Dr Harry Agius

Research Interests

Multimedia content management, particularly multimedia metadata, multimedia retrieval, video navigation, video summarization, and the application of ISO/IEC MPEG-7 to these areas

Publications

Journal Papers

(2010) Money, AG. and Agius, H., ELVIS: Entertainment-led video summaries, ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applic 6 (3) : 17

(2009) Money, AG. and Agius, H., Analysing user physiological responses for affective video summarisation, Displays 30 (2) : 59- 70

(2009) Agius, H. and Angelides, MC., From MPEG-7 user interaction tools to hanging basket models: bridging the gap, Multimedia Tools and Applications 41 (3) : 375- 406

(2008) Money, AG. and Agius, H., Video summarisation: a conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 19 (2) : 121- 143

(2007) Agius, H. and Angelides, MC., Closing the content-user gap in MPEG-7: the hanging basket model, Multimedia Systems 13 (2) : 155- 172

(2006) Crockford, C. and Agius, H., An empirical investigation into user navigation of digital video using the VCR-like control set, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 64 (4) : 340- 355

(2006) Angelides, MC. and Agius, H., An MPEG-7 scheme for semantic content modelling and filtering of digital video, Multimedia Systems 11 (4) : 320-339- Download publication

(2005) Agius, H. and Angelides, MC., COSMOS-7: video-oriented MPEG-7 scheme for modelling and filtering of semantic content, The Computer Journal 48 (5) : 545- 562 Download publication

(2005) Crockford, C. and Agius, H., Modelling VCR-like video content navigation, Displays 26 (2) : 79- 96

(2002) Angelides, MC. and Agius, HW., An interactive multimedia learning environment for VLSI built with COSMOS, Computers and Education 39 (2) : 145- 160 Download publication

(2001) Agius, HW., Book review on Mobile commerce: opportunities, applications and technologies of wireless business by Paul May, published in Cambridge by Cambridge University Press, The Computer Bulletin 43 (1) : 30- 31

(2001) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., Modeling content for semantic-level querying of multimedia, Multimedia Tools and Applications 15 (1) : 5- 37

(2000) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., A method for developing interactive multimedia from their semantic content, Data and Knowledge Engineering 34 (2) : 165- 187

(2000) Agius, HW. and Paul, RJ., Editorial for special issue on presentation, perception and parables, Journal of Intelligent Systems 10 (5/6) : 405- 420

(2000) Angelides, MC. and Agius, HW., Eight scenarios of national information superhighway development, Journal of Information Technology 15 (1) : 53- 67

(1999) Tong, AKY. and Agius, HW., ARISTOTLE: a multimedia-based intelligent tutoring system for zoology, Journal of Intelligent Systems 9 (2) : 107- 133

(1999) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., COSMOS - content oriented semantic modelling overlay scheme, The Computer Journal 42 (3) : 153- 176

(1999) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., Developing knowledge-based intelligent multimedia tutoring systems using semantic content-based modelling, Artificial Intelligence Review 13 (1) : 55- 83

(1998) Agius, HW., A survey of semantic content-based multimedia models, Journal of Computing and Information Technology 6 (3) : 311- 323

(1997) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., Desktop video conferencing in the organisation, Information and Management 31 (6) : 291- 302

(1997) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., Integrating logical video and audio segments with content-related information in instructional multimedia systems, Information and Software Technology 39 (10) : 679- 694

Conference Papers

(2008) Crockford, C. and Agius, H., Unifying media stream access for urban warfare intelligence, RAeS Doctrine, Technology & Weapon Systems for Urban Warfare 2008

(2008) Agius, H., Emotion description with MPEG-7, 4th Workshop on the Role of Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction at the 22nd BCS HCI Group Annual Conference, Emotion in HCI – Designing for People: Proceedings of the 2008 International Workshop 194- 208

(2007) Agius, H., Foreword to the SMAP ’07 Doctoral Consortium, 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalisation (SMAP 2007), Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalisation (SMAP 2007) 219- 219

(2001) Agius, HW., Principles for supporting and enhancing user navigation of digital video in video browsers, 12th Annual Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA)

(1999) Agius, HW., Bringing multimedia 'to life': what needs to be known to know what is needed, 5th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI 99)

(2007) Agius, H. and Angelides, MC., Achieving content-user synergy in MPEG-7, 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization (SMAP 2007)

(2006) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., Enriching MPEG-7 user models with content metadata, 1st International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalisation (SMAP 2006) Download publication

(2006) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., MPEG-7 in action: end user experiences with COSMOS-7 front end systems, 2006 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC2006), 2 of 2 1348- 1355

(2005) Crockford, C. and Agius, H., Geospatiotemporal video worlds, Annual Presentations by Britain's Top Younger Scientists, Engineers and Technologists for UK National Science Week 2005

