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 Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City, San Francisco Bay, USA.
The main themes of the DMS2009 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:

Distributed Multimedia Technology

media coding and compression standards

media streaming and QoS control

digital rights management

middleware and OS support

privacy and security issues

mobile devices and wireless networks

sensor networks

context sensing and processing

Distributed Multimedia Models and Systems

human-computer interaction issues

situated computing

languages for distributed multimedia: Java, XML, X3D

software engineering issues

web services and multi-agent systems

multimedia databases and information systems

multimedia indexing and retrieval systems

distributed multimedia systems evaluation

multimedia authoring

Applications of Distributed Multimedia Systems

distributed collaboration

cultural heritage preservation, management and fruition

distance and lifelong learning

emergency and safety management

environment control and management

e-commerce and e-government applications

health care management and disability assistance

intelligent multimedia computing

social networking

virtual, mixed and augmented reality

Both research papers and system papers describing developments and experiences accompanied by demonstrations of prototypes are solicited.

Workshops and Special Sessions
This year, DMS'2009 will be held in conjunction with workshops and special sessions. Papers submitted to workshops or special sessions are invited by the program committee chairs of the workshops/special sessions. This joint organization aims to collect research results from different perspectives. The following workshops are being planned:

International Workshop on Distance Education Technology (DET)
(The main themes of the DET2009 workshop are: distance learning tools and environment, distance learning and culture, and distance learning and the arts)

- Special Sessions in DET 2009

Maresca and Bitonto, Eclipse and Jazz Technologies for E-learning (Call for Papers)
Paolo Maresca; e-mail: paomares@unina.it and Pierpaolo Bitonto; e-mail: dibitonto@di.uniba.it

Roselli and Rossano, Learning Objects: Methodologies, Technologies and Experiences (Call for Papers)
Teresa Roselli; e-mail: roselli@di.uniba.it and Veronica Rossano; e-mail: rossano@di.uniba.it

Su, E-learning and The Arts
Y. H. Su; e-mail: yhsu@mail.nhcue.edu.tw

Yana, E-learning
Kazuo Yana; e-mail: yana@huric.org

International Workshop on Visual Languages and Computing (VLC) (PDF version click here)
(The main themes of the VLC2009 workshop are: visual languages and culture, visual languages and the arts, visual computing for emergency management, visual computing for situated computing, and visualization)

- Special Session in VLC 2009

Costagliola and Plimmer, Sketch Computing (Call for Papers)
Gennaro Costagliola; e-mail: gencos@unisa.it and Beryl Plimmer; email: beryl@cs.auckland.ac.nz

Vitiello and Sebillo, Visual Analytics (Call for Papers)
Giuliana Vitiello; e-mail: giuvit@unisa.it and Monica Sebillo; email: msebillo@unisa.it

Laurini, Visual Semantics (Call for Papers)
Robert Laurini; e-mail: Robert.Laurini@insa-lyon.fr

Cooper and Dascalu, Visual Languages and Environments for Software Engineering (Call for Papers)
Kendra Cooper; e-mail: kcooper@utdallas.edu and Sergiu Dascalu; e-mail: dascalus@cse.unr.edu

Special Sessions in DMS 2009

Goebel and Plenk, Multimedia Representation of Source Code and Software Model (Call for Papers)
Richard Goebel; e-mail: Richard.Goebel@fh-hof.de and Valentin Plenk; e-mail:Valentin.Plenk@fh-hof.de

Alagar and Wan, Trust & Privacy for Distributed Multimedia Systems (Call for Papers)
Vasu Alagar; e-mail: alagar@cse.concordia.ca and KaiYu Wan; e-mail: kaiyuwan@gmail.com

Nesi, Distributed Multimedia Computing (Call for Papers)
Paolo Nesi; e-mail: nesi@dsi.unifi.it

Jungert and Hallberg, Emergency Management and Security (Call for Papers)
Erland Jungert; e-mail: jungert@ida.liu.se and Niklas Hallberg; e-mail: nikha@foi.se

Chu, Multimedia Software Engineering and Development (Call for Papers)
C. P. Chu; e-mail: chucp@csie.ncku.edu.tw

Vuong and Li, Networks and Systems (Call for Papers)
Son Vuong; e-mail: stvuong@gmail.com and Juan Li; e-mail: tisini@gmail.com

Yang, Digital Home and HealthCare (Call for Papers)
C. L. Yang; e-mail: stwin@iii.org.tw

Polese, Technologies for Digital Television (Call for Papers)
Giuseppe Polese; e-mail: gpolese@unisa.it

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 organizer(s) A list of program committee members (reviewers) E-mail address of the lead organizer 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 workshop/special session organizer(s). It is the responsibility of the organizer(s) 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 workshop/special session 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 Hotel
The DMS2009 Conference will be held at the Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City, San Francisco Bay, USA. The hotel has made available for these limited dates (9/10/2009 - 9/13/2009) to DMS2009 attendees a discount rate of $89 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/dms09/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references).
Research papers must not be published or under consideration for publication in a journal or in a conference with proceedings. Research papers will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness and clarify of exposition.
System papers should report on existing research prototypes by clearly identifying the original contributions and ideas demonstrated, and will be evaluated based on technical soundness, feasibility and applicability.
System papers must be accompanied by a separate demo description specifying the equipment and the type of installation that will be used. Authors of system papers must bring their own equipment for demo.
Depending upon the results of evaluation a paper may be accepted as regular paper (6 pages), short paper (4 pages) or poster (poster presentation only). In addition to paper presentation, system papers will also be included in demo sessions.
Information for Reviewers
Papers submitted to DMS'09 will be reviewed electronically. The users (webmaster, program chair, reviewers...) can login using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/dms09/review/pass.php. If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: dms09@ksi.edu.
DMS'2009 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: dms09@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 30, 2009 (Firm)
Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2009
Camera-ready copy: June 30, 2009
Early conference registration due: June 30, 2009
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