Subject: [manet] CFP: IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007)

From: "Shiwen Mao" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:14:52 -0600

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                 Call for Papers

IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007)
              December 10-12, 2007
             Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
            http://ism2007.ncu.edu.tw/ 
        Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society

The IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007) is 
an international forum for researchers to exchange information 
regarding advances in the state of the art and practice of 
multimedia computing, as well as to identify the emerging 
research topics and define the future of multimedia computing. 
The technical program of ISM2007 will consist of invited talks, 
paper presentations, and panel discussions. Submissions of high 
quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are 
invited.  Topics for submission include but are not limited to:

. Multimedia systems, architecture, and applications
. Multimedia networking and QoS
. Peer-to-peer multimedia systems and streaming
. Pervasive and interactive multimedia systems including 
  mobile systems, pervasive gaming, and digital TV
. Multimedia meta-modeling techniques and operating systems 
. Architecture specification languages
. Software development using multimedia techniques
. Multimedia signal processing including audio, video, 
  image processing, and coding
. Multimedia tools including authoring, analyzing, editing, 
  and browsing	
. Visualization  and Virtual Reality
. Multimedia and multimodal user interfaces and interaction 
  models
. Multimedia file systems, databases, and retrieval
. Multimedia Collaboration
. Rich media enabled E-commerce
. Computational intelligence including neural networks, 
  fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms
. Intelligent agents for multimedia content creation, 
  distribution, and analysis
. Internet telephony and hypermedia technologies and 
  systems
. Multimedia security including digital watermark and 
  encryption
. Mobile Multimedia Systems and Services

Submissions:
The written and spoken language of ISM2007 is English. 
Authors should submit an 8-page technical paper manuscript 
in double-column IEEE format including authors' names and 
affiliations, and a short abstract electronically, following 
the submission guidelines available on the ISM2007 web page
(http://cse.stfx.ca/~ism07/). Only electronic submission 
will be accepted. All papers should be in Adobe portable 
document format (PDF). The paper should have a cover page, 
which includes a 200-word abstract, a list of keywords, and 
author's phone number and e-mail address. The Conference 
Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society 
Press. A number of the papers presented at the conference 
will be selected for possible publications in journals.

ISM2007 will also include a few workshops and special tracks 
dedicated to focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals 
on workshops and special tracks of emerging areas are invited. 
Full length papers from Workshops and Focused Tracks will be 
presented at ISM2007, and included in the Proceedings. Please 
visit the conference website for detailed guidelines on 
submitting workshop and special track proposals.

Submissions of proposals on panels and demonstrations are 
also encouraged. A short demo article (up to 3 pages) and 
panel summary articles may also be included in the conference 
proceedings. Guidelines for submitting panel and demo 
proposals are available on the conference website.

Important Dates:
April 1, 2007	    Submission of workshop proposals due
April 20, 2007	    Notification of acceptance of workshop 
                    proposals due
May 18, 2007	    Submission of papers and proposals on 
                    panels & special tracks due
June 1, 2007	    Notification of acceptance of special 
                    track proposals due
August 1, 2007	    Submission of demonstration proposals due
August 20, 2007	    Notification of acceptance of papers due
September 21, 2007  Camera-Ready copy of accepted papers due

Conference Organizing Committee 

General Co-Chairs:
Dick Bulterman, CWI, The Netherlands
Kinji Mori, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Program Co-Chairs:

Homer Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang, St. Frances Xavier University, Canada

Program Vice Co-Chairs:

Audio Processing Track:
Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA
Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Image and Video Processing Track:
Markus Kampmann, Ericsson Research, Germany
Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA 

Modeling, Language, Interface and Tools for Multimedia Systems Track:
Jiro Katto, Waseda University, Japan
Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Multimedia Applications Track:
Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
Clark N. Taylor, Brigham Young University, USA

Multimedia Database and Information Retrieval Track:
Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan
V.S. Subrahmanian University of Maryland, College Park, USA 

Multimedia Networking and QoS Track:
Linda Xie, University of North Carolina, USA
Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Multimedia Security Track:
Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C, Korea
James B. D. Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Visualization, CG, Virtual Reality Track:
Xiangjian He, University of Technology at Sydney, Australia
Aljoscha Smolic, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany

Mobile Multimedia Systems and Services Track:
Sabin Tabirca, National University of Ireland at Cork, Ireland
Eckehard Steinbach, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany

Special Tracks:
K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi, Stevens Institute of Tech., USA
Qian Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China

Workshops Co-Chairs:
Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, P.R. China
Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA

Industrial Program Chair:
Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Best Paper Award Committee Co-Chairs:
Max Muhlhauser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Alexei Sourin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Demo Co-Chairs:
Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Mary Comer, Purdue University, USA

Panel Co-Chairs:
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Pascal Frossard, EPFL, Switzerland 

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Stephen Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Alex Zhaoyu Liu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA
Zhiwen Yu, Nagoya University, Japan
Daniel C Doolan, National University of Ireland at Cork, Ireland

Publication Co-Chairs:
George Wang, Cal. State University, USA
Yan Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, P.R. China

Finance Co-Chairs:
Phillip C.Y. Sheu, University of California, Irvine, USA
Rong-Ming Chen, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

Web Co-Chairs:
Shih-Nung Chen, Asia University, Taiwan
Addison Sue, National Central University, Taiwan
Tony Li Xu, St. Frances Xavier University, Canada

Local Arrangement Chair:
Anthony Y.H. Liao, Asia University, Taiwan

Registration Chair:
Han-Wen Hsiao, Asia University, Taiwan

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Shiwen Mao
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
Tel:    (334) 844-1845
Fax:   (334) 844-1809
Email: [email-masked] 
URL:   http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/szm0001 
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