TRECVID 2008 Workshop Agenda

November 17-18, 2008

Green Auditorium
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD USA

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Monday, November 17
Green Auditorium


 8:00 a.m.
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to NIST
Due to increased security, no on-site registrations will be accepted and all attendees must be pre-registered. Photo identification must be presented at check-in at the Visitor Center if you are driving to NIST. Non-U.S. citizens must provide a passport. Attendees must wear their conference badge at all times while on the campus.

Workshop check-in

"Continental breakfast" in the NIST West Square Cafeteria


 9:00 -  9:20 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions (Paul Over)


 9:20 - 11:50 p.m: Search (Alan Smeaton)

 9:20 -  9:40 a.m., Task Overview
 9:40 - 10:00 a.m., University of Amsterdam (MediaMill automatic)
10:00 - 10:20 a.m., Chinese Academy of Sciences - MCG-ICT-CAS
10:20 - 10:40 a.m., K-Space

10:40 - 11:10 a.m.
Break in the West Square Cafeteria

11:10 - 11:30 a.m., FX Palo Alto Laboratory
11:30 - 11:50 a.m., Discussion


11:50 - 12:20 p.m.: Rushes summarization (Paul Over / Alan Smeaton)


12:20 -  3:30 p.m.: Copy Detection (Wessel Kraaij)

12:20 - 12:40 p.m., Task Overview
12:40 -  1:00 p.m., INRIA-LEAR (Grenoble)

 1:00 -  2:10 p.m.
Lunch is served in the NIST Cafeteria (you will find two lunch tickets in your badge holder. After making your selection in the NIST cafeteria, give one of your lunch tickets to a cashier)

 2:10 -  2:30 p.m., Orange Labs
 2:30 -  2:50 p.m., Chinese Academy of Sciences (MCG-ICT-CAS)
 2:50 -  3:10 p.m., INRIA-IMEDIA (Paris)
 3:10 -  3:30 p.m., Discussion


 3:30 -  3:45 p.m.
Content-based retrieval challenges and projects at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision - Johan Oomen


 3:45 -  4:00 p.m.
Poster/demo preview

 4:00 -  5:00 p.m.
Demos/Posters (refreshments served in the Employee Lounge; demos in lecture room A near building entrance)


 5:15 p.m.
NIST bus to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn

 6:00 p.m.
NIST bus leaves Gaithersburg Holiday Inn for Conference Dinner

 6:30 p.m.
Dinner at
Growlers in Gaithersburg  (you'll find a dinner ticket in your badge holder; this ticket is to be collected as you enter the restaurant; the bus will leave the restaurant and return to the hotel at the conclusion of dinner about 9:00 PM.)



Tuesday, November 18
Green Auditorium


8:00 a.m.
NIST bus from Gaithersburg Holiday Inn to NIST

Attendees must wear their conference badge at all times while on the campus.

"Continental breakfast" served in the NIST West Square Cafeteria


 9:00 - 11:50 p.m.: High-level feature extraction (Wessel Kraaij)

 9:00 -  9:20 a.m., Task overview
 9:40 - 10:00 a.m., IUPR at DFKI (German Center for AI)
10:00 - 10:20 a.m., Columbia University
10:20 - 10:40 p.m., University of Amsterdam (MediaMill)

10:40 - 11:10 a.m.,
Break with refreshments served in the West Square Cafeteria

11:10 - 11:30 p.m., IBM
11:30 - 11:50 p.m., Discussion


11:50 -  3:00 p.m.: Surveillance event detection (Travis Rose et al)

11:50 - 12:40 p.m., Task overview

12:40 -  1:40 p.m.
Lunch served in the NIST Cafeteria (After making your selection in the NIST cafeteria, give your lunch ticket to a cashier)

 1:40 -  2:00 p.m., Dublin City University
 2:00 -  2:20 p.m., UIUC-NEC
 2:20 -  3:00 p.m., Discussion

 3:00 -  3:30 p.m.,
Break with refreshments served in the Employee Lounge


 3:30 -  4:30 p.m.: TRECVID Planning (Everyone, please!)


 4:45 p.m.
NIST bus to Gaithersburg Holiday Inn


Last updated:Tuesday, 04-Nov-2008 09:24:11 MST
Date created: Wednesday, 3-September-08
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