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DMS 2006 Call For Papers

The Twelfth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems

Grand Canyon, USA

August 30 - September 1, 2006

http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms06.html

Organized by Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School

SCOPE

The DMS conference is an international conference series, which covers a wide spectrum of technique discussions, demonstrations, and student program/paper

contests in the fields of distributed multimedia computing. Started in 1994, the series of conference has been held at Hawaii, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Taipei, Aizu- Wakamatsu, Japan, San Francisco, Miami and Canada. This time, the conference will be held at the Grand Canyon Best Western Squire Inn, USA.

TOPICS

The theme of DMS'2006 is how to bridge the gap between communication and intelligence. DMS'2006 focuses on techniques, systems, applications, and theories in the fields of distributed multimedia computing. The conference organizers seek contributions of high quality papers, panels or tutorials, addressing various aspects of distributed multimedia systems and applications, for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Audio and video compression MPEG, Quicktime, Windows API standards Image, video, audio content analysis and indexing/retrieval Image, video and audio watermark 3D audio and video Computer graphics and animation Modeling and analysis of distributed multimedia systems OS support for distributed multimedia systems Distributed multimedia databases and computing Multi-paradigmatic information retrieval Multimedia human-computer interaction Multimedia communications and network architectures Mobile networks and mobile computing Multimedia stream synchronization and QoS control/scheduling Multimedia software engineering Multimedia processors and ASIC Multimedia technologies for people with disability Intelligent multimedia computing Intelligent multimodal interaction Multi agents, mobile agents and their applications Communication encryption Security of distributed computer systems Web servers and services XML applications Java, VRML and multimedia languages Visual and multidimensional languages for multimedia applications Multimedia digital libraries and mail systems Multimedia applications for CSCW Multimedia authoring tools and intelligent tutoring Cultural heritage multimedia applications Tele-conferencing, tele-medicine and tele-lecture Virtual reality, distributed virtual environment, and their applications Virtual school, virtual university, and virtual learning community Distance learning methodology, tools and systems E-commerce, e-education and e-entertainment

The use of prototypes and demonstration video for presentations is encouraged.

WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS

This year, DMS'2006 will be held in conjunction with workshops, conferences and special sections. Papers submitted to workshops or special sessions are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/sections. This joint organization aims to collect research results from different perspectives. The following workshops and conferences are being planned:

International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing International Workshop on Mobile Systems, E-Commerce and Agent Technology International Workshop on Distance Education Technology

Please contact the conference program co-chairs if you are interested in organizing a workshop or a special session. A one-page proposal with the following items is required:

Title of the workshop/special session Name of the program committee chair(s) A list of program committee members E-mail address of the corresponding program committee chair A brief description of the theme

Each special session should include at least 5 invited (or accepted) papers. Each workshop should include at least 2 special sessions (10 papers). Paper review process of the workshop/special session will be arranged by the individual program committee chair. It is the responsibility of the individual chairs to ensure the quality of papers in the workshop/special sessions. The schedule of workshops/special sessions will be the same as the main conference (See Important Dates below). Each individual program committee chair can set up the Web site of the workshop/special session. However papers will be printed in the same volume as the main conference.

SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNALS

The DMS conference is closely coordinated with the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing and the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. Usually the best ranked papers from the conference, after rigorous reviews, extensive revisions and further enhancements, will appear in one or more special issues of the above journals. Papers suggested for the special issue(s) will be reviewed by external reviewers following the standard procedure of review stipulated by the respective journal.

CONFERENCE SITE (HOTEL INFORMATION)

The DMS2006 Conference will be held at the Grand Canyon Best Western Squire Inn (South Rim). The hotel has made available for these limited dates (8/29/2005 - 9/1/2005) to DMS2006 attendees a discount rate of $115 US dollars for single/double, $125 US dollars for triple, and $135 US dollars for quadruple

occupancy per night.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms06/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references).

INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS

Papers submitted to DMS'06 will be reviewed electronically. The users (webmaster, program chair, reviewers...) can login using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms06/review/pass.php. If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: dms@ksi.edu.

DMS'2006 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: dms@ksi.edu

If you cannot submit electronically, please send four copies of the complete

manuscript to the above postal address.

IMPORTANT DATES

March 1, 2006 Paper submission due April 30, 2006 Notification of acceptance May 20, 2006 Final manuscript due May 20, 2006 Early conference registration due

DMS'06 Conference Chair

Dr. S. K. Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA

DMS'06 Program Chair

Dr. W. Grosky, University of Michigan, USA

DMS'06 Program Co-Chairs

Dr. Mohan Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore Chabane Djeraba, University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille, France

DMS'06 Program Committee

Imran Ahmad, University of Windsor, Canada Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Arvind Bansal, Kent State University, USA Nadia Berthouze, University of Aizu, Japan Kai H. Chang, Auburn University, USA Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Ing-Ray Chen, Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), USA Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Yonghee Choi Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Zied Choukair, ENST Bretagne, France David H. C. Du, University of Minnesota, USA Jean-Luc Dugelay, Institut EURECOM, France Larbi Esmahi, National Research Council of Canada, Canada Farshad Fotouhi, Wayne State University, USA Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University, USA Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan Joemon Jose, University of Glasgow Hyoung Joong Kim, Kangwon National University, Korea James Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Michael Lew, Leiden University, Netherlands Fuhua Lin, Athabasca University, Canada Jonathan Liu, University of Florida, USA Chien-Tsai Liu, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan Paolo Maresca, University of Napoli, Italy Nikolay Mirenkov, The University of Aizu, Japan Rokia Missaoui, University of Quebec, Canada Vincent Oria, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Ming Ouhyoung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State University, USA Syed M. Rahman, Minnesota State University, USA K. R. Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India Shin'ichi Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Nicu Sebe, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Ishwar Sethi, Oakland University, USA Yoshitaka Shibata, Prefectural University, Japan Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, USA Steven L. Tanimoto, University of Washington, USA Genny Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy Joseph E. Urgan, Arizona State University, USA Petko Valtchev, University of Montreal, Canada Svetha Vennkatesh, Curtin University, Australia Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada Ellen Walker, Hiram College, USA Rentaro Yoshioka, University of Aizu, Japan Kang Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

DMS'06 and VLC'06 Publicity Chair

Dr. Jing Dong, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

DET'06 Program Chair

Dr. Paolo Maresca, University of Naples, Italy

DET'06 Program Co-Chairs

Dr. Goran Trajkovski, Towson University, USA Dr. Heng-Shuen Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

VLC'06 Conference Chair

Dr. Genny Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy

VLC'06 Program Chair

Dr. Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy

VLC'06 Program Co-Chairs

Dr. Giuliana Vitiello, University of Salerno, Italy Dr. Monica Sebillo, University of Salerno, Italy

MSEAT'06 Program Chair

Dr. Jason C. Hung, Northern Taiwan Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan

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