ZTE Communications ›› 2013, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1): 37-40.

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Assessing the Quality of User-Generated Content

Stefan Winkler   

  1. Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC), Singapore 138632
  • Received:2013-01-16 Online:2013-03-25 Published:2013-03-25
  • About author:Stefan Winkler (stefan.winkler@adsc.com.sg) is principal scientist and director of the Interactive Digital Media Program at the University of Illinois Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC) in Singapore. He has previously co-founded a start-up, worked in several large corporations, and held faculty positions at two universities. Dr. Winkler received his PhD degree from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and his MEng. degree from the Technische Universit?t Wien, Austria. He has published more than 80 papers and authored a book called Digital Video Quality . He is an associate editor ofIEEE Transactions on Image Processing andIEEE Signal Processing Magazine (standards column). He has also contributed to video quality standards in VQEG, ITU, ATIS, VSF, and SCTE. His research interests include video processing, computer vision, perception, and human-computer interaction.

Assessing the Quality of User-Generated Content

Stefan Winkler   

  1. Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC), Singapore 138632
  • 作者简介:Stefan Winkler (stefan.winkler@adsc.com.sg) is principal scientist and director of the Interactive Digital Media Program at the University of Illinois Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC) in Singapore. He has previously co-founded a start-up, worked in several large corporations, and held faculty positions at two universities. Dr. Winkler received his PhD degree from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and his MEng. degree from the Technische Universit?t Wien, Austria. He has published more than 80 papers and authored a book called Digital Video Quality . He is an associate editor ofIEEE Transactions on Image Processing andIEEE Signal Processing Magazine (standards column). He has also contributed to video quality standards in VQEG, ITU, ATIS, VSF, and SCTE. His research interests include video processing, computer vision, perception, and human-computer interaction.

Abstract: With the widespread use of digital cameras, imaging software, photo-sharing sites, social networks, and other related technologies, media production and consumption patterns have become much more multifaceted and complex than they used to be. User-generated content in particular has grown tremendously. As a result, quality of experience (QoE) and related quality assessment (QA) methods must also be looked at from a different angle. This paper contrasts some of the traditional quality assessment approaches with newer approaches designed for user-generated content. It also describes some sample applications we have developed.

Key words: image quality, photo collections, social media, photowork, summarization

摘要: With the widespread use of digital cameras, imaging software, photo-sharing sites, social networks, and other related technologies, media production and consumption patterns have become much more multifaceted and complex than they used to be. User-generated content in particular has grown tremendously. As a result, quality of experience (QoE) and related quality assessment (QA) methods must also be looked at from a different angle. This paper contrasts some of the traditional quality assessment approaches with newer approaches designed for user-generated content. It also describes some sample applications we have developed.

关键词: image quality, photo collections, social media, photowork, summarization