(2005) Money, AG. and Agius, H., 'Once more, with feeling': an emotional approach to multimedia content analysis, IASTED Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2005)

(2005) Crockford, C. and Agius, H., The geovideoworld: new scenarios for accessing geographical video content, IASTED Conference on Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA 2005)

(2004) Agius, HW. and Angelides, MC., Modelling and filtering of MPEG-7-compliant meta-data for digital video, 2004 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'04), 2 of 2 1248- 1252

Book Chapters

(2011) Daylamani Zad, D. and Agius, H., An MPEG-7 Profile for Collaborative Multimedia Annotation. In: Angelides, MC. and Agius, H. eds. The Handbook of MPEG Applications: Standards in Practice. Wiley

(2010) Agius, H., Emotion description with MPEG-7. In: Peter, C., Crane, E., Fabri, M., Agius, H. and Axelrod, L. eds. Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction - Designing for People: Proceedings of the 2008 International Workshop. Stuttgart, Germany : Fraunhofer Verlag 13- 15

(2009) Daylamani Zad, D. and Agius, H., Collaborative movie annotation. In: Furht, B. ed. Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts. New York, NY : Springer 265- 288

(2009) Daylamani Zad, D. and Agius, H., Multimedia metadata 2.0: Challenges of collaborative content modelling. In: Angelides, MC., Wallace, M. and Mylonas, P. eds. Advances in Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press (2) : 1- 20

(2008) Fabri, M., Peter, C., Girard, S. and Agius, H., An affective application for tackling patient depression. In: Emotion in HCI: Joint proceedings of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 International Workshops. Stuttgart : Fraunhofer IRB Verlag 191- 195

(2008) Money, AG. and Agius, H., Are affective video summaries feasible?. In: Peter, C., Beale, R., Crane, E., Axelrod, L. and Blyth, G. eds. Emotion in HCI: Joint proceedings of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 International Workshops. Stuttgart : Fraunhofer IRB Verlag 142- 149

(2008) Money, AG. and Agius, H., Automating the extraction of emotion-related mulimedia semantics. In: Peter, C., Beale, R., Crane, E., Axelrod, L. and Blyth, G. eds. Emotion in HCI: Joint Proceedings of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 International Workshops. Stuttgart : Fraunhofer IRB Verlag 45- 47

(2008) Money, AG. and Agius, H., Feasibility of personalized affective video summaries. In: Peter, C. and Beale, R. eds. Affect and Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction. Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer (4868/2008) : 194- 208

(2008) Agius, H., MPEG-7 applications. In: Furht, B. ed. Encyclopedia of Multimedia. New York, NY : Springer 473- 475

(2008) Agius, H., MPEG-7 multimedia content description interface. In: Furht, B. ed. Encyclopedia of Multimedia. New York, NY : Springer 475- 483

(2008) Agius, H., The content-user gap in MPEG-7. In: Furht, B. ed. Encyclopedia of Multimedia. New York, NY : Springer 115- 117

(2008) Money, AG. and Agius, H., Video playing with our emotions. In: Emotion in HCI: Joint Proceedings of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 International Workshops. 168- 171

(2006) Agius, H., Crockford, C. and Money, AG., Emotion and multimedia content. In: . Encyclopedia of Multimedia 222- 223

(2006) Agius, H., Crockford, C. and Money, AG., Geographic video content. In: . Encyclopedia of Multimedia 257- 259

(2006) Agius, H., Crockford, C. and Money, AG., Real-world multimedia systems. In: . Encyclopedia of Multimedia 748- 754

(2002) Agius, HW., Principles for supporting and enhancing user navigation of digital video in video browsers. In: Rahman, SM. ed. Interactive Multimedia Systems. Hershey, PA : IDEA Group Publishing (Chapter 13) : 239- 250

(1996) Agius, HW., Synthesising technology and context for instructional multimedia information systems within the primary classroom. In: Katz, YJ., Millin, D. and Offir, B. eds. The Impact of Information Technology: From Practice to Curriculum. London : Chapman and Hall 95- 100

Books

(2010) Angelides, MC. and Agius, H., The Handbook of MPEG Applications: Standards in Practice. Wiley

(2010) Peter, C., Crane, E., Fabri, M., Agius, H. and Axelrod, L., Emotion in human-computer interaction - designing for people: Proceedings of the 2008 international workshop. Fraunhofer Verlag

(2010) Peter, C., Crane, E., Axelrod, L., Agius, H., Afzal, S. and Balaam, M., Emotion in human-computer interaction - real world challenges: Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop. Fraunhofer Verlag

(2007) Mylonas, P., Wallace, M., Angelides, MC., Hellwagner, H. and Agius, H., Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization (SMAP 2007). IEEE