chapter 1 Multimedia Metadata 2.0: Challenges of Collaborative Content Modeling / chapter 2 Research Directions toward User-Centric Multimedia / chapter 3 User-Centered Adaptation of User Interfaces for Heterogeneous Environments / chapter 4 Video Adaptation Based on Content Characteristics and Hardware Capabilities / chapter 5 Toward Next-Generation In-Flight Entertainment Systems: A Survey of the State of the Art and Possible Extensions / chapter 6 Toward an Adaptive Video Retrieval System / chapter 7 On Using Information Retrieval Techniques for Semantic Media Adaptation / chapter 8 Interactive Video Browsing of H.264 Content Based on Just-in-Time Analysis / chapter 9 Personalized Faceted Navigation in Semantically Enriched Information Spaces. MICHAL TVAROŽEK AND MÁRIA BIELIKOVÁ -- chapter 10 Personalized Audiovisual Content-Based Podcasting / chapter 11 Use of Similarity Detection Techniques for Adaptive News Content Delivery and User Profi ling / chapter 12 Toward an Adaptive and Personalized Web Interaction Using Human Factors / chapter 13 Image-Based Synthesis for Human Facial Expressions / chapter 14 Image Retrieval Using Particle Swarm Optimization / chapter 15 Image Description Using Scale-Space Edge Pixel Directions Histogram / chapter 16 Semantic Language for Description and Detection of Visual Events / chapter 17 MPEG-7-Based Semantic Indexing of Film Heritage Audiovisual Content / chapter 18 Automatic Feature Extraction to an MPEG-7 Content Model