Call for Papers --------------------------- The Seventh International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems DMS'2001 Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan September 26 -- 28, 2001 http://www.mine.tku.edu.tw/DMS2001 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 serious of conference was held at Hawaii, Hong Kong, Vancuover, Taipei, and Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. This time, the conference will be held at Tamkang University, Taipei with, video conferencing in other universities/organizations in Taiwan. DMS'2001 focuses on techniques, systems, applications, and theoreies 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: o audio and video compression o MPEG, Quicktime, Windows API standards o image, video, audio content analysis and indexing/retrieval o image, video and audio watermark o 3D audio and video o computer graphics and animation o modeling and analysis of distributed multimedia systems o OS support for distributed multimedia systems o distributed multimedia databases and computing o multi-paradigmatic information retrieval o multimedia human-computer interaction o multimedia communications and network architectures o mobile networks and mobile computing o multimedia stream synchronization and QoS control/scheduling o multimedia software engineering o multimedia processors and ASIC o multimedia technologies for people with disability o intelligent multimedia computing o intelligent multimodal interaction o multi agents, mobile agents and their applications o communication encryption o security of distributed computer systems o Web servers and services o XML applications o Java, VRML and multimedia languages o visual and multidimensional languages for multimedia applications o multimedia digital libraries and mail systems o multimedia applications for CSCW o multimedia authoring tools and intelligent tutoring o cultural heritage multimedia applications o tele-conferencing, tele-medicine and tele-lecture o virtual reality, distributed virtual environment, and their applications o virtual school, virtual university, and virtual learning community o distance learning methodology, tools and systems o 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'2001 will be held in conjunction with workshops and special sections. Papers submitted to workshops or special sessions are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/sections. This join organization aims to collect research results from different qualified perspectives. Please contact the conference program co-chair, Timothy K. Shih 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 6 invited (or accepted) papers. Each workshop should include at least 2 special sessions (12 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 quility 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 PC chair can setup 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 ------------------------- Best ranked papers accepted at the conference will be suggested for publication in a special issue of an international journal, subject to a quick review by the program committee. Papers suggested for the special issue will then be reviewed by external reviewers following the standard procedure of review stipulated by the international journal. Conference Site --------------- The conference is located at the Tamsui campus of Tamkang University. Tamsui is a beautiful college town 15 miles from the downtown of Taipei. The campus is 10 minutes from the seashore of north Taiwan and about 50 minutes from the well-known Yang-Ming mountain. Since March 1997, the subway of Taipei metropolitan pass Tamsui. The campus is within a working distance from the train station. Commuters from Taipei city can reach the campus either by bus or by subway. After Conference Tour --------------------- The conference organizer will arrange for a free tour to the National Palace Museum in Taipei, which has a collection of more than 100,000 pieces of ancient Chinese art. Information for Authors ----------------------- Paper must be written in English. Please send four copies of the complete manuscript with a 200-word abstract and no more than 20 pages of double-spaced text (include figures and references) before March 1, 2001, to the program co-chair: Timothy K. Shih Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Tamkang University 151, Ying-Chuan Road Tamsui, Taipei Hsien Taiwan 25137, R.O.C. e-mail: tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw Alternatively, electronic submissions are encouraged. Send a copy of your paper in one of the following file formats to the above program co-chair via e-mail: Postscript PDF MS Word Important Dates --------------- March 1, 2001 Paper submission due June 1, 2001 Notification of acceptance August 1, 2001 Final manuscript due August 1, 2001 Early conference registration due Sponsored by ------------ Knowledge Systems Institute, USA University of Pittsburgh, USA Tamkang University, Taiwan Ministry of Education, Taiwan (pending) National Science Council, Taiwan (pending) DMS'2001 Organization --------------------- Steering Committee Chair Shi-Kuo Chang, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA Steering Committee Ramesh Jain, University of California, La Jolla, USA C. N. Liu, Institute of Information Science, Taiwan Jin-Tu Wang, Telecommunications Laboratories, Taiwan Conference Chair Shi-Kuo Chang, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA Tadao Ichikawa, Hijiyama University, Japan Honorary Conference Chair Louis R. Chow, Tamkang University, Taiwan An-Chi Liu, Feng-Chia University, Taiwan International Advisors Taieb Znati, Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Teleconference Committee Chair (tentative) F. F. Chen, China Telecom, Taiwan (tentative) Teleconference Committee: Peter Shih, Telecommunications Laboratories, Taiwan (tentative) Local Arrangement Co-Chairs Jiung-Yao Huang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Hwei-Jen Lin, Tamkang University, Taiwan Shwu-Huey Yen, Tamkang University, Taiwan Ren-Junn Hwang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Program Co-Chairs Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Timothy Arndt, Cleveland State University, USA Program Committee Shih-Fu Chang Columbia University, USA Han-Chieh Chao National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Ing-Ray Chen Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), USA Meng Chang Chen Academia Sinica, Taiwan Yonghee Choi Seoul National Univ., Korea Fadi P. Deek New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA David H. C. Du Univ. of Minnesota, USA Larbi Esmahi National Research Council of Canada, Canada William Grosky Wayne State Univ., USA Angela Guercio University of Salerno, Italy Michelle T. C. Kao National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan James Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Sheng-Tun Li National Kaohsiung First Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Taiwan Wen-Syan Li CCRL, NEC USA Inc. Mark Liao Academia Sinica, Taiwan Fuhua Lin Athabasca University, Canada Chien-Tsai Liu Taipei Medical College, Taiwan Vincent Oria New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Ming Ouhyoung National Taiwan University, Taiwan Syed M. Rahman Minnesota State University, USA Steven L. Tanimoto Univ. of Washington, USA Joseph E. Urban Arizona State Univ., USA Son T. Vuong Univ. of British Columbia, Canada Lars C. Wolf Darmstadt Univ. of Technology, Germany Shi-Nine Yang National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan