Source:

Leonardo Chiariglione

Title:

Ad hoc groups established at the 87^th MPEG meeting

Status

10336

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

Chairmen:

Francisco Morán Burgos

Patrick Gioia

Duration:

Until 88th Meeting

Meetings:

Sunday before 88th meeting

Reflector:

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

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10367

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.

4.          To initiate an effort for establishment of a better structure in the MPEG-4 Visual conformance database.

Chairman:

Yi-Shin Tung, Teruhiko Suzuki                

Duration:

Until 88^th Meeting

Meetings:

No

Reflector:

mpeg-m4maint@lists.rwth-aachen.de

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10368

AHG on Reconfigurable Video Coding

Mandate:

1.      To conduct the core experiment as described in N10356

2.      To discuss and study the developments necessary for future amendments of 23002-4.

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

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

5.      To study the relationship between RVC and other parts of MPEG standards.

6.      To discuss and update the RVC Vision document.

Chairman:

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

Duration:

Until 88^th Meeting

Meetings:

Yes (Sunday before 88^th  Meeting)

Reflector:

rvc@listes.epfl.ch

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

10369

AHG on MPEG-7 Visual

Mandate:

1.      To conduct Core Experiments as described in N10345 and perform an assessment of the results.

2.      To maintain and distribute the test data bases.

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

Chairman:

Miroslaw Bober, Paul Brasnett, Ryoma Oami

Duration:

Until 88^th Meeting

Meetings:

Yes (Sunday before 88^th Meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg7-visual@elka.pw.edu.pl

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Send an email (from the address you wish to subscribe) to listserv@elka.pw.edu.pl with the message “subscribe mpeg7-visual [display name]” as the first line in the body.

10370

AHG on 3D Video Coding

Mandate:

1.      To conduct the exploration experiments as described in N10360.

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

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

4.      To organize logistics and prepare evaluation of view synthesis results at the 88^th meeting.

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

6.      To distribute the Call for Test Material, collect and evaluate incoming responses.

Chairman:

Karsten Müller, Anthony Vetro (co-chairs)

Duration:

Until 88^th Meeting

Meetings:

Yes (Sunday before the 88^th meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg-ftv@lists.rwth-aachen.de

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10371

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, Vittorio Baroncini, Ajay Luthra, Jason Suh, T.K. Tan (co-chairs)

Duration:

Until 88^th Meeting

Meetings:

Yes (Sunday before the 88^th meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg-newvid@lists.rwth-aachen.de

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10372

AHG on AVC Development

Mandate:

1.      To study and discuss 14496-4:2004/FPDAM38, ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/FPDAM15, 14496-10:200X/FPDAM 1, Defect Report N10343 and the WD of 14496-10:200X/Amd.2.

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

3.      To maintain the conformance testing related to AVC.

4.      To collect bug reports on text, software and conformance, and prepare defect reports and corrigenda as appropriate.

5.      To communicate with ITU-T VCEG on issues of AVC maintenance and development.

Chairman:

Gary Sullivan, Jens-Rainer Ohm (co-chairs); Ajay Luthra, Heiko Schwarz, Karsten Sühring, Teruhiko Suzuki, Alexis Tourapis, Anthony Vetro, Thomas Wiegand (associate chairs)

Duration:

Until 88^th Meeting

Meetings:

Yes (Sunday before 88^th  Meeting); potential additional meeting to be announced 4 weeks in advance by the reflector.

Reflector:

jvt-experts@lists.rwth-aachen.de

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10431

AHG on Audio Standards Maintenance

Mandate:

To:

1.      Maintain Audio-related conformance data

2.      Maintain Audio-related reference software

3.      Conduct other miscellaneous activity

Chair:

R. Sperschneider

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No

Reflector:

mpam@uow.edu.au

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 mpam@freelists.org. 

