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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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Dr. Zhiwen
YU
Information Technology Center, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Tel: (+81)052-789-5910
Mobile:
(+81)090-9891-1552
Email: zhiwen@itc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
http://www.ulan.jp/~zhiwen/
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