Source:

Leonardo Chiariglione

Title:

Ad hoc groups established at the 86^th MPEG meeting

Status

Approved

10134

AHG on 3DGC documents, software maintenance and core experiments

Mandate:

1. Conduct the experiments in Scalable Complexity Mesh Compression

2. Coordinate 3DGC related conformance and reference software

3. Maintain and edit 3DGC documents

4. Coordinate editing of the www.mpeg-3dgc.com web site

Chairman:

Francisco Morán Burgos

Patrick Gioia

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 87th meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-3dgc AT gti. ssr. upm. es

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10180

AHG on Maintenance of MPEG-4 Visual related Documents, Reference Software and Conformance

Mandate:

1. To collect bug reports related to MPEG-4 Visual text, VM, software and conformance

2. To remove known bugs and contribute to preparation of new editions of MPEG-4 software and conformance standards

3. To maintain video reference software in the MPEG SVN repository.

Chairman:

Yi-Shin Tung, Teruhiko Suzuki

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpeg-m4maint AT lists. rwth-aachen. de

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10181

AHG on Reconfigurable Video Coding

Mandate:

1. To discuss and finalize the Study documents of 23001-4 FCD and 23002-4 FCD, and the working drafts related to the future amendments of these standards.

2. To maintain the normative and non-normative parts of RVC software.

3. To study and develop the conformance testing of FUs in FU level as well as codec level.

4. To study the relationship between RVC and MXM.

5. To discuss and finalize the RVC Vision document.

Chairman:

Euee S. Jang, Marco Mattavelli (co-chairs), Kazuo Sugimoto (associate chair)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 87th  Meeting

Reflector:

rvc AT listes. epfl. ch

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To subscribe, send email to rvc-subscribe AT listes. epfl. ch

10182

AHG on MPEG-7 Visual

Mandate:

1. To organize the logistics in the context of the CfP on Video Signature Tools (collection/distribution of test materials etc.).

2. To perform an initial evaluation of responses received on the CfP in an AHG meeting prior to the 87th MPEG meeting, and propose subsequent core experiments.

3. To maintain consistency of MPEG-7 Visual related documents, Reference Software and Conformance.

Chairman:

Miroslaw Bober, Paul Brasnett, Ryoma Oami

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Saturday and Sunday before 87th  Meeting

Reflector:

mpeg7-visual AT elka. pw. edu. pl

Subscribe:

To subscribe, send email listserv AT elka. pw. edu. pl with the message “subscribe mpeg7-visual [display name]” as the first line in the body.

10183

AHG on 3D Video and FTV Coding

Mandate:

1. To conduct the exploration experiments as described in N10173.

2. To maintain the software for depth map generation and view generation

3. To discuss 3D Video systems models, applications and requirements.

4. To organize logistics and prepare evaluation of view synthesis and coding results at the 87th meeting.

5. To further discuss and refine evaluation methodologies and criteria.

6. To discuss the 3DV/FTV vision and prepare a document for the next meeting.

Chairman:

Hideaki Kimata (chair), Aljoscha Smoli, Anthony Vetro (co-chairs)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 87th  Meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-ftv AT lists. rwth-aachen. de

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10184

AHG on High-Performance Video Coding

Mandate:

1. To further discuss vision, applications and requirements of high-performance video coding.

2. To distribute the Call for Test Sequences and assist the video chair in collecting and evaluating new test sequences for the upcoming Call for Evidence.

3. To further discuss and develop conditions and testing methodologies for the Draft Call for Evidence.

Chairman:

Jens-Rainer Ohm, Jörn Ostermann, Ajay Luthra, Jason Suh, T.K. Tan (co-chairs)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 87th  Meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-newvid AT lists. rwth-aachen. de

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10223

AHG on MxM

Mandate:

Review and provide revised versions of the Working Drafts based on the responses to the original CfPs

Chairman:

Filippo Chiariglione (filippo _ at _ cedeo _ dot _ net)

Marius Preda (marius _dot _ preda _ at _ int-edu _ dot _ eu

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

A meeting will be held on the Sunday before the 87^th MPEG meeting

Reflector:

gen-sys *ar* lists.uni-klu.ac.at

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To subscribe send email to http://lists.uni-klu.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/gen-sys

10226

AHG on Audio Standards Maintenance

Mandate:

1. Maintain Audio-related conformance data

2. Maintain Audio-related reference software

3. Conduct other miscellaneous activity

Chairman:

R. Sperschneider

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpam AT uow. edu. au

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http://mailinglists.uow.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/mpam

10227

AHG on SAOC, USAC

Mandate:

1. Carry out the Workplan on SAOC Core Experiments

2. Draft a workplan for the creation of Unified Speech and Audio Coding MPEG Reference Encoder Software and begin the development of software

