Preface
Audiovisual, interactive and mobile media interweave with our everyday life, a major aspect of the so-called
megatrend digitalization. In almost all our areas of life, be it private or professional, they change our behavior
and affect our perception, thinking and feeling. The ‘Forum Media Technology (FMT)’ is a scientific event
that aims at providing an intensive dialogue of experts working at agencies, studios, and companies of different
industries with students, lecturers, researchers, and developers in the field of digital media.
   This year in its 10th jubilee edition, the Forum Media Technology was held on November 29-30, 2017 at St.
Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria. In conjunction with the main conference, the 3nd edition of the
trans-disciplinary symposium ‘All Around Audio (AAA)’ as well as the 2nd edition of the ‘Graduate Consortium’
were part of the two day program.

All Around Audio Symposium
Although, audio has not abandoned its status as a standalone discipline, its trans-disciplinary participation at
the conception and design of products and environments has become more and more essential. In this sense, All
Around Audio not only addresses specialists in the audio domain but particularly encourages researchers and
designers from other fields to participate in the symposium. In its third edition, 16 international speakers were
invited for talks on a wide spectrum of topics reaching from media economy, audio technology, auditory display
to music and media arts.

Graduate Consortium
The FMT 2017 Graduate Consortium session was intended to provide an opportunity for graduate and PhD
students to explore, discuss and develop their research topic in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance
of a panel of distinguished researchers.

Forum Media Technology Conference Track
Submissions for the FMT conference track were accepted in two categories of full and short papers. All submitted
papers underwent a double-blind review process, during which each paper was reviewed by at least three members
of the international program committee (IPC) of the conference. Based on the written reviews, final decisions
were made by the paper chairs and finally 13 papers (8 full + 5 short) were accepted for presentation at the
conference (acceptance rate: 50%). In addition, a total of 7 poster contributions were presented in an interactive
sessions, of which 2 posters are part of the special track of the OpenGLAM hackathon, which took place in
September at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences. The accepted papers can be clustered into four areas:
computer vision, research design & digital healthcare, data visualization, as well as human-computer interaction.
   For the second time this year, also one best paper and three honorable mention awards were given to the
top four contributions of the FMT. The award is based on the scientific excellence of the paper as well as
the presentation performance of the authors at the conference. The selection process for the best paper award
followed a three-step process. First, IPC members indicated whether a paper should be considered for the award.
Based on that, the paper chairs decided on a short list of four nominated papers for the award and the selected
papers’ authors were informed about their nomination. The final decision was made by an anonymous best
paper committee consisting of three members who took into account both the paper as well as the presentation
to make their final decision.


November 2017                                                                                  Wolfgang Aigner
                                                                                                 Thomas Moser
                                                                                            Kerstin Blumenstein
                                                                                           Matthias Zeppelzauer
                                                                                                    Michael Iber
                                                                                               Grischa Schmiedl

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Organizing Committee

Conference Chairs                                           AAA Symposium Chair
Wolfgang Aigner, St. Pölten UAS, AT                        Michael Iber, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Thomas Moser, St. Pölten UAS, AT

Paper Chairs                                                Local Organizers
Kerstin Blumenstein, St. Pölten UAS, AT                    Julia Klaus, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Matthias Zeppelzauer, St. Pölten UAS, AT                   Ulrike Wieländer, St. Pölten UAS, AT

Graduate Consortium Chair
Grischa Schmiedl, St. Pölten UAS, AT

Program Committee
External

Albert Amor-Amoros, TU Wien, AT                             Munir Merdan, Practical Robotics Institute, AT
Christoph Anthes, UAS Upper Austria, AT                     Paul Modler, Karlsruhe University of Arts and De-
Thomas Artner, TU Wien, AT                                  sign, DE
Arnold Baca, Vienna University, AT                          Annette Mossel, TU Wien, AT
Till Becker, University Bremen, DE                          Paul Murschetz,     Alpen-Adria-University Klagen-
                                                            furt, AT
Alessio Bertone, Dresden University of Technol-
ogy, DE                                                     Peter Plessas, Institute of Electronic Music and Acous-
                                                            tics Graz, AT
Christian Bors, TU Wien, AT
                                                            Cornelius Pöpel, Ansbach UAS, DE
Nadia Boukhelifa, INRIA, FR
                                                            Michael Riegler, Simula Research Laboratory, NO
Paolo Buono, University of Bari Aldo Moro, IT
                                                            Michael Roither, UAS Burgenland, AT
Mario Döller, UAS Kufstein, AT
                                                            Paul Rosenthal, University of Rostock, DE
Thomas Görne, Hamburg UAS, DE
                                                            Markus Schledl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, AT
Theresia Gschwandtner, TU Wien, AT
                                                            Sebastian Schlund, TU Wien, AT
Svenja Hagenhoff, Friedrich-Alexander University
Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE                                      Raphael Schneeberger, PocketScience GmbH, AT
Georg Hajdu, Hochschule für Musik und Theater              Klaus Schöffmann, Klagenfurt University, AT
Hamburg, DE                                                 Tobias Schreck, TU Graz, AT
Christoph Heinzl, UAS Upper Austria, AT                     Michael Sedlmair, Vienna University, AT
Hans-Christian Jetter, UAS Upper Austria, AT                Anselm Spoerri, Rutgers University, US
Isabel John, UAS Würzburg-Schweinfurt, DE                  Marc Streit, Johannes Kepler University Linz, AT
Johannes Kehrer, Technical University Munich, DE            Markus Tauber, UAS Burgenland, AT
Andreas Kerren, Linnaeus University, SE                     Catagay Turkay, City University London, GB
Simone Kriglstein, TU Wien, AT                              Manuela Waldner, TU Wien, AT
Tim Lammarsch, Researcher, AT                               Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, AT
Robert Laramee, Swansea University, GB                      Florian Windhager, Danube University Krems, AT
Wilfried Lepuschitz, Practical Robotics Institute, AT       Kerstin Witte, Otto von Guericke University Magde-
Thomas Lidy, TU Wien, AT                                    burg, DE
Christian Märtin, UAS Augsburg, DE                         Michael Zeiller, UAS Burgenland, AT


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Internal

Jakob Doppler, St. Pölten UAS, AT              Christoph Musik, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Astrid Ebner-Zarl, St. Pölten UAS, AT          Christina Niederer, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Franz Fidler, St. Pölten UAS, AT               Lars Oertel, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Andreas Gebesmair, St. Pölten UAS, AT          Tassilo Pellegrini, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Christian Gradl, St. Pölten UAS, AT            Johannes Pfegerl, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Florian Grassinger, St. Pölten UAS, AT         Julia Püringer, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Stefanie Größbacher, St. Pölten UAS, AT       Alexander Rind, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Mario Heller, St. Pölten UAS, AT               Gernot Rottermanner, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Brian Horsak, St. Pölten UAS, AT               Grischa Schmiedl, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Matthias Husinsky, St. Pölten UAS, AT          Djordje Slijepcevic, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Michael Iber, St. Pölten UAS, AT               Rosa von Suess, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Andreas Jakl, St. Pölten UAS, AT               Markus Wagner, St. Pölten UAS, AT
Thiemo Kastel, St. Pölten UAS, AT


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