Introduction.- Kernel-Based Adaptive Image Retrieval Methods.- Self-Adaptation in Image and Video Retrieval.- Interactive Mobile Visual Search and Recommendation at Internet Scale.- Mobile Landmark Recognition.- Image Retrieval from a Forensic Cartridge Case Database.- Indexing, Object Segmentation, and Event Detection in News and Sports Videos.- Adaptive Retrieval in a P2P Cloud Datacenter.- Scalable Video Genre Classification and Event Detection.- Audio-Visual Fusion for Film Database Retrieval and Classification.- Motion Database Retrieval with Application to Gesture Recognition in a Virtual Realty Dance Training System.