日本データベース学会の皆様 （重複して受け取られた場合はご容赦ください） NECの劉です． お世話になっております． マルチメディアに関わる様々な技術を幅広くテーマとして扱っている国際会議 IEEE ICME 2020 の投稿案内をお送りします．ICMEは，マルチメディア分野 のflagship国際会議として位置づけられており，例年の投稿件数は1000件に 昇っています．中には，「Multimedia databases and data mining」を １つ大きなエリアとして投稿を受け付けております．DB/DM/MMと絡みのある 研究成果がありましたら，ぜひ投稿のご検討を頂ければ幸いです． 開催地は，ロンドンというとても魅力な大都会となりますので，行かれたこと のない方には絶好のチャンスだと思います．投稿の締切は，12/13(金) AoE 時刻となっており，あと２週間弱ありますので，今からのご執筆でも間に合う かと思います． ちなみに，当方はICME2020のProgram Co-Chairを務めておりますので， ご要望やお問い合わせがあればご遠慮無く私までご連絡頂ければ幸いです． 日本からたくさんの投稿ご検討のほどよろしくお願いします． -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 6-10 July 2020 || London, United Kingdom -------------------------------------------------- www.2020.ieeeicme.org/ -------------------------------------------------- The IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME) has been the flagship multimedia conference sponsored by four IEEE societies since 2000. It aims at promoting exchange of the latest advances in multimedia technologies, systems, and applications from both the research and development perspectives. ICME attracts well over 1000 submissions each year, serving as the prime forum for the dissemination of knowledge in the multimedia field. ICME 2020 will take place 6-10 July 2020, London, UK. ICME 2020 will convene leading researchers and practitioners to share the latest developments and advances in the discipline. The conference will showcase high quality oral and poster presentations, as well as relevant Workshops sponsored by IEEE societies. An exposition of multimedia products, animations and industries will be also held in conjunction with the conference. Moreover, in ICME 2020 exceptional papers and contributors will be selected and recognised with prestigious awards. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Emerging multimedia applications and technologies • Image/video processing • Immersive media • Multimedia analysis and understanding • Multimedia communications, networking and mobility • Multimedia databases and data mining • Multimedia for society and health • Multimedia interaction • Multimedia quality assessment and metrics • Multimedia security, privacy and forensics • Multimedia software, hardware and systems • Multimedia standards and related research • Social media analysis and applications • Speech/audio processing -------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------------------------- Submission of papers: • Regular paper submission (including special sessions) > 13 December 2019 (AoE) • Submission of papers to workshops and other tracks > 13 March 2020 Submission of proposals: • Special session proposals > 01 October 2019 • Panel proposals > 04 October 2019 • Grand challenge proposals > 11 October 2019 • Workshop proposals > extended to 01 November 2019 • Tutorial proposals > 01 November 2019 • Hands-on demo proposals > 01 May 2020 -------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL PAPERS -------------------------------------------------- All papers presented at ICME 2020 will be included in IEEE Xplore. The IEEE Transactions on Multimedia is partnering with IEEE ICME. Extended versions of the top-ranked ICME 2020 papers will be invited for submission and potential publication in the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. We invite authors to submit high-quality contributions aiming at taking part in this call and to have the opportunity to publish an extended ICME paper in this prestigious journal. After the due review process, if your paper is highly ranked, the Technical Program Committee Chairs will get in touch with you regarding the next steps. -------------------------------------------------- LOCAL HOSTS -------------------------------------------------- ICME 2020 will be hosted by Queen Mary University of London A number of economical single ensuite rooms are available on a first-come first-serve basis at QMUL. Other options are also available to suit different budgets. For venue and travel information see http://www.2020.ieeeicme.org/index.php/venue-and-travel/ -------------------------------------------------- ORGANISATIONAL SPONSORS -------------------------------------------------- IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society -------------------------------------------------- For further information please see http://www.2020.ieeeicme.org/ For latest updates please follow on Twitter @ICME2020 -------------------------------------------------- -- Jianquan LIU, Ph.D. (j-liu@ct.jp.nec.com) Senior Researcher http://jpn.nec.com/rd/spp/ Biometrics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation