Paper: TRECVID 2014 -- An Overview of the Goals, Tasks, Data, Evaluation Mechanisms and Metrics
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Paul Over, Jonathan Fiscus, Greg Sanders, David Joy, Martial Michel -- National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
George Awad -- Dakota Consulting, Inc
Alan Smeaton -- Dublin City University
Wessel Kraaij -- TNO, Radboud University Nijmegen
Georges Quénot -- Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
Slides: TREC Video Retrieval Evaluation (TRECVID) Introduction
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Paul Over, Angela Ellis, Darrin Dimmick, Jonathan Fiscus, David Joy, Greg Sanders, Martial Michel -- National Institute of Standards and Technology
Alan Smeaton -- Dublin City University
Wessel Kraaij -- TNO, Radboud University Nijmegen
Georges Quénot -- Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
George Awad -- Dakota Consulting, Inc
Stephanie Strassel, Xuansong Li -- Linguistic Data Consortium
Mubarak Shah, Cherry Place, Tonya LaPrarie -- University of Central Florida
Slides: TRECVID 2014 Instance Search Task
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Wessel Kraaij -- TNO, Radboud University Nijmegen
Paul Over -- NIST
Slides: TRECVID 2014 Semantic Indexing Task
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Georges Quénot -- Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble
George Awad -- Dakota Consulting, Inc
Slides: TRECVID 2014 Video Surveillance Event Detection Task
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Martial Michel -- NIST
David Joy -- NIST
Slides: TRECVID 2014 Multimedia Event Detection Task
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Jonathan Fiscus, Greg Sanders, David Joy, Paul Over -- NIST
Vladimir Dreyvitser -- Systems Plus, Inc
Slides: TRECVID 2014 Multimedia Event Recounting Task
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Greg Sanders, David Joy, Jonathan Fiscus -- NIST
Dublin City University University Twente University of Oxford INRIA Fraunhofer IAIS Katholieke Universitiet Leuven Technicolor Erasmus University Rotterdam Cassidian BBC Deutsche Welle Beeld et. Geluid (NISV) ERCIM Paper: AXES @ TRECVID 2014: Instance Search
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S. Chen, K. McGuinness, N. E. O'Connor -- Dublin City University, Ireland
R. Aly -- University of Twente, Netherlands
T. Tuytelaars -- KU Leuven, Belgium
Raytheon BBN Technologies, University of Maryland, Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University, intuVision Inc., Polar Rain Inc. Paper: BBN VISER TRECVID 2014 Multimedia Event Detection and Multimedia Event Recounting Systems
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F. Luisier, M. Tickoo, W. Andrews -- Speech, Language, and Multimedia Business Unit, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, USA
G. Ye, D. Liu, S. Chang -- Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, USA
R. Salakhutdinov -- Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
V. Morariu, L. Davis -- Dept. of Computer Science University of Maryland, USA
A. Gupta -- Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
I. Haritaoglu -- Polar Rain Inc., Menlo Park, USA
S. Guler, A. Morde -- IntuVision Inc, MA, USA
Slides: Video Indexing and Search with Event Recounting (VISER)
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M. Tickoo -- Raytheon BBN Technologies
Poster: BBN VISER Zero-Shot Multimedia Event Detection
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M. Tickoo, F. Luisier, W. Andrews -- Speech, Language, and Multimedia Business Unit, Raytheon BBN Technologies
Multimedia Communication and Pattern Recognition Labs, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (.pdf) Paper: BUPT-MCPRL at TRECVID 2014
Z. Zhao, W. Jiang, Q. Chen, J. Zhao, Y. Huang, X. Zhao, L. Li, Y. Zhao, F. Su, A. Cai -- Multimedia Communication and Pattern Recognition Labs, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Slides: BUPT-MCPRL at Trecvid2014 Instance Search Task
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W. Jiang, Z. Zhao, Q. Chen, J. Zhao, Y. Huang, X. Zhao, L. Li, Y. Zhao, F. Su, A. Cai -- MCPR Lab, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Slides: BUPT-MCPRL at Trecvid2014: Surveillance Event Detection(SED)
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Q. Chen, Z. Zhao, W. Jiang, J. Zhao, Y. Huang, X. Zhao, L. Li, Y. Zhao, F. Su, A. Cai -- BUPT-MCPRL, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
City College of New York Paper: CCNY at TRECVID 2014: Surveillance Event Detection
