Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization Subject: CFP: MULTIMEDIA 2000 Date: 17 Jan 2000 14:36:30 GMT Organization: Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies ReplyTo: acm-mm98@bell-labs.com Call for Participation ACM MULTIMEDIA 2000 The 8th ACM International Multimedia Conference October 30 - November 3, 2000 Los Angeles, California http://www.acm.org/sigmm/MM2000 Sponsored by ACM SIGMM, SIGGRAPH, and SIGCOMM, in cooperation with ACM SIGBIT, SIGCHI, SIGI, SIGMIS and SIGGROUP, with support from Hewlett Packard, Informix, NEC and Philips Labs. ***** Deadlines ***** Technical Papers, Panels, Tutorials, Workshops: March 20, 2000 Short Papers/Posters, Technical Demos: June 19, 2000 ********************* MULTIMEDIA AT THE MILLENNIUM and BEYOND Los Angeles has been the capital of the entertainment and movie industry for many decades. During the past few years, it has witnessed spectacular growth in the multimedia industry with many successful companies providing both multimedia content and systems expertise. The conference complements this setting by presenting and exploring technological and artistic advancements in multimedia. Technical issues, theory and practice, artistic and consumer innovations will bring together researchers, artists, developers, educators, performers, and practitioners of multimedia. Present your work at Multimedia 2000 and define the future of multimedia in the next millennium. TECHNICAL PROGRAM The technical program will consist of plenary sessions and talks with topics of general interest in three main tracks: - multimedia processing and coding: including multimedia content analysis, content-based multimedia retrieval, multimedia security, audio/image/video processing, compression, etc. - multimedia system support and networking: including network protocols, Internet, operating systems, middleware, servers, QoS, databases, thin clients, etc. - multimedia tools, end-systems and applications: including hypermedia systems, user interfaces, authoring, multi-modal interaction and integration, multimedia education, design and applications of virtual environments, etc. Submissions covering other areas of multimedia computing and systems are also welcome. An award will be given for the best overall paper and the best paper primarily authored by a student. Please identify student papers in your cover letter. In addition, the top 3-5 papers in each track will be recommended for a special issue of ACM/Springer Verlag Multimedia Systems Journal. The Best Student Paper will be awarded a state-of-the-art laptop from Hewlett-Packard. Papers must be formatted in two-column conference style and may not exceed 10 pages in length including all figures, tables, and references. A template is available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. In the cover letter of your submission, please indicate which one of the three main track areas (see above) that the paper fits best. (Note that authors may also indicate another track of interest, which will then trigger a cross-track review.) Authors of accepted papers will be required to sign a copyright agreement with the ACM as a condition of publishing their work in the proceedings. An author who embeds an object such as an art image, copyrighted by third party, is expected to obtain that party's permission to include the object with the understanding that the entire work may be distributed. Please submit full papers by one of the following three methods: 1. Submit your paper in PDF or postscript format at the conference submission web site: http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/MM2000 2. Send an electronic copy of your paper in PDF or postscript format by email to: mailto:Stephan.Fischer@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de 3. Send 8 hard copies of papers (if no electronic submission possible) to: Klara Nahrstedt Department of Computer Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1304 West Springfield Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 Email: mailto:klara@cs.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-6624 Fax: 217-244-6869 http://cairo.cs.uiuc.edu/~klara/home.html Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around June 12, and will be required to return the revised camera-ready copy and complete registration form (at least one per paper), by July 24th. The electronic version should be returned by Oct. 20th. ***** ALL PAPER SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than March 20, 2000. ***** PANELS Panel proposals on timely and controversial topics are invited. These submissions should be formatted like a technical paper, and if accepted will be included in the conference proceedings. They should include: 1. An introduction by the organizer/moderator. (1 page) 2. Position statements from each panelist. (1 page each) 3. Brief biographical sketches of all participants. Please submit your proposal by email to: Richard Muntz, CS Dept, UCLA mailto:muntz@cs.ucla.edu ***** ALL PANEL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than March 20, 2000. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around June 12. ***** STATE-OF-THE-ART TUTORIALS Tutorials by leading experts will precede the technical program and enhance its value for the novice and seasoned professional alike. Full- and half-day offerings will be offered. Tutorial organizers receive an honorarium which can be used to defray part of the cost of attending the conference. We invite you to take advantage of this excellent opportunity. Tutorials will span a wide variety of topics and will range from introductory to advanced material. In keeping with the theme of MM 2000, tutorials should be focused on topics related to the conference's three main tracks. In addition, tutorials should have a broad appeal to conference attendees. Finally, priority will be given to proposals which include both a theoretical overview of issues in the topic area, and practical case studies or examples which demonstrate specific problems and relevant solutions. Proposals to organize/present a tutorial should be 3-4 pages long and have the following organization: 1. Cover page: Name and affiliation of the organizer Tutorial Title Preferred duration (full day or half day) Level (introductory, intermediate, advanced) Names and affiliations of additional speakers, if any Intended audience Tutorial abstract/overview - what will attendees learn? A/V requirements 2. Detailed Tutorial description and outline (1-2 pages). If there is more than one presenter, who will cover each topic/section? 3. Biographical sketch of each speaker (one paragraph each), to include: current research interests, important publications, projects and/or awards (as appropriate), and courses previously presented at other conferences. Submit tutorial proposals either by email or URL form to: Kevin Almeroth, U.C. Santa Barbara mailto:almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu ***** ALL TUTORIAL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than March 20, 2000. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around June 12. ***** SHORT PAPERS There will be an opportunity for researchers to present new work and ideas that are not yet ready for the full presentation. Short papers will be presented in poster format, and will be included in both the hardcopy and electronic proceedings. The deadline for submission of short papers is scheduled later than the deadline for full technical papers to allow the incorporation of the latest developments in the field. Please submit your work electronically and described in 2 to 4 pages - either as a URL (you must have the rights to all the material there, and guarantee stability of the files until the conference), or as a postscript file, formatted for US letter paper (8.5 by 11 inches) to: Forouzan Golshani, Arizona State University mailto:golshani@asu.edu ***** ALL SHORT PAPER SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than June 19, 2000. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around July 10th. ***** TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS Demonstrations will include leading edge work and work in progress in every area of multimedia technology and its application. Submissions are encouraged in areas including multimedia databases, content analysis, media processing, compression, multimedia storage, networking, and multimedia hypermedia authoring, interfaces and innovative applications. Submissions will be peer-reviewed to ensure quality. Submitters are encouraged to provide videotapes where applicable to show the proposed demonstrations. Demonstrators will be provided with space, power and networking, but the conference is unable to provide computing equipment. An award will be given for the best technical demo, as judged by an evaluation panel. Please submit your demonstration proposal by email to the technical demonstrations chair: Gérard Medioni, University of Southern California mailto: medioni@iris.usc.edu ***** ALL DEMO PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than June 19, 2000. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around July 10th. ***** DAY-LONG WORKSHOPS Workshops on topics of great current interest to members of the multimedia research community will precede the technical program. Workshop program is greatly influenced by the direction set by the organizers and the workshop invitees. Works presented in the workshop will be included in paper proceedings as well as the conference electronic proceedings. Each workshop will include a separate registration fee for all participants. Workshop proposals should be in plain text and should include: 1. Title of the Workshop. 2. A brief technical description of the workshop, identifying specific technical issues that will be its focus. 3. The names, postal addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the proposed workshop committee. This committee should consist of at least three people knowledgeable in the technical issues to be addressed by the workshop. 4. A short biographical sketch of each organizer. 5. The name of one member of the workshop committee who is designated as the primary contact. 6. Estimated number of participants. 7. Brief position statements of invited presentations. 8. Brief description of the workshop structure. If you would like to take advantage of this venue to conduct a workshop, please submit a workshop proposal by email to the workshop chair: Nevenka Dimitrova, Philips Research Email: Nevenka.Dimitrova@philips.com ***** ALL WORKSHOP PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED no later than March 20, 2000. Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around June 12th. ***** QUESTIONS In case of questions, please, feel free to contact the general chairs: Shahram Ghandeharizadeh - mailto:shahram@usc.edu Shih-Fu Chang - mailto:sfchang@ctr.columbia.edu ********* For further details please check the website at http://www.acm.org/sigmm/MM2000. *********