Rich Media and Web 2.0

摘要

Rich media data, such as video, imagery, music, and gaming, do no longer play just asupporting role on the World Wide Web to text data. Thanks to Web 2.0, rich media isthe primary content on sites such as Flickr, PicasaWeb, YouTube, and QQ. Because ofmassive user generated content, the volume of rich media being transmitted on theInternet has surpassed that of text. It is vital to properly manage these data to ensureefficient bandwidth utilization, to support effective indexing and search, and to safeguardcopyrights (just to name a few). This panel invites both researchers and practitioners todiscuss the challenges of Web-scale media-data management. In particular, the panelistswill address issues such as leveraging Rich Media and Web 2.0, indexing, search, and scalability.