Subject: IDMS-PROMS'2002 Call for Papers

From: Fernando Boavida <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:54:23 +0000

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                       IDMS/PROMS'2002
               Joint International Workshop on
          Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems /
              Protocols for Multimedia Systems
                 http:// ip2002.dei.uc.pt/

                   November 26-29, 2002
            University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems (IDMS) and Protocols for
Multimedia Systems (PROMS) have been two successful series of international
events bringing together researchers, developers and practitioners from
academia and industry in all areas of multimedia systems. In 2002, for
the first time, these two workshops will be held jointly, in what is
expected to be the first of a new series of challenging and topical
international workshops.

IDMS/PROMS'2002 is intended to contribute to scientific, strategic and
practical advances in the area of distributed multimedia applications,
protocols, and intelligent management tools, with emphasis on their
provision over broadband networks. Along with tutorials, invited papers
and technical demonstrations, IDMS/PROMS'2002 is seeking first quality
original work.

Relevant topics to IDMS/PROMS'2002 include, but are not limited to:

         Mobile multimedia systems
         Multimedia middleware
         Multimedia communication protocols
         Quality of service issues
         Resource management
         Next generation Internet
         Active and programmable networking for multimedia applications
         Multimedia-specific mobile agents
         Multimedia distribution and transport
         Multimedia traffic engineering
         Multimedia encoding and compression
         Ubiquitous computing
         Development tools for distributed multimedia applications
         Multimedia applications: video-on-demand, digital video libraries,
            video games, virtual community, teleworking, teleteaching,
            e-commerce, telemeeting, multimedia conferencing, virtual
            reality simulations
         Performance of protocols and applications: modelling, simulation
            and optimisation in different networks
         Multimedia content management
         Service access - security, authentication, privacy, watermarking
         Accounting and tariff policing for multimedia teleservices
         Standards (e.g., MPEG) and related issues

IDMS/PROMS'2002 will consist of a two and a half day technical program,
plus a full day of tutorials, and demonstrations during the workshop.
Contributions in the form of full papers and position papers are encouraged.
Full papers should describe innovative and significant work. Position
papers are meant to enable researchers to present exciting ongoing work
in early stages, opinions about current developments, and suggestions for
future directions. The purpose of position papers is to provide a seed
for debate and discussion. Both types of papers will be reviewed by the
program committee and included in the workshop proceedings, which will
be published by Springer-Verlag as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science series.

Information for authors
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Authors are invited to submit full papers and position papers in PDF
or Postscript formats through the workshop website http://ip2002.dei.uc.pt/.
Submitted papers must describe original work not submitted elsewhere. Full
papers must not be longer than 12 single-spaced pages, and position
papers must not be longer than 6 single-spaced pages. Both types of
papers should contain an abstract of approximately 300 words, and include
title, authors and affiliations. Final versions of accepted papers must
be structured according to the instructions of Springer-Verlag
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html)

Best paper award
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A jury will select the best paper, based on the quality of the written
paper. The winner will be awarded a prize donated by one of the workshop
sponsors.

General information
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For more information visit http://ip2002.dei.uc.pt/ or mail to
[email-masked]
(Fax.: +351 239 701266).
See also the webpages of previous IDMS and PROMS events:
IDMS'2001 - http://www.idms2001.org/
PROMS'2001 - http://www.ctit.utwente.nl/news/proms_2001/

Important dates
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Paper submissions due:          May 15th, 2002
Notification of acceptance:     June 30th, 2002
Camera ready version due:       September 10th, 2002

Program Chair
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Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Tutorial Chair
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Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Steering Committee
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Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, UniK, Norway
Patrick Senac, ENSICA, France
Hans Scholten, Twente University, The Netherlands
Marten van Sinderen, Twente University, The Netherlands
Joe Finney, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Laurent Mathy, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Zdzislaw Papir, AGH University of Technology, Poland
Arturo Azcorra, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain

Program Committee
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Alexandre Santos, University of Minho, Portugal
Andrew Campbell, Columbia University, USA
Arnaldo Martins, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Arturo Azcorra, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain
Augusto Casaca, INESC, Portugal
Burkhard Stiller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
David Hutchison, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Edmundo Madeira, University of Campinas, Brazil
Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fernando Pereira, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Francisco Fontes, Portugal Telecom Inovação, SA, Portugal
Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway
Fred Stentiford, BTexaCT Research, United Kingdom
Giorgio Ventre, University Frederico II, Napoli, Italy
Greg O'Shea, Microsoft Research Cambridge, United Kingdom
Gregor v. Bochmann, University of Otawa, Canada
Guy Leduc, University of Liege, Belgium
Hans Scholten, Twente University, The Netherlands
Henk Eertink, Telematica Instituut, The Netherlands
Jan Bormans, IMEC, Belgium
Jason Nieh, Columbia University, USA
Jean-Luc Raffy, Institut National des Telecommunications, France
Joao Orvalho, ESEC/CISUC, Portugal
Joe Finney, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Jordi Domingo-Pascual, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Ketan Mayer-Patel, University of North Carolina, USA
Lars Wolf, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Laurent Mathy, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Marten van Sinderen, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Martin Mauve, University of Mannheim, Germany
Michel Diaz, LAAS-CNRS, France
Nick Race, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Patrick Senac, ENSICA, France
Paul D. Amer, University of Delaware, USA
Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS, France
Radu Popescu-Zeletin, GMD-FOKUS, Germany
Ralf Steinmetz, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Roberto Canonico, University Frederico II, Napoli, Italy
Serge Fdida, LiP6, France
Sergio Palazzo, University of Catania, Italy
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Unik, Norway
Tim Chown, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Timothy Roscoe, Sprint Labs, USA
Tobias Helbig, Philips Research Laboratories, Germany
Ulrich Hofmann, University of Salzburg, Austria
Vera Goebel, University of Oslo, Norway
Winfried Kalfa, TU Chemnitz, Germany
Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim, Germany
Zdzislaw Papir, AGH University of Technology, Poland

Local Organising Committee
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João Orvalho (Chair), ESEC/CISUC, Portugal
Jorge Sá Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Marília Oliveira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Paulo Simões, University of Coimbra, Portugal

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Dept. Engenharia Informatica                 Tel.: + 351 239 790012
Universidade de Coimbra                      Fax.: + 351 239 701266
POLO II . Pinhal de Marrocos                 e-mail: [email-masked]
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