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Y. Xian, X. Rong, X. Yang, Y. Tian -- Graduate Center and City College, City University of New York, USA
Poster: CCNY at TRECVID 2014: Surveillance Event Detection
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Y. Xian, Y. Tian -- Dept. of Computer Science, The Graduate Center, CUNY
X. Rong, X. Yang -- Dept. of Electrical Engineering, The City College, CUNY
EURECOM Paper: EURECOM at TrecVid 2014: The Semantic Indexing Task
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U. Niaz, B. Merialdo, C. Tanase -- Multimedia Dept., EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
Fudan Paper: Fudan Team at TRECVID 2014: Multimedia Event Detection
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Z. Wu, R. Zhao -- School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Florida International University University of Miami Paper:Florida International University - University of Miami TRECVID 2014
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M. Gavidia -- Dept. of Computer Science, University of Miami, FL, USA
T. Sayed, Y. Yan, Q. Zhu, M. Shyu, M. Ma -- Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, FL, USA
S. Chen, H. Ha -- School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, FL, USA
W. Chen -- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, IN, USA
T. Chen -- Miami Palmetto Senior High School, FL, USA
Orange Labs International Center Beijing Paper:BUPT & ORANGELABS(OrangeBJ) AT TRECVID 2014: INSTANCE SEARCH
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Y. Feng, Y. Dong, Y. Wu, S. Cen, B. Liu, K. Wang, Y. Liu -- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
H. Bai -- Orange Labs International Center Beijing, China
INRIA LEAR LIMSI Vocapia Research, AXES Paper:The INRIA-LIM-VocR and AXES submissions to TrecVid 2014 Multimedia Event Detection
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M. Douze, D. Oneata, M. Paulin, C. Leray, N. Chesneau, D. Potapov, J. Verbeek, K. Alahari, C. Schmid -- Inria, France
L. Lamel, J. Gauvain -- Spoken Language Processing group, LIMSI, CNRS, France
C. A. Schmidt -- Fraunhofer Sankt Augustin, Germany
Insight Centre for Data Analytics Paper:Insight Centre for Data Analytics (DCU) at TRECVid 2014: Instance Search and Semantic Indexing Tasks
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K. McGuinness, E. Mohedano, Z. Zhang, F. Hu, R. Albatal, C. Gurrin, N. E. O'Connor, A. F. Smeaton -- INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University, Ireland
A. Salvador, X. Giró-i-Nieto, C. Ventura -- Image Processing Group, Universitat Polit`ecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Poster: Insight DCU @TRECVid 2014
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K. McGuinness, E. Mohedano, Z. Zhang, F. Hu, R. Albatal, C. Gurrin, N. E. O'Connor, A. F. Smeaton, A. Salvador, X. Giró-i-Nieto, C. Ventura
IBM Research Paper:IBM-Northwestern@TRECVID 2014: Surveillance Event Detection
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Y. Cheng, L. Brown, Q. Fan, J. Liu, R. Feris, S. Pankanti -- IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
A. Choudhary -- EECS Dept., Northwestern University, IL, USA
Slides: IBM-Northwestern@TRECVID 2014: Surveillance Event Detection(SED)
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Y. Cheng, J. Liu, L. Brown, Q. Fan, R. Feris, S. Pankanti -- IBM Research
A. Choudhary -- Northwestern University
Poster: Relative Attributes For Large-scale Abandoned Object Detection (AOD)
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Q. Fan, S. Pankanti -- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NY
P. Gabbur -- ID Analytics, CA
Poster: Semantics of Visual Discrimination: Learning effective and useful visual semantic concepts using faceted hierarchical modeling
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Carnegie Mellon University Paper:Informedia @ TRECVID 2014
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S. Yu, L. Jiang, Z. Mao, X. Chang, X. Du, C. Gan, Z. Lan, Z. Xu, X. Li, Y. Cai, A. Kumar, Y. Miao, L. Martin, N. Wolfe, S. Xu, H. Li, M. Lin, Z. Ma, Y. Yang, D. Meng, S. Shan, P. D. Sahin, S. Burger, F. Metze, R. Singh, B. Raj, T. Mitamura, R. Stern, A. Armagan, S. Yu, A. Hauptmann -- Carnegie Mellon University
Y. Zhao -- Beijing Institute of Technology
X. Du -- The University of Queensland
Slides: CMU-Informedia @ TRECVID 2014 Semantic Indexing
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L. Jiang, X. Chang, Z. Mao, A. Armagan, Z. Lan, X. Li, S. Yu, Y. Yang, D. Meng, P. Duygulu-Sahin, A. Hauptmann -- Carnegie Mellon University
