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: CALL FOR PAPERS : : Special Session on Collaboration in Multimedia : Networked Applications and GroupWare : Session Co-ordinators: Michel Diaz, Khalil Drira, Thierry Villemur ({diaz,drira,villemur}@laas.fr) : : at the EUROMICRO WORKSHOP on Multimedia and Telecommunication : Maastricht, Netherlands, Sept. 4-7, 2000 : Workshop Programme Chair: Claude Ghaoui (c.ghaoui@livjm.ac.uk) : : http://www.laas.fr/~khalil/cmnag.html : : Important Dates : Deadline for Paper Submission and Compositions: February 28th, 2000 : Notification of acceptance: May 2nd, 2000 : Camera-ready paper due: June 15th, 2000 : Deadline for proposals(of Other Submissions): October 15th, 1999 : Proposal acceptance: October 30th, 1999 : : Overview : The Euromicro workshop is a forum for interdisciplinary research and practice in computer systems, interfaces, : architectures and applications. As part of the year 2000 conference in the Netherlands there will be a special session : looking at . This session is organised as part of the Workshop on Multimedia and Telecommunication. : : Background : The purpose of this session is to bring together researchers, and practitioners working on cooperation, coordination : and communication in Multimedia Networked Applications and GroupWare. The session serves as a forum enabling : experience exchange between academia and industry as well as between researchers working in the different : multimedia and groupware research branches. : Topics of interest include but are not limited to: : + Formal and semi-formal methods for groupware and multimedia applications modeling and analysis : + architecture of groupware and multimedia applications : + object oriented design and implementation of cooperation and coordination protocols : + coordination models and applications for CSCW using multimedia applications : + group membership protocols : + applications in Java and CORBA : : Queries : Any questions regarding submissions for this session should be made (ideally via email) to one of the session : coordinators , but full papers should be sent to the Programme Chair directly (Claude Ghaoui). : The Call for Papers for the whole workshop can be viewed in pdf format here. : : Submission of Papers : There is no restriction on the number or type of submissions. For technical papers, both regular papers : and short contributions are invited. Authors should send their full paper to the Programme : Chair directly as: 1) a PostScript version by Email, and 2) four copies by Post. The papers : should not exceed 4000 words and should include an abstract of up to 150 words. The title page : should be separate and clearly show the name, full mailing address, e-mail and fax number of the : author to contact, as well as the topic areas of the submitted paper. Papers will be blind-refereed : by three reviewers who are expert in the domain area. Accepted papers will appear in the : proceedings which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and be available at the : conference. Papers exceeding 8 pages will be charged NLG 100 per page in excess. : The following signed statement should be included on the cover page: "Neither this paper nor : any version close to it has been or is being offered elsewhere for publication. All necessary : clearances have been obtained for the publication of this paper. If accepted, the paper will be : made available in Camera-ready forms by June 15th, 2000, and it will be personally presented at : the EUROMICRO 2000 Conference by the author or one of the co-authors. The presenting : author(s) will pre-register for EUROMICRO 2000 before the due date of the Camera-ready : paper." : : Journal Publication for Best Papers : In addition, selected best papers will be considered for journal publication. Authors of these papers will be advised : on submitting extended versions of their originals for this purpose. Journals offered are: : + Special issue, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Guest Editor is Claude Ghaoui, : 'Support for Open and Distance Learning on the WWW', Academic Press pub. : + Special issue, J. `Digital Creativity', Swets pub. : + European J. Engineering Educ. (EJEE), SEFI pub. : + J.Interactive Learning Environments, Intellect pub. : + International J. of Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS), Springer-Verlag pub. : + Real Time Graphics & ACM SIGBIO Newsletters : : Other Submissions : Special Sessions, Panels, Half-day or 1-day tutorials and Short Courses (90-180 minutes) on : related topics are welcomed. Companies and students working on Projects of different levels : (undergrad., postgrad. or industrially-oriented) are invited to participate in a Project Showcase. : Submission and reviewing will follow the same procedure of the regular papers. Email the : proposal to the programme chair, including: your submission title and aims, targeted audience, : your plan of how to make it a success, short CV and full contact address of the proposer (with : email) and any other supporting information. For special sessions or panels, please include a : detailed Call for Papers/Participation. : : Keynote Speaker : Prof. H. Maurer, Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported Media, Technical : University Graz, Austria. His main research areas are: multimedia systems; E. publishing, Web based : learning; telematic; computer networks; CAL; computer supported media & social implications. He is : the author of fourteen books, over 450 scientific contributions and dozens of multimedia products. He is : the project manager of a number of multimillion-dollar projects. : (see http://www.iicm.edu/maurer) : : Programme Chair : Dr Claude Ghaoui : School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, : Liverpool John Moores University, : Byrom Street, : Liverpool L3 3AF : United Kingdom : Tel: +44 151 .231 2276 : Fax: +44 151 207 4594 : C.GHAOUI@LIVJM.AC.UK : : Session Coordinators : Michel Diaz , Khalil Drira , Thierry Villemur : Communication Tools and Software Group : LAAS-CNRS : 7, Av. Colonel Roche : 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 : FRANCE : e-mail: diaz@laas.fr , drira@laas.fr , villemur@laas.fr : Tel: +33 5 61 33 62 56 / +33 5 61 33 63 22 / +33 5 61 33 69 55 : Fax: +33 5 61 33 64 11 : : General Information : The workshop is an integral part of the EUROMICRO 2000 conference. : UPDATED INFORMATION : See the EUROMICRO WWW : http://www.euromicro.org :

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