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<p>Large-scale video networks are of increasing importance in a wide range of applications. However, the development of automated techniques for aggregating and interpreting information from multiple video streams in real-life scenarios is a challenging area of research.</p> <p>Collecting the work of leading researchers from a broad range of disciplines, this timely text/reference offers an in-depth survey of the state of the art in distributed camera networks. The book addresses a broad spectrum of critical issues in this highly interdisciplinary field: current challenges and future directions; video processing and video understanding; simulation, graphics, cognition and video networks; wireless video sensor networks, communications and control; embedded cameras and real-time video analysis; applications of distributed video networks; and educational opportunities and curriculum-development.</p> <p>Topics and features:</p> <ul> <li>Presents an overview of research in areas of motion analysis, invariants, multiple cameras for detection, object tracking and recognition, and activities in video networks</li> <li>Provides real-world applications of distributed video networks, including force protection, wide area activities, port security, and recognition in night-time environments</li> <li>Describes the challenges in graphics and simulation, covering virtual vision, network security, human activities, cognitive architecture, and displays</li> <li>Examines issues of multimedia networks, registration, control of cameras (in simulations and real networks), localization and bounds on tracking</li> <li>Discusses system aspects of video networks, with chapters on providing testbed environments, data collection on activities, new integrated sensors for airborne sensors, face recognition, and building sentient spaces</li> <li>Investigates educational opportunities and curriculum development from the perspective of computer science and electrical engineering </li> </ul> <p>Thi