From: znati@cs.pitt.edu (Taieb Znati) Subject: CFP: DMS97 Date: 5 Dec 1996 15:30:03 GMT Message-ID: <586ppr$9hs@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science CALL FOR PAPERS 1997 Pacific Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada July 24-25, 1997 The last few years have seen an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication and applications. This revolution is transforming the way people live, work, and interact with each other, and is impacting the way businesses, government services, education, entertainment, and health care are operating. It is safe to say that the multimedia revolution is underway. Yet, several issues related to modeling, specification, analysis and design of distributed multimedia systems and applications are still challenging to both researchers and practitioners. The purpose of this workshop is to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas among practicing engineers and researchers from around the world, as well as highlight current activities and important topics in the field of distributed multimedia systems and technology. The paper session is designed to promote discussion of concepts, methodologies, and results between the authors and the audience, and provide for a degree of collegiality and continuity in the discussions of these various topics among the participants. In addition, tutorials will be held on June 25 and 26 to provide participants with the opportunity to interact with experts in various fields of distributed multimedia systems. The workshop 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 workshop proceedings. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: [*] Distributed Multimedia Databases and Computing [*] Multi-paradigmatic Information Retrieval [*] Modeling and Analysis of Distributed multimedia systems [*] OS Support for Distributed Multimedia systems [*] Multimedia Communications and Networking [*] Multimedia Digital Libraries and Mail Systems [*] Multimedia Human-Computer Interaction [*] Visual and Multidimensional Languages for multimedia applications [*] Multimedia Workflows [*] Multimedia Stream Synchronization [*] Virtual Reality, Virtual Environment, and their Applications The use of prototypes and demonstration video for presentations is encouraged. Workshop Site: The workshop will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canaca. Special arrangement will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at the special workshop rate. Information for Authors: Submit four copies of panel or tutorial proposals or manuscripts (maximum of 20 double-spaced pages) including abstract, keywords and complete information of a contact person to one of the following program co-chairs: Professor Taieb Znati Dept. of Computer Science University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA Tel: +1 412-624-8417 Fax: +1 412-624-8854 Email: znati@cs.pitt.edu Professor An-Chi Liu Dean, College of Engineering Fong-Chia University Tai-Chung, Taiwan Tel: +886-4-252-7110 Fax: +886-4-323-9903 Email: liu@fcusqnt.fcu.edu.tw Papers, tutorials and panels can also be directly deposited by anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.pitt.edu:/pub/DMS97/Paper-Deposit. Submitted files must be in PostScript format with all figures and tables included. Important Dates: * January 15, 1996: Paper\Proposal submission deadline * March 15, 1997: Notification of acceptance * April 15, 1997: Final manuscript due Sponsored by: * Knowledge Systems Institute, USA * University of British Columbia, Canada * University of Pittsburgh, USA * Fong-Chia University, Taiwan Workshop Co-Chairs: * Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada * S. K. Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA Program Committee Co-Chairs: * Taieb Znati Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA * An-Chi Liu Fong-Chia University, Taiwan Local Arrangement Chair: * Panos Nasiopoulos University of British Columbia, Canada Program Committee: * Hong-Mei Chen Univ. of Hawaii, USA * Wen-Tsuen Chen National Tsing Hua University * Yanghee Choi Seoul National University * Jean-Pierre Courtiat Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, France * Gerald Neufeld University of British Columbia * Dieu D. Phan National Program on Information Technology, Vietnam * Anindya Datta University of Arizona, Tucson AZ * David H. C. Du Univ. of Minnesota, USA * Nicolas D. Georganas Depart. of Elec. and Comp. Eng., Univ. of Ottawa * Norm Hutchinson University of British Columbia BC * William Grosky Wayne State Univ., USA * Venkat N. Gudivada University of Missouri-Rolla * Arding Hsu Siemens Corporate Research, USA * Oscar Ibarra Univ. of Cal., Santa Barbara, USA * Stephen Y. Itoga University of Hawaii * Paul Lin CCL, Taiwan * Tom D.C. Little<\b> University of Boston , USA * Ralph Martinez ECE, Radiology, & Pathology Dept. Univ. of Arizona * J. Mizusawa NTT Multi-media Network Laboratories * Ming-Chien Shan Hewlett Packard Labs * Olivia R. Liu Sheng HKUST, Hong Kong * Jaideep Srivastava Univ. of Minnesota, USA * Kazuo Sugihara Univ. of Hawaii, USA * Joseph E. Urban Arizona State Univ., USA * Chun-Chia Wang Tamkang University, Taiwan, R.O.C. * Don-Lin Yang Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan For additional information, please send mail to znati@cs.pitt.edu or liu@fcusqnt.fcu.edu.tw. Updated conference announcement and information are accessible by anonymous ftp at ftp.cs.pitt.edu:/pub/DMS97 or by directly accessing the conference home page at http://www.cs.pitt.edu/DMS97.