Source:

Leonardo Chiariglione

Title:

Ad hoc groups established in Marrakech

Status

N8737

Mandate:

1. Maintain and edit 3DG documents
2. Coordinate 3DG CE activities
3. Coordinate 3DG related conformance and reference software

Chairman:

Co-chairs:

Jeong-Hwan Ahn (Samsung AIT)

Mark Callow (HI Corporation)

Duration:

Meetings

Reflector:

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N8774

AHG on Video IDCT Specification

Mandate:

1. Carry out the Core Experiments.
2. Maintain the DCT/IDCT testbed software.
3. Discuss the results of the experiments.

Chairman:

Marco Mattavelli (chair), G. Sullivan, A. Hinds, Y. Reznik, P. Topiwala (associate chairs)

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 80^th meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg-vidct@lists.ient.rwth-aachen.de

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N8775

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. Maintenance of the MPEG-4 software and conformance Web sites

Chairman:

Yi-Shin Tung, Chung-Neng Wang           

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

sw_int@commlab18.ee.nctu.edu.tw

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N8776

AHG on Reconfigurable Video Coding

Mandate:

1. To finalize N8770 and N8771, conduct the Core Experiments and Exploration Experiments as described in the respective documents.

2. To discuss and evaluate the CE results and related inputs in preparation of the 80^th meeting.

3. To maintain the RSM software implementation.

4. To study the appropriate API for interfacing RVC framework with M3W.

Chairman:

Euee S. Jang (chair), Yoshihisa Yamada (associate chair)

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 80^th  Meeting)

Reflector:

rvc@listes.epfl.ch

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N8777

AHG on Maintenance of MPEG-7 Visual related Documents, Reference Software and Conformance

Mandate:

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

2. To maintain the text of defect reports and draft corrigenda as appropriate.

Chairman:

Sang-Kyun Kim, Robert O'Callaghan, Akio Yamada

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpeg7-visual@lists.lancs.ac.uk

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Send an email to majordomo@lists.lancs.ac.uk with the message “subscribe mpeg7-visual <emailaddress>” as the first line in the body.

N8778

AHG on MPEG-7 Visual and Photo Player MAF

Mandate:

1. To carry out the Core Experiments

2. To perform an evaluation and comment on the results of Core Experiments related to MPEG-7 new visual extensions

3. To coordinate development of the reference software for 23000-3

Chairman:

Miroslaw Bober, Sang-Kyun Kim, Akio Yamada, Wo Chang

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 80^th Meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg7-visual@lists.lancs.ac.uk

Subscribe:

Send an email to majordomo@lists.lancs.ac.uk with the message “subscribe mpeg7-visual <emailaddress>” as the first line in the body.

N8783

AHG on MAFs Awareness Event

Mandate:

1. To finalize meeting logistics: on-line FREE registration, coffee break, Internet access, etc. (WG11 will sponsor this event with coffee break and facility expenses)

2. To compile program descriptions for MAF AE flyer before March 10

3. To create MAF AE flyer by March 20

4. To send MAF AE flyer via email to industry (after creating a mailing list) 4 weeks (March 31) before MPEG meeting

5. To rehearse presentation/demo on Sunday (April 21) before MPEG meeting

6. To update MAF website (http://maf.nist.gov) as necessary

Chairman:

Wo Chang, NIST

Duration:

Until 80^th meeting

Meetings:

Sunday 2:00PM – 4:00PM before MPEG 80^th meeting

Reflector:

mappf@yahoogroups.com

Subscribe:

Send an email to mappf-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

N8790

AHG on MPEG-4 Part 9: Reference Hardware Description Phase 2 and 3

Mandate:

1. To collect and coordinate contributions of MPEG-4 video modules described in HDL from Part 2 and Part 10.
2. To continue the analysis of HDL modules for HW acceleration of MPEG-4 part 10 (AVC), to select relevant modules and coordinate development and submission of such selected modules.
3. To continue verifying the conformance of submitted HDL source code and associated documentation with the requirements stated in the newly updated “Call for Submission” document N6506 and template “Template for MPEG-4 Part 9 HDL module documentation” document N6507.
4. To evaluate the interfaces of each module so that the specification of common interfaces might enable modules submitted in phase 1 to be directly reused for phase 2 and phase 3.
5. To continue the evaluation of tools suitable to support implementation of phase 3.
6. To proceed with the definition and possible extensions of the MPEG-4 Virtual H/W-S/W Socket that interfaces the HDL modules to the MPEG-4. generically optimized reference S/W part 7 and AVC part 10.
7. To proceed with functionality updates and releases of the MPEG-4 Integrated Framework that interfaces the HDL modules to the MPEG-4 generically optimized reference S/W part 7 and AVC part 10.  
8. To specify reference architectures showing the usage of MPEG-4 Part 9 Reference hardware descriptions in an example application.
9. To continue the development of the reference HW demonstrator.

Chairman:

Robert Turney (Xilinx), Marco Mattavelli (EPFL)

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting (San Jose)

Meetings

Phone conferences on 22^nd  February, 22^th  march, 12^th April 4 p.m. CET (3 p.m. GMT). Tel: (from US 1-877-582-3182, from outside US 1-706-679-1128, participant code 9202060193)

Reflector:

refHWdes@listes.epfl.ch

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N8829

AHG on MPEG-21 DIS

Mandate:

1. Carry out the Core Experiment on DI Streaming and provide recommendations to the MDS subgroup.

2. Discuss the relationship between DIS and the Media Streaming MAF

Chair:

Gerrard Drury (gerrard*at*enikos.com)

Peder Drege (peder.drege*at*adactus.no)

Duration:

Until the 80^th meeting.

Meetings:

AHG meeting will be held on the weekend prior to 80^th meeting. Other business will be conducted by e-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

mpeg21-uma_at_merl.com

Subscribe:

To subscribe send email to avetro_at_merl.com (Anthony Vetro).

N8830

AHG on the Media Streaming MAF demo for the MAF-AE

Mandate:

1. Develop scenarios and use cases in the context of the Media Streaming MAF to be demonstrated at the MAF Awareness event

2. Integration of the required MPEG-21 technologies for the demonstration

3. Arrange retrieval of audio-visual resources and xml structures necessary for the demonstration

Chairman:

Filippo Chiariglione, Christian Timmerer, Thomas Skjolberg, ...

Duration:

Until 80th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 80th meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg-maf-dev@lists.uni-klu.ac.at using [MAF-AE]

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N8832

AHG on MPEG-7 Query Format

Mandate:

1.      Carry out the Core Experiments on MPEG-7 QF technologies and provide recommendations to the MDS subgroup.

Chair:

Wo Chang (wchang_*at*_ nist.gov)

Kyoungro Yoon (yoonk *at* konkuk.ac.kr)

Mario Doeller (Mario.doeller_*at*_uni_passau.de)

Duration:

Until the 80^th meeting.

Meetings:

AHG meeting will be held on the weekend prior to 80^th meeting. Other business will be conducted by e-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

cbsearch@yahoogroups.com

Subscribe:

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N8857

AHG on Audio Standards Maintenance

1. Maintain Audio-related conformance data

2.  Maintain Audio-related reference software

3. Conduct other miscellaneous activity

Chairman:

R. Sperschneider

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpam@uow.edu.au

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N8858

AHG on SAOC CfP and AAC-ELD

Mandate:

To:

1. Conduct any activity associated with Call for Proposals on Spatial Audio Object Coding, including the following:

   1.  Collect test material

   2. Discuss evaluation process

2. Carry out Workplan for AAC-ELD.

Chairman:

S. Quackenbush

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

Mpeg-audio-call@uow.edu.au

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N8904

AHG on SVC Verification Test

Mandate:

To prepare the verification tests for SVC

This especially includes

• Definition of test conditions (bit rates and coding tools)
• Selection of test sequences
• Preliminary encoding using the so far defined test conditions

Chairman:

Tobias Oelbaum (TU München, oelbaum@tum.de)

Mathias Wien (RWTH Aachen, wien@ient.rwth-aachen.de)

Associate Chairs:

Justin Ridge (Nokia, )

Vincent Bottreau (Thomson)

Nathalie Cammas (FT-Orange)

Alexandros Eleftheraidis (Layered Media)

Duration:

Until 80^th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before the 80^th Meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-svt@lists.rwth-aachen.de

Subscribe:

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