Call For Papers

The DMS conference is an international conference series, which covers a wide spectrum of paper presentations, technical discussions and demonstrations 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, Miami and Canada. This time, the conference will be held at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA. The themes of this year's conference and workshops take advantage of the rich cultural history and artistic tradition of the great city of Boston, and also reflect the emphases of DMS and the co-locating workshops.
The main themes of the DMS2008 conference are: network and systems, emergency management and security, situated computing, multimedia software engineering, and multimedia information retrieval, mining and fusion. 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
distributed object management
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
sensor networks for multimedia computing
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 Tracks
This year, DMS'2008 will be held in conjunction with workshops, conferences and special tracks. Papers submitted to workshops or special tracks are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/tracks. This joint organization aims to collect research results from different perspectives. The following workshops, special tracks and conferences are being planned:
Workshops

International Workshop on Distance Education Technology (DET)
(The main themes of the DET2008 workshop are: distance learning tools and environment, distance learning and culture, and distance learning and the arts)
International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC)
(The main themes of the VLC2008 workshop are: visual languages and culture, visual languages and the arts, visual computing for emergency management, visual computing for situated computing, and visualization)

VLC Special Tracks

Sketch Computing

DMS 2008 Special Tracks

Multimedia Software Engineering - Angela Guercio and A. K. Bansal

Multimedia and Geosystems - Fabio Pittarello

Distributed Multimedia Computing - Paolo Nesi

Situated Computing - Masahito Hirakawa

Multimedia Software Engineering and Development - Chih-Ping Chu

Digital Home and Healthcare - Chi-Lu Yang

Emegrency Management and Security - Erland Jungert

Networks and Systems - Son T. Vuong

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
The DMS conference is closely coordinated with the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing and the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. Usually the best ranked papers from the conference, after rigorous reviews, extensive revisions and further enhancements, will appear in one or more special issues of the above journals. Papers suggested for the special issue(s) will be reviewed by external reviewers following the standard procedure of review stipulated by the respective journal.
Conference Site (Hotel Information)
The DMS2008 Conference will be held at the Hyatt Harborside at Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA. The hotel has made available for these limited dates (9/4/2008 - 9/6/2008) to DMS2008 attendees a discount rate of $149 US dollars for single/double, not including sales tax.
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/dms08/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'08 will be reviewed electronically. The users (webmaster, program chair, reviewers...) can login using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms08/review/pass.php. If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: dms@ksi.edu.
DMS'2008 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
Paper submission due: April 20, 2008 (Firm)
Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2008
Camera-ready copy: June 15, 2008
Early conference registration due: June 15, 2008
The conference is listed by AllConferences.com, a directory of conferences and conventions.