Coordinated approacH to the EurOpean effoRt on aUdio-visual Search engines

CHORUS+ creates the conditions for mutual information exchange and cross fertilization between the FP7 projects in the Search Engine domain and the national and international initiatives running in this area. The CHORUS+ project aims to foster timely discussion and avoid fragmentation. Discussion groups with selected experts and representatives from industry, academia, and research organizations are planned, including the organisation of focused workshops and conferences. The outcomes of these discussions are deliverables that address the interests, needs and challenges of technology producers, content owners and consumers. Specifically CHORUS+ links together on-going FP7 projects such as I-SEARCH, COAST, GLOCAL, LIVINGKNOWLEDGE, SocialSensor, UBRIK, InEvent, HBB-NEXT, TOSCA-MP, SMART, MIReS (Roadmap for Music Information ReSearch), 3D-LIFE, COMET, ENVISION but also with specific initiatives or national projects like NEM (The Network&Electronic Media Technology Platform), FIA, THESEUS, QUAERO. This co-ordination action allows setting concrete strategies and industrial objectives for multimedia search in Europe.