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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>Politehnica University of Bucharest organizes an online AIDA short course on “Artificial Intelligence for Video Streaming Platforms” offered through the International Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA). The purpose of this course is to overview the foundations and the current state of the art in various systems developed for on-line video streaming platforms, namely:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1. DEEP-AD: A Multimodal Temporal Video Segmentation Framework for Online Video Advertising:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Shot boundary detection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Automatic video abstraction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Multimodal scene segmentation using: low/high level visual descriptors, audio patterns and semantic description<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Thumbnail selection from video scenes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Ads insertion based on semantic criterion<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>2. Automatic subtitle synchronization and positioning:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Text pre-processing and automatic speech recognition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Anchor word identification and token matching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Phrases alignment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Subtitle/Close Caption positioning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>3. DEEP-HEAR: A Multimodal Subtitle Positioning System Dedicated to Deaf and Hearing-Impaired People:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Face detection, tracking and recognition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Video temporal segmentation into stories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Active speaker detection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Subtitle positioning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US> </span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>LECTURER</span></b><span lang=EN-US>: </span><span lang=FR>- Prof. Ruxandra </span><span lang=RO>Ț</span><span lang=FR>apu, email: <a href="mailto:ruxandra_tapu@comm.pub.ro">ruxandra_tapu@comm.pub.ro</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>HOST INSTITUTION/ORGANIZER</span></b><span lang=EN-US>: Politehnica University of Bucharest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>REGISTRATION</span></b><span lang=EN-US>: Free of charge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>WHEN</span></b><span lang=EN-US>: 16-17 June 2022 from 11:00 to 13:00 CET (4 hours)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>WHERE</span></b><span lang=EN-US>: Online (Microsoft Teams link will be provided)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>HOW TO REGISTER and ENROLL</span></b><span lang=EN-US>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Both AIDA and non-AIDA students are encouraged to participate in this short course.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you are an AIDA Student* already, please:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Step (a): Register in the course, please send fill the <a href="https://forms.gle/wRFAn4yHAy8LzgXc7">Registration form</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AND<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Step (b): Enroll in the same course in the AIDA system using “<a href="https://www.i-aida.org/course/artificial-intelligence-for-video-streaming-platforms-2/">Enroll on this Course</a>”, so that this course enters your AIDA Certificate of Course Attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you are not an AIDA Student, do only step (a).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US>*AIDA Students should have been registered in the AIDA system already (they are PhD students or PostDocs that belong only to the AIDA Members listed in this page: <a href="https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/">https://www.i-aida.org/about/members/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>Prof. Ruxandra </span><span lang=RO>Ț</span><span lang=FR>apu, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>Email <a href="mailto:ruxandra_tapu@comm.pub.ro">ruxandra_tapu@comm.pub.ro</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>