Slides: CMU Informedia @ TRECVID Multimedia Event Detection
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S. Yu, L. Jiang, Z. Mao, X. Chang, X. Du, C. Gan, Z. Lan, Z. Xu, X. Li, Y. Cai, A. Kumar, Y. Miao, L. Martin, N. Wolfe, S. Xu, H. Li, M. Lin, Z. Ma, Y. Yang, D. Meng, S. Shan, P. D. Sahin, S. Burger, F. Metze, R. Singh,
B. Raj, T. Mitamura, R. Stern, and A. Hauptmann -- Carnegie Mellon University
Slides: CMU-Informedia @ TRECVID 2014 Surveillance Event Detection
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X. Du, Y. Cai, Y. Zhao, H. Li, Y. Yang, and A. Hauptmann -- CMU Informedia Group, Carnegie Mellon University
Poster: Zero-Example Event Search using MultiModal Pseudo Relevance Feedback (MMPRF)
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L. Jiang, T. Mitamura, S. Yu, A. Hauptmann -- Carnegie Mellon University
Poster: E-Lamp Prototype System
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CMU E-Lamp Team -- Carnegie Mellon University
CEA-LIST, ETIS, EURECOM, INRIA, LABRI, LIF, LIG, LIMSI, LIP6, LIRIS, LISTIC Paper:IRIM at TRECVID 2014: Semantic Indexing and Instance Search
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N. Ballas, B. Labbé, H. Le Borgne -- CEA, LIST, Laboratory of Vision and Content Engineering, Gif-sur-Yvettes, France
P. Gosselin, D. Picard -- ETIS UMR 8051, ENSEA, Université Cergy-Pontoise, CNRS, France
M. Redi, B. Mérialdo -- EURECOM, France
B. Mansencal, J. Benois-Pineau -- LABRI UMR 5800, Université Bordeaux 1 / Université Bordeaux 2 / CNRS / ENSEIRB, France
S. Ayache -- LIF UMR 6166, CNRS / Université de la Méditerranée / Université de Provence, France
N. Derbas, M. Budnik, G. Quénot -- UJF-Grenoble 1 / UPMF-Grenoble 2 / Grenoble INP / CNRS, LIG UMR 5217, France
B. Gao, C. Zhu, Y. tang, E. Dellandrea, C. Bichot, L. Chen -- LIRIS, UMR 5205 CNRS / INSA de Lyon / Université Lyon 1 / Université Lyon 2 / École Centrale de Lyon, France
A. Benoît, P. Lambert, T. Strat -- LISTIC, Domaine Universitaire, France
Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas Paper:ITI-CERTH participation to TRECVID 2014
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N. Gkalelis, F. Markatopoulou, A. Moumtzidou, D. Galanopoulos, K. Avgerinakis, N. Pittaras, S. Vrochidis, V. Mezaris, I. Kompatsiaris -- Information Technologies Institute/Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
I. Patras -- Queen Mary University of London, UK
Slides: Video event detection using subclass discriminant analysis and linear support vector machines
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N. Gkalelis, D. Galanopoulos, V. Mezaris -- Information Technologies Institute / Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Korea University Paper:KU-ISPL TRECVID 2014 Multimedia Event Detection System
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S. Lee, H. Wang, M. Keum, D. Park, H. Choi, Z. Fataliyev, H. Ko -- Intelligent Signal Processing Laboratory, Korea University
Beijing Institute of Technology, China Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Paper:A system for TRECVID MED by MCIS
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Y. Feng, W. Sui, X. Wu -- Beijing Laboratory of Intelligent Information Technology, School of Computer Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
JOANNEUM RESEARCH Paper:JOANNEUM RESEARCH at TRECVID 2014 Instance Search Task
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H. Stiegler, W. Bailer -- JOANNEUM RESEARCH, DIGITAL - Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Graz, Austria
University of Amsterdam Paper:MediaMill at TRECVID 2014: Searching Concepts, Objects, Instances and Events in Video
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C.G.M. Snoek, S. Cappallo, J. van Gemert, A. Habibian, T. Mensink, P. Mettes, R. Tao, D.C. Koelma, A.W.M. Smeulders -- ISLA, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
K.E.A. van de Sande, D. Fontijne -- Qualcomm Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Slides: Video Concept Detection by Deep Nets with FLAIR
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C. Snoek, K. v. de Sande, D. Fontijne -- Qualcomm Technologies, Netherlands B.V., and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Slides: VideoStory At TRECVID 2014
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A. Habibian, T. Mensink, C. Snoek -- MediaMill | ISLA, University of Amsterdam
Tongji University - Multimedia and Intelligent Computing Lab Paper: MIC_TJ at TRECVID 2014
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L. Wang, Y. Yi, B. Zhang, F. Zhu, B. Xiao, T. Sun, H. Wang -- Dept. of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University, China
National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software of Wuhan University Paper: WHU-NERCMS at TRECVID2014: Instance Search Task
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M. Ye, B. Huang, L. Yao, J. Qin, J. Guan, X. Wang, B. Luo, Z. Wang, D. Liu, Z. Zhang, S. Mao, C. Liang -- National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, School of Computer, Wuhan University, China
National Institute of Informatics Paper:National Institute of Informatics, Japan at TRECVID 2014
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D. Le, S. Phan, S. Kasamwattanarote, P. Sebastien, S. Satoh -- National Institute of Informatics, Japan
V. Nguyen -- University of Science, VNU-HCMC, Vietnam
C. Zhu -- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan
D. M. Nguyen -- University of Engineering and Technology, VNU, Vietnam
T. D. Ngo, D. A. Duong -- University of Information Technology, VNU-HCMC, Vietnam
Slides: Enhancing Spatial Consistency Enforcement By Using DPM-based Object Localizer
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D. Le, S. Satoh -- National Institute of Informatics, Japan (NII)
C. Zhu -- Nagoya University , Japan (NU)
T. V. Nguyen, T. D. Ngo, D. A. Duong -- VNU-HCMC - University of Information Technology, Vietnam (UIT-HCM)
D. M. Nguyen -- VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam (VNU-UET)
Poster: NII at TRECVID Instance Search 2014
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D. Le, V. Nguyen, C. Zhu, T. D. Ngo, D. M. Nguyen, S. Satoh, M. Tran, D. A. Duong
Poster: NII at TRECVID Multimedia Event Detection 2014
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S. Phan, D. Le, S. Satoh
NTT Communication Science Laboratories Paper:NTT Communication Science Laboratories at TRECVID 2014 Instance Search Task
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M. Murata, H. Nagano, K. Hiramatsu, T. Kawanishi, K. Kashino -- NTT Communication Science Laboratories (NTT CSL), NTT Corporation, Japan
Nagoya University Paper:Nagoya University at TRECVID 2014: the Instance Search Task
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C. Zhu, I. Ide, K. Takeda -- Nagoya University, Japan
Y. Zheng, S. Satoh -- National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Slides: Nagoya University at TRECVID 2014:the Instance Search Task
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C. Zhu, I. Ide, K. Takeda -- Nagoya University, Japan
Y. Zheng, S. Satoh -- NII, Japan
ORAND S.A. Chile Paper:ORAND at TRECVID 2014: Instance Search and Multimedia Event Detection
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J. M. Barrios, J. M. Saavedra, F. Ramirez, D. Contreras -- ORAND S.A, Chile
Slides: ORAND team at Instance Search
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J. M. Barrios, J. M. Saavedra, F. Ramirez, D. Contreras -- ORAND Research Center, Chile
Aalto University Paper: PicSOM Experiments in TRECVID 2014
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S. Ishikawa, M. Koskela, M. Sjöberg, R. Anwer, J. Laaksonen, E. Oja -- Dept. of Information and Computer Science, Aalto University School of Science, Aalto, Finland
Slides: PicSOM Experiments in TRECVID 2014 Semantic Indexing Task
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J. Laaksonen -- Aalto University School of Science, Finland
Peking University ICST Paper:PKU-ICST at TRECVID 2014: Instance Search Task
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Y. Peng, J. Zhang, P. Tang, L. Huang, X. Huang, X. He -- Institute of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University, China
LIG Paper:LIG at TRECVid 2014: Semantic Indexing
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B. Safadi, N. Derbas, A. Hamadi, M. Budnik, P. Mulhem, G. Quénot -- UJF-Grenoble 1, UPMF-Grenoble 2, Grenoble INP, CNRS, LIG UMR 5217, France
Slides: On the use of semantic features for the semantic indexing task
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B. Safadi, N. Derbas, A. Hamadi, M. Budnik, P. Mulhem, Georges Quénot -- UJF-LIG
SRI International Sarnoff, UCF, UMass, Cyc Paper:SRI-Sarnoff AURORA System at TRECVID 2014 Multimedia Event Detection and Recounting
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H. Cheng, J. Liu, I. Chakraborty, G. Chen, Q. Liu, M. Elhoseiny, G. Gan, A. Divakaran, H. S. Sawhney -- SRI-International Sarnoff, Vision Technologies Lab, USA
J. Allan, J. Foley -- University of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA, USA