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10432

AHG on SAOC, USAC and MetaData

Mandate:

To:

1.      Carry out the Workplan on SAOC Core Experiments

2.      Carry out the Workplan on MPEG Reference Encoder.

3.      Carry out the Workplan on USAC Core Experiments

4.      Fix any known bugs in SAOC and USAC reference software.

5.      Draft “MetaData Vision” document and candidate liaison text as a means of publicizing the MetaData exploration.

Chair:

S. Quackenbush, Pierrick Philippe

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

Yes

Reflector:

Mpeg-audio-call@uow.edu.au

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10508

AHG on Scene Representation

Mandate:

1.      Existing LASeR Amendments

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

2.      Exploration : UI Framework

a.       Raise awareness on this activity

b.      Prepare evaluation of responses 

3.      Conduct the analysis on the proposed structure of new BIFS profile (N10439) and prepare call for proposal

4.      Other Activities

a.       Conduct discussion with OMA, DVB, W3C, 3GPP, and WorldDMB in the area of rich media

b.      Improve example service scenario in N10448 and prepare workplan

Chairman:

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

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held weekend before the next MPEG meeting.

Reflector:

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

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10509

AHG on MPEG File Formats

Mandate:

1.      Study and progress amendments and corrigenda on parts 12, 14 and 15, as needed.

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

3.      Improve the file format presentation material, white paper and one pager.

Chairman:

David Singer (Apple)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No Meeting

Reflector:

mp4-sys@lists.uni-klu.ac.at

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10510

AHG on Application Format

Mandate:

1.      Further develop the following Application Formats and/or conformance and reference software

a.       Professional Archival Application Format

b.      Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Application Format

c.       Video Surveillance Application Format

d.      Stereoscopic Video Application Format

e.       Interactive Music Application Format

Chairman:

Kyuheon Kim (Kyunghee University), Hui Yong Kim(ETRI), Noboru Harada (NTT)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held weekend before the next meeting

Reflector:

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

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10512

AHG on MPEG-V (including previous RoSE activities)

Mandate:

1.      Continue editing and produce working drafts for following standards

a.       Architecture

b.      Sensory Information

c.       Avatar Information

d.      Control Information

2.      Solicit and prepare contribution to improve the working drafts

3.      Discuss an appropriate name for the standard to replace the term “virtual world” in the title

Chairman:

Jean Gelissen, Sanghyun Joo, Christian Timmerer

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No Meeting

Reflector:

metaverse@lists.uni-klu.ac.at

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10513

AHG on Font Format Representation

Mandate:

1.      To finalize editing of 2nd edition of Open Font Format standard

2.      To explore possible ways to overcome the 64K limit of the number of glyphs in the existing font format specification in a backward compatible manner and produce a report on this issue.

Chairman:

Vladimir Levantovsky [firstname (dot) lastname (at) monotypeimaging (dot) com]

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No Meeting

Reflector:

http:// groups . yahoo.com / group / mpeg-OTspec [remove spaces]

Subscribe:

mpeg-OTspec (at) yahoogroups (dot) com

10514

AHG on Advanced IPTV Terminal

Mandate:

1.      Improve joint project description and requirements by gathering use cases and harmonizing requirements

2.      Conduct collaboration with ITU-T Q13/16

Chairman:

Xin Wang (xin_ dot_wang_at _ contentguard_ dot_com)

Young Kwon Lim (young_at_netntv_ dot_co_ dot_kr)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held weekend before the next meeting

Reflector:

jiptv_*at*_lists.uni-klu.ac.at

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10515

AHG on MXM

Mandate:

1.      Continue editing of following standards

a.      MXM architecture

b.     MXM API

c.      MXM Conformance & Reference Software

d.     MXM Protocols

2.      Develop the plan for MXM Developer’s Day

3.      Continue the development of reference software

Chairman:

Filippo Chiariglione, Christian Timmerer, Victor Rodriguez, Marius Preda

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held to finalize editing

Reflector:

mxm@lists.uni-klu.ac.at

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