Subject: MCW-2001 Call for papers

From: Jesús Carretero <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:49:29 +0100

Dear Sir,

Enclosed you´ll find the Call For Papers for the 
invited session: 

Multimedia on Clusters of Workstations: Mastering the Future (MCW-2001)
                http://arcos.inf.uc3m.es/~mcw2001

To be held jointly with the:
The 5th World Multi-Conference on               July 22-25, 2001
SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND                      Sheraton World Resort
INFORMATICS                                    Orlando, Florida (USA)
http://www.iiis.org/sci/

Please, redistribute it freely. Attached is the CFP in text and PDF format.
I apologize it you have received this message several times.

Sincerely,

        Jesus Carretero

============= CALL FOR PAPERS==============================

Multimedia on Clusters of Workstations: Mastering the Future (MCW-2001)
                http://arcos.inf.uc3m.es/~mcw2001

INVITED SESSION to be held jointly with the:
The 5th World Multi-Conference on               July 22-25, 2001
SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND                      Sheraton World Resort
INFORMATICS                                    Orlando, Florida (USA)
http://www.iiis.org/sci/
MAJOR THEMES                                        
=============                                        
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:          
Multimedia clustered architectures                          
Multimedia communications & networking                    
Multimedia file systems and databases                       PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Cluster Middleware for Multimedia                           ==================
Multimedia over mobile systems                              Jesus Carretero (Session Organizer)                                   
Distributed software development environment                PC-members
Issues in Building Scalable Multimedia Services             ============
Software development using multimedia techniques            Rajkumar Buyya - Monash University, Australia
Algorithms for Solving Problems on Clusters                 Toni Cortes - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Programming Paradigms/Environment for Clusters              Félix García, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Analysis, testing and debugging techniques for multimedia.  Mahmut Kandemir, Penn State University, USA
Signal processing on clusters                               Sung-Soon Park, Anyang University, Korea
Image processing on clusters                                Narashima Reddy - Texas A&M University, USA
Parallel multimedia processing                              Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Multimedia Tools for Operating and Managing Clusters        Hussein Wahab, Old Dominion University, USA
Distributed multimedia systems & applications

DEADLINES
==========
     January 15, 2001      Submission of extended abstracts (500-1500 words) 
                           or paper drafts (2000-2500 words)
     February 23, 2001     Acceptance notifications
     April 13, 2001        Submission of camera/ready papers: hard copies and 
                           electronic versions

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PARTICIPATION
===================================

Participation of both researchers and practitioners is strongly encouraged. Papers may be submitted on: 
     - Research in science and engineering; 
     - Case studies drawn on academic and professional practice; 
     - Position papers based on new techniques for multimedia. 
Contributions showing new multimedia architectures, techniques and developments using clusters are 
specially welcomed.

Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent taking into account the following SCI2000 format: 
     1.- Major theme of the paper, related to the major themes given above.
     2.- Paper title.
     3.- Author names, addresses, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address.
     3.- Extended abstract of 500 to 1500 words and/or paper drafts of 2000 to 5000 words, in English.

To submit a contribution to the invited session, please send an email to the session organizer 
 [email-masked]
with the subject "MCW-2001 contribution". The contribution should be in an attached 
file in PDF or PS format (preferably viewable by ghostview). Hard copies should be sent only if electronic 
submission is not possible and it should be agreed in advance with the session organizer.

Please, send a separate email with authors' names, addresses and title of the paper. 

Submission implies the willingness, of at least one of the authors, to register and to present the paper. 
See SCI-2000 Conference web page for more information (http://www.iiis.org/sci).

PAPERS REVIEWING AND PUBLICATION
=================================
Submitted papers will be checked. Accepted papers, which should not exceed six single- spaced typed pages, 
will be published by means of paper and electronic proceedings. Best papers will be selected for awards and 
recommended for journal publications.
Other contacts and More details related to SCI 2000 can be found at the Conference web 
page (http://www.iiis.org/sci). Answers to specific questions can also be requested by e-mail to [email-masked].