Central Library Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) cordially invites you to the 16th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme Topic: Large-Scale Multimedia Digital Library Collections: Challenges and Research Opportunities Speaker : Prof. Ricardo da Silva Torres Institute of Computing University of Campinas Av. Albert Einstein, 1251, 13083-852,, Campinas, SP - Brazil http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~rtorres Chairperson: Dr. Ramesh C Gaur University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) About the Talk: Technology advancements towards image acquisition, storage, and dissemination have fostered the creation of large image collections. In this scenario, there is a strong requirement for effective and efficient systems to manage those materials. In this lecture, I will address common challenges as well as research opportunities related to the design and the implementation of multimedia digital libraries and associated services. About the Speaker: Ricardo da S. Torres received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2000. He got his doctorate in Computer Science at the same university in 2004. He is Director of the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas. His research interests include Image Analysis, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Databases, Digital Libraries, and Geographic Information Systems. Ricardo Torres is member of RECOD lab (http://www.recod.ic.unicamp.br). He is author/co-authors of more than 100 articles into refereed journal and conferences (see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~rtorres). He serves as PC member for several international and national conferences. He also has supervised 20 master and 5 PhD projects. Please make it convenient to attend. Regards Ramesh ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur@mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66@gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.