M. Shah, A. Dehghan -- University of Central Florida, FL, USA
M. Witbrock, J. Curtis -- Cycorp Inc, USA
SRI International, University of Amsterdam, University of Southern California Paper:The 2014 SESAME Multimedia Event Detection and Recounting System
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R. C. Bolles, J. B. Burns, J. A. Herson, G. K. Myers, J. V. Hout, W. Wang, J. Wong, E. Yeh -- SRI International
A. Habibian, D. C. Koelma, T. Mensink, A. W.M. Smeulders, C. G.M. Snoek -- University of Amsterdam
R. Kovvuri, A. Aggarwal, K. Chen, P. Sharma, S. Cao, R. Nevatia -- University of Southern California
University of Sheffield, UK University of Engineering and Technology Paper:THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD AND UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, LAHORE AT TECVID 2014: INSTANCE SEARCH TASK
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S. Amanat, M. U. G. Khan, N. Nida -- Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, UET Lahore, Pakistan
Y. Gotoh -- Dept. of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK
Telecom Italia Paper:Telecom Italia at TRECVID2014 - Instance Search Task
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L. Bertinetto, M. Balestri, S. Lepsøy, G. Francini -- Telecom Italia, Joint Open Lab VISIBLE
M. Bober -- Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, University of Surrey
University of Central Florida Paper:UCF-CRCV at TRECVID 2014: Semantic Indexing
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A. Dehghan, M. M. Kalayeh, Y. Zhang, H. Idrees, M. Shah -- Center for Research in Computer Vision, University of Central Florida
J. Liu, H. Cheng -- SRI International
Tokyo Institute of Technology Paper:TokyoTech-Waseda at TRECVID 2014
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N. Inoue, Z. Liang, M. Lin, T. Hai, K. Shinoda -- Tokyo Institute of Technology
Z. Xuefeng, K. Ueki -- Waseda University
Slides: Semantic Indexing Using Deep CNNs and GMM Supervectors
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N. Inoue, K. Shinoda -- Tokyo Institute of Technology
Z. Xuefeng, K. Ueki -- Waseda University
Poster: TokyoTech-Waseda at TRECVID 2014: Semantic Indexing Using Deep CNN and GMM Supervectors
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N. Inoue, K. Shinoda -- Tokyo Institute of Technology
Z. Xuefeng, K, Ueki -- Waseda University
Technische UniversitÄt Chemnitz Paper:Technische Universität Chemnitz at TRECVID Instance Search 2014
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M. Ritter, D. Richter, R. Manthey -- Junior Professorship Media Computing
M. Heinzig, R. Herms, S. Kahl, M. Eibl -- Chair Media Informatics at Technische UniversitÄt Chemnitz, Germany
Poster: Technische Universität Chemnitz at TRECVID Instance Search 2014
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M. Ritter, M. Heinzig, R. Herms, S. Kahl, D. Richter, R. Manthey, M. Eibl -- Junior Professorship Media Computing & Chair Media Informatics
Yanai Lab, Department of Informatics, The University of Electro-Communiacations, Tokyo Paper:UEC at TRECVID 2014 SIN task
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K. Yanai, H. Harada, D. H. Nga -- Dept. of Informatics, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
City University of Hong Kong, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Paper:VIREO-TNO @ TRECVID 2014: Multimedia Event Detection and Recounting (MED and MER)
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C. Ngo, Y. Lu, H. Zhang, T. Yao, C. Tan, C. Tan, L. Pang -- Video Retrieval Group (VIREO), City University of Hong Kong
M. Boer, J. Schavemaker, K. Schutte, W. Kraaij -- Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands
Slides: VIREO-TNO @ TRECVID 2014 Zero-Shot Event Detection and Recounting
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M. de Boer -- TNO
Y. Lu, H. Zhang,C. Ngo -- VIREO Group, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M. Boer, J. Schavemaker, K. Schutte, W. Kraaij -- Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands
Poster: Query Expansion in Complex Event Detection with Zero Examples
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M. de Boer, K. Schutte -- Dept. of Intelligent Imaging, TNO, The Netherlands
W. Kraaij -- Institute for Computing and Information Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Paper:VIREO @ TRECVID 2014: Instance Search and Semantic Indexing
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W. Zhang, H. Zhang, T. Yao, Y. Lu, J. Chen, C. Ngo -- Video Retrieval Group (VIREO), City University of Hong Kong