IOLanes: Advancing the Scalability and Performance of I/O Subsystems in Multicore Platforms

Autonomous production of personalized video summaries To produce condensed video reports of a sporting event, the system selects the temporal segments corresponding to actions that are worth being included in the summary based on three factors: • Completeness stands for both the integrity of view rendering in camera/viewpoint selection, and that of story-telling in summary. • Smoothness refers to the graceful displacement of the virtual camera viewpoint, and to the continuous story-telling resulting from the selection of contiguous temporal segments. Preserving smoothness is important to avoid distracting the viewer from the story with abrupt changes of viewpoint. • Fineness refers to the amount of detail provided about the rendered action. Spatially, it favours close views. Temporally, it implies redundant story-telling, including replays. Increasing the fineness of a video does not only improve the viewing experience, but is also essential in guiding the emotional involvement of viewers through the use of close-up shots.