[e2e] CFP: Multimedia Computing and Networking 2003

[Yoshito Tobe]

                ****   The paper submission deadline is June 17  ****

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                      Call for Papers


                      SPIE Conference on
      Multimedia Computing and Networking 2003 (MMCN 2003)


           held in cooperation with ACM SIG Multimedia
            January 29-31, 2003, Santa Clara, CA, USA



Any concerns about Moore's Law reaching its limits are now being
replaced with expectations of past growth rates even accelerating
further.  Advances in optical and wireless networking
technologies have fueled the rapid growth of fixed and wireless
broadband network infrastructures.  Put together, these
innovations in processing, storage and networking promise to
make the physical world we live in to become an even smaller
global village.  Powerful multimedia solutions are therefore
being enabled across a wide spectrum of commercial, consumer,
non-profit and governmental domains.


The objective of this conference is to bring together researchers,
developers, and practitioners contributing to all facets of
multimedia computing and networking.  The conference will serve as
an invigorating forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art
research, development, and implementations of multimedia systems,
technologies, and applications.  Presenters will be encouraged to
make multimedia presentations and demonstrate their solutions in
person.


We especially encourage papers on emerging technologies such as
multimedia and QoS support especially in 3G and UWB networks,
power-aware computing and communications, mobile and fixed wireless
multimedia networks, network processors, content distribution
networks, home networking and digital appliances.  A new feature
this year will showcase an industrial experiences track for next-
generation multimedia systems and applications.  Industrial
experiences in the design and deployment of multimedia systems and
applications will be given their own slots.


Papers are solicited in all areas of multimedia, including, but not
limited to:


    Multimedia Computing
      o hardware accelerators
      o multimedia OS services
      o power-aware systems
      o video-on-demand services
      o peer-to-peer media systems


    Multimedia and the Internet
      o web-based services
      o push technologies and content distribution
      o wide-area caching
      o data streaming and delivery


    Multimedia Networking
      o mobile networks
      o wireless networks
      o broadband networks
      o network-processor systems
      o home networking
      o QoS control and scheduling
      o access technologies


    Measurement and Modeling
      o performance measurement of multimedia systems
      o statistical modeling of server traffic and server software
      o multimedia system simulations
      o benchmark comparisons


    Applications
      o multimedia search engines
      o entertainment and games
      o reflective applications


    Case Studies
      o synthetic animation
      o distributed virtual reality
      o multimedia DBs and authoring



Author Information


Submissions should not exceed 15 single-spaced pages including
figures, tables, and references, using a typeface no smaller
than 10 point.  Papers must be electronically submitted in PDF
or postscript format (using standard fonts and "US letter"
size). Detailed instructions on the electronic submission
process can be found on the conference web page at


       http://mmcn2003.ece.cmu.edu/


Please also submit electronically (in plain text format) a cover
page to raj at ece.cmu.edu.  Each cover page should contain paper
title, author names and affiliations, name and address (both
postal and electronic) of contact author, abstract (less than
500 words), keywords, and submission area.


As in the previous years, the proceedings of the conference will
be published by SPIE. A Best Paper award will be presented. The
best papers will also be forwarded to the ACM/Springer
Multimedia Systems Journal to be considered for publication.
A Keynote address will be a highlight of the conference.



Important Dates


Submission deadline:             June 17, 2002 [Extended]
Acceptance notification:         Aug 24, 2002
Camera-ready manuscripts due:    Oct 19, 2002
200-word Summary to SPIE:        Nov 22, 2002