{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2025533469","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2072298.2072321","title":"Searching the past","display_name":"Searching the past","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-11-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2025533469","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2072298.2072321","mag":"2025533469"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2072298.2072321","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2072298.2072321","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 19th ACM international conference on Multimedia","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/192601","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069505449","display_name":"Edgar Rom\u00e1n-Rangel","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-1698"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I7495430","display_name":"Idiap Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05932h694","country_code":"CH","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I7495430"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5124864","display_name":"\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne","ror":"https://ror.org/02s376052","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799323385","https://openalex.org/I5124864"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Edgar Roman-Rangel","raw_affiliation_strings":["Idiap Research Institute & \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martigny, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Idiap Research Institute & \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martigny, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7495430","https://openalex.org/I5124864"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058652434","display_name":"Carlos Pall\u00e1n Gayol","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210164711","display_name":"National Institute of Anthropology and History","ror":"https://ror.org/0509e3289","country_code":"MX","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210164711"]}],"countries":["MX"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carlos Pallan Gayol","raw_affiliation_strings":["National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210164711"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053358969","display_name":"Jean\u2010Marc Odobez","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9537-9898"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5124864","display_name":"\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne","ror":"https://ror.org/02s376052","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799323385","https://openalex.org/I5124864"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I7495430","display_name":"Idiap Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05932h694","country_code":"CH","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I7495430"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jean-Marc Odobez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Idiap Research Institute & \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martigny, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Idiap Research Institute & \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martigny, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7495430","https://openalex.org/I5124864"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012965551","display_name":"Daniel G\u00e1tica-P\u00e9rez","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5488-2182"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I7495430","display_name":"Idiap Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05932h694","country_code":"CH","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I7495430"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5124864","display_name":"\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne","ror":"https://ror.org/02s376052","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799323385","https://openalex.org/I5124864"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniel Gatica-Perez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Idiap Research Institute & \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martigny, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Idiap Research Institute & \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Martigny, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7495430","https://openalex.org/I5124864"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5069505449"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I5124864","https://openalex.org/I7495430"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.2878,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":17,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.82658156,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"163","last_page":"172"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10627","display_name":"Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10627","display_name":"Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10824","display_name":"Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11439","display_name":"Video Analysis and Summarization","score":0.989799976348877,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maya","display_name":"Maya","score":0.8431508541107178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7554203271865845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.6436710357666016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/histogram","display_name":"Histogram","score":0.5863870978355408},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.5582627654075623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/annotation","display_name":"Annotation","score":0.5172653794288635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/segmentation","display_name":"Segmentation","score":0.49274829030036926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/variety","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","score":0.4644280672073364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visualization","display_name":"Visualization","score":0.43919435143470764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-retrieval","display_name":"Image