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Reference to Windsurf

If you write a paper using results obtained with the help of the Windsurf library, please cite one or both of the following references:

1. I. Bartolini, M. Patella and G. Stromei. The Windsurf Library for the Efficient Retrieval of Multimedia Hierarchical Data. In Proceeding of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP 2011). Best Paper Award
   

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           author    = "Ilaria Bartolini, Marco Patella and Guido Stromei",
           title     = "The Windsurf Library for the Efficient Retrieval of Multimedia Hierarchical Data",
           booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Conference on
                        Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications SIGMAP 2011",
           year      = 2011,
           month     = jul,
           pages     = "139--148",
           address   = "Seville, Spain"
       }
       

2. Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia and Marco Patella. Query Processing Issues in Region-Based Image Databases. In Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS), 25(2):389-420, November 2010.
   

       @Article{BCP10,
           author  = "Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia and Marco Patella",
           title   = "Query Processing Issues in Region-Based Image Databases",
           journal = "Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS)",
           volume  = 25,
           number  = 2,
           year    = 2010,
           pages   = "389--420"
       }
       

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• I. Bartolini, M. Patella, and G. Stromei. The Windsurf Library for the Efficient Retrieval of Multimedia Hierarchical Data. In Proceeding of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP 2011), Seville, Spain, July 2011. Best Paper Award.

• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, and M. Patella. Query Processing Issues in Region-Based Image Databases. In Knowledge and Information Systems, 25(2):389-420, November 2010.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Automatically Joining Pictures to Multiple Taxonomies. In Proceedings of the 18th Italian National Conference on Advanced Data Base Systems (SEBD 2010), Rimini, Italy, June 2010.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Multi-dimensional Keyword-based Image Annotation and Search. In Proceedings of the 2nd International ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Keyword Search on Structured Data (KEYS 2010), Indianapolis, IN, USA, 2010.
• I. Bartolini. Image Querying. In Encyclopedia of Database Systems, ISBN: 978-0-387-49616-0, Editors-in-chief: Liu, Ling; Özsu, M. Tamer, Springer, 2009. (print and online)
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• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Integrating Semantic and Visual Facets for Browsing Digital Photo Collections. In Proceedings of the 17th Italian National Conference on Advanced Data Base Systems (SEBD 2009), Camogli (Genova), Italy, June 2009.
• I. Bartolini. A Multi-faceted Browsing Interface for Digital Photo Collections. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI 2009), Chania, Crete, June 2009.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Imagination: Exploiting Link Analysis for Accurate Image Annotation. In Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval: Retrieval, User, and Semantics (Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Volume 4918/2008, ISBN: 978-3-540-79859-0, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2008. Invited Paper
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Scenique: A Multimodal Image Retrieval Interface. In Proceedings of the 2008 International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2008) - in cooperation with ACM-SIGCHI, Napoli, Italy, May 2008.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Imagination: Accurate Image Annotation Using Link-analysis Techniques. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval (AMR 2007), Paris, France, July 2007.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Towards an Effective Semi-Automatic Technique for Image Annotation. In Proceedings of the 15th Italian National Conference on Advanced Data Base Systems (SEBD 2007), Torre Canne (Fasano, BR), Italy, June 2007.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, V. Oria, and T. Özsu. Flexible Integration of Multimedia Sub-queries with Qualitative Preferences. In Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal (MTAP), 33(3):275-300, June 2007.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, L. Chen and V. Oria. A Meta-Index to Integrate Specific Indexes: Application to Multimedia. In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS 2006), Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, September 2006.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia and M. Patella. Distributed Aggregation Strategies for Preferences Queries. In Proceedings of the 14th Italian National Conference on Advanced Data Base Systems (SEBD 2006 ), Portonovo, Italy, June 2006.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. Optimal Incremental Evaluation of Preference Queries Based on Ranked Sub-queries. In In Atti del Tredicesimo Convegno Nazionale SEBD, Bressanone, Italy, June 2005.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, and M. Patella. Warp: Accurate Retrieval of Shapes Using Phase and Time Warping Distance. In IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 27(1):142-147, January 2005.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, V. Oria, and T. Özsu. Integrating the Results of Multimedia Sub-Queries Using Qualitative Preferences. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems (MIS 2004), Washington DC, USA, August 2004.
• I. Bartolini and P. Ciaccia. MuSIQUE: A Multi-System Image Querying User Interface . In Atti dell'Undicesimo Convegno Nazionale SEBD, Cetraro, Italy, June 2003.
• I. Bartolini and V. Oria. Integration of Partially-Ordered Sub-Query Results Through Answer Spaces. NJIT-CS-03-10 Research Report, April 8, 2003.
• I. Bartolini and V. Oria. A Meta-Index to Integrate Specific Indexes: Application to Multimedia. NJIT-CS-03-11 Research Report, April 11, 2003.
• I. Bartolini. Efficient and Effective Similarity Search in Multimedia Databases. Ph.D. thesis, Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, February 2002.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia and M. Patella. A Sound Algorithm for Region-Based Image Retrieval Using an Index. In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Query Processing and Multimedia Issue in Distributed Systems (QPMIDS'00 - DEXA'00), Greenwich, London, UK, September 2000.
• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia and M. Patella. WINDSURF: A Region-Based Image Retrieval System. CSITE-011-00 Technical Report, July 2000.
• I. Bartolini and M. Patella. Correct and Efficient Evaluation of Region-Based Image Search. In Atti del Quinto Convegno Nazionale SEBD, Aquila, Italy, June 2000.
• S. Ardizzoni, I. Bartolini and M. Patella. Windsurf: Region-Based Image Retrieval Using Wavelets. In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Similarity Search (IWOSS'99 - DEXA'99), Florence, Italy, September 1999.