anonymous Buyer-Seller Watermarking Protocol wth Additive Homomorphism. 300-307
Yin Zhang, Zengxiang Lu, Haiming Lu: Adaptive Real-Time Watermarking using Block Classification for H.264 Compressed Domain. 308-313
Daniel Durães, Luís Filipe Teixeira, Luís Corte-Real: Building Modular Surveillance Systems based on Multiple Sources of Information - Architecture and Requirements. 314-319
Filipe Coelho, Luis Batista, Luís Filipe Teixeira, Jaime S. Cardoso: Automatic System for the Recognition of Amounts in Handwritten Cheques. 320-324
A. C. Kalpakas, K. N. Stampoulis, N. A. Zikos, S. K. Zaharos: 2D Hand Gesture Recognition Methods for Interactive Board Game Applications. 325-331
Martín López Nores, José J. Pazos Arias, Jorge García Duque, Yolanda Blanco-Fernández, Alberto Gil-Solla, Manuel Ramos Cabrer: On the Need for Incentives to Support Personalization Systems - Turning Users into Active Providers of Contents and Metadata. 332-335
Andriamasinoro Rahajaniaina, Jean-Pierre Jessel: A New Architecture for a Multiplatform Augmented Reality System. 336-341
Karen S. Miranda-Campos, Víctor M. Ramos R.: On NLMS Estimation for VoIP Playout Delay Algorithms - Improving Delay Spike Detection. 342-347
Poster
Karima Ait Saadi, Ahmed Bouridane, H. Meraoubi: Secure and Robust Copyright Protection for H.264/AVC based on Selected Blocks DCT. 351-355
Anna Montesanto, Paola Baldassarri, Aldo Franco Dragoni, Germano Vallesi, Paolo Puliti: Capturing the Human Action Semantics using a Query-By-Example. 356-363
C. Iacopino, Anna Montesanto, Paola Baldassarri, Aldo Franco Dragoni, Paolo Puliti: Artificial Neural Networks based Symbolic Gesture Interface. 364-369
Alexandru Balog, Costin Pribeanu: A Comparative Usability Evaluation of Two Augmented Reality Learning Scenarios. 370-375
Efthymios Alepis, Maria Virvou, Katerina Kabassi: Multi-Attribute Decision Making for Affective Bi-modal Interaction in Mobile Devices. 376-379
Nicola Corriero, Vittoria Cozza, Eustrat Zhupa, Vito De Tullio: A Configurable Linux File System for Multimedia Data. 380-383
Brikena Statovci-Halimi, Harmen R. van As: Performance Considerations on Admission Control for Multimedia Services. 384-387
Ryszard S. Choras: Human Skin Color Detection and Application to Adult Image Detection. 388-392
Katerina Kabassi, Maria Virvou, Eleni Charou, Aristotelis Martinis: Software Life-Cycle for an Adaptive Geographical Information System. 393-396
Franco Del Colle, Juan Carlos Gómez: Subjective Verification of Perceptual Metrics for Image Watermarking Fidelity. 397-400



