Call for Papers

The Tenth International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems

DMS'2004

Hotel Sofitel, San Francisco Bay

September 8 - 10, 2004

Organized by

Knowledge Systems Institute

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 series of conference has been held at Hawaii, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Taipei, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, San Francisco and Miami. This time, the conference will be held at the Sofitel Hotel, San Francisco Bay, USA with video conferencing in other universities/organizations in US, Japan and elsewhere.
DMS'2004 focuses on techniques, systems, applications, and theories 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:

audio and video compression
MPEG, Quicktime, Windows API standards
image, video, audio content analysis and indexing/retrieval
image, video and audio watermark
3D audio and video
computer graphics and animation
modeling and analysis of distributed multimedia systems
OS support for distributed multimedia systems
distributed multimedia databases and computing
multi-paradigmatic information retrieval
multimedia human-computer interaction
multimedia communications and network architectures
mobile networks and mobile computing
multimedia stream synchronization and QoS control/scheduling
multimedia software engineering
multimedia processors and ASIC
multimedia technologies for people with disability
intelligent multimedia computing
intelligent multimodal interaction
multi agents, mobile agents and their applications
communication encryption
security of distributed computer systems
Web servers and services
XML applications
Java, VRML and multimedia languages
visual and multidimensional languages for multimedia applications
multimedia digital libraries and mail systems
multimedia applications for CSCW
multimedia authoring tools and intelligent tutoring
cultural heritage multimedia applications
tele-conferencing, tele-medicine and tele-lecture
virtual reality, distributed virtual environment, and their applications
virtual school, virtual university, and virtual learning community
distance learning methodology, tools and systems
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'2004 will be held in conjunction with workshops, conferences and special sections. Papers submitted to workshops or special sessions are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/sections. This joint organization aims to collect research results from different perspectives. The following workshops and conferences are being planned:

International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing

International Conference on Visual Information Systems

International Workshop on Mobile Systems, E-Commerce and Agent Technology

Special Session on Multimedia Streaming in Ad hoc Networks

The 2004 International Conference on Chinese Language Computing ICCLC2004

The 2004 International Workshop on Distance Education Technology DET2004

Please contact the conference program co-chairs 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 5 invited (or accepted) papers. Each workshop should include at least 2 special sessions (10 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 quality 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 program committee chair can set up 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 the 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
Hotel Sofitel, San Francisco Bay
Conference Organization
Conference chair: Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Nikolay Mirenkov, University of Aizu, Japan
Maurizio Tucci, University of Salerno, Italy

Workshops Coordinator: Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan (tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw)

Program Committee:
Nadia Berthouze, University of Aizu, Japan (nadia@u-aizu.ac.jp)
Carsten Griwodz, University of Oslo, Norway (griff@ifi.uio.no)
Kai H. Chang, Auburn University, USA (kchang@eng.auburn.edu)
Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University, USA (sfchang@ee.columbia.edu)
Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan (hcc@mail.ndhu.edu.tw)
Ing-Ray Chen, Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), USA (irchen@cs.vt.edu)
Meng Chang Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (mcc@iis.sinica.edu.tw)
Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA (chens@cs.fiu.edu)
Yonghee Choi, Seoul National Univ., Korea (yonghee@juno.com)
Zied Choukair, ENST Bretagne, France (Zied.Choukair@enst-bretagne.fr)
Fadi P. Deek, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (Fadi.Deek@njit.edu)
David H. C. Du, Univ. of Minnesota, USA (du@cs.umn.edu)
Jean-Luc Dugelay, Institut EURECOM, France (jld@eurecom.fr)
Larbi Esmahi, National Research Council of Canada, Canada (larbie@athabascau.ca)
Athula Ginige, University of Western Sydney, Australia (a.ginige@uws.edu.au)
Stuart Goose, Siemens Corporate Research, USA (sgoose@scr.siemens.com)
William Grosky, Wayne State Univ., USA (wgrosky@umich.edu)
Angela Guercio, Hiram College, USA (guercioa@hiram.edu)
Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan (hirakawa@cis.shimane-u.ac.jp)
Peter Douglas Holt, Athabasca University, Canada (holt@athabascau.ca)
Michelle T. C. Kao, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan (mkao@mail.ndhu.edu.tw)
James Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (jkwok@ust.hk)
Robert Laurini, LIRIS - INSA de Lyon, France (Robert.Laurini@insa-lyon.fr)
Wee Kheng Leow, The National University of Singapore, Singapore (leowwk@comp.nus.edu.sg)
Sheng-Tun Li, National Cheng-Kung University (stli@mail.ncku.edu.tw)
Wen-Syan Li, CCRL, NEC USA Inc. (wen@ccrl.sj.nec.com)
Mark Liao, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (liao@iis.sinica.edu.tw)
Fuhua Lin, Athabasca University, Canada (oscarl@athabascau.ca)
Chien-Tsai Liu, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan (ctliu@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw)
Jonathan Liu, University of Florida, USA (jcliu@cise.ufl.edu)
Vincent Oria, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (oria@cis.njit.edu)
Ming Ouhyoung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (ming@csie.ntu.edu.tw)
Syed M. Rahman, Minnesota State University, USA (mahbubur.syed@mankato.msus.edu)
Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan (shibata@iwate-pu.ac.jp)
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan (tshih@cs.tku.edu.tw)
Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan (taki@takilab.k.dendai.ac.jp)
Steven L. Tanimoto, Univ. of Washington, USA (tanimoto@cs.washington.edu)
Genny Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy (tortora@unisa.it)
Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State Univ., USA (joseph.urban@asu.edu)
Athena Vakali, Aristotle University, Greece (avakali@csd.auth.gr)
Son T. Vuong, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada (vuong@cs.ubc.ca)
Shi-Nine Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (snyang@cs.nthu.edu.tw)
Rentaro Yoshioka, University of Aizu (rentaro@u-aizu.ac.jp)
Kang Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA (kzhang@utdallas.edu)
Boat Tour
Conference banquet will be combined with a boat tour to the San Francisco Bay.
Information for Authors
Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms04/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references).
Information for Reviewers
Papers submitted to DMS'04 will be reviewed electronically. The users (webmaster, program chair, reviewers...) can login using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms04/review/pass.php. If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: dms@ksi.edu.
DMS'2004 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: dms@ksi.edu
If you cannot submit electronically, please send four copies of the complete manuscript to the above postal address.
Important Dates

March 31, 2004 (Extended to April 20, 2004) Paper submission due June 1, 2004 Notification of acceptance July 1, 2004 Final manuscript due July 1, 2004 Early conference registration due