3. Continue to explore and implement as appropriate a merge of technology from CfP Sys2 and Sys4 into USAC RM.

4. Fix any known bugs in USAC reference software.

Chairman:

S. Quackenbush, P. Philippe

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Yes

Reflector:

mpeg-audio-call AT uow. edu. au

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10239

AHG on Information Exchange with Virtual Worlds

Mandate:

To address the following issues related to the Call For Proposals for Information Exchange with Virtual Worlds:

1. Disseminate the Call for Proposals for Information Exchange with Virtual Worlds

2. Conduct evaluation of responses to the CfP

3. Provide recommendations based on the evaluation

4. Prepare a first versions of the Working Draft

Chairman:

Jean Gelissen (jean.gelissen AT philips. com), Marius Preda (marius.preda AT int-edu. eu), Keiji Mitsubuchi (Keiji AT dhw. ac. jp)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 87th  Meeting

Reflector:

metaverse AT lists. uni-klu. ac. at

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10302

AHG on Scene Representation

Mandate:

1. Existing LASeR Amendments

   1. Further study and refine on-going amendments on LASeR

2. Exploration : UI Framework

   1. Improve Context and Objective on UI Framework

   2. Raise awareness on  CfP

   3. Prepare evaluation of proposals 

3. Other Activities

   1. Conduct discussion with OMA, DVB, W3C, and 3GPP in the area of LASeR and report actions back to the group.

   2. Conduct discussions with the various organization to which liaison has been sent.

   3. Consider LASeR issues raised from MAF activities.

   4. Study and improve LASeR Conformance. Cross-check conformance bitstreams for LASeR Profile and Levels.

Chairman:

Young-Kwon Lim (net&tv), Jaeyeon Song (Samsung), Cyril Concolato (TELECOM ParisTech)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpeg-laser AT lists. uni-klu. ac. at

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10303

AHG on MPEG File Formats

Mandate:

1. Study and progress amendments and corrigenda on parts 12 and 15 as needed.

2. Study and improve the Reference Software and Conformance for File Format

3. Study issues in the storage of MVC in the file format and propose solutions

Chairman:

David Singer (Apple)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mp4-sys AT lists. uni-klu. Ac. at

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10304

AHG on Application Format

Mandate:

1. Further develop the following Application Formats

   1. Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Application Format

      1. Conformance & Ref. SW

   2. Video Surveillance Application Format

      1. Conformance & Ref. SW

   3. Professional Archival AF

      1. Conformance & Ref. SW

   4. Stereoscopic Video Application Format

      1. Conformance & Ref. SW

   5. e.       Interactive Music Application Format

      1. Conduction of mini experiment on constraint mechanism

2. Contribute harmonization activity between AF, in particular

3. Develop conformance and reference software for the Application Format

Chairman:

Kyuheon Kim (Kyunghee University), Hui Yong Kim(ETRI), Jean Cha (LG), Noboru Harada (NTT), Hendry (ICU)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Weekend before 87th  Meeting

Reflector:

maf-sys AT lists. uni-klu. ac. at; mpeg-maf-dev AT lists. uni-klu. ac. at (only for PA-AF)

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10305

AHG on the RoSE Framework

Mandate:

To address the following issues:

1. Complete editing of WD 2.0

2. Continue discussions on technologies in TuC

3. Prepare contributions for the other work items (USP, DSC, DSCom)

4. Conduct discussion with SGSN and ISO/TC159/SC4/WG9

Chairman:

Sanghyun Joo (chair), Jean Gelissen (co-chair), Christian Timmerer (co-chair)

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

Weekend before 87th  Meeting. Other business will be also conducted by e-mail or telephone conference. An interim meeting could be considered.

Reflector:

rose AT lists. uni-klu. ac. at

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10306

AHG on Advanced IPTV Terminal

Mandate:

1. Look after the process of establishing the joint project with ITU-T so that SG16 may presented with a matured proposal for a new standard for Advanced IPTV Terminal

2. Gather use case scenarios and requirements for Advanced IPTV Terminal

3. Conduct collaboration with ITU-T Q.13/16 to prepare a joint meeting

Chairman:

Xin Wang (xin_ dot_wang_at _ contentguard_ dot_com)

Young Kwon Lim (young_at_netntv_ dot_co_ dot_kr]

Duration:

Until 87th Meeting

Meetings

• A meeting will be held on 22-23 November 2008, in a place to be determined,  the weekend before the ITU-T GSI IPTV meeting in the week of November 24, 2008

• Sunday before 87th  Meeting.

Reflector:

jiptv AT lists. uni-klu. ac. at

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