retrieval","score":0.41517993807792664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.3777749240398407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.32783010601997375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/archaeology","display_name":"Archaeology","score":0.28087905049324036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","score":0.239865243434906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography","display_name":"Geography","score":0.08532798290252686}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179335157","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223890","display_name":"Maya","level":2,"score":0.8431508541107178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7554203271865845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6436710357666016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53533937","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185020","display_name":"Histogram","level":3,"score":0.5863870978355408},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5582627654075623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776321320","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q857525","display_name":"Annotation","level":2,"score":0.5172653794288635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89600930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423946","display_name":"Segmentation","level":2,"score":0.49274829030036926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136197465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729295","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","level":2,"score":0.4644280672073364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36464697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451553","display_name":"Visualization","level":2,"score":0.43919435143470764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1667742","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10927554","display_name":"Image retrieval","level":3,"score":0.41517993807792664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.3777749240398407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.32783010601997375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.28087905049324036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115961682","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860623","display_name":"Image (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.239865243434906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.08532798290252686}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2072298.2072321","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2072298.2072321","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 19th ACM international conference on Multimedia","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:infoscience.tind.io:192601","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/192601","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400487","display_name":"Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"conference proceedings"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:infoscience.tind.io:192601","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/192601","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400487","display_name":"Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"conference proceedings"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.49000000953674316}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320307273","display_name":"Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies","ror":"https://ror.org/012w91b90"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320924","display_name":"Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur F\u00f6rderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung","ror":"https://ror.org/00yjd3n13"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":36,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W560377523","https://openalex.org/W1487601331","https://openalex.org/W2003253251","https://openalex.org/W2004931144","https://openalex.org/W2041578582","https://openalex.org/W2057175746","https://openalex.org/W2100968369","https://openalex.org/W2105026917","https://openalex.org/W2106404777","https://openalex.org/W2108026987","https://openalex.org/W2108240927","https://openalex.org/W2108556791","https://openalex.org/W2108927102","https://openalex.org/W2111569598","https://openalex.org/W2111736068","https://openalex.org/W2121111408","https://openalex.org/W2122934855","https://openalex.org/W2123602281","https://openalex.org/W2130220545","https://openalex.org/W2131846894","https://openalex.org/W2154301842","https://openalex.org/W2157575450","https://openalex.org/W2158008371","https://openalex.org/W2161567010","https://openalex.org/W2161969291","https://openalex.org/W2168709984","https://openalex.org/W2170818070","https://openalex.org/W2172188317","https://openalex.org/W2332059045","https://openalex.org/W2547366248","https://openalex.org/W2801822997","https://openalex.org/W4238890120","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6618572970","https://openalex.org/W6729679072","https://openalex.org/W7039858654"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3212545976","https://openalex.org/W4232444951","https://openalex.org/W2613998213","https://openalex.org/W2419506861","https://openalex.org/W2319991548","https://openalex.org/W3094533902","https://openalex.org/W3209544524","https://openalex.org/W2266904828","https://openalex.org/W2376984068","https://openalex.org/W2506386910"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Archaeologists":[0],"often":[1],"spend":[2],"significant":[3],"time":[4],"looking":[5],"at":[6],"traditional":[7],"printed":[8],"catalogs":[9],"to":[10,25,29,126,161,173],"identify":[11],"and":[12,21,40,59,75,87,100,115,139,146],"classify":[13],"historical":[14],"images.":[15],"Our":[16],"collaborative":[17],"efforts":[18],"between":[19],"archaeologists":[20],"multimedia":[22],"researchers":[23],"seek":[24],"develop":[26],"a":[27,62,147],"tool":[28],"retrieve":[30,162],"two":[31,48],"specific":[32],"types":[33],"of":[34,61,65,107,120,131,137,149,158,195,202],"ancient":[35],"Maya":[36,67,132,163],"visual":[37,85,96,129],"information:":[38],"hieroglyphs":[39],"iconographic":[41],"elements.":[42],"Towards":[43],"that":[44,123,154,192],"goal":[45],"we":[46],"present":[47],"contributions":[49],"in":[50,94],"this":[51],"paper.":[52],"The":[53,98],"first":[54],"one":[55,205],"is":[56,92,103],"the":[57,104,108,118,128,155,174,181,188,193,200,203],"introduction":[58],"analysis":[60,106],"new":[63],"dataset":[64,80,184],"3400+":[66],"hieroglyphs,":[68,164],"whose":[69],"compilation":[70],"involved":[71],"manual":[72],"search,":[73],"annotation":[74],"segmentation":[76],"by":[77],"experts.":[78],"This":[79],"presents":[81],"several":[82],"challenges":[83],"for":[84],"description":[86],"automatic":[88],"retrieval":[89],"as":[90],"it":[91],"rich":[93],"complex":[95],"details.":[97,151],"second":[99],"main":[101],"contribution":[102],"in-depth":[105],"Histogram":[109],"Of":[110],"Orientation":[111],"Shape":[112],"Context":[113],"(HOOSC),":[114],"more":[116,170],"precisely,":[117],"development":[119],"4":[121],"improvements":[122,160],"were":[124],"designed":[125],"handle":[127],"complexity":[130],"hieroglyphs:":[133],"open":[134],"contours,":[135],"mixture":[136],"thick":[138],"thin":[140],"lines,":[141],"hatches,":[142],"large":[143],"instance":[144],"variability,":[145],"variety":[148],"internal":[150],"Experiments":[152],"demonstrate":[153],"adequate":[156],"combination":[157],"our":[159],"provides":[165],"results":[166,179],"with":[167,180],"roughly":[168],"20%":[169],"precision":[171],"compared":[172],"original":[175],"HOOSC":[176],"descriptor.":[177],"Complementary":[178],"MPEG-7":[182],"shape":[183],"validate":[185],"(or":[186],"not)":[187],"proposed":[189],"improvements,":[190],"showing":[191],"design":[194],"appropriate":[196],"descriptors":[197],"depends":[198],"on":[199],"nature":[201],"shapes":[204],"deals":[206],"with.":[207]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}