10. VISUAL 2008: Salerno, Italy

Monica Sebillo, Giuliana Vitiello, Gerald Schaefer (Eds.): Visual Information Systems. Web-Based Visual Information Search and Management, 10th International Conference, VISUAL 2008, Salerno, Italy, September 11-12, 2008. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5188 Springer 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-85890-4

Keynote Papers

Gennady L. Andrienko, Natalia V. Andrienko:
A Visual Analytics Approach to Exploration of Large Amounts of Movement Data. 1-4
Franz Leberl:
Locational Awareness on the Internet. 5
Shi-Kuo Chang:
Virtual Spaces: From the Past to the Future. 6

Markus Jobst, Jürgen Döllner:
Better Perception of 3D-Spatial Relations by Viewport Variations. 7-18
Olivier Swienty, Mathias Jahnke, Holger Kumke, Simone Reppermund:
Effective Visual Scanning of Geographic Information. 19-30
Olivier Christmann, Noëlle Carbonell:
Navigation and Search in 3D Visualizations of Large Unstructured Photo Collections: An Empirical Study. 31-43
Pushpa Kumar, Nary Subramanian, Kang Zhang:
Evaluation of Information Visualization Tools Using the NFR Approach. 44-55
Mathias Pohl, Peter Birke:
Interactive Exploration of Large Dynamic Networks. 56-67
Rui Nóbrega, André Sabino, Armanda Rodrigues, Nuno Correia:
Flood Emergency Interaction and Visualization System. 68-79
Georg Fuchs, Mathias Holst, René Rosenbaum, Heidrun Schumann:
3D Mesh Exploration for Smart Visual Interfaces. 80-91
Ferdinando Di Martino, Salvatore Sessa:
Dynamic Buffer Areas Obtained by EFCM Method in GIS Environment. 92-95
Fatimah Yahya, Jamaludin Md Ali, Ahmad Abdul Majid, Arsmah Ibrahim:
Automatic G¹ Surface Reconstruction from Serial Cross-Sectional Images. 96-99
Concetto Bonafede, Roberto Marmo:
Operational Risk Visualization. 100-103

Simone Bianco, Gianluigi Ciocca, Claudio Cusano, Raimondo Schettini:
Classification-Based Color Constancy. 104-113
Vijay S. Rajpurohit, M. M. Manohara Pai:
An Optimized Fuzzy Based Short Term Object Motion Prediction for Real-Life Robot Navigation Environment. 114-125
Ville Viitaniemi, Jorma Laaksonen:
Experiments on Selection of Codebooks for Local Image Feature Histograms. 126-137
Valerio Grossi, Andrea Romei:
Extending KDDML with a Visual Metaphor for the KDD Process. 138-149
A. K. Karunakar, M. M. Manohara Pai:
Inter-frame and Inter-layer Motion Prediction during Fast Block Motion Estimation in MCTF. 150-154

Alessandro M. Martellone, David Tacconi, Vincenzo Del Fatto, Giuliana Vitiello:
L.U.N.A. Ads - Sustaining Wireless Access for Mobile Users. 155-166
Maria Beatriz Carmo, Ana Paula Afonso, Paulo Pombinho de Matos, Ana Vaz:
MoViSys - A Visualization System for Geo-Referenced Information on Mobile Devices. 167-178
Giovanni Frattini, Federico Ceccarini, Fabio Corvino, Ivano De Furio, Francesco Gaudino, Pierpaolo Petriccione, Roberto Russo, Vladimiro Scotto di Carlo, Gianluca Supino:
A New Approach Toward a Modular Multimodal Interface for PDAs and Smartphones. 179-191

Marco Bertini, Alberto Del Bimbo, Giuseppe Serra:
Learning Rules for Semantic Video Event Annotation. 192-203
Daniel Heesch, Stefan M. Rüger:
Two Step Relevance Feedback for Semantic Disambiguation in Image Retrieval. 204-215
Clement Ho Cheung Leung, Jiming Liu, Alice W. S. Chan, Alfredo Milani:
An Architectural Paradigm for Collaborative Semantic Indexing of Multimedia Data Objects. 216-226
Mariusz Duplaga, Mikolaj Leszczuk, Zdzislaw Papir, Artur Przelaskowski:
Evaluation of Quality Retaining Diagnostic Credibility for Surgery Video Recordings. 227-230
Ville Viitaniemi, Jorma Laaksonen:
Techniques for Image Classification, Object Detection and Object Segmentation. 231-234

Andrea De Lucia, Michele Risi, Luigi Rizzi, Giuseppe Scanniello:
A Visual Framework for the Definition and Execution of Reverse Engineering Processes. 235-246
Domenico Aliotta, Pietro Buffa, Gennaro Iaccarino:
An Evolutionary General Purpose WebGIS to Disclose EGFR Mutations in Lung Cancer. 247-258
Giuseppe Avagliano, Sergio Di Martino, Filomena Ferrucci, Luca Paolino, Monica Sebillo, Genoveffa Tortora, Giuliana Vitiello:
Embedding Google Maps APIs into WebRatio for the Automatic Generation of Web GIS Applications. 259-270
Jesús Ibáñez, Oscar Serrano, David García:
DINDOW: Towards an Interaction Based on Spatio-temporal Memory. 271-278
Pradipta Biswas, Tevfik Metin Sezgin, Peter Robinson:
Perception Model for People with Visual Impairments. 279-290
Maider Huarte, Maria Madarieta, Iñaki Goirizelaia, Juan José Unzilla:
An Analysis of Improvements for Voter Interfaces in Polling Station and Remote Electronic Voting Systems. 291-301
Giovanni Casella, Vincenzo Deufemia, Viviana Mascardi, Maurizio Martelli, Genoveffa Tortora:
Reasoning about Hand-Drawn Sketches: An Approach Based on Intelligent Software Agents. 302-314
Marko Brunzel, Roland M. Müller:
Handling of Task Hierarchies on the Nepomuk Social Semantic Desktop. 315-318
Jesús Ibáñez, David García, Oscar Serrano:
Musimage: A System for Automatically Presenting Pictures Depending on the Music Being Played. 319-322

Michele Di Capua, Donatella Padovano, Monica Sebillo:
An Architecture for Multimedia Content Publishing with GIS-Based Retrieval Facility. 323-326
Bruno Della Rocca, Grazia Fattoruso, Sergio Locurzio, Francesco Pasanisi, Raffaele Pica, Alessandro Peloso, Maurizio Pollino, Carlo Tebano, Alfredo Trocciola, Davide De Chiara, Genoveffa Tortora:
SISI Project: Developing GIS-Based Tools for Vulnerability Assessment. 327-330
Antonio De Luca:
GISTURISMO Massa-Carrara - Advanced Territory's Dynamic Fruition Service for a Conscious Tourism. 331-337