Call for Papers --------------------------- The 8th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems DMS'2002 San Francisco, California, USA September 26 -- 28, 2002 http://www.mine.tku.edu.tw/DMS2002 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 in San Francisco, California with, video conferencing in other universities/organizations in US and Japan DMS'2002 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'2002 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, Jianhua Ma (jianhua@k.hosei.ac.jp), 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 --------------- After Conference Tour --------------------- 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) to: Prof. Nikolay N. Mirenkov The University of Aizu, Japan e-mail: nikmir@u-aizu.ac.jp 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, 2002 Paper submission due June 1, 2002 Notification of acceptance August 1, 2002 Final manuscript due August 1, 2002 Early conference registration due Sponsored by ------------ Knowledge Systems Institute, USA University of Pittsburgh, USA DMS'2002 Organization --------------------- Steering Committee Chair Shi-Kuo Chang, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA Steering Committee Ramesh Jain, University of California, La Jolla, USA Conference Chair Shi-Kuo Chang, Knowledge Systems Institute, USA International Advisors Taieb Znati, Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA Teleconference Committee Co-Chairs Kazuo Yana, Hosei University Research Institute, California, USA Atsushi Kara, University of Aizu, Japan Peter Shih, Telecommunications Laboratories, Taiwan Publicity Chairs Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Local Arrangement Chair Kazuo Yana, Hosei University Research Institute, California, USA Program Co-Chairs Nikolay N. Mirenkov, The University of Aizu, Japan Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Program Committee Kai H. Chang Auburn University, USA 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 Shu-Ching Chen Florida International University, USA Yonghee Choi Seoul National Univ., Korea Zied Choukair ENST Bretagne, France 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 Stuart Goose Siemens Corporate Research, USA William Grosky Wayne State Univ., USA Angela Guercio University of Salerno, Italy Peter Douglas Holt Athabasca University, Canada Michelle T. C. Kao National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan James Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Wee Kheng Leow The National University of Singapore, Singapore 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 Kenji Ohmori Hosei University, Japan 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 Athena Vakali Aristotle University, Greece Son T. Vuong Univ. of British Columbia, Canada Lars C. Wolf Darmstadt Univ. of Technology, Germany Shi-Nine Yang National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Fun Ye Tamkang University, Taiwan