Call for Papers
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 SIGCHI, SIGIR, SIGMIS and SIGOPS,
with support from Hewlett Packard, Informix,
NCR, Philips Labs, and Lucent
Technologies.
Multimedia at the Millennium and Beyond
The eighth ACM Multimedia Conference will be held in Los Angeles,
California, USA. Los Angeles has been the capital of entertainment and
movie industry for several decades. During the past few years, it has
witnessed a spectacular growth of 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. We
cordially invite you to submit your work in one or more of the ways
listed below.
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 paper, as judged
by the program committee. Papers with a student as the primary author
will separately enter a student paper award competition; cover letter
must identify the paper as a candidate for the student paper
competition, if applicable. 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 laptop
computer, one of the latest models from Hewlett-Packard.
All papers must be submitted electronically. Only if electronic
submission is not possible at all, hardcopy should be sent. Papers
should not exceed 5000 words. We encourage submissions formatted in
two-column conference style that do 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 your paper fits best:
1.multimedia processing and coding
2.multimedia system support and networking
3.multimedia tools, end-systems and applications
The authors may also indicate other track of interest, which will then
trigger a cross-track reviewing.
We will also produce an electronic version of the proceedings, and
electronic components accompanying your submission are
required. Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare an
electronic version for the online conference proceedings, which will
supplement the traditional printed volume. Authors of accepted papers
will be asked to submit their papers in validated HTML 4.0 Strict for
the Electronic Proceedings. A free validation service is available at
http://validator.w3.org. Further instructions for the Electronic
Proceedings are available at
http://woodworm.cs.uml.edu/~rprice/ep/index.html.
Authors of accepted papers will be required to sign copyright to 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 as a
unity to ACM members and others.
Please submit full papers by one of the following three submission methods, by
March 20, 2000:
1.Submit your paper in PDF or postscript format on the conference submission
web site:
http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/MM2000
2.Send an electronic copy of your paper (if no online submission is possible)
in PDF or postscript format by email to:
Stephan.Fischer@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de
3.Send 8 hard copies of full papers (if no electronic submission is possible) to:
Klara Nahrstedt
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1304 West Springfield Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: 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.
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
Email: muntz@cs.ucla.edu
ALL SUBMISSIONS 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 proposer/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 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
email: almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu
All tutorial proposals must be submitted by March 20, 2000.
Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around June 12.
POSTERS
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
poster papers is scheduled later than the deadline for full technical
papers to allow the incorporation of the latest developments in the
field.
All short papers must be submitted electronically.
For short papers, please submit your work 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
Email: 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, poser 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:
Girard Medioni, University of Southern California
Email: 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.
DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM
Doctoral students in computer science or related areas are invited to
participate in a symposium to present their research and receive
feedback from members of the multimedia research community. The
symposium is designed to give students constructive feedback on their
research in progress and expose the multimedia research community to
up and coming researchers and their ideas. Abstracts describing the
research of each participating student will be published as part of
the conference proceedings. In addition, each student will be given
the opportunity to include a poster within the conference poster
session during the technical program. The symposium is scheduled on
the day preceding the technical program, and students will also
receive complimentary registration and admission to the workshops and
tutorials also scheduled to precede the technical program.
Interested students should submit 2-3 page abstracts describing their
research to the symposium chair. The abstract should include:
1.Title.
2.Student's name.
3.Student's university.
4.Advisor's name.
Please submit your proposal by email to the doctoral symposium chair:
Ketan Mayer-Patel, University of North Carolina
Email: kmp@cs.unc.edu
All proposals must be received no later than June 19, 2000.
Authors will be notified regarding acceptance on or around July 10th.
QUESTIONS
In case of questions, please, feel free to contact the general chairs:
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh (shahram@usc.edu)
Shih-Fu Chang (sfchang@ctr.columbia.edu)
The ACM Multimedia'2000 Organizing Committee
General Co-Chairs:
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, University of Southern California
Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University
ACM SIG Multimedia Chair:
Lawrence Rowe, University of California at Berkeley
Program Co-Chairs:
Stephan Fischer, TU Darmstadt
Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota
Klara Nahrstedt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Electronic Proceedings Chair:
Roger Price, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Local Arrangements Chair:
Ulrich Neumann, University of Southern California
Panel Chair:
Richard Muntz, University of California, Los Angeles
Poster Chair:
Forouzan Golshani, Arizona State University
Print Proceedings Chair:
Wei-Ying Ma, Hewlett Packard Labs
Publicity Chair:
Michael Vernick, Bell Labs
Social Coordinator:
Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California
Technical Demonstrations Chair:
G rard Medioni, University of Southern California
Doctoral Symposium Chair:
Ketan Mayer-Patel, University of North Carolina
Treasurer:
Aidong Zhang, SUNY Buffalo
Technical Coordination Chair:
Andy Qin, University of Southern California
Tutorial Chair:
Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara
Web Master:
Roger Zimmermann, University of Southern California
Workshop Chair:
Nevenka Dimitrova, Philips
Asia Liaison:
Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University
Desai Narasimhalu, KRDL, Singapore
Europe Liaison:
David Hutchison, University of Lancaster
Gerhard Weikum, University of the Saarland
ACM Program Director:
Lisette Burgos, ACM
For further details please check the website at
http://www.acm.org/sigmm/MM2000.
Associate Chairs (Program Committee)
Meera Blattner, Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Dave Boyer, Bell Labs
Dick Bulterman, CWI
Ed Delp, Purdue University
Nevenka Dimitrova, Philips Research
Jana Dittmann, GMD Darmstadt
J. Robert Ensor, Bell Labs
Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim
Pete Faraday, Microsoft
Jonathan Foote, FX PAL
Ed Fox, Virginia Tech
Annop Gupta, Microsoft
Muriel Jourdan, INRIA
Rainer Lienhart, Intel Corp.
Tom Little, Boston U.
Ketan Mayer-Patel, UC Berkeley
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo
B. Prabhakaran, National University of Singapore
Raj Rajkumar, CMU
Jim Schnepf, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
Brian Smith, Cornell
Bill Tetzlaff, IBM
Nalini Venkatasubramanian, UC Irvine
Harrick Vin, U. Texas Austin
Lars Wolf, Universitt Karlsruhe (TH)
Aidong Zhang, SUNY at Buffalo
Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research
Last updated: Saturday March 18, 2000.